The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-18

fully deceive himself. That the result will
be q Pro-Slavery Convention is just as sure
as that the choice of majority OF Buck
and Brock" Electors secured the Presidency
Of Buchanan.
Now let us suppose that the Free State
men-or SO many Of them Is may De IN
scribed on the lists Of voters by the Pro-
Slavery officals-were to decide to vote at
their election, of course that would throw
overheard the Free-State organization and
government. All future challenges of the
Pro-Slavery rule derived fir. m the bogus
Legislature would be prec' uded by such vot-
ing. Thus the Convention would be elected
with foreordained Pro-Slavery majority,
and would rush through Constitution and
order an election under it for State officers
and Legislature. These would be chosen as
the Convention was carried, and the Terri
torial authorities would Immediately abdlcate
in their favor. That accomplished, where
would be the Free-State party and cause? IT.
recoverably under foot. Concluded by the
vote at the Constitutional Election, denoun-
ced from Washington, menaced by the Fed
eral army, and in peril Of drumhead execu-
ton under the atrocious Rebellion act passed
by the bogus Legislature at its late session,
they would be crushed out" beyond hope.
Such is the fate which the counsels of dis
sembling enemies and hollow trimming
friends are preparing for the Free-State set
tiers of Kansas. We confide in their past
as an earnest of their future wisdom and
fidelity.
And here let us observe that the fire.
quent assertion than the Territori Legis-
lature at its late Session repealed its obnox-
ious and bloody Saws" enacted at the for
mer Session, is false. A single one Of those
acts-that imposing political test-oath on
voters-was repealed, with one section only
(the twelfth of An act to punish otfenses
against Slave Property'-the section which
Furnishes as felon "any free person" who
Shall ''by speaking or by writing, assert or
maintain that persons have not the right to
hold slaves in the Territory or who shall
circulate any paper or pamphlet asserting
the same. Twelve other sections of that
same atrocious act are unrepealed and in
force to-day, SO far as the enacting body can
give them force-among others, these:
"src. II. Ifanv person print write introduce into
publish or circulate, to be brought into, printed
written, published circulated, shall knowingly aid
or assist in bringing into, printing Puoshng or creu
atng within this Territory, any book paper pamphlet
agazne, handful circular, containing any state
mens arguments opinions, sentiment, doctrine ADVICE
or nnuendo calculated 10 produce disorderly danger
GUS or rebelous disaection among the slaves in this
Territory TO induce such slaves to escape from the
service of their masters resist their authority he
shall guilty felony, and be punished by imprison
ment at hard labor for of not less than five years.
SEC IS. No person who is conscentiOusy opposed
holding slaves, who does not admit the right
hold slaves in this Territory shall sit juror the
trial of any for violation of any of the
sections of this act"
Scores of such enactments remain, and
new ones of like tyrannical and partisan
character were added at the late session.
And yet thousands of well-meaning citizens
have been made to believe that the despotic
partisan acts of that Legislature, intended
to uphold Slavery, have all been repealed.