Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-06-18
Delegate 10 Congress.


The day is fast approaching when we
will be called On to vote for "a Delegate
to the National Legislature, to represent
the Territory Of Nebraska for two years,
aud il behooves us all to see that a man IS
selected who will be a credi, to the Ter
ritory, will properly represent It's interests.
aud in whose ~incorruptlblc integrity we
may safely put our trust. That such a
man can be found, and hat such n man
will be elected, we entertain but little
doubt; but there is another point which
the citizens Of Florence, and all parts of
the Territory, outside of Omaha city, will
consider, viz: the selection of one who
can be depended on TO represent the views
Of the majority of the people Of the Ter
ritory, in relation TO the location Of the
Capitol. We don't want an Omaha man,
or a man under Omaha influence, and to
| elect such a mar as we need, there must
be some concert of action. There are
already many candidates from different
sections of the Territory in the field, each
with his particular friends to back him
and receiving sufficient assurances of sue
cess to induce him TO continue the contest.
If they all persist in their pretensions, we
may resign ourselves to a defeat. We
can succeed if we are true TO ourselves,
but to render this success certain, we must
unite on a candidate.
We therefore would suggest the pro-
priety of calling a Convention at some
central point Bellevue for instance
there TO make a nomination for Delegate.
We would be pleased to hear from our
brethren of the press in relation to this.
The above we clip from the Florence
Courier, of the l1th inst, and endorse
every word it contains.
The only difficulty in u view is, the
want of n basis to fix the representation
from the different districts Of the Terri
tory. 1t is evident that if we desire a
candidate elected, who will faithfully reflect
the will of the actual settlers in Nebras.
ka, we must c%oncentrat upon one outside
Of Omaha, and Omaha influence. Agains,
Omaha as a place, as a city, we have
nothing to say for it contains a number
of very good and clever men, but its in
famous traitors and corrupt wire-workers
have forced their wM upon the settlers of
the country, until the stencil arising from
the cess-pool of their iniquity has become
too offensive to be longer endured by an
honest and intelligent people. Their
ephemeral prosperity was conceived and
brought about by fraud and corruption,
and has been sustained and bolstered up
by traitors to the best interests of the
Territory, and it is high time for the vo.
ters-the hard-fs,ed, hardwor, ing yeo'
many of the country, to assert their dig
nifty and manhood, by hurting those specu
lating knaves from the places which they
have disgraced by their treacherous chi
canery, and place in their stead homes
men, who will have some regard for tn,
interests of the whole people.
W. refrain from suggesting any deinit,
mode of procedure in regard to a Con
v~ention, or, whether under existing cir
cums,ances, it is best TO have one at all
+, that matter we leave TO our brethren c
the press who have been longer in th
D field, and who, it is presumed, are bette
r acquainted with the wishes Of the major
, ity of the citizens Of the Territory.
E. the mean time we shall hold o~urselve
f ready for action, and prepare for Ii
+, fight.