The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume], November 26, 1857, Image 4

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|)ioneer & Jltmotral.
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Ami a larger number, »t Hi* »mo* r«l* of ll.on
£er year, wiiti a copy grail* to tu* |i*r»oii get
on np the ('lull, oi twb ropy directed II.W
- subscriptions null be |*i«i'l in a-lvaiue.
No paper «*nt until Hi* money m rateivrd.
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SI, I'siil. Minnesota
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Hu* thuaM'l Ki.h' l|tm.lr.*i .i.J f*il y .***!•, »i*'l ol ■'
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U ..i In*,.*4 u. r..**i,. .uMrlpiliHi. itn.ngkii.il Hi*
Twrrll*. r Inr it* Ro.ii l*i..**m .an lisaio *»*.
To aar AA »*kly lul.Miibei.
Th* iiicmwed expeiuaii inriirmi ill the
pulill.nlmil Ilf our enlarged Wn-kljf. tuuki*
it iurmnlmit upon u* to reipure udvuure
payment from every -übserila-r Tin* profit
in mi light ii|miii n year n tiiiliieription, that
we li.nl ta'tti r In- without the anhacrila-i
limn not have lon money in mivunee We
lire now striking oil'every man's Uttine wlm
him not an ailvuiiee |tiyineiit ereillteil.
I’uatnm*ter* will lie kind enough to men
lion thin lie t to nneli of our old sutiserilier-
Hn mat lull tonei tlim notier, und may lie Won
derinfc why tiny don’t pet hi m (their’)
|ti|ier
If we niioiiid strike off u name tor whieh
lelvunie |Niymeiit Inin Ixeii made, ami Im
endit anjieurn <i|miii our Imokn, tin sulmcii
te r will phase notify u» immediately.
Ilotil.i Ml* lo Mliiii.milm
()ll the firnt pagr ol thl* Week * pu|ier.Wil|
In- [oimd tlie eon i mem ement ol a highly in
teresting mill graph.c nketi h. entitled “llor
der Life in Minnesota " It wan written sev
eral year* tiliee, we In liete, by a non of Col
HsßlJ.iso. Col. S. wan lontr commandant
of the military |mnt at tla< mouth ol the Mm
niwota. formerly known nn Kurt St. lVter,
nut afterward* the iiume wa* chang. d to
||'ort Smiling. The incident* narratid ill
the sketch with no mtn h spirit, are Ktrietly
true.
Tti* Amitld)' IkM'ivl € «u< mm\% l«o «r» tl»r
• nrgviw I*— llir *ll him Mil In it *■«! lot «»t
III* Uihlmi J
In ortler that our nauler* irnty fully tin
ik-fttbind ami appreciate the following note,
we ropy from the il'nutmtutn ol Momluy
lant, the following :
On Sunday night, Hi* full uf October * . nn
cun of In nmetatii politician- wa* hel.l nt Hie
Amertran llouae. In thin rllv, t» runnnlnr tli*
•Uti< of III* irtinii* for lioveiuor, ami nAnf i.vm
(u fw ibinr nlanil M.m ' At till, i iiii iu. IlnWc
w*r* m atleiiitanc* * government iiffle* holder,
wtm In • near coimexinn ot Mr. sild. y an n
SlirritT ut lUinaey eoiiuly, who own. neatly
llie whole ol an a.llomina (>*iy nunll) l ounly.
n man of appre»eJ reputation f*r nii«er:i|.ii
Inu. .kiililiiiiK* r y no Imliaii Aavut
leieleul. who lind nil end) piovei) hi* detollun
tnbia.tlkii by w>hliim4 at Hie voting of Hie
Wiiiiieti go Indian, in illtie f'arlli imviiti nn
e\ Unvernor. wtm vvntit* badly lobe f S. Sen
ntor, and *hn« bon** ol »ui .•*«# bang * great
deal Upon Hdde \ . Inltnne e, nhould he lie llie
liov* iaid and ervvinl othera, whoae name*
we have, tml »h. in we retrain from ind eatlng,
uf fAn linn, foi pindentiat tenaon*’ The roll
ditii.lt id Hi* n Inin. i*ii l.overiior 'having t .-en
ethihlled and ilin*'u****l. Hi . simdny I on. lave
determined that il w»- ne. i. ni v to havo at
u n*i HU in<o i' » • ieyft r Slid i • i oak
byi rool. from .eno plaee. «» I if w., further
reeolved that I'emblnn and Hie north I'nuntrv
gear)ally •Imuld he ai.ole l*» di.gidn th* r*
ipilfed Vote*.
