Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-10-27

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Peoples Rights!" f
.ss IS vpers that creep seas
where man dsdains to climb,
And having wound their lo.thsome track
To the topof this huge, noul'ierinE
Monument Of Rome, hang hissiRg
At the nobirr m ~ below" =
A no more despotic tribunal existed in the
days OF Rome than now exists in the Territory
of Kansas. Men at that period were put to
death for daring to utter their sentiments, and
men in this age, in the boasted land Of Free
dom, where Patrick Henry exclailned-.'Give
me Liberty or give me death are also put to
death and are incarcera:ed in prison for doing
nothing more than the Roman Senator did when
he gave u,terance to the above quotation. But
if there were vipers then there are vipers now,
and they "hang Kissing" from their giddy
heights to which they have wound their loath-
some bodies, "at the nobler man below"
There are few. however. who fear them not,
and among these is the editor Of the Kansas
Tribune, who, deeming the freedom Of the
press the palladium of the Peoples Rights"
sends back the hiss Of his enemies in the follow
ing noble strain:
To-day Sept. Is, 1855, is the day on which tho
iniquitous enactment of an illegitimate, illegal
and fraudulent Legislature have declared, COM
mences the prostraton of the Right of Speech, and
the curtailment of tho LIBERTY OF THE PRKss |!
To-day commences an Era in Kansas, which, un-
less the sturdy voice of the people, backed, if nee
essary, by "strong arms and the sure eye," shall
teach the tyrants who attempt to enthrall us, the
lesson which our Fathers taught to kingly tyrants
of old, shall PROSTATE in the dust, and make Us
the slaves of an Oligarchy,
WORSE THAN THE vERIEST DESPOTISM
ON EARTH!
To-day commences the operation of law
which declares:-"Sec. IL. If any free person,
by speaking or by writing, assert maintain, that
persons have not tho right to hold slaves in this
Territory, or shall introduce into this Terrific
ry, print, publish, write circulate or cause
to be introduced, into this Territory, written,
printed, published or circula in this TERRITORY,
any book, pnp.r, magazine, pamphlet or circu.
to hold slaves in this Territory, such person shall
de deemed guilty of Felony, and punished by inn
prisonment at hard labor for q term not less than
two years." a.., -es a Is
Now We DO ASSERT, and we declare, despite
all the bolts and bars of the iniquitcus Legislature
of Kansas, that "persons haze not the right to hold
slaues in this Territory," and we will emblazon it
guage so plain that the infatuated invaders who
elected the Kansas Legislature, as we'll as
THAT CORRUPT AND IGNORANT LEGISLATURE
itself, may understand it-so that if they cannot
read, they may SPELL 1T OUT, and mediate and
deliberate upon it, AMI we hold that the man who
fails to utter this self evident truth on account of
the nsolent enactment alluded to, is a poltroon
and slave, worse than the black slaves Of our
prosecutors and oppressors. - -, ....-.-,
~ nf xkoT Ia 49,. ~
Magma Charta of American Liberties, - =
Guarantees TO erery citizen The Liberty y. speech,
and the Freedom Of The Press!! -.
And this is the first time in the history of America
that body claiming Legislative powers has dared
to attempt to wrest them from the people. And it is
not only the right, but boundcn duty of eysry
freeman to spurn with contempt and trample un-
der foot an enactment which basely violates the
rights of Freemcn. For our part we do and shaii
continue to utter this truth long a. VIC have the
power of utterunce and nothing but the brute force
any oitizen-any free Amcrican--brook the insult
AN INSOLENT GAG LAw!!
tn. work of Legislature elected BY bullying ruff.
fans. who invaded Kansas with arms, and whose
drunken revery, and insults to our peacablc, un.
offending, AMI comparatively unarmcd citizens,
were disgrace to manhood, and burlesque upon
popular Republican Government! II they do,
they are slaves already, and with them Frcedon il
but a mockcry.-( Kansas Tribune. 8 =.
ID THE CoNsEeUKNcEs.
The editor of the Herald Of Freedom, for daring
to utter sentiments similar to the above, has been
addressed in the following manner BY the Post
master at Atchison. We ask the Freemen Of
Minnesota to read the document, and then say If
VIC use too harsh language when No call such
men vipers." - =
M Posr OrrrcE, Arcnsos, K. T.,l
September, 1855. ! q
To the Publister Of The Herald Of Freedom
Mr.. G. w. BRowx :--Sn by this ell re-
turn you Eve copies Of your paper without in.
scription thereon. AZ there is q law now in force
in this territory prohibiting the eircolstion, you
corrupt efusions from taiptipS the pure air Of this
portion Of the Territery. 20
| Two numbers Of the Herald are taken at thia
of6ce, and have distributed them in their re-
spsctIve boxes and sh III costinuc 70 do 90 until
get legal advice.r sg = .t.---ss5i--ss-ss Ess
Hoping you will comply With my request, l re-
main your obedisht ssrvant, -
Atchison, Kansas Territory. ba5sse sss.t 2
All the papers returned wero var; ;ousiy inscribed.
On one side Of all was written I" Scat back from
Atchson, K. T., "a Refused. "a On the oppo-
site side Of some MAS written s'Iefused )" on IN.
other " Refused to circulate,'' and on another
"V Necessity may bring me TO crime, but
while draw breath cannot be induced 10 lend
hand to measure ksow to be suicidal to the
interests Of the Snath. cannot and Will. NOT
circulate this Ebel.~< - - -
So much for the Freedom Of spseeh sndo The
Liberty Of tbs Psess in the boassed land Of Amerf.
can Liberty! s1Fa = -EslJ s.sszsasfl - :
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