Dakota City herald. [volume] (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860, 1859-09-17
Daily An DaRota.

following. he done neither Of these two
things. He went through the town Of 0nadi
considerably slower than a streak oflightning,
when be found not a solitary lndlyiiual collect
ed 10 hear him. This was too bad. The c]itigcus
Of Omadt oughtto have give him 3 show. IN
der standing that tho skiEmg were oos IN mum
bersl In Dakota City, going through tho farce OF
nominating q County ticket, 40 made horse
flesh suffer to reach hero before they dispersed
10 this wsy be got here two days earlier than
expected and by doing SO had n.5fe persona to
hear him by twenty-five, than he would have,
lad be waited till Monday. AFTER the Skisms
got through with their little business, some Of
them could be seen making a straight wake
for the country. The sight Of Daily was sur.
fcient, and having 20 idea Of suffering much
any way before election, did not choose to
remain and be bored through with a speech
from him. Even some Of the nominees made
themselves scarce as they had misgiviDgs, bad
"a there prospects we're, he would make things
still worse. A few however stood ground
Dakota has always been nVtod Tor treating
strangers with q great deal Of respect, and
it would he very unbecoming to do otherwise
with Mr.. Daily. Finding that tho number
of Republicans was small and growing bsauti-
fully less, 3 feT r~asoally democrats belonging
to the uatelrifed tarbed in snd help.
ed to make up O little crowd for him This
was done to maintain the good name Dakota
L.. l.-.A,F.-- ,,.Es.rI rAl ~ TO- -
desire on their part to hssr Dir. Daily. The
number made up in this way to listen 10 an
Abolition djs!rioe, was about thirty or thlsty-
five.
He curamonOed his hsrrangue by stating
the principles Of the two oontending parties
in this territory, not as they are but as be
wished them "a be.
He demolished the administration entirely,
tore its policy to shrsds, ~ts.ers, and scattered
the fragments to the sport Of the Wild winds
ofheaven. Government officials ia this Terri.
tory were skined alive, turned inside out snd
then exposed to the laughing geze of the pub
lilo on 'skiTtrs." We we're afraid when the
speaker magniGcent,y lampoons1 the Govern
ment for ordering the land sales, so that the
poor man couli enter his land aud not be CON |
tinually annoyed by Republican claim jumpers,
that he would DO himself a physical harm. |
We apprehsnded apoPlexy and was very much
perplexed If he did NY II the handle" to
know what the citizens of other parts Of the
Territory wcald think Of our letting him go Oh
in that way. He finally come through oil
right except perspiring violently, and blowing |
at the nose like q p0rpoIss and snorting like
a war-horae, and after rubbing his shaggy
brow until the friction produced a high degree
Of polish, he launched out in a terrific style
on "Aboliuouism." Not that he exhibited tho
errors Of that doctrine at all. Mr.. Daily
done no such thing. II vac the reverss. II
was the beauties and benefits OF that sweet
scented theory that no dsscsntsd on in a Style
that was not far removed from the rawlings of
clsm Of the oonourers present, to that degree,
the heels Of their stogas came down On
the hoor OF the Town Haii 18th u great dvai
of violence, ANA made more noise than could
have seeu produced 81 : troop CO Ao.se.
Daily IS ''sOme" when handling his fsvOrite
theory as this part Of his speech was Adolf
ton, his looks we're Abolition, his actions ADO
E,ion aud himself an Abolitionist.
He vas psriculsriv cruel on secretsIy
Morton beoause said Secretary refused to pay
him, the said Daily, the small sum Of fifteen
dollars, now due the said Daily by the Ter
ritory Of Nebraska, for services rsudsred.-
The sessions Of the Legislature arc limited by
law to forty days, BAT Daily aud his o~o-lagis-
lAtors stretched the last session out to forty
FIVE. Secretary Morton refused 20 pay Mr..
Daily for the five extra days, and by doing SO
has incurred the displsssurs Of this model leg
~islator, who displayed his wisdom by attempt
ing to amen the Pre- eTpuon laws Of the Uni
ted States in the Nebraska Legislature, aud
exposed his dishonesty by endeayoring to
sWiudle the Government out Of Rtteen dollars.
This is only an Instance Of his avsrice and
q he possessed the requisite snount OF dissre-
ton for a man ofLis years, be would no, re-
fer 70 those dirty l.tte tricks Of HE by way Of
illustrating Official corruption Spot tbis one
Of The mauy reasons Why the lseobes who
have impoverished Miobigau, robbed Wiscou-
sin aud crippled iowa, are 80 bitterly opposed
70 tho officials in this ,eI7itory1 We leave d
the people 70 Judge. he used ami abused
by turns referring 90 that slatssman {
he talked L~seomptou, but Invariably {
him to be an ugly obstacle on Toe sls- }
rsry sDe Popular Sovereignty qusstl9ns.-
he bss nv lUs third tAs ability - several G