Nebraska advertiser., 1866-10-04

"Citizens of Nebraska will recolleCt
that j. Sterling Morton came here in
lS54-l2 years agO-and by battling
with the hardships incident TO a new
country, Dorked TO giUe yOu pleasant homes
and prosperous neighbOrhoOds. EUery
county en- Nebraska has felt the influence
ofhisp,onetr life. "-Neb. City Statesman.
L Yes! true for once 4! Every county
has feh tie (bIasli1g) Influence of his
pioneer life" and is still wrilhing meath
the curse inflicted by his hand D.
t3 10 1853 Nebraska was being rapidly
Oiled up with hardy pioneers from the
East; invited here through The paper
edited by this libel on honesty, Morton.
The great inducement he. with others.
held out to the pioneer was that he could
come, take a claim, and hare three or four
years fine before the Land Sales wOuid
be brought on TO make. money out Of
The land 10 pay for u = With this in
ducemenl immigration had been pouring
in'during So aud 81; the great maj'ri.
lly bad just 81 f;c enImeans to build a cabin
AID break up a path Of ground. This
IS known by everyone at all converSant
with the history Of Nebraska.
In 1851 Sterling Morton was Sec
rotary. appointed by Buchanan. Eastern
~lspeeulators were working with might and
main to have Buchanan bring on the
Sales, when, after The land had been
offered, they could lag their Land Var
rants upon our best lands! Petitions
were circulated requesting that The Lands
be offered did Morton then use his Off
cial Influence TO stay the greatest calam-
ily. that could befall Nebraska No!
The very opposite is true; in the Spring
of 1858 HE SIGNED A PETITION
REQESTING BUCHANAN TO
RRINGjON THE LAND SALES IN
NEBRASKA and when, afterwards,
requested 10 sign a remonstrance, which
actual settlers sen to Washington, HE
REFUSED!n
The Sales forced TO Mortgage in Ne
maha county, 27,34S acres of land which
actual teulers occupied in Richardson
county, 1912 acres; in Pawnee coun.
ty, 6,S95 acres the amount of money
which The pioneers we're thus, through
Morlon's fundamentally, forced TO bor-
! row. or resign their homes to spectators,
was in NemaEa S43,13O; in Richardson,
S25, 966; in Pswuee, S16,f03i This
debt has ground down the s-tller and
set back Nebraska at least five years /;
and yet A. F. Harvey, (the man who
attempted still further to curse Nebraska
by inviting, through MOrIon's paper,
the News, Missouri rebels, bushwhackers
aud gueTriIlas to make Nebraska their
home,) the editor of the stateman, who
knows these facts. pens The, above delib.
crate insulisito he yeomeh of Nebrnska /!
His master creates misery, and he mOcks
the suffering!
Voter! look over our broad prairies,
there see the boundless number of acres
yet held by eastern spectators ; go to
the cabin of your neighbor who has stood
il through and hear his sad story of good
crops of corn forced TO sale at 10 cents
a bushel to pay interest. while his family
were suffering and in want; 60 10 the
court record and there read The history
Of Nebraska after The Land Sales ; and
follow the SherIf's relentless grasp upon
the %setIleri then ssy,dwhether you can be
so'!esl 10 ali sense Of honor, as Sy your
suffrage 10 elevate to any position this
libel on humanity honesty and truth
J. SlerhpgsM ogOpa "Or Any. Olhsr .map'
who will endorse him