Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
[ror the Advortiser.l-
BrounaiLIe. Sent. ooh, 1859.

1t is truly disgusting to observe the low
aid groveDing subterfuges to which the
would-be leaders Of the Democratic party
resort, to make even a momentary inn
preston upon the public mind, to the dis
paragement Of the Republican party. ]
say it is contemplate when it emanates
from the p~riyates in that GOOD old par
ty," but when such men as Gov. Black
stoops to wilful misconstruction and per-
version Of language, as was done by him
in his recent Estabrook speech in this
place, it fills every honest mind with the
most uncomfortable loathing.
Gov. Black made the assertion that the
Republican party was mott in favor Of pop
ular sovereignty, and quoted as his text
the second section of the platform framed
at Bellevue, which says:
ID. That the citizens Of the United States imi-
grating TO this Territory bring with them their inhe-
rent right to legisIate for their protection and vel
fare, subject only under the constitution to the regu-
lation Of Congress. That the people Of this Terri
tory should be allowed to elect their own officers,
and regulate their own domestic institutions, and
that il is the duty Of the Territorial Legislature Of
Nebraska in the exercise Of its power TO prohibit
slavery in this Territory.
The first sentence in this section IS the
one that is most offensive to the Cows
peculiar principles, because Gas he says)
it recognizes the power of Congress to
interfere in the domestic regulations Of
the Territories, contraryt to the expressed
will of a majority Of the citizens. With
all Difference to Gov. Blacks exalted opin-
ions, l would merely say hat it is a viii
full and malicious perversion of the Ian
guage; and is but in keeping with the
low-toned means invariably used by that
party, in order to gain any real or fan
cied advantage from its opponents.
The sentence reads: "That the citizens
of the United States immigrating to this
Territory, bring with them their inherent
right to legisIate for their protection and
welfare, subject only under the Constitu-
ton to the regulation Of Congress-" or,
in other words, "that the Territories are
subject to the regulations Of Congress on
ly so far as they are compatible with the
Constitution" And the next sentence in
the same section, goes much farther in
the doctrine of popular sovereignty than
the boosted democratic platform, for i
gives the right to the people of e%lecting
their own officers Uice the appointing Of
them by the President from the ranks o.
broken-down political hacks who are
thrown these territorial bones in order tC
keep them quiet.
1t is a very significant fact that the
~elucidators of the GLORIOUS old cause
(?) invariably stop in their transports
while reviewing the public veal accom-.
plished through the labors Of their party
at the Inauguration Of James Buchanan
and in claiming the doctrine Of popular
sovereignty as the bulwark of their cause,
uniformly forget to hear aloft that bright
and shining act resulting from their con.
ception Of popular sovereignty" yclepi
Lecompton! And more of their ideas Of
popular sovereignty might be seen in the
hint thrown out by the Hon. Governor
himself as a bride, that in the event OF
Mr.. Estabrook's election, he would call an
extra session of the Legislature to take
the initiatory steps to the formation of a
State Observation-Disclosures no extra
session would be called. There it is
There is the Democratic regulation of
your own affairs your own way. If you
will DO as Jim Buchanan wants you to,
you can come into the Union speedily +;
but if you presume to think differently
from this great / Am, you will never get
in so long as we can prevent it.
And now one question to every honest
mind. Does it not look infnitisimally
small in any n occupying the position of
Gov. Black to stump the Territory for
such a man as Experience E~stabrook?
OBSERVER.