The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-10-11
Political Items.

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An election for new Territorial Legisla-
ture was held in Kansas on Wednesday last,
the lst of October. The Independence {Afo)
Messenger said this election would not be
decided by the bona .6de citizens of the
Territory, but by the "doIar voters - as by
the laws Of the last Legislature, any person
can vote who was in the Territory at the time
OF the election, and had paid poll tax.
Inthe rejoinder Of the Governor of Ala
barna 70 the Governor of Massachusetts pub
lished in the Montgomery Advertiser, he
says among other things, "Border rufianism
has not yet invaded the sanctity of female
weakness" The evidence taken by the
Committee of Congress of the proceedings
in Kansas is plump denial of this assertion
Border ruffianism has spared neither 'ssex,
age nor condition"
Gov. Reeder, in his speech at Syracuse,
said: eff Kansas is lost to freedom, all is
lost" Three slave States carved out of it,
and seven more to be created out of other
Territories, in all ten, will be the result in
his opinion, if barder rufianism now sue
ceeds in its struggles against constitutional
liberty. !E..rr
Joshua Davis, a still, old jackson Virgin
ia Democrat, has publicly renounced the
Democracy of the South for its fanatical
and reasonable array Of section against Sec
tion." Sensible man. t.latng
q "A Washington correspondent of the South
Carolnian, Buchau,er paper, says :-a The
news recently from the Northern States is
very discouragng to the Democratic party.
| should not be surprised if Fremont swept
the North" M eal tl.H n18
a few days since there was vote taken
on one of the Mississippi steamers on its,
passage down the river. There was ma
jority for Buchanan, quite number for Fill
more, and one for John G.. Fremont. By
unanimous epnset of all on board, the FIRE.
monter's fare was refunded, and he was sent
on shore. The Buchanan men are not treated
in such manner on board the North River
steamers .
The Creole, Of New Orleans, the official
Journal Of the city, is engaged in proving
that the Democratic party is not national.
This fact does not require any proof in this
part of the world.
The Buffalo Express. says, an ex-Presi-
dent Of the United States, who desires re-
election, is using the franking privilege in
distributing his own "Life."
Gen. Edward Hopkins, of East Florida, is
endeavoring to raise one hundred men and
lead them to Kansas. Gen. Hopkins is the
father OF Col Titus wife. To provide means
for the undertaking, he offers his plantation
on the St. Johns River for sale. .a
The N. Y. Tribune figures up the aegre-
gate vote Of New York $4,000. Of these
| it is estimated that Fremont will get 2l7y,
900, Buchanan LAC, 300, and I. .llmore 139, 800.
VIM. NJ. Merideth, member Of General
Taylor's Cabinet, and distinguished son of
Philadelphia, has hitherto held aloof, but is
VIM. j. Duane, one of the fathers of the
Democratic party, and who knows, if any
living man knows, the elements of true
Democracy. He repadiates Buchanan and
the sham Democracy Of which he is the EN-
bodiment.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch says :-"Hon.
David Barclay, Democratic member of Con-
gress for the twenty-fourth {better known
ms the 'Wildcat'} district, addressed large
Fremont meeting at the City Hall, on Fri
day evening of last week. He declined leav-
ing the Democratic party, but announced
that he would support Fremont, as the true
Representative of the Democratic principles
in the coming contest"
fremont TICKER FOR MARYLAxp.-The
Patriot says the following gentlemen have
been selected as the Republican electoral
eicket for Maryland: For the State at large
Francis P. Blair, VIM. Pinkey Ewing.
For the Congressional Districts-1st, James
Bryan; End, John Lincoln; Sd, G. W. Mar
tenet; 4th, Francis F. Cochran 5tb, David
Gamble; 9th, Joshua Switzer.
TENNESSEE Too The Nashville Gazette
states thatit learns from reliable source
that there is to be Fremont electoral tick
tet in Tennessee. .e 4.-t e~