Nebraska advertiser., 1857-07-30

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in a northerly direction TO Intersect
and connect With the Nebraska Central
Rail Road Line, which leaves the
Missouri river rs miles above Omaha,
and also the Sioux City Route about
the same distance stu further north
of that, making a grand centreing of
northern routes at Fl. Laramie and from
thence to California. Again we say
examine your map, and reflect that
Ft. Kearney the starting point Of this
appropriation--and the only reason it
is claimed as 1 South Platte appropri-
ation--is three hundred and twenty
miles in the nterior--simply a mill
tary station-the country so poor and
barren that the GoYernmentha not yet
been able to raise sufficient farm pro-
ducts to supply the soldiers stationed
there. See if by any figures or cal
culations, or any other plan you may
adopt, you can make a South Platte
appropriations out of it. The real
fact is that road aotu neuer cross to
the South side of the Platte river
There are no inducements for it to do
r ..-lt"
so-no settlements, nor never can be.
To tall. of crossing the Platte river,
a stream SO remarkably and univer-
sally known to be difficult, either to
ferry or bridge, simply to get over to
the Fort, and say n is on the South
side Of Platteis really too ridiculous to
think about. Even admit that the
road does cross oyer at that point
to the South side of the river, and
right back again on to the North side
both crossing 1within a short distance
of each other I(all the crossing ever
done there will begdone both ways on
the same Bridge or FerrO and what
earthly use or benefit can South Platte
derive from it? IT'S more than folly
to claim this as a South Platte appro-
priation-'Tis still worse to admit it
to be; and we acknowledge that we
are at a loss to imagine the amount Of
assurance a man must possess to get
up before an intelligent, enlightened,
thinking audience and ask them to
Ebelieve it to be such.
Fellow citizens and voters of Ne
braska: we have presented you with
evidence-with facts thathave notbeeD,
nor cannotb be, successfully contradict
ed-and submit them to you as jury,
and ask you the question: Can you
with these facts staring you in the face
suffering under the neglect hat we
of the South Platte can't help but feel,
in the way of appropriations-having
,yourinterests, your children's, and that
of your country at heart77ean you
consistently vote for BIB. Chapman
We know you caanot-we know YOU
wiH not.
AS to the other candidates in field
we have to say, that as to simple quail
fcatiOns, there is perhaps but little, il
any difference. We support Col
Rankinfor reason we have before given
His position the past two years in the
Territory has necessarily placed him
in universal and intimate intercourse
with the entire people; consequently
ne could not well help having a perfect
and thorough knowledge of our wants
He is a bona Jfde resident-a feROu
sqaatter. Came to the Territory two
and ahaif years ago, with his family:
took avid claim erected a cabin there
on aOiA his oaOn hands and has resided
on it until the present day. We are
more intimately acquainted with him
than any Of the other candidates
know him to be possessed Of far more
than q usual amount Of energy and
indomitable perseverance. That he
has an acquaintance, a position and
influence with the present administra-
ton, equal at least, to any other candi-
date in the race, no one viii for a mo-
ment doubt.
And further, if we may be allowed
to form an opinion as to how men are
to be governed to any extent, because
of their individual interest-and we
must confess that we are all more or
less governed in some degree at least,
by individual interests-we of the
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