Nebraska advertiser., 1857-07-30

eligible as q candidate: The election
came off, therace being between Chap
man and Bennett, Chapman as is also
known--was elected. Immediately
after receiving his certificate Of cleo
t%ion--not longer than ten d~ays--he
left again for his home in Ohio. After
the adjournment of Congress last
season he came out here and remained
about two months, returned to Ohio,
and is not again seen in Nebraska,
until near the middle of May last,
when in company with his wife he
came out here, and has remained until
the present day. 1t will not be at all
out of place for US just here to state
that his wife accompanied him on his
visit to this Territory two years ago,
Just before the election-returned with
him to their home in Elyria, Lorain
CO., Ohio, where she has since renamed
at least so far as a residence in Ne
braska is concerned-until this last
May, she again accompanied Mr.. Chap
man to Nebraska. This is the extent
of Mr.. Chapman's residence in Ne
braska-GU told. If every day, hour,
and minute he has spent in Nebraska
and to which also may be added the
%sojourn of his lady-be added to-
gether, It will not make him eligible
for the position of Delegate to Con-
gress. He has never even voted in
Nebraska. u
Now these are a plain statement Of
facts. made not simply to defeat Mr..
C. or to crafty personal feeling; but
our grand object is to prevent Ne
braska from being imposed upon, by
again being represented in Congress
by a man who is a nOn-resident, one
who has not come here, and Nth as
become a squatter-endured wiM us
the hardships, tolls, fatigues and pri-
v%ations of a frontier life-to use a
familiar expression, he has not "hezped
tramp doaCR the nettles and hazel brush"
and cleared out new homes with as, and
thus contributed his part in aiding to
transform these western wilds into
garden spots. While sce have been
thus depriving ourselves and families,
and thus laboring, he has been loung-
ing in the lap of luxury, convenience,
and ease. Voters of Nebraska, is he
the man for you? He has not the
practical knowledge of your wants, to
represent you properly, and there is
no use talking to the contrary.
But to u second point, which is,
that we assert that in the neighbor-
hood of a half milIiowcf dollars have
been appropriated to the Territory Of
Nebraska and not one dollar Of that
sum SOuth.f the Platte giiuer.
As Mr.. Chapman himself only
claims n appropriation for South
Platte, it is unnecessary for US to adj
duce proof relative to any other. He
claimed in his speech here that the
100000 appropriated at the last SEES
sion of Congress to construct a Wagon
road from Ft. Kearney via the South
Pass of the Rocky Mountains and
Great Salt Lake Valley, to the eastern
portion of the State of California is a
South Platte appropriation. Now we
propose very briefly to show to the
contrary. And in order that the
reader may see for himself, and know
that we are not talking "merely to be
heard we ask him to spread before
you a map of Nebraska. Know then,
in the first place, hat New Fort Kear-
ney is amilitary posts now the only
interior point in Nebraska, at any
reasonable distance from the Missouri
river, consequently every project look
ing through, or into the interior of the
Territory directs to that point, which
"haPpen8 by accident,'-as Mr.. C. said
about some of his Bills,-tob be situated
Immediately on the South Bank of the
Platte river. Now to the Road. In
the first place an appropriation of
$4,000 was granted by Congress to
construct a military road from Omaha
City to New Fort Kearney. At the
next Session of Congress the 100000
claimed by Mr.. Chapman, as a South
Platte appropriation, was granted to