Uni inter mat mu I*. I At a’ W*t ip i I . ol
wa* Iniged. then and there, in the vem •■in**
•nan," amt tkh ta hnlieved to be that of si
Vuurnl. IN inbin* . .utitvi tie are mt err Inin
oil thl* la«t point, tml w !l tie able to apeak
moie poaltively a'l.ra wh.le At all evrnta
till* mill'll I. undoubted. Hi at thl. preelou*
Suuilai t’nui n« freighted »u Agent » ronnrv
ion uf n l > elb> Im .lei •th blank pull
Hooka, 111 due form, obtained fur that purpoar
Iroiu the I‘umitr olfh e and that he .tailed up
th* retintry with them, to hold the eiei tion.
and (urge th* paper* at »in li plaer*. and m
aorh manner *• might ae*m a,li .able upon a
oou.ultaUon with the "ptoper parliv. op
north.
(»ur rvmlrrw will Muemlwr that we
Oird the above ntati mi nt an a whole, < hnr
aetrriwti it* author a« a liar, ami druiafaleil
proof. Ilr ban prrarutnl m> eviilttsv to
tuitain hi* a—rti.m, Ivevauw he ln\l when
lie made it. Ilrilid not lie. Iwcauav lye wan
mMinformed. but be lie.l with the criminal
titration of defaming theiharaitrn of gv>»l
eitiratw of injuring the iK'iiHicratir |mrty,
and of making capital for hui master. Kaa
ngv. We aubmit to every cwnoid mind if
the cir uuutao-vw «lc* uot bear us out in tliin
We mul yrwti nlay. in demanding prtmf
trom Kam.sv n tool—f..r Utmav in alone
renjiOßaibh lor th ayateni of wholesale nisi
der ami aliune of leading lletnocratic citi
zen* now jKjrauerl bv the limnevtlinn —we
nuirl that we could Dot prove a negative.
Kut we tn lieve we can ami although not
Ixxirirl to do no by any rule of evidence, we
can jirove that the ulmve aruuTtion* of the
Minnfvilmn ure false in every particular.
We invite the attention of our reailern to
the following Udter from M< *r». Iti« v. A
Fihaixo. projirietor* of the Amrrinnu
House :
Aayau Hot **, St. I’aul, Nov. Iff, la.',;
T* ik* K.:il„r. i»f 'h* rt..,*«* a 11-. r•
We ae* it stated in th* .A/frmrwgiun that a
rmino w.. held at Hit* Hotel on Sunday, the
iltb ultimo, "to ronnlder the state of there
torus for (luvarnor, and what ',»i« to lie don*
about them,’’ at which several prominent till
/run were charged to b* present. W* suppose
from the alhisioiis and deaeriptions.lt was-I*
signed to have It believed that Messrs. Strain,
liormafl, f'rldley, Cullen, Ac., were there.
It in our doty, an w* conceive, to any that
no such caucus w«s held at our hens* at the
time staled, either by day or night, or at any
other time aince the election. N’or could such
a cane tie have been held without our having
•uinie knowledge or information on the sulije. t.
Nor were th* peraon* alluded lo ever her* to
gether, or any two of them, tu our knowledge,
(or any political purpnw*.
Ilcspeclfully,
t our obedient serv ants.
Un i A fii.iiss
Wr wonder whut the lover of truth mid
freedom (Inti lying) who i-ditu the Minutm
ofinn will now nay. Of course he will not re
tract, for such a loursc would imlicutc the*
|neuw-*idii of a morn I courage, nod no one
but u Coward would attempt to wtrikedown
worthy filial tie, by the invention ot malig
nant slanders. He will not attempt to buck
np Ins slanders, In-run«• Im cannot, und no
one is Indter awaie of it tliull Itiinnelf. He
may i|iiibnlr, an be bun done lor arvrral days
lint lie- public in tired of I bat mctlunl of
killing time. H e nup|niac be will tulk with
dignity, as to (lie impropriety of lining jier
soinild.es ill licws|ntp’'r controversy. We
hope no Sucli advice will be particularly
ri Ifivliing. from llie author of tin* •* Sundav
caiinin. ' For our part, we think cx-Clov,
ItiunKV bail tfetter snsl bin new editor
home; ut leust until be thinks some particu
larly hard swearing is necessary, or he gets
another chalice to liundlr Sum-, unuilitie-.
