The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-09-04
IRON 10 Washington [ alni
The Last Nope os she D,.am,on,ss..


The last hope u the disunion leaders rests
upon the defeat u tbc Senate Iacliieation bil
in tbe House Of Representatives. Their opPol
sition 10 this measure fully unua-ks AMI expo
ss tho hypocrisy and treason oi their Kansas
policy. They have asserted again aud again,
that their friends were in actual majority IN the
Territory OF ten 10 one, lat that the Missouri
ans had violently and iraudulentiy taken pos
ssssion of the ballot boxes and placid the legls
lativc power in the hands 81 the pro-slayery mi
Dorlty. This has been their standing apology
Tor their rebellious rsistance Of the laws OF the
Territory. Upon this assumption, they have
Insisted upon the validity Of the lawless and
revolutionary proceedings which adopted the
Topeka constitution. Mr. Toornbs came for
ward and said Now, gentlemen, you claim
that your friends are largely in the majority in
X ansas. and that their voice il smothered by
the Illegal interference u the HISTORIANS at
the balot-box. | don't believe word OF all
this; but want to test your sincerity offer
you bill which will decide this question. l
propose that q vote be taken on the 4th day OF
November. and that every actual settler IN the
Territory on the ith day Of July, and every
one who has tecn M actual settler since the or
ganization Of the Territory and who has left on
account OF the disturbances there, but may re-
turn by the LIST Of October, shall vote for dele
gates to form q constitution. II the majority
10. az you assert, in favor Of free State, We
will admit Il as such If you have been mistak-
en-, let X ansas come in as the majority shall de-
terminc. have provided the most stringent
regulations Of which am capable for securing
. lair expression Of the popular will, and, to
make II doubly sure have provided for the EN-
ployment Of the military force to guard the
purity Of the elective franchise but tell you,
in oil trsnkness. that il you can devise more
stringent and ef'ectual regulations, will adopt
them cheerfully But, gentlemen, you have
made loud complaints against the tyranny OF
certain laws in K ansas which abriIge the tree
dom Of speech and Of the press, and which ap-
ply certain test oaths which are odio1s to you
propose to abrogate oil these black laws over
which you have expended oceans OF indignant
eoquence 10 remove every obstacle TO the
full AMI free discussion Of every question that
your friends may wish to debate The answer
| TO these lust and liberal proposiions leaves
the champions of disunionism without an apol
ogy. Every pretext on which they had relied
WAS thus swept away aud yet, instead Of com
| ing forward like honest men and showing their
sincerity by accepting the offer Of paciiication,
| they cOncedc that the terms are iair enough on
their face but they fear the result would be
that Kansas might he q slave State. "Our
friends, say they "havc been imprisoned are
now 10 the jails or have left for parts unknown,
and We apprehend there is now u majority Of
pro-slayery men in the Territory Mr. Doug
las replies III your friends are all in Jail what
are they there for Has any one Of them, or
nave M VI then,' oceu i".N.e'sUeu ~. ''o'a''
'"e 'no ou'1"' D'A,n 'I ,,, VIM ~" Wv
hounccu IL 80 tn's pll orIa"s S yen
cru, Jai' uei''ery uh'oehs '".,i 'so" "oo's
nhd Allows them 10 go iree Du' you Ano"
thnt no one man mas pteh i'nPr'Sohcu "' ',o
'aung ,ieSe ia"s--uose ., your u'euoa "no
are 10 jail ARE 'nere 'or h'"rue'S' Ioo"'.'' "a.
'T 3 anu such erli,es "S ar Pan's,.a"@ "
al e''"i@ea communities 10 you "an' u. "
Turn 'n"ee c,i'nihh's OUT ana HAM "Rai ,o'ers
o' mem our 'r'c"us VINO nav n ., ,i"'''
.,~ territory ana are 10" sku'k'hg through
the hor'hefn o'a'eS US niission"'sS VI your
cause nave ned IRON Indictments ior er.nes
OF 'he greatest ehorihi'y' 'hcse can 'e'u,'
whenever ,hey are rraoy 10 ahs~,, !" uf
charges As Tor mos VINO ha'e heu 't""'
mere ir'gh'' the "i invites them paeh' ana Ten
ders 10 them ue whoe military power o' INC
government rs guarantee Oh 'he'r Sa'ety 10
Their persons ana their rghs iow 40 t"Sy
meet thos' propositions "onr friends VIII
mol return say they' w'anse 'hsy nave D,
confidence IN insldcnt i"rce nhurr ms P"'
icy 'hey nave oFh lrigh'eneu OH ana we are
not "lI''hg I" fsR 'h'ir safety "i"h 'he ON
GERS are appointed hy MN 'enera' ass
replies '''on oe a,arine' on 'he snnre''geh
'ieh~,'' as l know iha' the commissioners ''
leNea'e tnis Jaw VIII pe Roou n"'n-me parties
WIN U larry 'ePr'seh,tu al" ue ho'h'nses
VINO are 10 pe eoahrneu D! 'ne o''la''' WIN ~ ~
men W hno~n 1nar"c'.'s -, ''"'es,!' '"'n'
gchcr' anu hlfn,S We WIN nov 10 - your
rcnuS III '"e ',o"Sc "" VIZ "n' no' ~''u
ooa,n c"nP"stu VI TWO "enoc,a'' 10 'nc "
pupnean' nu' ue parties "ui !" a. equah,
ePfeSnuu ~ l'a''.aoU' p". even .,,r
was no' SATISFACTORY; Nansas wa, 700 'ru'''u
a. mem" LOT SECTIONAL ag''a''on 10 !" gwen uP
INC o'l' was sun oPP"'Se"' anu ever! "P"""
can 'o.eu against IT. ,-
iSt now T rv''cmNr'i Mhal 'he u',asule
" .na' mas oSh mus 9,r'Asonap'y n'u 'a't,
"ous'y ''s.soe", hc nep"o,'ea's 'A'c 'o'','
"s"rM ny" u"er'"'n n ~. pOp"a n"'
a s,a 90 "o Fum o'e w." '"e "u'o"y ",""'
81. y,r ,rL,1L obr,Jcr, n, Gss,loo 81 ,n.,eb
and of the press therefore then DO mol raat The
people Of Kansas 10 ,njoy N, freedom Of speech
ana q me press Ihey nave Vo'ed dgdna me
~" y %" ,.a "', ,I w." 10y" wv n.",
N, peopi, of kona, 10 ,o,ou freedom Of con.