The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-09-27
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| TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. %, 1856
/ TAc Game Of 6 BluH.,,--Pro-Slaver
Federal Ofnce-Holders OF Minnesots
An the Field, with s their, ., None,
AGAINST the Free People Of the North
The following appears as the leading edi
terial in the Pro-Slavery, Border RufRar
orgaH of St. Paul, on Saturday of last weel
and also Monday of this week
The election of Fremont is now reduced to certaint,
TINES.
The result in Maine settles the Presidential contest
we believe this to be the fact. The
efecton OF Fremont is now settled question: and we
may as well commence talking about his cabinet.-MN
| EKsorIAN.
That is your opinion, is it, gentlemen oil
| the Times and Minnsotian The result OF
the Maine election has unse. tied your minds;
to stop your game of "brag," and bring you
both back to a sane state of mind, we are
authorized by responsible gentleman to
propose to you, or your " backers," the fol-
lowing wagers on the result of the coming
election
that James Buchanan will receive majority
of the votes in the Electoral College, and
that he, consequently, will be elected Presi-
dent of the United States,-
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
that James Buchanan will receive the cleo
toral vote of Pennsylvania, and
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
that James Buchanan will receive the cleo
toral vote of Illinois.
Making, in all: bet of
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
on the Presidential election. The bets arc
to be taken together.
The money is ready. The bet will remain
open until Monday, at4 P. M.
We want our friends in the several States,
who are struggling for Liberty as never men
struggled since '76, to weigh well the above,
and cons der it in connection with the fol-
lowing moneyed facts, which are at this time
brought to bear against the men of Mime
sofa who prefer Freedom to Slavery:
There are in Minnesota at this
time, in full operation, six U. s.
Land Offices, employing six Receiv-
ers, and six Registers, whose saIa-
ries and fees. for the past year, have
reached at moderate average,
$5, 600 each, making in all, ..... 100000
We have three full Indian Agen-
ces, with officers at the head Of
edem, whose salary and "perqui-
sites" reach, at least, five thousand
each, making in the aggregate. -. $4,000
We have a Superintendent of In
dian Affairs, who disburses all the
money to these Agents, and cannot
receive for salary and services
less than. =. $4,000
We have three Supreme Judges,
who, with their facilities under the
local Town Site Law" added to
their salaries from Governments
pocketing annually, taking the ag-
gregate which all three of them re-
ceive, about the amount of the peo-
ple's money represented by these
figures. $4,000
We have U. S. Marshal and
U. S. District Attorney, the former
receiving the benefit of handling
the whole Court expenditure
money, and both of them having
the bcne fit of immense "Fee Bills"
aside from their salaries, which, by
moderate calculation, must, in all,
sum up to five thousand each, max
ing. -. $4,000
We have one Governor and one
Secretary, whose salaries are mod
crate, but who live at the Public
C,ib," say at moderate cost of
three thousand each, making -. $4,000
Total salaries an perquistes"
of Presidentially appointed officers,
on the civil list, in Minnesota, leav-
ing out Postmasters and Mail
To this should be added the amount re-
ceived by the various employees about the
several Indian Agencies, the amount dis
bursed by the Agents to all their UNDER
strappers, including "hush money" to Indian
Traders, Indian Contractors, Indian Half
Breeds, &c. "extra allowances" to favorite
Indian Chiefs, and head men and all this
paraphrenalia of carrying on this "glorious
free government" up here in Minnesota,
which, as things now are, only means the
establishment Of Slavery in Free Territory.
The amount disbursed annually to the Indi-
ans themselves, which is twice the amount
of these conjoined salaries, with their ac-
compartments, generally finds its way back
into the pockets of these disbursing patriots
and traders, and helps, Of course, to swell
the purses Of the "True Democracy" whose
chief aim is to "crush out' and "subdue,"-
as their great leader, Douglas, has 1.-THE
men of the Union who would reclaim the
Territories of the West from the grasp of
the Slave-propagandists.
We take not into account here, recollect,
the money expended by the Government for
postal service-for road service-for Legis-
lative service, in Minnesota, all of which is
now in the hands of men who wish to see
tie Slave Oligarchy conquer Freedom in the
coming contest, md are using their utmost
means and influence to accomplish this un.