I’. S. A word of advice, Iloctor. The
next linn* you extcnijMirizi* a " Sumluy can
cun, Is- more particular ulkiiH datin. It
wan lint to lie evjsH tid of course, your first
effort would prove faultbns. Sundav, Octie
l« r 24. oeleeteil by you for tin-meeting of
tbo caucus, never transpired lly a rcler
emc to the ulumims. you will di-cuvi that
tlu* last Sunday of I (Holier occurml on the
’.'.dll. lin al liars should have great memo
Tli* lllael. Il*|»lt»flcaii Hum I < f I rntol
It in said a eonntant drop will wear a
ntone, uml the Ucpulilieoli pre*- of St I‘hii|
name to In fully impiessvsl with llm efficien
cy of t hi-adage. Hardly u day bun |iu«,.l
lor near two wis-ks. but the .1/iiiiirjofHui and
limn liave lalHinsl moat eurtavitly lo im
pre-w the country with the belief that the
Ifemocrat c party eitiier had |s r|s tratevl or
was contemplating tin* im*nt outrage.ms
frauds upon the country, in thorflbrt to elect
Mi Siai.av tioverimr.
This game i- an old one, with the-.' two
pii|iers Hofore the nas*ting of the Consti
tutosial Convention ths*y howled and fretted
und raved and ragiil against the right of the
I’eiubinA Ih’legutioti to scuts in that body ;
they slim ked and fiimisl that fruudn wen* to
la* |a'r|M*trutisl <vn the country, und eallisl on
all true Ucpobbrnns to stund up in their
inanluMsi and meet tbewb gb imndeti wrongs
ii|Hvn their [mrty. Hell the time c-me for
that Convention to rivet, and this decency
|mrty, in the in mt shameful border ruffian
style. t.s>k |h*.«,nmoii of the Convention Hail
in the ib ml. dark hour of the night, in v av
iation ol all vleeeney and manly propriety
No msua r wan their howl over, and the
facts made known lo the |amp!e, than it up
|*-urcd that all the fraud*, ail tlx villainy,
all the wrong*, uli the false returns of elec
tion. all the false certificates, nil the forge
r.cs, all the wicked outrogv- upon truth,
yunlivs ami Inua'sty. ami ail the outrages
ii|mui the rights of ltelega t *s to that Con
vention. bad las'll done by their own purlv
trails. Not a charge of Ira ud or villainy, or
eveu the* semblance ol wrong, was ever at
tempted to Ih* proven on the I Vnua ratie
|sirty Their howling, e.as.sl ; their daily
attacks u|vou o*ir party were turmsl to daily
dekvics* of their own villanie. ami fnainluiont
election returns ami fuiw ami truuduk'nt
vsTtillcafis* of elections ; they tbemselnw
were exjsiMvl. ami held up to public asirn
ami vsaitimipt. and their organs lure in St
I’aul. slunk into their >leus and tacked about
lor la tter cu|Utal el* w'.iere. Hot constitu
tutid wa* tortmsl and then came the tug of
war. I'ls* >tat* nominations were made,
ami tla v join isau* with our party ami goto
tin* country tor trial. Tla* ebetiod approuh
«*-, ami they la-gin to snuff deknt in the di«
toi ls. lln n vwiis-a another warning lv-wl.
•ladhcr alirak lor the sliriekers to wu.ch
out kvr irau.i* u|»*u the ballot bat, —another
I’, nthiiia bos to vote, atsl oiveher warning
cuoa-a froni ihine Ira al unlmeb u|s<u tin*
wale!.lower.
THE WEEKLY PIONEER A\l) DEMOCRAT
They warn the country againat frauds on
the Imke Hhore, frauds on th*- frontier
frauds at St. I’aul, fraud, from foreign im
portat!<ins, frauds ut tlie Indian Ag'-neb*.
Irarnls from tla; moi.uy of fiovernment of
fice holder-, frauds from our leading men,
frauds from the Irish, fraud* from brils-ry,
tml frauds from the corruption of the
Democracy gem-rally.
