Nebraska advertiser., 1860-08-09

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sound article, gives It's reasons why all
the friends Of popular sovereignty should
support Lincoln and Hamlin. We shall
l~eDdeavof, xtweek to fnd'rOom for the
whole article. Omaha Republican.
The first sentence in the above is a good
Joke on the other Democratic papers in
the Territory, and is also a good joke on
the critical acumen of the writer of the
above paragraph. The Republican is
great on criticism il declared but . few
months ago that Elder Mcneil was the
t'sbrightest, scholar in the Territory" IL
also sadi last Winter, that we were Ed.
tor of the "ablest Democratic paper in the
Territory which we fear we shall be
compelled Reluctantly to admit was In
tended for = joke. 7es
Letthe Republican by allmeans publish
the entire article, for then Its readers
will see how ridiculous the Republican has
made itself in the above paragraph, and
also how contemplate the advertiser is
looked upon by all sensible and right
thinking people.
OF course not a word was said IN the
article about the Republicans occupying
popular sovereigntygrounds; Furnasis not
such a-fool as that. The only possible
reason the advertiser pretended to give
for Its desertion of Douglas was It's mis-
taken notion thathe could not be elected.
Thinking that Lincoln was the stronger
man, and could be elected, the AdUerti-
ser espoused his cause. This may be a
good excuse for a man that is after a
Land Office at Brownville, but we sub
NIT that the masses who love principle
and regard it a. dearer and more sacred
than a mere temporary success, VIII not
regard it as q good excuse for deserving
MI. Douglas. Perhaps the Republican, is
delighted to defend loose morality of this
character. We are not.-NebrGskG City
NeCS. .r
We are sorry our amiable. good ma
tured and very sensitive friend REYNoLDs
feels hurt at what the Republican says of
lthe advertiser. WEBSTER, wont you stake
part of that back" and refrain from pub
fishing the 'entire article q We will feel
so bad when "looked upon by all sensi-
bic and right thinking people. AS" cOn-
temptibIe." ID 7a- -Ir
Seriously: We are free to say hat the
Republicans in Nebraska come much near
er occupying popular sovereignty grounds,
when it comes to the practical demon
STATION of that doctrine, than do the De-
mocracy. The Democratic party in 1854
when the Kansas Nebraska Act was
passed, told the people that it was the
"true intent and meaning" of the act
that the whole question of slavery was
left entirely with the Territories while in
a Territorial capacity, to do with 1t as
they pleased either 70 prohibit OF es.
tablish.
They Incorporated the Act into the
Cincinnati platform in 1856, "as embody-
ing the only sound and safe solution of
the slavery question" All their speakers
and writer's during the last Presidential
campaign, preached the same doctrine and
gave the same Interpretation, without
which James Buchanan could never have
been elected! Buchanan, in his inaugu-
raj congratulated the country upon the
final settlement of the question +" that
it "was banished from the halls of Con-
gress; was no longer a national issue but
was transferred TO local boundaries 10 be
settled bythOse, and those only, diret::llyy
interested, as best suited them" But the
very first time an opportunity presented
itself to practically demonstrate this doc
trine of popular sovereignty in Kansas
and Nebraska-the very Territories for
which this act was made-the Democrat
ic party repudiated the whole thing. Bills
were passed in the Legislatures of both
Territories, simply to prohibit-not a
word said about abolishing--slavery there.
in: they we're in both instances vetoed by
Democratic Governors. who themselves
had been loud and long advocates of pop
ular sovereignty! In the Legislature of
Nebraska, every Republican member of
both branches, was willing to take the
Poplar Sovereignty given in the Organic
Act, and use it TO prohibit slavery; they
all voted for the p~rohibiiOry Bill. How
was it with the Democracy? Veryfew
voted for the Bill, and they were read out
of the party. MI. REYxOLDs, Editor of
the NeUs,; he who wrote the above ar
ticle, was himself a member of the lower
House, last Session, when the Bill to
prohibit Slavery in Nebraska, was before
tha, body, and voted against the bill, and
now. he has the cool ~efrontery TO pirate
about being an advocate Of Popular Sow.
ereignty in the Territories Away with
such hypocracy.
We viii inform the News that the Re-
publicans of Nebraska, together with
others, opposed to the Democracy of this
d0a nrnpoea "a aal-a ,bo n.-