Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-01
Hon. 3. A. Strickland.

In the last Omaha Nebraskian-,he
common receptacletof all fthAwe notice
a low scurrilous article upon this gentle.
man. The whole tone of the philippe i,
Of the very lowest pot.house lcastLsdNch
Is eaa ss!y ,eihaiiate from m bmin5 of
small compass, and a heart reekine in
vice and corruption. We do not lay this
morbid excrescence Of a sickly intellect
at The. door of the moon.calf who ASSAYS
to preside over that ''moral" sheet. We
know he did not produce III but. the
''charcoat pencillings' cf one Rankin,
who keeps himself at Omaha Teasing OH
bad whisky, are plainly evident in every
line and word. We know a thing or two
about this whifi, of a fellow, and are
well satisfied that every word has been
dictated by envy, malice, and, a base de.
sire to befoul the fair character Of Mr..
Strickland by this assassin-like attack.
We happen to have the pleasure of a
personal and intimate acquaintance with
Hon. s. A. Strickland, and are CONVEX
SAINT with his private and public character
since his residence in the Territory of
Nebraska. AND knowing him, both per-
sonaily and by reputation, we take great
pleasure in recording our testimony as to
his qualities of head and heart, aud in
stating, what is too well known in and
out of his own county to be successfully
galnsayed by "penny-whistle scribblers,"
that he is above doing a mean act, and
prizes too highly al unsnllied reputation
TO barter away his honor for trash, or
even 10 gain personal prefermen,. As
man, as u private citizen, he is respected,
and honored by all who know him, and
loved for those qualities OF heart that
draw around him a circle of warm friends
wherever he goes. He is generous to u
fault |; honest in all his dealings; kind
and afable in his bearing to all; gentle
manly in his department, and possessed
of refined Feelings and a sympa,hizing
heart that always readily responds to the
appeals of the distressed, and cheerfully
gives when the hand Of charity is stretch.
ed outtosmm. , aefEEGNw
His public character is too well known
throughout the Territory to suffer detrac-
ton, in the slightest degree. from such 4
pitiful source as the one above alluded 10.
The shafts Of envy and malice, although
aimed and driven with the nerve of de.-
peration, fall harmless at his feet He
has always been a warm, firm and UNI
hinching advocate and supporter of the
rights of the people. He has a~ssiduously
labored, in the capacity of Legislator, and
otherwise, to promote the best interests of
the county he represented; but in his
zeal to represent their best interests, he
has not at any one time lost sight of the
welfare of the whole Territory; neither
has his judgment been warped by section
al prejudlces, or his patriotism circum.
scrIbed within the limits of a single coun.
~. | .7r.y..2' ~ ~ -
In the great issue that has been forced
upon us by scheming, corrupt deuagogues.
(hke Ranking Omaha vs.. Nebraska
Territory, he has stood, shoulder to shou'.
der with the people, in the front ranks.
He favored the removal of the Capihl
from Omaha, not from personal motives,
or with a view of personal aggrandize-
ment, but because he felt that the people
desired il, and that the welfare OF The
Territory loudly called ftr il, For this
bold stand such narrow-minded, selfish.
Liberal men as Rankin hated him. cur.-
ed him, and are still seeking TO cruh
him. He has been, and always willie,
an "eye SORES thorn, a plague to these
,oad;es, whose motto is rule or, ruin"
But their efforts to ruin him will fall slit.
born to the earth. He is too securely er.
trenched in the hearts of his constituents
and the people who love honesty, to suffer
from these low, ribaldreas attacks. i''En-
Wy loves a shining mari" is verified in
this case; but the expectations of the
wicked shall fperish ~ Hoyencs Courier.