The elect inn over, an-t they am routed,
beaten,—liorm-, bait, uml drugmuis. Tbeir
darling idol, UamsKY for whoae snensw all
other candidates were to be burten.l off, sold
traded, transferred, pulled iff, or pulled on,
brought offor brought on. all throats w<-r».*to
fa-cut for him, all others of their jiarty were
mere chess men, to be knocked over or
knocked under, passed over, or pa-aed
under is tauten! Then comes another
howl- another shriek they rage uml rave,
and runt , parade figures, fancies, ami
frauds. The I Jibe .“-bora is f.-arnl
frauds an- looked for—villainy is abroad
heavy majorities for Kiiu.ky prophe
eied. and frauds, forgeries, and rascality
generally, hsikcd for from tin-"Hreccb Clout
I ternocracy " The returns <*unc- in they
show a majority fur •* Hsusev," (their idol
their Mt. I’aul g<sl.) but all the nut of
their party men are sold, traded of', swajs
tied off, bartered, and Im'uU-u. Tlie -bout
goes up *• Hurrah for the North Hhore!"
Ilurruli for the frauds, forgwriea, and vil
lainy that elects our oMMMoua Kauskv :
|ta-ut all else; beat HTi.ki.ssos, Httinatal
Ai.hkk il ; i-eat Not ksk. I .ask uml Mas-
TDK ; beat 1t11.1.1K1.H, ItKHKV and BIUKI/lW ;
Is-ut lok und Kiskki.i. ! Beat all Isattbe
mends r. of tin- Ij-gislutiire send all our
other na nto purgatory hit savk Kau.kv,
.nee intr ffl this they implore in tlie name
of their jairty-
TTi'* returns la*gin to come in. the defeat
of Bam- kv and the whole Kepublican ticket
is indicated, Ihnj i/welly gIW up all hit
Kausky. Tln-y ding to him; they cant
*i.- bow they can Is- la-aten lor Governor,
after th**V sold the Congressional ticket, the
Judicial ticket, the I legislative ticket, ami
tin- State ticket to save their St. Paul po
litical god. Uamsv.y. But the hand writing
is on th wall, uml .hiih.ky is surely elvvb-d.
TTm-ii eeines the old Constitutional I'mimi
lion erv of fraud. Owk.vs must stand aside
Fostkk must dime to the rescue. C'aksah is
about to drown in the Tilier, ami Cassias
must In-Ip. Pisir Ownvs must give way Tor
the pilot that steered Uvhsrv through bis
former troubles. This Ajax ,Tallemon comes
up to work, lie takes bis |s-n and writes
nuen, forgery, tire and faggots against the.
returns from Pembina, Cuss, Tishl, Martin,
Hock, t'oltonwoisl und Murray counting
The Minnnotian i ebarges Imil over with
wrath ; deep villainiea an* to la* exfssssl.
And should this fail, Hsuskv. Cisu-kk,
Goonau ii and I lain, will make (ajiital
enough to worry tlai iVmiKrats in the next
election. They are now resol ns I by such
means to ward off the blow tla*y know is
again coining »|sm them, like it did at the
meeting of the Convention.
Now. fellow citizen-, we are aide to an
non nee whut we can prove, viz That false
and forgisl election returns, false and forged
(sill lists, false and forged mum sol voters,
lalse and forgisl judges am) clerks names,
false uml forgisl name* of just ices of the peace,
falx* ami forg-vl affiduviU to returns, have
)** n made out by villain.- of the Ib puMicaii
(sirty, to elect their |s*t. Itvusev, Governor
of Minnesota. Ami the return- also prove
the studieil effort to sell, cheat, d -fraud, ami
ttartar off all tla- rest of tla* Ib-puMican
ticket.
H e n—ifre our IVino* ratio fnemls every
where, that if one false return bus lits-n made
to favor llie Deinisratio party, vie do not
know it, N*-r do we believe one won! of
it ; nor do we fielieve that this cry of fraud
i iii—*-*| by the Ht. Paul Kepublican press,
was ever di-sigmxl for anything else than
to cover up their own ftvivia*»l-. framb and
damning villainies.
111,1*0 > of Mlonrsom
He have always th- uvbt that Kit. K. D.
Nkii.i was better i|Ui it vl *' .ny other
individual to write a - . ■, Mims - -ta,
atsl we are glad to learn that ilm* reverend
gvntleman i- now engaged in tin* prepars
of Mich a work, rounm-ming with thei.x
ploraliisvs of tla-KniH'h trailers ami ihtlc
siastu-s, in tla* eariv port ol tlx* -*-vtntivnth
century, ami terminating with the admis
sion of the Territory into tlie Union, as a
-overvigu State.
