Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-01
The PaFtieS-TheiF Nominations
Our Course.

party at Bellevue. As our patrons in this
county-in fact in the Southern portion Of
N~ebraska-are Of all parties, we are per-
haps doing nothing more than our duty IN
giving both tickets a place in U paper.
With the platform Of the Democratic
Convention we say we are pleased-as
much so at least, as any person could
e1rect to be with one gotten up by
others than himself. The third reso-
luton, in cur opinion, to be perfectly
consistent with the doctrine Of Popular
Sovereignty" should have gone a step
farther, and assumed the constitutional
right Of a Territorial Legislature TO legis-
late upon all subjects in which the people
are interested. The first clause Of the
last resolution is imprdcticable and
smacks too much of "Old fogyism'' TO
be applicable to the day, age and
country; II IS not rital, however, at
present. OF both these points we shall at
a proper time take occasion 70 speak more
at length.
The complimentary ballot" given to
our townsman Hon. R. BRowN in the
Plattsmouth Convention, we were glad to
see: il was merited. Mr.. B. was among
the very first settlers In this country;
has.done much to advance lis interests IN
every respect; and It was but due that
the Nemaha and Pawnee county delega-
tions, cast their complimentary ballot for
him.
Of the Nominees we are, Of course,
expected to "say a word To start out,
we frankly confess TO a very great in
difference under all the circumstances, and
the shape In which we find matters. As
rs well known we have always here
tofOre opposed the attempt TO draw
party lines while in our infancy, and in the
total absence Of practical, or tangible po-
litical issues. We have doubted the good
faith prompting the organization Of parties,
and every step toward which, has but
strengthened those doubts. For instance,
in the Democratic Convention: there are
five territorial offices to ill; we find for
four out Of those five offices, the nominees
not only haiIing from a certain section Of
the country, but from II particular local
Ity, or city-Omaha. We ask, in all
seriousness, does this look like good faith
We have no quarrel to wage with Omaha
in her good luck: it is her good fortune, .
and still better will it be for her, if she
secures their election.
Under the particular circumstances
the law requiring the Auditor and Treas
urer to "reside at the Capitol" and the
compensation, at present, not being sufH-
cient TO induce any Il if elected to re-
move there solely for that pGrpOse-we
would naturally enough look to that point
for men to ill those offices. The present
incumbents, Messrs JORDAN and WYMAN,
were very properly nominated, and we
hope may be elected: we shall do all in
our power TO secure their election, and
can but think the people of Nebraska will
n o consult their true i~nterestsif they fail
10 bestow upon them their suffrage.
Now to the "Delegate:" OF General
EsrABRooK, we have only TO say, he is a
man "against whom nothing can be said"
We wish all other Nebraska officials could
show as "clean-skirts'' as he.
As to Mr.. DAILY He is, we are free
TO say, not our choice! Yet, he halls from
q locality, in the prosperity Of which we
feel, and have always felt, a deep and
abiding interest; alOcality which we claim
has been shamefully sighted in every re-
spect. We, as a journalist, have been
unremitting in demanding for the section
of Nebraska embraced within the Nema-
ha Land District, ~SoMehing. An oppor-
tunity, never before offered, now presents
itself, and we would be exercising a far
greater amount of bad faith in not en-
bracing it, than tOfail in supporting q full
party ticket-especially under all the cir
n before referred to. We have
faith 10 believe that Mr.. Daily, if elected,
will use all honorable means to secure for
Southern Nebraska what is due her only;
that she may occupy an equal footing
with other, and heretofore more favored
portions of the Territory. In taking thispo-
siiion we will not allow the charge Of wag-
ing wal upon any other locality; we only
mean and purpose, as stated a few weeks
ago, to do as other localities have been,
and are still doing-and we honor them
for it-and what we, In a great measure
have failed heretofore TO do. We wish
il understood, therefore, that we support
Mr.. Daily as a local candidate solely,
charges that may be made to the contrary,
notwithstanding.
We are fully aware that we are, in
taking this step, subjecting ourselves TO
anathemas fsloud and long" from strict