Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-05-01

ty days thus allowed, will not expire until
Wednesday, the .6tM day of May!
Then again, second reason is, that the
canvassing board at the capital are not OBJ
liged to proceed with the canvass except with
n6fly days after the election; and must wait
at least forty days for the reception of the re-
turns fr, m all the counties, before any step is
taken by them whatever. Section sc, en- the
same page 81 of the Revised Statutes, shows
what must be done at the end of forty days!
That section says: -.e - -
Sec. &c. If the returns of election of any
County in this Territory, shall not be received
at the Office of the Secretary of the Terrific
ry within forty days alter the day of election,
the said secretary shall forthwith send mes
senger to the Clerk of the board of Commits
siOners of such county, whose duty it shall
be to furnish said Messenger with a certified
copy of such returns.
On referring once mt re to orr almanac, we
discover, that the .fortim day after the cleo
ton, is Tuesday, the 25th day of May; and
that the .fftieth day after election is Friday,
the 4th day of June!
AS it is not probable that all the abstracts
of the canvass. in the various counties of the
votes cast upon this State Organization
Amendment, will be duly in hand here at the
Capital prior to the expiration of the fiftieth
day-judging from precedent dating not
further back than last fall-we may reasona.
bly, conclude, hat the Executive officers of
the State will not see their salaries commence
to run before the 9Th of June next, instead
Of celebrating the halcyon lst of May by the
addition of that little burden to those al
ready piled upon this afflicted people!
We candidly confss, that these points
we have offered for public consideration, and
which certainly postpone the operation and
probably altogether destroy the force Of the
mischievous amendment to section 7, article
5 of the State Consultation, give US great
satisfaction to contemplate.
As we forsaw, and warned the people be-
fore the election, its adoption, under the idea
of its forcing an early State organization in
conflict with that of the U. S. Territorial au-
thorities, was revolutionary and calculated on
ly to plunge US in confusion, needless expcn-
SEES and endless litigation.
Confirmatory of this, we present the facts,
that the United States Territorial Judges
have recently announced their intention to
proceed with holding their courts juries
have just been summoned by their direction !;
and all the machinery of law and government
would have still proceeded under the eeis
and protection of the United States, regard
less of our foolish attempt to set up rival
government, in opposition to and in defiance
of the unrepealed law of the land!
The editor of the Pioneer day or two az
ter the election, in exulting on the probable
adoption of this Amendment said that HE
was not frightened at the idea of ''revolu-
ton -
Per contra, WE confess to some timidity on
that score. When the evils of misgovern-
ment become unsuferable and no other mode
of redress for an injured and outraged peo-
pie is within reach, We shall overcome our
fears, and consent to adopt the last resort of
an oppressed commnnity-an appeal to the
arbitramcnt of arms for that is what zero
l'hion means, if the government in possession
choose to resist the government proposed to
be set up in opposition to its rule
But no such oppression. ofmecessIy for rev.
olution exists in Minnesota; and so when
laborlng under the universal idea that, the
Amendment being adopted, the lst day of
May would witness the erection of the State
government, and " hen we observed at the
same time the imperturbable resolution of
the U. S. Territorial officers to disregard it,
we felt crisis was coming which must GER
tanly produce somewhat of .narchy much OF
litigation, and, as resort to arms would he
ridiculous, place the people of Minnesota
IN the absurd position of directing and or
ganlzing government whose mandates and
powers they were important to enforce
We are therefore heartily rejoiced, that
our lawyers and legal officers need be in no
doubt how to perform their several d titles
and functions; for as the case stands it
strikes US forcibly, that the term of the Ex-
ecntIve officers of the State will not com
mence, nor will the taking of the several
oaths of office occur Oh, but good while
"Gfter the lst Of May, 1853"
So much for one little snarl in which De.
mocrat'c incompctency, and Democratic greed
for office, has involved the people Of Mime
sofa. 1t is not the only one!