A ik'sco or more Issiks bare Iss n is-nevl
from the Ko*tem juvsm during the jssst four
ivr live years m rvh-renoe to Minm -mta. all
of which, we twlirve. may t» set down a
unsutialrctorv in their character, univimldo
in tlieir historical statements, ami as nihvt
-,ng hut very small crvslit on *ithcr the lite
rurv ability, the gv«od ta»fe. or tlw judgment
of their author*.
Mr Nkii.i. * vulume wdl lie -- n-d during
the coming year, in >*etavo form ivf -erne
four or five hundrwl |<ag<s It will be pub
li-lsvl by sufsartptuMi. at f’.‘ .Mt ftvr the wv>*k
He will tain pleasure it* mvivmg aad for
ward Ulg to the autb* r ■ , -c: ji...
-What a Falling OUT waa There."
TTm* Minmwiwn, on Monday, charg'd cx-
Gov. Gorkiv with Ijeing present at a Cau
cus, on Sunday, Oct. 21, at the American
House, in tin city of St. Paul, tml that he
then ami there, aided ami aU-tb-d other*, in
forging election returns ami making prepar
ations to elect Mr, Stni.Kv by fraud.
Gov, GotMvx explicitly denier] the
charge, not only os a whole, but character
ized each of its o itnponent parts, as fa!-o
boods.
To «how the d- praveil and cowardly char
acter of the man who controls tla* Mmneso
twa, we copy the following—the only refer
ence made to tlie Governor’• denial. Wheth
er it is to Is; regard'd a* a retraction, as
proof, or a contemptible i|uihble, wc will
permit our read'-ra to inf r :
Tber* l*» on* thing m hia (Borman's) “cant”
we nr* ha|*py to »**. He is. arrful nut to dear
ttial li* was si an American House *'sucus •• lo
consider whut to be done about llie nujority
•gsinst Sitil-y;’’ but "imply denies that be was
st anrh caqi-ns "with nny person or persons at
tinted to," I’erhsps the liovernor will be good
enough to enligtiieii n* as to iWm wen- present
at the caucus that Im did attend.'
'Hie editor wlm would charge a citizen i
with a fi-lrmy. which would -end him to the
Penitentiary, und justly too, il guilty, und
then reply to an emphatic denial and <]*■- .
maud lor proof, in th<- aimve whiffling man
tKT, merits tlu- contempt of every n-s[scia
ble citizen. ,lr.«Mv Twiti iikr, who was so
fowl of plundering hen roost-, was tin* pos
-ctisor riot only of more Immsty, but of ruor*
courage than such uii individual.
Hit Tltiiro on Llef tlon Fiui«d«.
The lime > k <ps standing in its columns
a tabic purporting to give returns lor tla*
vote of Governor, which is incorrect, and is
calculated to deceive the puldic us to the ex
istence and {Mijnilution ol <-ertain counties in
the Territory—
Boots Huiciim.- Jn the iilmv* ealeulation
we hava not un i,**]*-.I returns tr-*m Cottonwood
counlv, li.ivis county. Mnnay county. Martin
county. I’ierre s.mtitv. It*„ l * nurity. Itcnville
county, I'emluiiM county, arid Cedar laike t’rc
emi t. Wlni li give Sibley a ukvsii majority ol
1171. If thru- returns arc allowed (wlu-h,
bear in mini, an- Irauduleat.) Itamscy will tie
cheated out of his certi cate by 'iJ'J v otes,—
Have wo a Walker aiming' bet us n ait aud see.
The attempt made by the Abolitionists,
is to iiupnns upon the public mind, that
there sire nn such counties as Cottonwood,
Murray, Martin, and others, and thut then
i- no voting population in Pembina. Kcu
ville, Cium, T.sl, ami other counties natm-d.
Thecountie-nf Ibnvillc. Davis; nd Pierce
have tieen established by law nearly three
year*. But lust session, most of tin- i’t rri
tory (sintuiocil in tbme tv unties wn- cut up
into other counties - -ueb os Cottonwood.
Rock, Martin and others. Hn- session laws
oflbS.'i 6 7.
It doe* not matti r wliether the voter lives
in any county, if he resides within the State,
he has a right to vote. The new Constitu
lion so provides.
