Nebraska advertiser., 1859-10-06
For the Advertiser.
Chronicles Of Jonathan.
CHAPTER III.

Now, in the Land Of Jonathan, in the province
called Nebraska, the people had builded a City and
they called IL Omaha, after the name Of the heather
who had been driven therefrom.
2 And the people of Nebraska, every year for the
space Of four years, sent men from the City Of Oma.
ma, OF that side of the river, to the Sanhedrim, al
Washing on.
3 And they did get for Omaha and for the COun-
try round about, much gold and silver, yea, even
more than a million Of shekels.
4 For a road, running TO the west country from
Omaha, they got q hundred thousand shekels; and tC
continue the same road, eighthundred thousand she
kels.
5 And for a road running north from the River
Platte, they got sixty thousands shekels, and TO bui
the Great Temple for the Sanhedrim, one hundred
thousand shekels.
6 But the country south Of the River they neglcc-
ted.
crafty, yea, even more than al the children Of iona
than.
s And they made many presents to the Chief Ru-
Ter of Nebraska, and did bride and corrupt him with
many pieces of silver, and with parcels Of ground
otherwise called Corner Lots.
9 And the chief Ruler hardened unto their voice,
and granted their request, and said the Sanhedum
should meet in 0mahs, and the Temple should be
built there.
10 And the children of Jonathan, living in Oma-
ha, said a hundred thousand shckels Of silver is not
enough, we will 60 in debt, and build a Temple
whose top shall reacn up 10 heaven, anu We VIII Bei
US 4 name, and become great; and our City shall be
the largest in all The lund Of Jonathan and the
Railroad that the people Of Jonathan Will build,
from the great Sea On the East, to the great Sea on
the West, even from Dan to Be-ersheba, shall pass
through our City.
n Moreover, the Children Of Jonathan shall pay
US for the money We spent building our Temple.
u And il came TO pass at one OF the meetings OF
the Sauhedrim, certain of the men of Omaha, being
Violent, and under the influence Of wine, which be-
ING interpreted meaneth kot-Gut. created a tumUlt
and fought with the men of he SLnhedrIm.
l3 Then was the wrath Of the people Of Nebraska
kindled against Omaha.
IA But the people Of Omaha said, behold, is not
all Nebraska angry with usG Go 70, let Us devise
some means to turn their attention from US, lest
they remove the Sanhedrim from our City, and re-
fuse to send one Of our number every year TO W ash
ington, and will not let US dc just as we please.
Is Is there not in Nebraska divers tribes, chief
among which is the Democratic tribe and the Re-
publican tribe. Go to, let US agitate the people, and
have the party lines drawn, and when the candidates
are chosen from the different tribes ono viii always
be from our side Of the river.
I6 And then We can always have a counsellor in
the Sanhedrim at Washington. For we will cast
our lots for our own man.
II So meetings were held at Omaha to organize
the Democratic tribe and il was also propOsedto
organize the Republican Tribe.
Is But the people Of Nebraska said il is not good
that party lines should be drawn. Il will set
brother against brother, and son against father, and
son-in-law against fatheT-in-law It will engender
strife, and heart-burHings, and tumults.
10 So the people would not at that time harken
10 their voice.
20 But the next year the crafty men of omaha,
otherwise called the Wire-wOrkers, were more wary,
and succeeded in pulling wool over the eyes OF the
people, and they induced the Tribes to meet 10 con
veniiun, and to choose, each tribe q candidate from
among its own men.
81 The Democratic Tribe chose one of the Children
Of Omaha, and the Republican Tribe choose one of
the Children Of the land on the South Of the River
Platte,
% Then was Robert the printer, and also many
others Of both the tribes, sorely displeascd, and they
said, organizing the Tribes was ali fely-there was
no difference in politics that could possibly affect
the people Of Nebraska at that time, either for good
or for evil,