New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-21

hazards to enjoy scratch at it. ard accordingly it
vas not instantly garroted. It WA necessary to
give Mr. Green an opportunity 70 declare, upon bis
personal Information, that the obnoxious laws hsd
been repealed By the lcca authorities Of Kansas.
We DO not know exactly what Mr.. Green's idea Of
an obnoxious law" may be, any more than we
know what Mrs. Todger's idea Of legs might have
bten, if .be had answered Mr. Pecksuif-s most
pertinent question. We have heard only OF the
repeal Of the 10Th section Of the Kan.as "Act to
"punish Ofenses against slave property,
which section was Of that mild and amiabe
description that il sent man to i'm
prisonment at hard labor for two years
if be should be guilty Of the heinous felony Of deny
ing that citizen of Kansas had the right to hold
fellow citizen in bondage perpetual and unrequlted,
and which also consigned to the penitentiary any
person who should receive or have in his possession
any newspaper containing any denial of 1.-THE right
L" to hold slaves in the Territory of Kansas" This
Twelfth Section has, We believe, been ,epealed. The
worder s lot that il has been sbrogated but that it
was ever epacted-not that men in the recurring
intervals Of reason should undo the most unressons
bic thing done in the nineteenth century but rather
that the people of Kansas have not been gcaded by
such claw" into something great deal nearer
treason than that alleged in the Border-Rufian
newspaper. This section of the law has been, We
believe repealed. 1t is most gracious concession,
aid the people of Kansas ought to be duly grateful
TO the Border Ruians for this unsealog of the lips
Of Freemen, and for this permission TO receive the
newspapers Of the day. Has Mr. Green private
info nation that other sections Of the. same
ss' atute " have been repealed Are those beauti-
ful sections which doom to dea:h any free person
assisting in slave insurrection, or any person
bringing an AntiSayery newspaper into the
Territory, or those which imprison for ten
years such as have enticed slave to attemp. the
achievement Of his freedom, or those which fine
any officer who may decline to assist in the execu-
ton Of the Fugitive Slave bill, or those which pro-
hibit the printing Of Anti Slavery opinions in Kan
sss-in short, are those sections which are, all
things considered, the eist aud knob Of the most
internal law ever passed 10 civilized State re-
pealed! Mr. Green WIS rot specific In his lntor-
NATION to the Senate. We should lave known, if
he new, that the whole series of so-called "acts,
intended to bolster Slavery in Kansas, have been
repealed, and that the wretched humbug of test
osths " has been altogether abolished.
1t can certainly be 90 objection to the discussion
of the House bill that the Border Rutfians have be-
gun to sing smaller and have concluded to waive
ole base point in order to save hundred. TIE
bill proposed to take the power so ie.ouiously
usurped and so ierociousy abused out Of the hands
of pack If madmen, and to restore it 81 people
to which it originally and Of right belonged. The
devil of Kansas ay be sick and of mind to turn
monk. We want to put it out of his power to play
the devil again. These so-temed laws are
mass Of stupid penalties, consistent only in their
stupidity. If We are to give Kansas a Christian
ard civilized code, we must begin at the begin
ming and sweep the whole wretched rubbish now
dominant into oblivion.
The distinguished Senator Weller renewed the
the motion to lay the bill upon the table. He too
objected to because it might create discussion.
In the name of mileage and per diem, what do We
pay Senators for except to discuss?" Sup
pose that this Weller is foolish and be-
sotted that he cabpot discuss" yet are
which upon its face appears to be a fair one 1t
appears not. The burly branch of the Compression.
al body laid the bill upon the table. Sooner or
later We hope to have Senate which will be will
ing to discuss" bills Of an important character,
maugtr the Wellers and the Greens Of the period.
From the statements Of our Havana correspond
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