Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1858-02-25

or Congress, where 1t gave unllStakable
evidence of the early decadeDe Of the
Republic, to the people to be elected by
it, where it properly belongs, and ever
should have remained.
Your friend and associate, te distin-
guished senator from Illinois, he author
of the bill took the lead, and tn, hercule-
an task of accomplishing this rtormation
was committed to the hands Of tat great
man. The opposition made upa the bill
in the Senate, the bitter invecwes and
unmeasured abuse poured out pom the
head Of its distinguished author, orrn the
back ground to the finest politica picture
ever drawn upon Legislative canyss. The
bill sought to correct an evil that hid been.
persisted in for thirty-four year and it
could notreasonably be expectedhat the
government could purge itself from
wrong so long continued, withoutpolitical
throes, groans and shrieks. 1t sught to
restore the doctrine of the sovereignty of
the people, and in this particularFas but
reflex of the sentiment of Jderson,
that they are capable of self government.
By it there is no inhibition upon te pow
er of the people, In framing the. State
Constitution, except that itnposedby the
Constitution Of the United States, ,to-wit:
Republican in FORMS Subiecte to the
ordeal of an elaborate discussionn the
Senate, by which it gathered strogth, it
passed that body, and was committe main
ly to your hands in the other wingof the
Capitol. Here too, the bill was fie1ely as
sailed, and, if possible, the struge more
desperate, the contest more severe md the
fight more merciless, than in ii other
branch of Congress. Still, sir, yol never
faltered, and ii is a part of the hiory of
the times that without your extraordinary
efforts in its behalf itnever could i've be
come law. 1t passed the Territty was
organized; this desirable country pened
for settlement, and all the blessins of a
free government, with the right Of the
people to regulate their domestic nstitu-
tions in their own way, securedto the
present and future population of Abras-
ka. The area of Territory embrced in
your bill extends from the Leauquicourt,
on the North, to the Kansas linen the
South, from the Missouri on the hst, to
the Rocky Mountains on the Westwater-
ed with fine rivers, fertiizing SIRENS, and
refreshing springs. The surfac of the
country lovely and inviting, the so full to
bursting with vegetable life, as if hseech-
ing the husbandman to come and dltivate
and produce food for the hungr, thous-
ands. AS the social result of youlabors,
we point you to forty thousand SOUS, pros
porous and happy, with grateful hsrts for
your kind efforts in reclaiming tbs coun-
try from the hunting ground of he red
man; blessing kind providencefor d.
recting their steps to the fertilebrairies
of Nebraska.
AS the political result of your labrs, we
point you to the peace and quiet With have
reigned supreme since our orgafzation,
and the universal satisfaction tht per-
vades the people in knowing that tey are
permitted to regulate their donlstic In
stiIutions in their own way.
As the pecuniary results of thGorma-
ton of our Territory we refer 20 to the
hundreds who came here poor, nd are
now enjoying the blessings of inepend-
ence and wealth. Surely it is Appropriate
and fit that one who has been instrumental
in accomplishing these objects, antprodu-
cling these results, sheuld be ou Chief
Executive; and it is but natural tat you
should find, willing and gratefulhearts
ready to receive and welcome yo wher-
ever you appear. If it be said tat our
sister Territory presents differnt pic.
ture from this. we can truthfully lply, il
is no fault of the principles of the 4ct, bu
because of foreign interference to reven
the free operation of those princiPs; be-
cause the people have not been permitted
in their own way to regulate their wn do
mestic institutions.
As to the character of your onstitu
ents, may be permitted to remak, tina
they are distinguished for their eerpriz(
and intelligence. You have alredy no
ticed among the strangers and citizns yol
met at the seat of government, th large
proportion of educated men. A hIh tont
of moral and religious sentiment btain
throughout the settled portion of th Ter
ritry. The hunting ground of IL rec
man has become the resting plae foI
christianity, and where but thregear
, ago was not to be found ought but avag'
relics, and barbarous customs, you NV SCI
flourishig cities with fine churches eecteC
for the worship of the only true God Thi
, very spot on which you now stand les thai
four years since, was the favorite gount
where the Indian, tired of the AMUSEMENT
of the chase, or fatigued with the onhct
Of battle, resorted to dress his furs, ,coun
f the scalps of his enemies, and celbrat
, his victories. In the place of this, yu nov
! behold a fine city of near three thusan
f souls, stately buildings and all the uxur
: and refinement of an old settled cantry
: If such has been Its infant growth wha
t must be its future manhood.
! But sir, Nebraska City stands notAlont
4 other cities of scarcely less impctanc
unite in bearing testimony to the ngica
S influence Of the organic law, in bmgin
| to the Western banks of the Missdri, a
E industrious, enterprizing and inteiger
2 population.
That which has taken years to econ
r plish in other territories than N6rask
] and Kansas, has here been perforn ned
t as many months. In nearly all Or Vi
5 lagos you will find churches, Masofc an
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