In the enuntic* to whieh the Turn ob
jeets, than' urr not only many half brw-d
residents, legally entitled to vote, but sur
veying purl its, I" ban traders, and their
employees, town site [S'* .lators uml hardy
pioneer*, in search of f..rtnn s. In fact the
entire population ;• a voting population, for
lew woita n and ciiiireti reside so lor from
convruirnee* of eiviiization.
The county of Pembina, in 1 - 'iH. contained
a (svpulat eti of 1 !!li, indicating upwards of
.TOO voter-, lias this county ikvriascd in
jsipulation while a other* have increased?
—ha» seven years made no change for the
better, even with the advantages of an in
n-using trade, and a land grant Padroni
lira* running for two b indr'-l miles tbrougb
the county ?
1 lie 'hme- objects to Cedar Pity prt edict
Mcljeod issinty. Yet tin- vote in that prx*.
cinct wa- east umler the *u|tervLsioo of Mr
Baxtkh, Republican lundidate for Di-ir t
Judge in the sixth di-trict. He say* the
vote is correct, and |*-rmittnl, und insi-ted
upon its bi-ing ci until in the canvas* for
Judge. Tlie real objection to the vote in
this precinct, is that it is iK-mocratic.
Hbarns county give* Sim: m ’.".*7 mu r
yby the official i H'lva-s, vet the / ,
•rtvlil- Mr. Stm »v with but 210 maj* tv
H e suspect the cr-rrect re.im-n for th.-
eontin’irsl mi-rep rvaent at ion of the *»av o’
the returns, on tie [*irt of the Kepublican-.
is the disinclination felt by • tw of them, t
give up ivrtain Iwt.s with wir.ch they hav
freely backed their favorite.
The Minuet t ,-. » '! find out ;nd-n cour*
of time. th.tt the burglar m tbe employ «
the Raj>ublicau l'««tral t Vniniitter, who en
tired a r\*»m at Swan River, and stole
there from a jw k.ige. i |>*per'. purjsirting
to one tain edition returns, did not benefit
Rimsky in tin iea»t by his thievery. The
returns stolen w-n- j-rt-jiar>d up country. by
a gentleman fond of hm joke, aa a trap to
catch Rrpubl-an gull*. it bong wet! known
tliat *e\*ralhad fee u despatched northward,
to bay if piw-ibw. and if not. to that. Tb*
trick sueovdrd t>»-a .til uliy.—for ah lie the
thief was at bis work. me |*iniine returns
acre rn their way to St. l’a;!. o the hand*
of a roossi ng- despatched frer. Fort li.piey.
Tbt Ka«dji)r Csutni.
W« are authorised by all the gentlemen
mentioned aa haring been present “at a Fern
ocratio caucus held at llie American House,
on Sunday, October 24, to consider the state
of tlie retnrna, for Governor," to say thut
tliey were not tlier* then nor at any other
time, either before or afterwards, for that
purpose or any other.
The last invention of the Mm newt inn, the
moat silly and wicked of all its predecessors
is a vile effort to blacken the cliaraclers of
men, r<-cognized as among tie- moat worthy
citizens of Minnesota. It is n malicious cal
umny,. which Fowtbr and his employer,
—equally infamous in this instance, in coun
tenancing such vileness,—have endeavored
to spread abroad, sacrificing honor, self-re
spect, and the little honesty which either of
tlieiu yet retain, at the ultar of party exjie
icncy. Tliey —Ramsey and Fostvr —lioj«e
. v such infamous means to create a public
opinion that would contribute to a future
success, and future advancement.
The Minnesotuin has made a public at
tack upon the honor of r" pec table men. and
defamed tfiem by vile calumnim. that noth
ing hut a black and dishonest heart could
ever originate. The article in reference to
the Sunduy caucus, we again pronounce ut
terly false ; and again we call ujsin you to
stand forth and prove the truth of the uile.
gations you have made. Until you have
done this, the whole community has a right
to lielieve you to lie, both a coward and a
liar, for thus casting asjs-rtions ujmui the
character of in-n who are your sujs-riors in
everything bat dishonest artifice, un-i un
blushing villainy.
Your motive for doing what you have
done, we know, is only to conceal the frauds
that men in high standing in your own party,
together with yoarsclf, huve perpetrated:
ai.d now that we prnpoae to ask you u few
quiwtions. let us see w hether you, who are so
ready to fiear false witness, will as fully use
your jieri, in defence of yourself arid your
party when you stand in the infamous place
of tlie accused.
