Nebraska advertiser., 1860-02-09

BOs SIT : dlu went not
"Whither of them twain did the will Of
his father! They say unto him, The
first"
The Democratic Party said II piU
carry out certain principles, but when the
time and place arrives to practically dem
onstrate these principles, they fail to prove
true. The Republican party in Nebras-
ka, especially, said, II wiH not but re-
pent and do the will Of the people. Our
readers can draw their own conclusions.
We go for the principles Mr.. Ncrrs,
and we are willing to work with any set
of men who will carry them out. Do.
you understand US W. hope you do.
Talking about consistency" the edi-
tor of the NeDs ia a letter written TO the
Chicago Times attempts to explain why
Douglas Democrats voted against the bill
to prohibit Slavery in Nebraska!!! That
is the richest thing we have yet heard Of.
Douglas Democrats vote against a bill to
prohibit slavery in Nebraska! !! "No.
such thing in the book"
Mr.. Reynolds claims to be a Douglas
Democrat! (7) and to speak for others in
his letter to the Times, giving as a rea-
son why he voted against the bill. which
simply was to prohibit slavery in NeBras-
ka, that by voting for the bill he would
thereby recognize the existence of slavery
in Nebraska! You might as well say
that voting for a Homestead Bill, you
thereby recOgnizedth the previous existence
of such law. The Times in reply to
Mr.. Reynolds, very appropriately and
sensibly, says:
awe do not agree with Mr.. Reynolds
in suppOsing that an act so prohibit rec
ognizes the presence of the thing pro-
posed to be prohibited. An act to 'abol-
ish,' pr~e-supposes the existence of the
thing to be abolished. The act before
Legislature was tie prohibi, and not to
abolish. We agree with hin, however,
in his opinion of the absurdity of the
whole act. It was an absurdity only
equaled by Gov. Blacks very unsonnd,
injudicious attempt to carry out the attor-
ney generals exploded political ak
ioms.'"
Is Mr.. Reynolds satisfied with the an
swer to the interogatory he propounded
to the Editor of the Times ?-viz:
81 ask you who were the most consist
ent and true popular sovereignty Demo-
crats-those who voted for or against this
ridiculous and -nonsensical proposition to
prohibit slavery in Nebraska "
"This little pig went to market!"-
and was sold.
While Mr.. Reynolds is explaining"
would it not be well for him to "explain"
why he offered an amendment to the bill
to prohibit slavery, the provisions OF which
was that a negro should be allowed to
testify in our courts against a white man,
and that his evidence should have equal
height with that Of the white man which
reads as follows:
"Any black or mulatto person, OF In
dian, or any person of Negro or Indian
blood shall be permitted to give evidence
in favor Of or against any white person
whatsoever, and his or her evidence shall
be entitled to the same weight and credit
in the courts of this Territory, as that of
any white person."
Away with such manifestations of
friendship for either Mr.. Douglas or his
Territorial doctrines. Sustain Buchanan
and his edict in the matter of direct issue
between be and Douglas on the doctrine
of Popular Sovereignty. Mr.. Douglas
and his true "friends will everywhere spit
upon such miserable trickery, and consign
to a merited oblivion the pitiable huck-
sters who offer his principles for barter
and sale" IN THAT MANNER-to use the
Neocs' own language in reply.
As to our seeking at the hands of a
Republican Convention, a nomination as
Candidate for Delegate to the Constitu-
tional Convention, our friends who are
~conversant with our wishes in regard to
that matter, will bear US out in saying,
such is not the fact. While at one time,
we are free to confess, we would have
priced the honor Of a seat in the Consti-
%tutional Convention, and would yet, did
circumstances permit, and the people
will it, yet we would not have accep,
ted the nomination as candidate from
any convention that might have been held
in the county, upon any other condition
than hat of an adherence to the position
we have always occupied upon the issue
of the day. We would not, under the
circumstances at present surrounding
US, deviate a hair's-breadth from our
principles even TO be made President of
the United States. Our views are well
understood in this county, upon all ques-
tions in which are involved the welfare and
prosperity of our Territory; and we have