Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-17
wooiworth,s Facts--Asain.

Editor Of Gdsette;--I, is not our wish
to m~onopolize to much Of your paper, but
when truthless twaddle is pu, into book
form, and cent forth to the world as histo-
ry; il certainly cannot be out of place to
give !, n passing notice in a weekly Jour-
nal. The author of the book, himself be-
ing n vindica,or and guardian Of the law
and right, will most certainly extend to me
the warmest gratitude Of his heart, for corr
rec,ing the little uninhnhodi errors and
mistakes, into which he had somehow fal.
len. On page 80, of Omaha City" Mr.,
w. says,-"Thoueh not on the Platte
though fifteen miles from it, Omaha by
its position, commands the valley Of that
river" Not being a Catholic, and hence
not believing in the doctrine Of "Papal-
bull ism, we began, on reading this, TO ex-
anime the question for ourselves. Hon.
Omaha could command the valley Of the
Platte, was the natural poin, of inquiry
From Omaha, south 10 the mouth of the
Platte, is fifteen miles; from Omaha, west,
to Fremont, the neeres, point that the
Platte can be reached, ia that direction, is
thirty.fvc miles. Now, from which point,
Mr.. W., do you propose tina, Omaha shall
cammund the Platte valleyi From its
MOUTH very good. This is the only point
from which you can command it. The
eastern terminus of the Platte valley, is
here at Bellevue; and you, nor any one
else, can command the use Of that valley
for railroad purposes, at any other point.
Send on then, from Omaha, your travel
and produce to this place, and we will for
ward you to the far of regions of the Pacific.
But perhaps Mr. w. will argue, that
Omaha shall command the Platte valley,
from the other point, viz Fremont. Well,
if he wishes to take that route. let US fol-
low him a moment, and we shall see that
i, is more impracticable than the other, for
commanding the said valley, for the pur.
poses indicated.
Said valley is not just back of Omaha, as
the writer says; it does not m a,
the lou bottom directly in front of it, but
is ,hirty-fve miles distant; hence, when
the snorting horse goes prancing up the
valley, this great city will be left far dis.
tant. If the route to Fremont was smooth
and level, then there might be some show
in such a statement; but us bluffs and ra-
vines, so high and deep, up and down, all
the time fill up the space between these
two points, such an assertion is very Curl
ous. 1t might read very well down east
where people are ignorant of the face Of
the country back of Omaha; but to us, i
reads jus, like special pieading-a lawyer
bubble. Omaha, urrogating to herself
the exclusive use of the Platte valley, onl,
shows her weakness, TO say nothing abou
her ignorance. Not but what she woul,
command il and control il, too, if intrigu,
could do it. Blu, Mother Nature is a liul
too old, for young Miss Omaha; and sh
has fixed the location of the valley, so ths
the corstouS, .fdgety fingers of the imper
tinant young Miss, never can appropria,
it to her use. She may beguile and dc
coy a few inexperienced political gents,
adorn her with a few governmental traI
: pings for a time, but they never can thro'
about her the valuable worth of the Platr
valley.
] But seriously, Florence, Calhoun, L
: Soto and Cumming City, commands sat
valley as much, or more, than Omaha, ar
a yet they are not always prating 10 Il
= world that they, and they only, conmar
the Platte valley. Either of these plac'
are as near to the north bend of the Plat
as Omaha, and some of them nearer; b
yet they never speak forth great swellir
words. They are well aware that Bell
9 vue is the only natural outlet of the Plat
valley; hence they 'lay low and keep cool
CHAUCER.