Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-14
5Aiullesota Glules,
SATURDAY, AUGUST IL, 1865.
The St. Peters Courier says that the Minnie

sofa Valley is filling up with incredible rapid
i,y-ihat people are f1ocking thlther by tho"s-
ands, and the cry is still they come. There Is
plenty of room in the broad and beautiful West
for the expansive genius of the whole Yankee
nation. and if they will onty leave some OF their
{. n.cul;ar" notions behind, we would be glad
TO So, them settling in Missouri but SO long
ms they cannot behave themselves and respect
the rights of others, they will find no foothold
in this State; rather let our fertile prairies lie
idle and our giant forests never echo to the
sound of an axe, than be the habitation OF fam
a,ics and negro-thieves. We want population
but it must be composed OF honest men.-M.
Louis Herald
E1y- Just so long rs the Herald puts forth
such sentiments, just so long will the "fertile
prairies" of Missouri ''lic idle" and just so long
will '.the giant forests of that State cease to
echo to the sound of the axe" The Herald
need give itself no uneasiness. Northern men
will not tread the soil Of Slavery when they can
breathe the pure air Of freedom, nor will they
learn to respect "the peculiar institution" any
the more by the expression of the Herald that
1--WE want population, but it must be composed
honesty consist in being an advocate or Slave
nv or Shareholder? Was it ''honest" for the
Missourians to enter Kansas--take possession
of the ballot box---brow-beat the ropulace, elect
their own men by fraud, and then exclude all
those who were obnoxious to 'the peculiar in
s,itution" from their seats in the Legislature!
If this was honesty, we have yet to learn what
rascality is. Blu, the Herald need not fear that
Missouri will become 'the habitation Of fanatics
and negro thieves" The greatest fear should
lie for those who, disguised with Slavery, are
now removing from the Slave States (and no
small proportion come from Missouri) tc the
fertile hills and vallcs of our own lovely Min
ncsota. Seriously, the Herald knows, as well
as we know, that to-day if Slavery was abolish
ed in Missouri, that the population of that State
would double in less than half the time it will
while under the curse Of Slavery. Apply the
whip, then; scourgc the POOR, down-trodden
Slave; separate parents from children, wives
from husbands; exhibit Slavery in all its de-
formity brand those who will not think asyou
DO, as dishonest men as fanatics and negro
thieves and when you do this, you disgust
your oum people and drive away those who
might otherwise be induced to settle among
you. But
s.There's divinity which shapes ends,
Rough hcw them as we wil,''
And God has ordained that Slavery should
kill itself, and you, Mr.. Herald, are an instru-
ment in his hand to accomplish the work. Let
1t go on.
HORRIBLE MURDER.-We learn from the
Milwaukee News, that horrible murder was
committed near West Bend, Washington Co.,
Wis, a short time since.
a man named Debcar. went into the store
of German by the name of Muehr, and ask
cd for some water. The German opened
cellar trap-door to descend for the purpose of
procuring some beer for his visitor, when De-
bear struck him on the head with a hammer.
Mrs. Muehr ran to the neighbors TO give the
alarm, when Debcar chased her and gave her
terrible cash in the neck. A hired boy who
had also started to give the alarm, was ever
taken by the murderer, and knife thrust
through and through his neck. The house was
then rined of $780, set on fire and the boys body
dragged and thrown into the flames Mr.. and
Mrs. Muehr are not expected to survive their
wounds. The murderer fed, but was overtaken
and arrested. Debcar is an American.
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