Nebraska advertiser., 1859-01-20
.he confess wlth il. Those Of our people

who raised the voice of condemnation,
and of opposition, were designated enc
mics 10 the peace of the country, and the
finger Of contemptnOus derision pointed at
them, and their names associated with
the abandoned traitor Of his country.
The manner in which the Cincinnati
Democratic Platform was received thro'
the length and breadth of the land, is too
fresh and unimpaired in the remembrance
of the American people for any one,
high or low TO have the impudence to de-
ny the facts, as stated. Can any one
with truth assert that Democrats did not
sanction. every sentiment incorporated in
that Platform? Can any one doubt but
that platform was the talisnadn to victory?
Had ii not been for the grand, the noble
spirit Of liberty and equality whispered in.
every word of that document would the
Democracy have succeeded in ~vanquish-
ing the enemy ? 1t is of no use for men.
who are at all tenacious of the truth to
even intimate that Buchanan would have
been successful without the national non
interference principle found In the Gin
%cinnati platform? He accepted it as the
true exponent of Democracy, and pledged
himself to a faithful and unfinching exc
cution Of those principles, whenever they
came up before him. No dissatisfaction
o~rmurmaring escaped the lips of the fear
less standard bearers of our country's
rights. They marched Onward to victo-
ry the enemy overpowered and crushed,
and our democratic principles gloriously
indicated. ll.-
Just now, fellow-democrats it behooyes
US to nourish and preserve the doctrine
enunciated in the platform of 1856, I'M
furnished aud unimpaired. And right
here let US, in all frankness and kindness
ask, are our leading men determined to
adhere, regardless of results, to popular
sovereignty, or will the opposition appro-
pirate it 10 themselves? We all know
the prominent feature of the kansas
; Nebraska Act," wasa principle granting
to the people of Kansas and Nebraska
the right TO control and establish such 10.
= cal governments as to them might seen
just; independent of Federal authority
or any other power. No one who ha.
"eyes to see, or ears to hear" can posi-
bly, mistake or m~isconstrue language 81
plain and simple as that contained in tina
Act. Andi is unaccountable, that a col
I lision of opinion should have occurred il
> regard to it, between the President ant
other prominent Democrats. But not at
tempting, at present, to enter into a dis
cussion of the cause of the unfortunat
: clashing Of views on that subject, we
nevertheless, know it did transpire, AM
that it has caused a lettering, and a fear
e full trembling of the Democratic founda
/ ton. Far and near, in the snow-cla'
S hills Of the North, to the eioudless sa
vannas Of the South, extending over tn,
broad plains of the West, the same diff
ference of opinion has, and does pervad,
e Democratic ranks. The Administration
!, upheld by some, and literally censuret
: by others; both parties having contribu
e ted to the elevation of James Buchanan
to the Presidential Chair. And, it nigh
: be said a more malignant and deadly hos
tility exists among Democrats than cal
/ be found in the bosom of all political or
CARNATIONS combined. This is a deplo
rable and ~humiliating fact, and our en-
emies will unquestionably avail them
selves of SO palpable and undeniable in
compatibility of feelings and views. Sue
j. cess need not be hoped for, or expected
ID unless those discordant and antagonist
D. elements become Gained, and a union c
ID all wings accomplished.
9r Now, the question is, will this objectb
consummated, and the fragments gath
. cred together from all sections under tn
r flag which aoated proudly and triumph
ID antly over the Union in SO? VIII on
US ears be saluted AGAIN by the stirring il
c donations of 'self government" eth
d, right of the citizens of all Territories
u regulate their Opn affairs IN their on
re rag, subject only 10 the Constitution
X the United States 2" VIII we hear
n trumpet tones, "Non-intervention in a
p matters of a local or domestic nature
lg Congress-" Let each citizen determH
list for himself, like a freeman, and a di
be eliminating, rational being what kind
nc a government he desires to live unde
'e, and with which to link his hopes, happ
ness and destinyL
ry Surplus Corn in Nemaha Count
he We have, since the maturing of Il