, 1856-01-18

from the amount the wages Of reporters,
extra help aud gratuitous jobs required
at our hands, and he will at once assert the
folly of contipding so losing an operation,
We have tried impariOlly to give the de-
+ bates thus fir, and place them on record as
was desired \hy, members generally. We
cannot hereafter consent to lose money by
longer furnishing, gratuitously, the columns
of this paper for laborcd delenecs Of men
who are bitterly, personally and unfairly
opposed to US This newspaper is not pub
lie property-we are judges of what its
columns should contain. We can do the
public printing" and we claim to know
how to conduct public Journal And We
here say, as public journalists, that there
is no reason why we should be expected to
expend the major part of what We really
do make, in JiOriHg the trUmpetS Of men
who would take from us the rights, profits
and emoluments to which we are legally en-
titled. To generous mind, the reason for
thus curtailing our expenses is sufficient.
That we have enemies, and that they would
deprive US of our rights, is amply manifest
by the proceedings Of the legislative assem-
bly,. The term Of Office Of the present pub
lie printer will not expire until long after
the expiration of the delivery of the jour
nails by the clerks Of the present assembly
giving to such clerks all the time allot-
} itcd by law. Why then have both clerks
been talked 10 and labored with to prevent
the delivery of the journals as the session
progressed, so that the people of the terri
tory could not, at the earliest period be-
fore the elections, have an opportunity to
examine the acts of their representatives?
Those who are most interested in suppress
ing the publication of proceedings, can
5 best answer.
S The publication Of the journals of this
session is tho right Of the present PRIMER
This Legislature could not. however much
: it might desire, deprive him of it 1t was
= pleasant hope, that when the members
; of the Legislature returned to their homes,
they might carry to their constituents
printed history of their proceedings, and
satisfy them as TO the manner in which they
had performed their trust. We would
have been glad to have progressed with
this work, as the assembly progressed
We would have been pleased to have
promptly furnished to the people those
journals, and we were prepared to do SO.
We have been headed off and banded
round, until we ore sick of it. We hoped
the legislature would have co-opcrated with
us, in early giving to the territory the re-
suits Of their legislation.
To exhibit their persecution Of us and
their interference with the duties of the
present printer, we need but refer to the
columns Of the papers containing their pro-
ceedings. First, they started the question
who was public printer, and on this pre-
; tended to doubt our right to have the jour.
: nails, etc. Next came the question Os to
the clerks furnishing the journals after they
were approved, and before the days allow
ed to them had been exhausted. We de-
sired to go on with their publication, but
the delay occasioned by these silly quibbles,
has in a measure frustrated our design
Advice was given to the cerks-inAuence
was used-resolutions introdueed-personal
attacks aud abuse INDUCED, and all our ef-
forts promptly to serve, and, with spirit
Of pure accommodation, 10 expedite mat
ters, were bafled and defeated. We have
honestly and faithfully tried 10 perform our
whole duty under the law. We literally
laid out funds to give information to the
people Of what wOs going on, and we can
not longer submit to the sacrifice. The
publication of full and elaborate legislative
proceedings, does not bring us on addition
al subscriber but few of those we have pay
us.) And shall we lend our columns to
those who wish to beat US down, when we
receive nothing in return but misrepresen-
tation? While we hold the position Of
public printer, we will do our utmost to
perform the duties well and faithfully and
while it is held, We expect and demand oil
the rights and franchises incident to it.
These we ask as rights, not as farors.
J The FUGITIvE SLAVE LAw.-The United
: States Attorney-G General, Mr.. Gushing, has
given legal opinion upon the right Of re-
: clamatiOn Of fugitive slaves in unorgauized