Nebraska advertiser., 1866-09-20


purchase had been j ested1 ith fam
atieal wOrshippers At the bloody Confed.
crate MOlOck; and. when al ouScass
from bOne and hunted in the mountains
Of the Colorado by the hell. hounds Of
EDaEhz&zGn1=ofie often resPened=haEiBs
Jeff Missouri.
Having been myself tracked with dogs,
shoL at and e. last surprised and captur-
ed, and having narrowly escaped being
hung because / did not belieFe JeE.
Davis a Purer patriot than tWaskinglOh,
and his mob government better than the
Kingdom Of heaven, I know from bitter
experience. how to sympalhlse with loyal
men who have suffered like lhings At The
hands OF ateursed COnfederaies. And ]
am sufficiently acquainted with b einnsse
and unqd .It,fea depr witty Of Southern
colIon-mOulhsr 70 bare q most cordial
haired of cOpperheads and all sorts of
political reptiles that crawl on the earth.
Union men in Texas, who are slch il.
heart and EXPRESSION are few ia number
and Of dependent spirit We believe,
from present indications, ihatlhe sece,h
~leaven hid BY Andrews policy in the
bushel Of smnesiy meal, viii soon heaven
The whole lump Of Southern society and.
give rise TO iunumsrabIe bloody riots, if
DOa actual civil war OnHa grand scale. ~
We know the same pard0ued and re-
cops,ructed iends- who butchered their:
fellow citizens aud robbed The widows
and Otphens Of their murdered vic: inns
-sre longing for an OpPoftunilyto DO.
their deyiIish work over again. With the
words Union and cancellation on their
perjaredliPs, their bands clutch the dag
ger 70 slay loyal white men and freed.
men; many of whom have been assassi.
mated during the pas. year in Texas;
and as yet not a single culprit has been
punished. And this State of things grows
out Of The fact that Moses j Johnson
now ih'the wilderness Of political infsmy
10 concIliate bis enemies, Las bound
bis friends hand and foot, and cast them
into the dan Of lhe scorpion tObe deEour.
ed by the young Whelps Of the Confede
rscy. His policy has made loyalty odiOuis
and treason honorable ip-.he rebeIliOus
States. end by a lavish exercise of exs
eeuivs grace he has made himself re-
diculo6s in the eyes Ofytbe world, in his
abOrtive effort 10 make good citizens out
Of material TOO mean for decent devils.
/ do not mean thlssOf many of thessou,h-
ern people naturally brave and generous,
and who were ignorant Of facts and of
their duty; but it is true Of those and
sheir name is legiOn) who knew better,
and yet organized MODS TO hunt down and
stay Union men. This latter and Bumer-
ous class Of men are pardOned, aud live
now in afluencs and honor in sight of the
graves of their murdered victims.
No grand jury South will find a bill
a mObOcras or X. G. c., because
the Witnesses dare moi. on peril Of life
diyulge what they know, 6ne 10
Justice is the sure and eternal basis
of peace and prosperity, and our Moses,
building on the sandy foundations Of in.
discriminate free-gracs, is casting bis
pearls before swine and exposing himself
and country to shame and ruin.
The Government of this State has
gone into the hands of white washed
the Legislature rs now 10 session
making appropriations to buy cork legs
for Confederate heroes. donating lands
TO The disabled soldiers Of The State, and
providing for the support of widows and
orphans CT Confederate soldiers, at pub
lie expense. u. S. Senators are to be
and the President of the Secesh
Convention is a candidate favorably
Of BY many members some. of
these gentlemen have said publicly they
would not truckle TO northern radicalism
so far as to vote for a Senator who would
take the test oath ! yet these men are
JOhnsOn's ~friendssand loud advocates of
my POlieyA slaj s1sazm 4 1sri
Men who have opposed secession and
have been steadfast Uni onists, endorse
he action Of Congress as both just and
and esteem johnson n worse
Than Benedict Arnold, and LOOK
upon his policy, if adopted BY the country,
as sure TO result in q second war more
terrible and more bloody than the first
The late New Orleans riot. and com
ments on II by leading rebels here, has
opened The eyes Of Union men to The
which threatens ihem-and their
to God is that the loyal people Of
he Northern Safes may before IL istoo
late, comprehend the deep depravrty Of
he rebel heart, and learn that moral
10 useless with brutes. vlsI.
The presence Of physical force alone