I >id not your party colonize large mini
tiers of voters from Wisconsin, and vote them
at Stillwater, and Murine Mills, in Wash
ington county .' 1s t us ask, whether this
was not done with the money of your candi
date, and whether these votes did not accom
plish tlie defeat of the Fetnocratic party in
tha' district ?
Were tin n-not 4ao Republican voters im
port's! from Fierce county, Wisconsin, who,
after depositing their vote- in Goodhue Co.,
returned to their home-, boasting of the
service they had rendered " Rayisky " and the
Republican party !
I>id not the leaders of your jiarty. by
fraud and violence, kis-p hundreds from tlie
polls of the Second Ward, in this city, and
in tin* ujijs-r prd inct of St. Anthony.
Fid you not bl its.- men in Waseca and
Stifle counties to abstract Ifemocratic votes
from the ballot Ikixcs and substitute in their
stead Republican?
D'tl not ifi nr Central Com nttVee hire a
mnn for p!)(IO, to comm t the crime of bur
elan/ at Little Falls, or Sunn R rer. in or-
Icr to 'teiu the Roll Rooks noil returns from
-r me if the upper Pre-inrts '
l*id you not forge returns from Hreckcn
rielge I’rec.nct, in Fcmbina county, giving
Rvvsev and I m-: 2-’>4 majority, and plaiv
tfe-ai in the Fost Itffe-e at St, Faul ?
Ibd you not forge- returns from Mansfield
I’recinct. in the same county, giving Rim
sky iieuvy majorities, where there is but one
hou-e. and when- no election was held at
all. on that day '
Fid not a prominent Republican njs-nly
Is-asl that he puid a inuii tfld for putting
3o illegal tiallots into the box, at a town
on the Minnesota r-ver? (Siv St. Fan!
t/'-n liter.)
Answer these questions, and deny theta
if you can. with an honest heart.
In tLi-se forg'd returns which we q»-ak
of, strange to r- late, of a party who pro A-s
to be so p in'-, tla- J*>ll lists, signatures <if
Judges. record of votes and at-strui t. are in
the sura* laind writing. In ac- untry where
the !»o| i hud all he*n taught by the same
schoolmaster. this might not ex.-it- t'-
uirk I'.it here, unfortnnatcly tor tin w <ild
U- purity of the lb pulii i-an canvass, tb--
l>e.-pie an- gather d from th- lour corners of
tie- i-artli. and tbe.r ch:rography is x* varied
as their characters.
We regn t that we are compelled to make
these exp.'sure* We regret that it mu-t go
forth to the (xuntry that such villains a-,
these bog-is and liailot box stuff.-™ exi-t in
Minm-w-ta. outside- of the w alls of the Still
water prisou but you have called for it. ami
you alone are M>p.>nsiiile.
We have writti-n this,not only because a
systematiceffort has been made to insult and
the character of lli* I democratic jiar
ty. am! of private men. by pub ishing a scr
ies of charges that are so far carried beyond
the bounds .-f decency and truth, that they
can only reflect upon thetr inventors, but
because silence m ght have been construed
into the silence of guilt, and we are loth to
see any stain east upon the hard earned vic
tory the iiemocrat* ot MinomiU have
achieved over a party whom principles are
a> dangerous and corrupt aa its fe.utrrs an
unacnipuloos ami didioaen.
Vrknotsltdglng tbe Far|(«ry.
The Mmnesetmn of yesterday acknowl
eilg*'- that it- |>arty leaders have kvn forg
ing election returns. It say-., sjieuking of
the returns fn-m Fcmbina. Us-o and Tod.
that “ they art all loco, — oil forgeries to
gether.”
In the .Secretary's ofiice, then- are two
abstracts of returns of votes, purjiorting to
have fji-en cast in Ureckenridge and White
Oak precincts, Cuss county, giving' Ramskv
400 majority over Smii.ky.
Tli<* Mtnnesohan admits these returns are
“forgeries.” It was well known they were
forgeries when received. The police are
now on the track of the forgers, and it is
not improbable that certain legal gentlemen
in this city, will soon find themselves in a
quandary.
The Pioneer in catching tor breath—it is short
Winded already in the tight. I'#rha|.» it will
find out before we are through, that this is no
playing with .now balls. Our magazine is full
of hard- fax,''as the cockney called it. We
throw nothing hut - bricks' ' If the •• part'
is short of the article, suppose they draw ujion
their hats for a supply '.—Minnetotiun.
