Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-01-14

people, through their representatives, is
denied them by the DULLES Of Omaha, to
legislatc upon this subject without threats
and overt acts Of violence being offered
them in the Halls Of Legislation, it is
then time that the people have a place to
meet, aud with the guarantee that they
will be pro ected in their constitutional
rights.
W. have, in another column given a
truthful and impartial account Of the dis
graceful attack upon Mr.. Decker, Speak
er of the House of X, representatives.
Whether the Speaker was right in taking
the stand 10 receive the message from the
Council, is n question of not the slightest
importance, when taken in consideration
with the high-hnnded outrage hat fol-
lowed. 1t will be remembered that the
House was in Committee of the Whole on
the bill providing for the election of Pub
lie Printer, aud that Mr. ClayeS. from
Douglas county, was speaking against
time. That gentleman publicly announced,
during his remarks, that no more legisla-
lion should be done during the session (;
that the friends of Omaha would occupy
the few remaining days of the Legis a.
ture in speaking, SO n 10 prevent e%ifectu-
ally any vote or action OH the Capitol ILL.
Many important Hills were in the hands
of the committees, among others, a CHM
inal Code, Revenue, aud Appor,ionment
hills, which the interests Of the whole
Territory imperiously demanded should
receive the final action of the Legislature
and become the laws Of the land.
1t is well known that the Territory has
been for the year past without any crimi-
nal laws upon the statut book. and that
ii is impossible to punish any one however
guilty of violating the laws of God and
society. But nine days of the session re-
manned, and the Legislature was informed
by the Douglas county members that none
Of those impor,an, laws should be passed
tina, the wheels of Legislation should he
blocked; that the people should suffer an
other year; that life, liberty and property
should remain AT the mercy of assassins
| N MI pn,I-,Inht rnlluarS FNr thA $40 M of q
criminal code to punish; and that no law;
for the general prosperity Of the Territory
should be passed-all because a bill had
been introduced for the removal of the
Capitol. II was at this time, and when
an entire day had been consumed in
speaking against time, in making good
their avowed intention to block the wheel.
Of legislation, that Mr.. Decker ascendtc
the stand 10 resume his seat for the pur
: pose of receiving the message. The
Committee was without a quorum, ant
the Speaker properly declared it ~desolved
, Then it was that he was attacked. drag
, ged from the sand, aud while four mel
, had hold of him, was thrown violently upoI
| the floor. Has it come to this, in Nebras
5 ka, that because a bill is introduced il
: the Legislature dis,a>teful to the people 3 o
p a particular locality, lha, legislation upol
all subjects is forthwith to cease Am
if the Speaker of the House, in the CHS
f charge of lis legitimate right. all, mp,s t
e receive a message from the other branch
I is he to be dragged from the staud, AN
the body broken up by a mob! And YET
if this dlsgraceful conduct S to be sus
tanned, such is the inevitable result, al
it will be in the power Of a few men, b
5 force and violence. to pre- 'ent legialalio
upon any subject Incompatible with thei
N interest. If one branch of the govern
g ment can in this manner be broken VI
and placed at open defiance, we see II
reason why any other branch cannot d
treated IN The ann manner. And wh'
Is there to prevent perso. 5 who are dI'
IS pleased with the decisions Of our courts
or perchance a decision which 1t is we
D. known the court, under the law, must pr,
IF nounce against them-from ascending h
ID judicial rosirum, and by violence and fore,
At dragging the Judge from the bench, All
a breaking up the COURT Ii The one ca
4. be done, aud is to be sustained, we do n,
know why the other C mot. One is ii
Legislative branch; the other the Jud
cial. TIE Speaker of the one is but Ii
exponent of parliamentary rules, vii