Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-29


faaciss more ttsn sou eoo'd name;
Ard they ssy Mise. Dsrsey's cases
Doss.s d..ssn just the same.
How wonder sho will wrsr them:
II the pastor seeks 10 tes,h
r ~ his issis. he ~siI may 81 are then;
IT'S the miiiinsss that preach.
An our eyes ,urh sights are drinking,
Counting DER their cost ane~t
And we break the Sabbath thinking,
What IL We could wees them TOO!
From the ~ Louis Democrat.
Ths Black Laws in Kansas.
10 another column will be found trans
srips Of Law recently passed by the Lower
House Of the Ksnsas leg 'ssure in regard to
sbs ''bettsr protection Of slave properly. p
We invite the attention Of Missourians es-
psoially, and 10 fact the whole people Of the
United States, TO IL. bloody provisions where
BY the life Of white man 10 made Of. less CEN
seqaesss and valse than the services Of a
ns9ro slave. Our correspondent, writing
from ksnsas, speaking Of its provisions Gays,
s that ain utter disregard Of tho natural rights
Of free speech and thought, ii is only parsl-
i-lsd by one thing 10 oil past history" To
this rsmssk We do not assent; il is neither
profound nor accurate. Many acts more Sc
we're 10 provisions and more proscriptive as
regards opinion have been passed, and even
. che resolution not TO haze The lac printed,
hos been more than equsled in the Past. A
Roman Emperor Ii said TO hive written his
sdicts % Cue, and hung them 80 high, that
she people could not read them, and there
. upon 10 have gluttcd his appetite for blood
% The uttesmost upon the unconscious viola
tsSs. This, We think, fully parallels the de-
sisien Of the Kansas Legislature not to prin,
their Draconian code on she subject Of slave
property. 10 the twelfth section, however,
u is our purpose at present, 70 call more 90.
pscial attention. II reads - follows:
See. IL. II any free person. by speaking
eV writing, assert or maintain, that persons
hdvs not the right to hold Slaves in he ter
vjtOry, or shall introduce into Kansas, print,
publish, write, circulate, or cause to be in
sroduoed into tho territory, written, printed,
publish, or circulate in this territory, any
BOOK, paper, mag zine, pamphlet, or circular
containing any denial Of the rights OF per.
person shall be deemed guilty Of felony. and
punished By imprisonment al hand labor 70,
. term not less than two years.
This 10 neither moro nor less than making
. difference in opinion, upon constitutional
lishes tho prison and the pillory as the arbi-
tsr Of conetitutn i law, IL preierens to tic
judiciary Of tho land, and makes the human
mind square i,s convictions to the ideas Of a
few accidentally elected legislators. The
"Psocrustian bed'' has been o myth hereto
fore; il promises soon to be shamb!e and a
slaughter house in reality. Men are no long
o. 70 be permitted in the new territory to ex-
press abstract opinions upon moral questions
without suffering the SYNONYMOUS penalties
Of State Penitentiary, aud this is called
opening the territories to the people Of the
whole Union. and admitting all persons to
the enjoyment Of its fair lands. Squatter
sovereignty was much lauded by General Cass
and Mr.. Douglas, 10 the outset, and yet. un-
Der this phase Of it, both Mr.. Douglas and
Cess would be sent to tho State prison, if
obey dared to utter 10 Kansas territory what
they have repeatedly said in glowing Ian
aueRs in the 6enate Of tho United States.
The way to Nulify Bad Lease.
There 10 shrewd and wealthy old land.
lord away down in Maine, who Is noted for
driving his "sharp bargains" by which he
aasssod large amount Of property. lie is
the owner OF large number OF dwelling
houses, and il Is said of him that he is not
ever scrupulous Of bis renting charges, when
ever he can End customer whom he knows
70 DO responsible. His object 10 to lease his
house tor . term OF years to his best tenants,
aud got the uttermost farthiug in tho shape
OF rent.
Adinunitive Frsnchman called on him last
winter, 70 hire dwelling he owned in Port
land, and which had long remained empty.
References were given, and the landlord as
eertaininG that tho tenant was a man s'aftcr
bic swn heart" Immediately commenced to
':jaw" him. He found that the tenement ap-
psaFed to suit the Frenchman, and he placed
% sshorbitaat price upon it; the lenses were
drawn and duly executed, and tho tenant re.
moved Into his new quarter.
Upon kindling fires in the house, it was
ieund that tbs ohinuies wouldn't ssdraw,"
end the building wAs filled with smoke. The
window sashss ratified at night, and the cold
Ais rushed IN through hundred orevices
sbous The house, until now unpoticed. The
saow matted upon the roof, and the attics
wses dssnchod with leakage. The rain pelt.
a, end our Frsnchman found ssneutral"
6ssh-rosn spon the second foor---but
Ne lsass vas sisnsd, and tho landlord
sAaeklsd.
~ have bssa vat you call ssuok in,' Wis sis
dan maison," nuttored our victim to him.
selfs . week Afterwards, "but n'imports, ve
cal go vat W cal sss."
Next morning he arose bright and early,
ed saiis passing down, hs encountered the
Al DO !-bon jour, monsieur" said he in
lie AAppisst manner.
"0ssa day cir. Hsw Do you like your
hossse"
"Ah! Monsieur elegant, Beautiful, mag
stessae ~, sSss, monsieur, have bat 10
+ eAS! What 10 that ~
. = iossiss, sal live in nat house bus tree
. Chow % 2"
II dad b vet ysu call .. lease, nat you
Aase give Ne 10 hoase but for tree year, and
] very much scsry for sat-"
bes 9! cosrss you can have it longer il
s'Ah. aoasisar, sal " very uooch glad il
lsas have sas house 90 long a Iplssss-eh,
Oh, esrtsia.y, air."
1tss Asn, noasisue! cal yak right to
rear cGess, and you cal give me vat you call
- iaAes tor sat Adison, just 20 long a. Isoi
esAt % hssss. Eh, mon.ieura"
Csssainly, cir. You can stay there your
sits ~, Il you like"
a. rsasiesr, hare very noccA tank
go Ter sis AeeOnnodation.s
1he cid lease was Destroyed, and new
- Rss delivered ia lorn 10 he Frcnchnan,
gNi1g hin pos,sssion q the prsnises for
sseeA . period "a The Lesser shall desire the
49, As pAysag the reat promptly" &c.
h next norling eur crafty landlord was
pasMag ~ Assss jass - the Freochnan's
- lea1 e lusaisars wAs bsiag started from
~ 1ese; n hour Afterwards . messenger
eAlla1 a hin viii legal teadsf, Ter the
- q sisAs dAyss accompanied with : note
- es)lsuss
ss11saaisss-I hers bia smoke hive bin
1Psaaa-@ have hia fresse to death in 20
Aslss ~ { have hire q YOU Tor ~ period a
lay 1ssisA Aavs siay in q dan house
}oO lsAe 9 I plsese, and q bearer 81 lis
IN eiss yes % key !-Bos joss, messisur..
u = aeedlesa % odd that our landlord has
$500 dass 49, knovs 70 give up Sc bird
= - NOD Tor tue il Ne kusAss.s
IS fas Nasnea sniesatlea fssA Great Bri-
AA y UtaA = nask lasHes than Il esosfally
npesaeA Fssn he New York Tribsas Ne
lsasas tAa1 Assiae H. period enhraced Be.