Nebraska advertiser., 1862-01-23

RATHER TINA gentlemen in the Council,
while the appOrtionment bill YVES under considers
ton, said he thong h he had to represent the whole
Territory, instead OF his immediate locality. We
would suggest that The email county Of ID pre-
scents quite as large n sW5ace IS the gentlemnn
can 6apVaniently spread himself over and If ho
undertakes 10 c6ver the entirR Territory, be will k8
spread oe 90 thin that there win be no substance 70
him. inattempting To span roo ride q breach At .
sinole sfeD there's considerable danger IF a ruDturo
or spiit Of the anatomy, aud even "seTen league
boots" are not equaIto the journey from Richard
son county to Sioux City at = single stride.-Oi na-
Ia Ns6raskiaA.
When "Ectreuass' meet, there Is usually some
grand community Of corruption in which each party
gets its appropriate share, but we VIII not attempt
to account for the corporation Of the "far North
with the sunny South" in an attempt to secure ths
passage Of the apPOrtiOnment blL-B.
DID Nor PAss.-Desrite Congressional trades
and the ireGehery and sale of North Platte men, and
the workings and strivings Of several embryo Con
gressmen, the appOFtiOnment bin did not pass.-Ib.
The above choice paragraphs are I'M
dOubtedly intended as a "drive" at the
Hon. JOHN TAFFE. of Dakota county,
who occupied and honored the honorable
position Of President Of the Council at the
last session OF the Legislature, n who
was the only member of that body North
of the Platte who voted for a new appor-
tionment. The appOrtionment was not a
sectional measure. 1t was a matter of
justice and right to the people Of Nebraska;
not to effect North or South Platte either
~benefcially or iinjuriOusly. 1t was to give
a representation in the Legislative AS
sembly in accordance with the population
or qualified voters. When Mr.. TAFFE,
as President Of the Council. was about to
give his vote-the casting vote-he stated
that on that question he was not the rep
r~esentatIve solely of an immediate con-
%stituency to whom he was indebted for a
seat on that floor, or of either section Of
the Territory known as North or South
Platte but of the people of the WhOlc Ter
ritorg, and that as a matter of Justice
and right, and in compliance with his oath
of Office and the requirements of the or
ganic act, he "voted for the Bill" The
Bill then and there acted upon, we will
further state, was really not an aPpor-
tionment Bill, but was merely authorizing
the Governor to apportion the members
of the Legislature, using as a data the
census returns of 1860. Because Mr..
TAFFE, in the faithful and impartial dis
charge of his dutIes as a Legislator, stood
above mere sectional feeling, and refused
to be inundated, he is thus spoken of by
a press which claims, and represents a
people who boast that they are not actua-
ted by selfish or sectional motives =
"Acts'' are said TO Gspeak louder than
words"
Notwithstanding the Bill then under
consideration failed to become a law, the
vote of Hon. JOHN TAFFE. of Dakota
county, will ever stand, and be considered
by a people demanding only what is
guaranteed them by our form of govern
ment. at least as among the brightest and
most praisworthy acts of his Legislative
career.