Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-22
MONDAY, MARCH II, 1856
WHO ARE TO BLAME?

J 1t is astonishing to see with what eagerness
the Stringfelow, creature presses of the North
do clutch at everything which they think will
assis, to cloak the cnormties Of their patrons
and arch mschief-nakers, Pierce, Douglas g.
Co. Yankees are proverbially ingenious, bu,
The ingenuity Of these presses in exculpatng
slaveholding buies and rufians and casting
the whole blame Of the Kansas troubles, upon
the friends Of freedom, exceeds anything in
the archives Of the Patent Office, and fairly
entities them to a "resulting interest" for eter-
nifty IN the benefits accruing.
hands upon sacred compact when the coun-
try is at peace and then raise stop-thief cry
Of "sectonalsm" and ''disunion," in order to
avert at,ettion from their atrocities. They
charge that only those who resist their de-
signs are culpablc. If you resist a man that
breaks into your house at night, it is you who
are to blame, since there would have been no
disturbance except for your interference!
In a certain trial, after the counsel for one
side had taken his seat the opposing counsel
arose and became very violent and abusive,
using the most obscene and prolane language,
whereupon the Judge. instead of reprimand-
ing him for his conduct, addressed the lawyer
that preceded him, hus,-"The Court orders
tha, you shall not proroke your opponent and
make hin, s,cea, and carry on so!" So if the
people of the Free States had not gone to set
tie peaceably in Kansas, say Pierce and his
bulIies, the Missouri ruffians would not have
gone there to butcher them! Ergo, be the
blame upon the North and her And Societies.
These craven, Swiss Editors ''snuff from
afar" the iantest breath Of disloyaty to the
Union if it come from the North, but their del.
icate nostrils become strangely obtuse if the
wind veer to the South Southern breezes are
fraught with fatness and soft courtesy and unc-
tuouS patriotism. If a northern man whisper
of disunion they visit their anathemas upon
him, lift their pious hands and roll tie whites
Of their eyes in horror tut Southern gentle
men may stand up on the floor Of Congress and
week after week vaunt their contempt for the
Union aud threaten its dissolution, and the only
effect is to hurry these services on their knees,
with soft propnia,ions, and TO make them sco!d
at the North for provoking the wrath of these
dear gentlemen. No one thinks it worth while
to appease the North for the outrages upon
freedom. We owe all the blessings Of the
Ul.ion to the South and we should be thankful
that she is graciously pleased to continue the
favor to Us. We should be very careful how
we offend the Shareholders by any illusions to
freedom. That is unconstitutional and endan-
gers the Un;on We should remember also,
how our prosperity and even our existence
makes them swear and avoid woundng their
sensitive souls by the. iaintest hint tha, black
men are entitled to the wages they earn.
Now, i'll soberness, we profess no exlraordi-
nary attachment to the Union. We have no
reasonable purposes to serve. We are nc
"Union-savrr." Yet we yield to none in ra-
tonal regard for our whole country. We should
deplorc disruption Of these associated sover-
eighties wherein is being gloriousy attes,ed
the superiority of popular Institutions. Ye,
we would do well to remember that Tic Union
of these States was established for reciprocal
purposes and when we are met in our de-
mands for justice, with the constant threats OF
its dissoution-whcn We are called upon to
sacrifice our love of justice-repudac the pol
icy Of our fathers--hunt down iugtives from
oppression and assent to the murder Of north
ern citizeps for no cause. save love of liber-
ty,--it is time to beg gn to enquire how far we
must 60 in our concessions degree OF
humility ,cW appease our imperlous masters,
and how long the continuance of our presen,
rights will be compatible with their sovereign
pleasure.