Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-06-27
THE FRAUD-HOw 1T WORKS.

THE FRAUD-HOw 1T WORKS.
An astounding fraud has just been discovered
by Messrs. Campbell of Ohio, Benton, Mace and
others, in the Nebraska bill. 1t seems that Mr..
Richardson s:ted to the House that his substitute
was the Senate bill simply, without the Clayton
provisO, when, in fact, he had inserted clause
providing that no persons other than the citizens
of the United States should hold olhce or vote
until they had sworn to support the principles OF
this bill. 1t also provided for continuing in force
all laws locally applicable. This includes the act
of 1854, excluding from said territories all for
eigners, on penalty of thousand dollars, without
n passport from the War Department. limiting the
i'm, he shall remain. and route of travel.
Mr.. Mace will introduce 4 bill amending and
explaining the Nebraska act and McsSrs. Benton,
Campbell AMI others, will take the ioOr in denun
cation of the fraud thas imposed on The Co ntry.
The above is from = Washington CORES
Ynndent Of the y. Y. Tribune, dated June l4:h
md the same news we ind is commented upon by
aiding Democratic papers Of the East. Wehavo
reason TO believe that tho information is coGrect
and that this is but another act in the tragedy Of
role!as & Co., which has had a great run ON the
tagos of the Southern theatres, patronzed and
N iiutained by Northern doughfacos. When the
Nebraska bill was pending in the Senate Of the
nited States, the cry OF ia advocates WAS let
the people rule" Some honest think NJ men,
suprosing that the stage managers were sincere
IN their outburst of democracy, were Gclu led in
20 voting FOR the scheme, but now that the mass has
been removed, they will no doubt be loud in their
denunciations OF those who deceived them. ''Let
the people rule' ruug the changes. "The Ne
hraska bin will quiet the Slavery agitation-t
VIII lie blessing 10 the country" &c., were the
continual ordinations uttered by the originators,
instiSators ana perpetrators OF the fraud What
now: On no :: there is something rotten in
Denmark - The man behind the curtain shifted
the scene, and instead Of letting the people rule
honest emigrants are excluded from the territory
3" by penalty of one thousand dollars unless they
have passport from the War Department t limit
ing tho time they shall remain and route of tray
el.' In addition to this, we have another beau
tful scene. Here it is
NO persons other than the citizens Of the l..
s., shall hold Office or vote until they have
sxorn to support the principles Of this bMr'
Think Of that, honest men, free men, poor men !.
You are excluded from the territories of Nebras-
&a and Kansas to make way for slave labo", -
you are forbidden to tread that soil because nor
thern demasogues wish to ride into political pow
or. You cannot vote or hold Office unless YOU
swear TO support an odious measure, and all this
comes of the beautiful working of tho Nebraska
Bill. Out on such hypocr:sr and rascaty. They
should be secuted from one end Of the globe to
the others, and ii there is any virtue in the
American people, we believe they will be-
Such palpable vllainy cannot, must not, uiH
not 90 unrebuked, and this effort on the
part of Mr.. Richardson to smuggle in a
proviso as hateful those which compose tn
bill exhibits in cli.rinS coors the depths of deg
relation to which men will stoop to accomplish
base ends. The odiousness of this bill has lust
begun to make itself visible, and though gentle
inen IN m cry peace. peace. there is no pcace,''
and we hope there never will bcpeacc, until amh;-
tous politicians, northern doughfaces, and south
ern demagogues are made to feel the force of the
popular will.
The New York Evening Post, a we'll known
Democratic paper, thus closes article on this
ubicct
bat the most insulting pro. sion in this Sec
ton, AMI the most intolerabc provision in the
whole bill, Is that which makes it and the consti-
,uion Of equal sanctitv, which compcls every man
who presents himself at the polls to vote. or as a
"indiiate For Office to swear that he will support
me Nebraska bill; and which requires him to de-
"ote himselfto the PROPAGATION of slavery before
h is allowed to exercise the inalienable RIGHT of
freomi
This is the first time an American citizen has
ever been require to take an oath to support an
at of Congress; it is the first time suffrage and
"lfcc were ever dependent upon such an oath: it
l. the first time the extension Of slavery has been
RI scl to the level of constitutional duty.
The operation OF this qualification will be to
exclude from the polls ana from Office in tn ter
ritories nearly every man who coca there from
the free States. lt will disiranchisc nearly every
member Of every emigrant association that has
re: been formed. and place the entire political
power Of the territory in the hanl Is of slavehold-
ers or slavery propagan lists, for others will or
ian take the oath required by the term of this act
1t will also exclude from the polls AMI from
Office for five years, every foreigner who may
reach the territory after the first election dav.
As the great bulk of the future settlers of NJ
braska will be forci 3ncTs and emigrants from The
free States, 1t i. obvious that far from govern
ins themselves, the inhabitants of tn, territory
will have comparatively nothing to do with max
ing o. administering the laws which they will be
required to obey. Such is the character of the
bill which Senator DOUGLAS inforaeI the brass
bin'i. whom he addressc, the other night at the
IT. Nicholas. was based upon the rgh. of the
PEOPLE ia govern Themselves