Nebraska advertiser., 1857-02-26

On Tuesday last, several CtIZels Of Aema-
Ia Countv, passed thr0ueh our city on their
way to Omaha, armed with petitions signed
By arse-fouths Of the qualified voters Of said
County, requesting their representatives to vote
for the removal Of the capitol or resign their
seats.
The above We clip from the Nebraska City
Nslss Of the 9TH. We know not Of whom
Mr.. Riden (whose name stands at the head Of
the Ea0s columns as Editor pro tem) obtained
his authority Tor uttering the above paragraph;
bat, suppose It was furnished BY a certain IN
dividual who acts as spy, 4gat or tOd. for a
certain locality, who resides in this place. It
is about IN keeping with his acts gsneafly.-l
But to the facts in the case. There were net
on those petitions the names Of one fourth ~Of
the qualified voters Of said COunty.7 A large
number Of the names, we are cTedibly inform
ed-we know they are names We never heard
of before-were not even residents 81 the Ter
rtory, let alone the County. Quite a number
were signed 1By request Others have inform
ed US since our return, that the matter was mis-
rGU[eSGulc4 " SAlIl4r QAIGAc Jaw 4l AA40lllIA
Us that the petition as It nOl5 il has been
changed very materially since theT signed IT.
The balance of the prominent narnes-very
few IN numbsr-are those who bitterly aniu
generously, to say the least opposed the cleo
ton Of the "Nemaha Delegation and have
gladly, as drowning men. grasped at strawsr
in hope Of rendering the course Of the present
delegation unpopular, that their chance Of suc-
cess hereafter might prove somewhak more en-
couraging. We write this in no spirit of IN
kindness towards nine tenths Of those whose
names appear upon the petitions. We have
always endeavored to cultivate friendly feel
ings with all our neighbors and fellow citizens,
and to extend to them what we claim for our
selves, the right Of an honest difference Of.
opinion upon any subject We have treated
those who diHered-with US last faII, with the
same consideration as those who agreed with
US; in short tried to make all feel that W. are
what we Grs-no respsd0r Of PERSONS beoaHse g
difference Of opinion We know that nine
tenths of the people in this community under
stand Us in this light There are, however, a
few persons-and we are gladtO Be able to say
Verz fss-whose NOTICE is @r1le cr rlnR7 and
the more you pat and favor them and their
interests-tue to their nature-the more they
snap and snarl. These worthless were not con-
tent last fall with an honest race but sought
to injurs our private character, and have con
tinued their unmanly p~sOpensi6ss. and are yet
after US. We fear them not; but have marked
them. and from this time heaceforth WiIlhandIe
them on all occasions without gloves" Gen
tleman we have IN store asupply Of material
for your benefit, which shall be forthcoming
IN due time. But we have digresssd
We have ever been, and are yet, and trust
we ever shall be a firm believer in the fright
Of instruction. when properly and fairly made
known. The petitions here referred to as we
before stated, did not represent one fourth of
the voters of this County, nor did they repre-
sent the opinions of over half the names they
contained, after they were correctly informed
upon the subject The origin Of those peti-
tons IS well known and the means by which
they were circulated, and to this particular
point we intend in a subsequent number Of our
paper TO give attention.
No reasonable man could complain Of the
meeting of the citizens Of Esmaha county
held in this place on Saturday evening Jan
uary 2Sd. That meeting was one of the
t largest ever held IN the County, eaHd ty TIE
frieadse Of the CaPitd BIZ, and every portion
of the County was represented; sndthe Capitol
question sett forth in all its bearings Certain
lly the friends Of the Bill wilIno say thattheiI
side was not fully and ably represent; and yet
what was the nature Of the resolutions passed
{ at that meeting-"Go back to Omaha and as
as you deem for the best interests of Nemahs
county and the Territory Of Nebraska" We
/ asked Instructions at that meeting and would
{ have Obeyed them TO the letter, be they VIVA
they might We did obey them. and are per
e fectly willing to trust to time-and that perot
e IS only a short way in advance-tO prove thl
correctness Of our position.