Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-11
THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1856.
&c. G. Ames, Esq, Of St. Anthony, has
been nominated for Councillor.

~. u. AmeS, Esq, OF st. Anthony, has
been nominated for Councillor.
FIRE.-The lumber Kiln belonging to A..
Clement, Esq, of St. Anthony, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Damage $500. ..-.
CITIZENS OF MINNEsOTA-REMEMBE
That but a few weeks remain before you will
be called upon to cast your votes for him whom
you would have to represent you in the Council
of the Nation, and it is well that you should
give the subject due consideration.
- at Remember! a,t
That the battle is not a personal one but one of
Principle, in which every citizen who loves his
country and her institutions, is deeply interested
Remember! --,-.
That the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
and the continued. aggressions of the Slave
Power have aroused every loverof Freedom to
full sense of his duty, and it is encmnbent
upon every such citizen to perform that duty.
Remember:
That to secure the future prosperity and per-
petuity of our institutions, it is necessary that we
should send men to Congress who will faithfully
fulfill the trusts reposed in them-who will no
longer succunb 10 the braggadocio of the
South, but who will manfully defend those prin-
ciples that have already made US great and
prosperous Nation. ..
Remember:
That the questions that vitalized the old par
ties no longer exist-that as to the Bank ques-
ton, the Tariff question and the Internal I'm
provement question, there is but little difference
of opinion at the present day, but that the great,
all-absorbins, overshadowing issue is-Free-
dom rs. Slavery.
That Minnesota is young and vigorous-she
is esteemed by the friends of Freedom through
out the Union, and that they are anxiously look
ing to see what course she will pursue when
admitted to the fellowship of the States.
Remember: I.
That if Minnesota does not throw her in
hucnce on the side of Freedom-if she does
not utter severe rebuke to those ruffians who
ruthlessly tore down the barrier that excluded
Slavery from Territories now free, then she will
prove recreant to those principles that burned
in the bosoms of our forefathers, and caused
them to shed their blood on many well-fought
battlefield.
Remember!
That the issue the present campaign is not
whether the Whig or Democratic parties shall
be successful, but whether the Principles advo-
Gated by the Republicans shall predominate-
whether the North with five times the number
of voters as the South shall control the reins of
Government, or whether the South shall dictate
to Freemen what they shall or shall not do
whether those who ply the whip over the backs
of the Slaves, shall ply the political lash over
the lacks of Northern citizens break down
solemn compacts, and extend the area of Slavery
as best suit their ends.
Remember:
That although Stephen Arnold Douglas, a
Northern demagogue, first dared to introduce
the Nebraska Bill, yet it was the South that al
most unanimously voted for that measure. And
further
That the cut-throat villain Atkison, who was
then President Of the Senate, stated TO Mr..
Douglas that if he did not insert clause in
that bill, repeating the Missouri Compromise,
that he (Douglas) ought to resign his office,
as Chairman Of the Committee on Territories
and that he { (Atkison) would resign his office
president Of the Senate) and take the place
of MIR. Douglas. Douglas submitted to the
wishes of Atkison, and the repeating clause
was inserted.
Remember.
That this Compromise had been acquiesced
in for thirty years-it was as binding as the
Constitution itself-it was so held by Webster,
Clay and others, and yet the South, after hav-
ing reaped all the advantages Of this bargain
meanly, villainously united with few corrup,
Northern politicians and voted for its repeal
Remember!
That out of this repeal has grown outrages
on the rights of free citizens which make the
very blood curdle in the veins. The law has
been violated and those who have dared to ex.
press their sentiments in this boasted land ol
.-i"S''y' iie~'S Pe'iu hiC PVHoRy Will uiC IOoS-
est abuse and some with their lives
Remember: sf.i
That the popular sovereignty doctrine" as
illustrated by recent acts in Kansas, is humbug
"a libel on our institutions, and deserves the
severest condemnation of every man who has a
particle of spirit in his bosom. "Let the peo-
pie rule" cried the traitor Douglas-but the
people are driven from the polls by bands OF
Missourians, who have no right to interfere with
the election in Kansas-the Governor is threat.
ened with hanging are tarred and feath-
ered-others are killed-the press of free
people is destroyed because obnoxious to the
Slave Power and the Legislature is controlled by
band Of desperadoes whose only object is
the perpetuation and dissemination of the damn
able curse of Slavery!
Remember!
That the time has come when these things
should cease-when every man in the North,
East and West, should come out boldly on the
Platform Of Right, and resolve to aid in check
ing this vast and dangerous power. The ques-
A.