Nebraska advertiser., 1866-03-15

nl8CeO III NSUI8S8As hO-Oot SAS~A~eA
of q lands stand parceled ID to Kan.
sas and Iowa Railroads. To-day The
nOnhesn counties, IL Kansas, denand
= raiIEsad, and Senator Lane viii secure
hem a liberal grant The war on our
frontier has besnas cruel and Obstructive
on the borders Of Nebraska as Kansas,
and yet the majority Of the claims for
property destroyed in Kansas have been
paid by the Government, while the eiti.
gems of Nebraska. many Of whose dear
est friends fell meath the lomahawk Of the
ruthless savage, have not received one
dollar but remain, stripped Of friends,
kindred. and properly. without a voice
or vote in The halls of Congress ID de-
mand Reimbursement for losses which
the General Government should have
protected them against. or influence TO
secare protection hereafter. He found
no faul. with our Delegate, but said all
the talents Of a Webster and a Clay com
bined could effect nothing in the position
Of a Delegate from . Territory. He
asked his opponent in the debate 70 ans
wer or conlrOvert the figures be had
made; not 10 soar 10 The realms of i'm:
imagination. but to lake the bull BY the
z | -aNaaR" .AHa-aH.
horns, 10 face the music, and answer his
figures if he could.
Mr.. Cranes reply was a most won
derful effort. He. wisely, attempted no
answer 10 Mr.. Mason's figures, but
AdOve" to the bottom of his capacIOus
brain land dragged up drowned" elO-
quence rby the lOcks.Y as often getting
it by the right end as the wrong. He
pictured himself as one Of The moral
heroes of the war /; standing upon the
Allegheny Mountains, in Virginia, with
"a dripping sword in one baud and the
Constitution in the O,her.'' singing the
chorus to The Marsailles Hymn; which
rallied 10000 troops TO the aid of the
Union-and someone else led them He
took ground against the small sum which
Mr., Mason proved would run State gov
ernment. and said the sum of $4,000
would hardly "build a southern gentle
mans pig pen =" These pig pens are
"played OUT" He took exception to the
point that the influence of a member of
Congress and two Senators would build
up our internal lmprovem nts-especially
railroads; and said that railroads we're
a curse to the country. quoting Illinois as
an instance of a "SSate spoiled By Rail-
roads r. He pictured his fOrelorn cone
dlIiOn ia youth, a Ia Nixon, with the ca
ceptiOn that no flag of truce belray-
ed itself in Ibis rear" and was kissed
by the balmy breeze Of the sunny sOulh!''
He opposed The way the Constitution was
framed. and thought it should come in
.H.LN ..ALO
the Irregular way" which would COST our
| Governmen,-Territoria Or State-about
$4,000; then spoke ~eloquenlly Of the
enormous public debt Of the general Gov
eminent, and on that ground urged his
auditors to act noble. act manly, show
themselves worthy of their Revolution
cry sires." by refusing 10 become a State,
and thereby ave TO Government the
land she offers US to aid in building State
buildings-seeming 10 forge, that BY act
ing thus noble, manly and worthy of our
Revolutionary ~sires,'' we remain PauPsrs.
dependent upon the general Government to
the tune Of $500 in cash yearly! The
question of his loyalty in Virginia, and
his love for the mother of Presidents"
was ~elOquently sci forth by the speaker /;
no q doubts his loyalty or love for old
Virginia, yet, his persistent effort to blaze
it forth On every occasion, may breed
DOUBTS 10 TIE minds OF many on a point
now conceded. All admit that the
speaker did well, considering the case
he had, his being a comparative strange,
and the short time to prepare.
We confess our inability to do justice
to the closing part of Mr.. Mason's re-
marks. Ia opening he had calmly and
~elOquenIly sci forth facts and figures, and
had been met with buncOmb and gas, and
his motives for advocating State roughly
canvassed. His reply was The most sar-
castle and eloquent speech ever delivered
N this city, Its force may be estimated
when we state that the Chairman of the
Democratic Territorial Committee aclu-
ally urged Mr.. MasOn-while he was
speaking-tO cease scoring their cham
Pion,
The State question will carry two 10
O IN this County ; il gains friends by
every fresh attack Of the opposition.