Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-09-20


destroy lheir efTeCt, By insertinv the names
Of Gen. Cass, and others. and attempted
10 cast odium and ridicule upon The maye-
nent. Through bis paper, the News.
lle poured upon hln. lhe most vie and
hlackgnard abuse, en- ACCOUNT Of hls de-
Toiion @ lhe cause Of Mr. Douglas. And
not only in the columns Of that sheer.
but IN every other manner he h (Af0rtonl
abused bin and all others who o1posed
the vile and e0rFnpt adiiinis 4 81. ~ sl'-
Gaaaaas aud stood ap fer Dns1l l
alaF sovereignty. And now aslsel
lhe support Of the D1uglas Demccracr for
the Office Of Delegate.
DR.. R. said that he would alwavs sus.
tain Democrats principles, and overlook
sll private wrongs and surrender person
a preludices, and give q hearty sun
port to the candidate of tie
party Here the Mortoniies barsl o0t
il applause. The Doctor requested them
70 wait until he got through with what he
was saying tmighl not suit them. I He
would give, he continued, bis support ID
The candidate Of the party-if he 6sgisssd
him to be henesf, ard to represent Demo-
cratic principles. Bur could a man Be
honest who occupied the position that j.
Sterling Morton did How could 4 man
be honest who pretended to be in favor
Of Stephen A. Douglas, and vet held an
Office under his billeresl opponeo, and
/ Prosecutors 2 He, himsel!, (Dr. r.. felt
that ne ought 10 be dispised If be would
90 such a thing. When be lk0ughs Il vas
his duty 10 oppose the administration ara
support Mr.. Douglas, he resigned the
Commission he held as Marshal Of the
Territory, because thar be could no lon
ger consistently hold il. He came home.
from Washington and openly avowed him
self friend Of Senator Douglas, and
forFtihas. Sterling Morton, who now asks
the votes Of the Douglas Democracy, de-
nounced him as a disorganizer, and thro'
the columns Of the Nebraska City .NesDs,
Of which he was then editor, stigmalized
bin as a 81 Douglas DemOcrat," using the
term as an Opprobrious epilhet. Morton
then upheld the Administration, and sill
holds with 3 tight grasp the Office Of Sec.
retary of the Territory, with the nice
little salary of So, 900, while he presends
to support Douglas. Can he hold these
two positions and be honest and consist
ent! What would be thought Of 8 clerk
in store, who, while receiving a good
salary from his employer, would take ad-
vantage Of his posiilon 10 iniure that en-
ployer's business and build up rival
firm? Would he not be denounced as a
base scoundrel7 And where is Morlon's
position different from this ? He Is sus-
tanned and supported by the patronage Of
the administration, and processes bis
Willingness to use the influence thns OBJ
tanned to injure the party sustaining him.
When the storm ragged fercest around
Senator Dooglas-whenhe be stood up bold
ly against the whole force Of the admin
islratiOn and its supporters, and upheld
the great principle Of popular sovereign-
ty-where was j. Sterling Morton lhenl
Snugly esconsed behind a federal Office
and hurting his shafts Of malice at Mr..
Douglass supporters. He (Dr. Rankin)
could but despise that class Of men who,
instead Of endeaVoring TO direct publie)
opinion in favor Of right principles, will
oppose man or a principle when unpop-
ular, and then sneak around and be loud
est in their support when the tide chang
es in their favor. A true nan viii be
honest in politics as well as anything else.
He saidl be would not dictate 10 others
what course they should pursue, but for
himself he had no confidence in Morton,
and he did not consider The platform or
the nominee binding upon Democrats
There was nothing in either which would
require Democrats to support them. He
to have another opportunity Of
addressing the Democrats Of Otoe coun-
ty, and would give his views on the sub
ject more fully"
The brethren in the front part Of The
house, beg Of the brethren in the back
part Of the house to speak a httis louder,
that the brethren in the front part Of the
house may hear more distinctly, what The
breiheren in the back part Of the house
have 10 say to the brethern in the front
part Of the house.