Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-11

- 49, Sss eAAsCih6CA~SAs P~OAAon-
ed in : Slave State. K is but short time
since we iAfarInedIthe St. Louis Herald that
the actions of the Missourians and its own
.course would tend more to kill slavery in Mis-
souri,, than the combined acts of abolitionists,
and we now perceive that its cotemporary. the
Intelligencer, takes the same view Of the mat
ter as we do. These continued aggressions
on the part Of the Slave Power, will not much
longer be quietly submitted to. The sons of
New Epgland and the middle States do not like
to fight" but driven to extremes they soiN fight
and fight desperately for those rights guaran-
teed to them by the Constitution. Let the Slave
Oligarchy continue its course in Kansas, and
if the Federal Government does not interfere.
civil war will follow. The whole power of the
North will be brought to bear against this den
of iniquity, and in the end Slavery must be the
loser. Notwithstanding these encroachmens
on the rights Of notwithstanding the
protestations of the North notwithstanding the
business of our cause, admitted by Southern
journalists, still there are to be found in our
midst northern statesmen and northern presses
who cowardly cringe to the Slave Power, and
in Minnesota, we find the tools of Atchison
and Stringfellow attempting to brow-beat honest
freemcn into their measures, and pouring out
their walls Of wrath and Indignation on those
publican Banner. Will men of thought, men
of mind, men of soul, be influenced by such
menials who lick the feet of those who would
kick them? Must we ofthe North always sub
init to these things and be l0lled into quietness
by the cry Of" Dsunionists," Abolitionsts g.
No, gentlemen cut-throats, both of the north and
the south, we shall submit no longer. We
shall stand for our rights and defend those
rights at all hazards We shall show to the
world that there is North, and that there is a
time beyond which patience ceases to be vir-
tue" That time is approaching---is at hand.
We must act, and to act effectually, we must
act together. Let then the Republicans rally---
let them stand firmly to their posts, undaunted
by the threats Of the South or moved by the ig-
noble deeds of those traitors to freedom who es.
TEEN the acquisition of wealth or power para
mount to tlN, propagation Of those Principles
upon which rests the very foundation of our
Government.
To show what some Of our Southern cotem-
poraries think Of the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, and the outrages which have
been perpetrated since its repeal, we append
the following from the St. Louis Intelligencer
We hope the article will be carefully read, and
duly considered by those who pirate so loudly
about the Constitutional rights of the South, u
and the dissolution of the Union:
"The news from Western Missouri is Of omi-
nous and most discourasing character. That re-
gion is suffering from mildew and blight. Its
glory is dimmed, its spirits abated, and its hopes
fading.''
After setting forth the distractions interposcd
by the Atchison outragcs to the settlement and
growth of Kansas, the Editor proceeds:
"Between these fires, Missouri is leading on
her languid existence. ST. Louis is retarded in a
most wOeful way. Our railroads creep mt snal's
pace. We build ten miles while other Western
States build one hundred. In every department
of life We feel the paralysis. Instead of bound
ing forward, buoyant, strong and rejoicing, we
the tick of deathwatch.
"These are the bitter fruits of the repeal of
| the Missouri Compromises wicked and wrong
full deed-that will yet bring hell of bitter self
reproaches to its authors. Missouri did not de-
mand that repeal. The South never asked it,
Atchison solicited it, and in moment of political
insanity the South consented to the wrong, and
made the wrong her own. This was the suicide
of Slavery.
sEvery step since taken has deepencd the wrong
and enhanced the danger. The Free States or
ganized Aid Societies, and sent their men to make
Kansas free. 1t had been Free Soil by solemn
| compact for thirty five years, and they naturally
were incenSed to see its character changed. The
South would have been far more indignant if
Slave Territory had been thus, by an unexpected
act OF Congress, converted into free soil.
"The Free States had right to be indignant
that a long-life compromise had been repealed
and they had a right to keep Kansas free as it
ed nothing else. But portion of the citizens Of
Missouri, headed by Atchison and Stringfellow,
denounced the Northern emigrants as 'paupers
and hirelings,' because they were sent West with
the money of a society and so they had county
| meetings in Missouri and raised money, and sent
Territory! Were these Missourians shirelings'
too? And did these two wrongs make one right
"Atchison and Stringfellow, with their Missou-
ri followers, overwhelmed the settlers in Kansas,
brow-beat and bullied them, and took the govern
ment from their hands. Missouri votes elected
the present body of men, who insult public in
telligence and popular rights by styling themselves
| the Legislature of Kansas This body of men
are helping themselves to fat speculations by To-
eating the seat of government ond getting town
lots for their votes. They are passing laws dis
franchising all the citizens of Kansas who do not
believe negro slavery to be Christian institution
and national blessing. They are proposing to
punish with Imprisonment the utterance of views
inconsistent with their own. And they are trying
to perpetuate their preposterous and internal
TYRANNY by appointing for a term Of years crea-
lures of their own, as commissioners in every
county, to lay and collect texes, and SOC that the
laws they are passing are faithfully executed
Has this age anything to compare with these acts
| in audacity
"The Free-State men of Kansas have resolved
| not to submit to this daring usurpation of nom
resident oigarchy. They have called a conven-
ton of the people of Kansas, to meet in Septem-
Der next, and frame constitution for their gov
| eminent. This movement will be supported BY
thousands in Kansas, and it will rally and bring
to their aid the Northern States that have been
for the time staggered and confused by the un-
toward events in Kansas.
THE next Congress will find. then, this Issue