The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-08-30
The Pioneer on the Army Bill.


The Pioneer on the Army Bill.
Did any body read the leading article in
the Pioneer Of Monday morning. Week
pect somebody did, as most of us folks about
st. Paul enjoy joke as well as the next peo-
pie. The orphans are highly delighted over
their effort, if we are to judge of their feel
ings in this respect by the number of false
hoods they slowed away in that half COL
umn. f5z q. ..ss SIS. !, "a ~ .r,sse
The Pioneer distinctly hopes that Frank
Pierce will keep the Abolitionists - togeth-
er until they give him money to continue the
throat cutting of every. Free State man who
sets foot in Kansas. Well, perhaps Pierce
will get the money for that purpose then a.
gain, perhaps he won't We have our doubts
about the majority Of the House giving over
in this fight, even if they are compelled to
sit till the fourth of March next.
But let us see the direct point of this con-
troversy. We give below the "proviso," as
we find it in the Army Bill. This is what
the House insists upon, and nothing more
just compare its language and terms with
the charges Of the Pioneer of Monday, and
see how plainly the proviso gives the lie to
all of them. See how partisan blindness
leads men to ask for the enforcement of the
bogus laws in Kansas-laws which would i'm
prison in the penitentiary the editors of the
Pioneer, or any other editors, who might
choose to print Gen. Washington's last will
and testament in that Territory laws which
compel Freeman to take an oath in favor of
Negro Slavery before he can vote laws
which were enacted for the people of Kansas
by Missouri mob, and which even old Gen.
Cass declares to be outrageous in the ex-
IRENE. Read the proviso which the House
asks, and which the Senate and President
would rather see the whole army disbanded
than yield in favor of. Here it is:
"Provided, nevertheless, That no part of
"the military force of the United States
"herein provided for shall be employed in
"aid of the enforcement of the ena :tments of
"the alleged Legislative Assembly of the Ter
"ritory of Kansas, recently assembled at
"Shawnee Mission, until Congress shall have
"enacted either that it was or was not a valid
Legislative Assembly, chosen in conformity
"with the organic law by the people of the
"said Territory. And provided, That, until
Congress shall have passed on the validity
"of the said Legislative Assembly of Kansas,
1T shall be the duty of the President
"to use the military force in said Territory
to preserve the peace suppress insurrec-
ton, repel invasion and protect persons and
property therein, and upon the national
highways in Missouri, from unlawful seiz-
"ures and searches. And be it further pro-
"vided, That the President is required to
" disarm the present organized militia of the
" Territory of Kansas, and recall all he Uni
"ted States arms therein distributed, and to
prevent armed men from going into said
Territory to disturb the public peace, or
"aid in the enforcement or resistance of real
cor pretended laws" a-.'
FelloW-cltzens, that's what the dispute is
about, and all it is about. Who that is not
an AFFECT dirt-eater to the Slave Power; who
but one who would glory in being member
ofBuford's cut-throats and villains, will not
feel it a patriotic duty to sustain that gallant
majority of the House who were willing on
the 18th inst, to 'slet the Army slide" rath-
er than vote the peoples money to aid the
purposes of the corrupt despots who hold
power in the Senate and in the Executive
mansicna
But we anticipate no difficulty. The SEN
ate and President must yield on this point,
as they have already on the release of the
Topeka prisoners. ...