Your magazine is lull of •• hard -fax,’ us
the cockney called it," is it? The Sunday
Caucus lie. i« one of your ••fax"—the attend*
atic-c of Form ax. Stkki.k and others, at the
American House, on Sunday, Oct. 24, is
another of your “ fax tlie forgery of JO.i
votes at tlie American House, is also one of
th'- "fax." Hoc-tor, you are great on “ fax,
but tran-ci-ndautly sublime on proof.
\N e thank you for tlie hint as to rcplen
ishing our hat with " bricks." We use
"bricks' occa-ionally. and when in want
well know where to ajiply. We know an
ex-M. Ih. who boasts the best nasal sign
jvist in St. Faul.
\rUs|Mpcis In MlllO'Mtta.
Ilit- present tightness in the money mar
ket is ojierating very injuriously to the pros-
Jierity of tlie country jiress throughout Min
nesota. Ihe Olmsted Journal, the Winona
Argus, the Travese des aiioux Register, the
Sliakojst- .LI ten ate. the Southern Minnesota
Star, the Stillwater I'm on. and the Fukota
Journal, have suspended j-üblication tlie
three first named sheet- iadctiuitely ; the
: others promise to resume. We regret the
necessity whii h coinjicl- our brethren of the
press to suspend, for we well know that even
the temporary suspension of a ncwsjiajar is
ahuofft ( '|iiivalcnt to a total failure, and ai
ways involves a heavy loss to the
tors. The newspups-r busitiess has been
i overdone in Miumsota. We have too muny
paj)cr«. 1 iiey liuve lieen started, in many
instances, not to muct a juiiihc w ant, but to
aid town -it-- speculator- and advance the
interests of small-bo r politieiuns. The caje
ital and labor ol priutera ha.- been used, in
i MiniH'Kota. very lila-ially. to promote the
welfare of these eia—es. and it is but too
true that the hard working jirinters and
publishers have met with no reward com
mensurate with their services. Hundreds of
men have grown wealthy, and achieved in
rtumce in Minnesota, through the agency of
the country press, who look on the financial
t-nibarrassnients of the class to whom th- v
are so much indebted, with indifference.
We think that tla- newsjwpiT fraternity
of Minuesota would lie greatly benefited hy
' the adoption and rigid adherence to the ail
vance system of payment for suliscription
The cost for every dcjiartment of ncwsjsip r
lafeir is very high, und to meet this exjiensc.
cash is absolutely nec--s-ary. not at the end
of tlie year, but at the time the laW is
performed ; jaijmt. ink. A c.. are cash arti
clea ais<i. The injustice, therefore, of re
quiring a publisher to wait until the exjiira
tion of a year’s -uo-< riplioti. for the small
sum due by each mb-erilier, i- manifest
We have trad, during tlie juist year, the
system of requiring ad vuuee |iayim-nts, but
have not followed it - • rigidly as we intend
in the future. Tlie system work* well
both subscriber and publisher fei-l fe-ttcr
when accounts for tla- year are -quared. \V ,•
do not .ntend to lose five dollars on this
Milweription to the wix-kly I’ionrkr as •
Fkyoh-rat for 1 Hols, even if we are c-mi
js lied to ris.«rt to the painful alternative (■•
striking hundred* of old suliseritiers frura
our hooks.
We hear a new pa|« i is to ts- -»ur!-d in
Scott county, at tla- thriving village of IV-l'.e
Flame, by Mr Wrioiit f rroerly of tl - St
Anthony Frp >r"
Isaac Atw atfr. h.-q . who has lieen just
ly reworded for years of < vere labor as .»
journalist, by hi* < lection to theofiio- of As
sociate Justice of tin Supreme Court has
retired from the St An’bony Fir"'*, and
is suceecekd in its nldorial management by
Mr. JonxirroK.a gentleman of ability. The
Fcprtss has always been a favorite pape:
with us. and its devotiou to the local inl» r
est* of St. Anthony and Minneapolis, should
secure for it a continuance of the iib* ral suje
port it has hitherto enj< yid.
*We are glad to Warn that Mrs. J ask t>
Swiss ii (in. fwmerlv si/iim sh«- would never
permit herself to be cal'/fd oigrre of the
Fittsburgh baturlay I mjor. i* abont to
take charge of the St. Fioud —
Mrt. S ia a poetical writer and we antic-,
pate that tbe wemen of Minnesota will de
r»v* both ns’. ruction and amuseiunt from
her • onrjris.