Nebraska advertiser., 1865-04-06

MscE. III. CooK, .a.a -
Dear Sir: wa4
will say that your letter came 4
my office in due time but owirg to my
absence from home, 1t could not be an
swered sooner than the above date =
From the contents Of your letter, l sup.
pose that you viii VINE homore on af'
fairs of cur Country, and perhaps you
bad ratherI would say nomoFe on it,
But will say daty calls upon me % re-
PLY to your number two, and you will
nodoubt think me severe, but when
write wish TO be distinctly heard and
understood, and am willing for any
man to do The same towards me, $50
when you read this" if you, or any cf
the connection-endOrsing your political
sentiments; can reply to ii, let me hear
it, in any way you see fiji, aud j, will ali
be right, so far as am concerned. |
think l have good reasons for writing
SHARPLY 10 you. m
1st. Because you have introduced the
subject yourself, and ID. | thinl your
position needs sharp reprOOf; and |
latter myself that l shall give it one, be-
fore l close this letter. Now for it,
You say if you are a CoPperhead, so was
Madison, Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson.
&c. You then speak, of being cOnsli-
tutional man &C., now in all candOr let
me look at this one moment, you are in
every way, shape, and manner, opposed
to the present administration, and yet
you say you are with, Jefferson, Madi-
SOD, Monroe, &c.
Do you know what MadisOn's poll
cy was in the war Of u, and 13. Do
you know what Jackson's policy was in
the Blackbawk war. Do you know
what Polk's policy was in the Mexican
war Can MT. Cook 60 back 10 the his
tories Of those policies, and tell me
wherein the policy of the present ad-
m inistrarion differs from them, have
the history of all those administrations.
and l know that E. H. Cook, conld not
give the difference if he were to be
hung heels upwards for it, the only way
the policy could be rightfully dlstin-
guisned from the former policies Is; II
is more full and complete than those
were, and the reas on of this, Mr.. Lin
soln has had a wicked rebellion 10 con-
-end against, and Jefferson, Madison,
&c, had ne such troubles to encounter.
Those men were l think all good, and
rue, to the government, but Mr.. Lin
,oln has done more for our Country's
salvation, than all of them together, as
every sensible man knows, and as every
honest man will admit
You next speak Of being constitu-
ional man, and you repeat This, 2 or 3
ines, suppose you think if you DON.
e peat it, il will be hard to make the
people believe it, and l must confess
hat don't believe it yet. If you are
man at all. it must be to
-ome clause Of JEFF Davis constitution
t cannot be the constitution of our
You next ask is it constitutional to rob
man of his private papers send him
way from his home? imprison him &c.
70 this l reply, it is owing to what
rind Of man be is, and what kind Of pa
1ars he has. If he is a rebel like Mr.
Vallaudigham, captur hin, send him cut
f the nation if possible, and bum his pa
,ers, this is constitutional, this is aocor-
ing to the Laws Of our 'government.and
lso according to the Law of God. No
should show any respect for
Traitors in any way whatever, but should
erve them Just as God did some Reb-
is of old Mum. Is.
Bat your arguments on the Constitu-
ion Sc, convince me very clearly that
,ou don't know what the constitution is,
-onr arguments evince to me that you
ave borrowed them form the Rebel
School, and that you have read the con-
ititutiOn through once, in your life.
Now let me ask my good Rebel Broth
,r-in.law a few questions. 1st Is it con-
litutional for men who have taken a sol.
mn oath to defend the constitution and
avs of this government, TO re6ell
.gainst it. because purged traitors; and
10 all they can to destroy the veay
ountry, they are solemnly sworn to de-
end. like Jefferson Davis,i Stephens,
7loyed, Breckenridge, and all the other
eaders Of this wicked rebellion. Or ID.
5 it constitutional for a man who is liv.
Dg in the north, and enjoying the free
iom, and happiness, and blessings Of the
'est government the sun has ever shined
lPon to pickup his gun and 60 down
iOuth, ard help those Godforsaken Vii
ians,in their attempts to ruin this govern.
nen' as I understand Mr. Cook las done.