The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-07-25
A few moro Words IN Regard 10 sne
power Of MY Lord Chase

A few moro Words II WeSSrO ~ sssS
power Of MY Lord Chase.
The Pioneer aud Democrat, OF yesterday
which i. the accredited organ Of Ex-Gover-
nor G RNaN, has long article, written fo'
the purpose Of just,fying the Democrats Of
the Kansas scsool in their diso'ganizins
movement at the Capital. That paper state
that, Nobody has p edicatei doctrine thai
the Secretary Of the Territory is the ons
person competent to call the Convention
order in the first instance. The Dem ,cra's
simply assert that that officer under the CIR
cum-tances is proper person for this
service" No one doubts that the Secretary
of the Territory WAS the proper person unie'
the Circumstances under which the Democrats
lead on Ly Ex-Governor GoRuAN, we're de-
termin.d to defeat the will Of the majority
of the members of the Constitutional Con-
vent;on He was a government officer, and
he / received his appointment from an old
Peleralist President, and was bound by every
principle regulating his appointment as Sec
Rotary TO perform any or all service required
oil him by his party Leaders, which would de-
fea the right ami promote the wrong
Tue Pimesr states, " W uereas in this and
all ike cases the election returns are made to
that officer We 60 further, and assert that he
is not only proper person, but that it is
especial y and eminsnly conrsnien' for him to
call the b.dy to order" o my! VIII"
doubts tine eminently convenient prs ton u
the Secretary to call the Democracy to order;
but what cons stent man Of any party wi
be willing to recognize his right or authority
to d, such an act as he, the Secretirt, un
dert Ok TO perform at the Capitol on the
18th INST. But further says the organ, 1t
is perfectly competent for tie Convention to
call IN the Secretary, or upon an outsider,
upon private citizen, Or even foreigner.
There can be no limitati IN upon members in
tins particular, unless the duty be prescribed
by statute of the seSereign authority. 1t is
the r:ght Of members elect. or of any respect
able number of them, to invite the sistance
il ora .iza;i n IF any person, AMI such al
invitation, however conveyed, is his sufficient
authority, unless prevented by law, or ex-
pre>>ly a d persistently opposed on the sp",
b. majority Of the properly entitled
members"
The Democrat goes rather far in the above
TO SUIT its purpose first the Republicans
had majority Of delega'e> of the Constitu
1 o al Coaventi'n Ir.s. Mt, with certificates
OF Election in their possession, not one OF
to cali h,. members to order for the pur-
pose of a temporary organization. But they
had IN writing requested a delegate elect, to
perform the duty of calling the delcga es to
order for the purpose ola temporary organi-
zatton, which duty that delegate did perform;
and they did very expressly and persi>tently
Government officer, and that in way which
void have caused any one to blush, except
aus-uje or whose office AMI business 1t wa, To
disregard the will of the majority. The ma
iority disreearded the acts of the offic ;al by
quietly pursuing tn even tenor Oft err wa, 6
and while thi, tool Of GOV -rnmcnt was sa,
ing so netting ab ,ut the Co went on Coming
to order Mr.. NoarH moved that Mr.. GA.-
BRAIrH, be temporary z .airman, which mo
ton was put AMI carried, while this official
Of the government, was talking OBJ 'ut mo-
ton, made by Ex-Gov. GoRMAN, that the
Cunvent,ol adjourn until IL O'Clock next day
Now, the ridiculous idea Of Constitutions
Convention adjourning before even tempo
rary organization had been effected can only
be understood by Minnesota democratic log
l.; but the faithful can no doubt satisfy them
selves on the principle that necessity knows
no law.
So far as the Secrctary's precedents 70
su:h q Course are cited, not precedent cal
be found on record, to sustain his course
Were is the precedent Of Secretary, re
quested it may be by minority, ass ,m'n
the responsibility of call NJ a c. invention t.
order (without law TO recognize motion t.
adjourn q majority to some future day 2
When such prec dents can be found, Il
any it was for the purpose of a Temporary
organization, and not as in the case of tn
Secretary of Minnesota, for the purpose ,
preventing an organzati m.
But, c.,ni,nues Ex-Gov. Gnrmans organ
eff the Republican members did not wish t
adjourn or were dissatisfied with the Al
noun. ement of the cha r, it was their right I
call for division" Is it possible that ii
Democrat would admit that right? Ho
cond, sce.,ding. But suppose they di n
wsl,o exercise that right; then what vi
tie Pioneer do? Suppose they l,ok uto
Mr.. CHAss's act of usurpaticn AS b. ne til n
tee, and let HIM AMI his followers retire
h,ff Def re he winds. Does that act
usu patton deter the majority from attendlr
TO the business, which they were sent to {
inst as though no such an illns,rious per o,
are a. the Secretary hal never made his al
p.ara,ce in the Territory of Minnesota.
The democrats had a right to dep,rt fro
the capitol without a.king leave Of the IN
.jority, and they have rigt to remain +
away; and We are not sure hut it IS the mo
sensible thing that they can do. They kno
and every body else knows, that in the prt
ent state of the Democratic party, they a
wholly incompetent to iii charge so impt
tant a duty as that of making a Republic
Constitution for the State Of Minnesota a
as the equality of man, as asserted by JEFFE
son in the Bill of Rights, has been by ma
of their leaders pronounced selfevident
they ar, badly not yet prepared to init
duce the new planks and unfurl their b
ner to the breeze.
Question for Jeferson's MANUAL
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