Nebraska advertiser., 1868-04-23
The BrOWnVIlIe Journal.


Republicans in this city for some weeks
past, that the Journal would sooner or.
later throw Off its disguise, and come
before the public as 40 organ Of The
Democratic party of Nemaha county.
The fact that Its proprietors refused to
publish articles written by stirling Re-
pUbIicans for no olher reason than a fear
of offending leading Democrats, added to
the discovery made on the day Of our
late city election, convinced many that
the rumors as to its political tendencies
were nor without foundation.
If more is wanting TO confirm the public
that there is a willingness on the part Of
the Journal men to espOuse the cause IF
the Democracy, it will be found in the
fact tina, none are more jealous and per-
sistant in finding fault with Republicans,
maligning their motives and miscODstFu-
ing their action in convention, than they.
In its issue Of the 18TH inst. il discourses,
with mRsh feeling, upon the abstract
proposition of the impOliCy Of conventions
being controlled by "cliques or rings"
and very lucidly concludes as follows;
"We hold hat they are the proper per-
sons 10 select candidates through their
representatives, and not the candidates
or aspirants in that direction" It has
been suggested that the above quotation
has a meaning not observable on the face
of Il, and for this reason we leave il
without comment.
1. also charges that the delegates at
the late county convention neither re-
hected their W will, nor the will of the
people. in refusing TO instruct the dele
gates to the State convention to vote for
certain men for office land it finally
winds up It's leading editorial by virtually
saying that there IS so much dishonesty
and chicanery among Republicans that
they need watching. This may be the
principle upon which the journal men
act, but for gentlemen with whom the
prOprietors of the .AdUsrtiser Office are
in the habit of assOcialing, a more chris
tian and enlightened code of morals is
enfurced-that of considering our Co.
laborers in the field of politics honest and
upright IN their intercourse with each
other, and as representatives of the
people, until convinced to the contrary by
undoubted evidence. We hope the Re-
publican party will move on from victory
to victory, Notwithstanding the detection
of the Journal men and we suggest to
the editor of that paper the propriety of
working in harmony with the expressed
and known will Of Republicans so long as
it continues to urturE the banner of Re-
~publicanism.
The delegates to our late Republican
county convention were composed Of the
true and tried men Of The party in this
county, and in. their behalf we assert. the
editor of the Journal to the contrary
Notwithstanding, that they are men over
whom "rings'' and ~'cliques' have no
influence. They were not mere cats
PAWS, tools or dummies, as the Journal
editor would have its readers suppose,
but men of standing, influence and posi-
ton in society aud IN the party, capable
of thinking and acting upon their own
judgment and conviction of right and
wrong not such as the journal repre-
sents "are so common in the Eastern
States"
We are panied to see this fling in a
pretended Republican paper at the rep
r~esentative men of the party. Its whole
tendency is to divide rather than harmon:
ize, and we deplore the spirit that i'm
pels any one to throw a irebrand in our
midst at this ~inoportune moment.