Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-29
What Would He think of 1t?

Az HAOaI POALN
Douglas in his memorable canvass Of Hi
nois last fall, was that he was supporting
the regular nominees, duly made il Dem
ocratic Convention. This was the strong
point made by the honorable Senator to
those, who, exhibiting more zeal thandIs-
erection, attempted to read him out of the
party. He showed his party fealty by
Welding a loyal and earnest support to
the decisions OF his Democratic brethren
of his own State. The BrownvIlle i'd
v~ertiser has not ~unfrequently spoken IN
the most complimentary terms OF Senator
Douglas. Indeed in its last issue, allud-
ing to that Senator's recent paper on
Popular Sovereignty, the Advertiser says:
at is decidedly the strongest paper ever
produced by any statesman IN any age"
What would that honorable Senator think
if he knew that the Brownville AdUertiseT
was doing its utmost to defeat his friend,
the regular nominee of the united and
entire Democracy of Nebraska What
would the Little Giant say?
Mr. Douglas, as is well known, ranks
among the ablest champions of Popular
Sovereignty. The Brownville Advertiser
has hitherto possessed great regard for
that principle, and indeed so has the
Peoples Press of this city. What would
the Little Giant think that a hitherto pro-
fessed friend, through an influential jour
nal, was attempting to throttle his great
principle" when first it came before the
people of Nebraska for adoption or re-
lection? What would he think if he knew
that it was compelled to yield to a bitter
and intensified localism and s~ectionalism ?
1t is not our purpose to denounCe the
Advertiser for the course it takes. 1t has
a hard enough road to travel in all con-
science. We will not scatter thorns In
its path. We only throw out these re-
Elections for its camer, better moments.
when that journal is entirely untrammelled
and uninauenced by any considerations
of whatever kind."-Neb. City News.
Did the "head and 'front.' of the Demo.
cratic party-President Buchanan, and
those who obeyed his "wink and nod''-
sustain that great man, Mr.. Douglas, in
his strong point?' Did they not like
blood hounds howl upon the track of
Senator Douglas endeavouring to throttle
his principle and him too? Were not
the very men in Nebraska, who sanctioned
every throttling effort Of Mr.. Douglas
bitterest Observation-Disclosures Dem
ocrats-now the main supporters of Gen.
Estabrook? Has not every effort to ex-
emplify Mr.. Douglas great principle
in Nebraska been thrOttled by these very
men, who, to-day, are d~enouncing the
course of the Brownville ADVERTISER 3
Are not the powers, we are urged to
curry favors with, by e%lecting Gen. Esta-
brook, nOw-To-DAY denouncing Mr..
Douglas recent paper on Popular Sove-
reigntyp Letus have the papers,
The Washington COnstituti0n-the Ad
ministration organ-no longer ago than
the 9th ult., d~enounces Mr.. Douglas
late paper in the bitterest terms.
Mr.. Buchanan's State organ, the Penn
s~yIUanian, speaks thus:
alt seems that the Illinois Senator has
published a lengthy article, false in ats
history and UiciOus IN ats Intentions, on
the territorial question, in the ~intensest
of all Black Republican Periodicals, Har-
per's Monthly Magazine. This periodi-
cal is rabidly anti-D Democratic, so much
so that it is not to be presumed than an
Essay of a truly Democratic character
would be permitted to find a place in its
columns. Judge Douglas has, therefore,
chosen a fit organ for the PRONUNCIATION
of his hereticaJ opinions.
"There is not in the whole land a more
busy, fussy, intriguing, anxious seeker af-
ter the Presidential office than Judge
Douglas. His game is a disgusting one,
and the country is becoming tired of the
~pertinaciouS and shameless solicitations of
himself and the class of mercenary men
who follow his fortunes like a Swiss guard
for pay, present and prospective. 1t can
not be but that the people will turn their
backs Indignantly, and with a sense of
bathing on the entire pack"
The Louisville Courier another Journal
that "shows his party fealty by yielding a
loyal support to the decisions of his Dem
ocratic brethren" in referring to the arti-
Gle the Brownville .4dvertiser was pleased
to style as "deCidedly the strongest paper
ever produced by any statesman" says:
"Squatter Sovereignty will hereafter
usurp the place of love-sick stories and
sectional poetry.
If, however, if squatter sovereignty is
all hat the South has gained by the Ne.
braska-K Kansas act, then we have been
greatly deceived, and our people haze
been most ShamefuUy treated. Is it pos
sible that for the establishment of this
silly dogma the statesmen of the South
have labored month after month and year
after year?
If we concede squatter sovereignty in
a Territory, we have enacted, beyond all
caVil or dispute, A MOST ADO
LITIoN MEASURE"
W. had really hoped to escape being
compelled to refer to the "skism" exist
ing between Administration and Douglas