The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-11
THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN
For the Minnesotian
AN ADDRESS
To she Republicans Of Minnesota

For the Minnesotian.
ny A RkruBLlcAS.

BY A REPUBLICAN.
Rrpun,,cANs:-The hour has come for de-
c;siye action. A high and sacred duty is IN
cumbeut upon you. Your dearest r1gh's are
now threatened. The exigencies OF the day
require that you now assert your true posi-
ton and power, or all is lost Are YOU not
equal to the emergency? Will you longer
remain Indifferent Will you suiler your
selves to be lulled into fancisd security un- |
til your opponents have secured the re'nS %
mower. and then awake to the terrible reall-
ty of your position2 Already your enemy
is organizing and threatening your suoSers-
ion by subterfuge and intrigue. VIII you
meekly bow and submit your necks TO the
iron yoke of pro-slavery despotism
We will soon be admitted IN the great
sisterhood Of States. 1t is now critical
period in our political history. The Free
North expects much of us. New England,
the birth place Of Liberty, has placed her
heel on the hydra-head of that monster
Slavery. and calls to her sons to be true to
the spirit of their Fathers, and prevent TINS
blighting curse, incubus like, from fastening
upon us. Will you not emulate her noble
example? Will you hesitate any longer
which of the two to choose, Liberty or
Slavery?
REpuBLIcaNs:-T The servile submission
the Pro-Slavery party are endeavorng tore
duce YOU to by artifce and deception, is more
humiliating than the wrongs and outrages
that Freemen have to submit to in sub)ugat-
ed Kansas. Are you degenerate sons OF
those men who defended their liberties at
every hazard, that you will submit without
striking a blow? Are you SO lost to every
sense of patriotism and true courage, that
YOU fear to meet the issue between Liberty
and Slavery. let it come in whatever form it
NAV Do you ask, "Where are our leaders,"
The same question was asked at Lexington;
Bunker Hill furnished the answer. The
highest Judicial Tribunal has decided that I
Slavery is national-that it is the universal
law of the Republic, except by positive and
special legislative enactments.
Minnesota is by this cor |
rupt decision. in its legal relations, a Slave |
Territory Will you permit this partizan
and disgraceful decree to be recorded in the
political annals of our future State? Will
YOU permit our fair land to be long polluted
by this curse which is now fastened upon it?
Is it not time to be marslaling our forces for
the coming fight? You can now blot it out
by your votes. Delay not your action, OF
the sword will be the umpire.
What would the verdict of the Free North
have been, had this peryersion Of judicial
power been announced before the recent cleo
ton? Why was it SO long withheld The
answer is obvious. Duplicity would then
have been unavailin., and this foul blot
would have ere this been erased from the an
mails of the Republic.
REPUBLICANS. Havey you forgotten the in
famous and tyrannical laws of Kansas IA
disgrace to any civilized country. Have you
forgotten the usurpations Of power by the
Pro-Slayery Legislature in that Territory
Have you forgotten its complete sujugation
to the purposes Of slavery? Have you for
gotten that these laws and their nstigators
are sustained by the present imbccile admin
istration? Are you prepared to submit to
the exactions of such laws? Ifnot, prepare
now to assert and maintain your rights.
REPUBLICANS! James Buchanan in his
Inaugural Address, anticipating recent lc-
gal announcement, has betrayedhis compiled
ty in the most deliberate perversion of judi
cial power that ever disgraccd our country
Will this be forgotten by those who voted
for " Buchanan, Breckenridge and Free Kan
sas" in Pennsylvania, and by which decep-
ton alone he was elected?
New Hampshire has again spoken, and in
tones of thunder condemned this Judicial IL
iqu;ty.
You will soon be called upon for your YER
dict Will you not prove worthy of being a
sister State of those which have so nobly
spoken in the cause of Freedom 2-and either
survive or perish with them in that great
struggle which is rapidly approaching, be-
tween Liberty and Slavery.
On the 18th of May next you are called
upon to receive as your benelactois those
Senators, who with others of thejr political
party. have been instrumental insdiseracing
our country in the estimation of the CIVILIZED
world To receive them with ovations. as
though they had delivered us from bondage,
while they are insiduously endeavoring to
bind us.
Republicans They arc recommended TO
" our sense of gratitude and jDstice for mag
nnnimOus serrices."
Are we already reduced to such state Of
seryility Do We not inherit any of the
virtues or courage of our foreiathers Has
the spirit of '76 died with the heroes of that
age q? We think not Will you then receive
those men with sycophantic adnlation Will
YOU sustain this attempt at political jugelery?
If so there is but little hope for the cause Of
freedom i'm Minnesota. One, the author Of
the infamous Nebraska Bill, with all its ter
rible consequences to tie cause of liberty
the other the representative of the slave
aristocracy, who consider their slaves supe-
ror to the greasy mechanics of the
NORTH
REPUBLICANS Remember that both Of
these men stood by when Charles Sun ner
was stricken down in the Senate Chamber,
and never raised tnclr naDQS 10 avert mat
act. They rejoiced to see mighty intel
lcct that they had not the capacity or abli-
ty to contend with, crushed, even by muir
ierous blow. To these men we are asked to
be grateful, and this under the shallow pre-
tence ,f " r. r. celebration" Why are
these authors of discord and bloodshed alone
invited. The celebration at Saltwater will
furnish an answer. What was its import
The cloven foot was exposed there.
Your PARTICIPATION in this celebration will
make precede mt that will paralyze your po-
ltical organization, and is this your enemy
are endeavoring to accomplish.
All the smaller towns in the Territory
will be called upon to receive them with
ovations. Republicans will be invited to
join, having your example as a precedent.
Let US then stand aloof We will drink the
health Of "our future Senators - when are
have elected them. We will have railroad
celebration when it will not be attended
with the sacrifice of political principles.
REPU BLIcANs-Let our standard bearers
be men who will bear our flag unsulied in
the thckest of the fght-mcn who fear not
to avow their principles and maintain them
- orarx, hazard With s,oL 49,, =. a. .