The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-12-26

st. Paul, iillnnesata,
Wednesday Morning, Dec. 2G. 1919.
The sceretary's Confession.

At last, the Secretary is unkennelcd.
We have badgered him for two months;
aad now that ne has broken cover, we
intend to make game Of him, before
many jumps The Secretary in his
manifesto: commences with falsely al
leging that when he came to St. Paul,
in the latter part Of last June, nothing
had been done, toward procuring place
to convene the members Of the Legisla
ture;" whereas, in fact, the Central
House was commenced and partly COM
pletcd. for that express purpose, in the
month Of May. This is fact well
known, notorious to al persons resident
here last April and May The Sccre-
tary alleging the NECESSITY Of prcpar-
ing a house for the Legislature, as a
reason for JoFrorin@ money, goes on to
say, that he lid borrow, at different
fines, near four thousand dollars, on his
and the Governors draft, payable IN st.
Louis. Near 81 900! How erPFcit, for
the statement of an officer who is requir-
ed by law, ''to keep an accurate entry
of each suln received, and Of each pay
mcnt or transfer" ''For the greater
part" what part;) OF this $4,000,
drafts were given, by the Governor
and myself" What was given for the
lesser part Of the $4,000; Why, Of
course, the official draft Of the Secre-
tary, upon the appropriation Of Sl3, 700
which was payable in St. Louis by the
Receiver there. 1t was, in fact, rcali-
cation Of that amount of the Sl3, 700 in
ready money. 1t was an exchange Of
the means in the Secretary's hands, for
gold and silver, either at par, or under
par 1t was borrowed upon pledge OF
the Government dratt-upon that secu-
rity. The Secretary owns up to that, as
to a pert Of the money borrowed; al
though the greater part, he Pretends was
borrowed upon his own and the Govern
or's }ndiriaeai draft The Secretary
then, by his own statement, having real
lied this money, or part Of it, in SOW
reigns at 81 so, and five franc pieces at
% cents, has ''eXchanged the means in
his hands fer gold and silver below par. .
But who viii credit one word, about c.
T. Smith having negotiated lis own and
Governor Ramsey's private draft in St.
Louis, for the greater part, OF for any
part Of this 81 600? That this s. 900, if
borrowed was borrowed upon virtual
pledge, upon a hypothecation, upon the
credit Of the appropriation made by Con-
gress-thc whole OF it's beyond a
doubt; but whether it was or net, is
wholly immateliaI to the fact which We
charged, that the Secretary had recciv-
cd from sundry creditors OF the United
States, vouchers for greater sum than he
actually paid them. But now let us In
quire what the Secretary did with this
1000, which he borrowedto delray the
expenses Of preparing place to ac-
commodate the members2" Let US see
if the money was paid out to defray the
expense of preparing place for the
Lcgislature:" Hat.d @sJ aa.i
According to the Secretary's ''rccol-
lection, = (of course he keeps 10 books,
and makes no entriesD but we will quote
the Secretary s own words: '". .H t'
"To Henry Jackson, member, and
others, had advanced near the entire
sum which. was due them at the end Of
the session. ] assert from recollection.
aud do so without fear of contradiction,
that advancedin the manner above IN
dicated, commencing the first Of August
last, to sundry persons and TO members
of the Legislature, as follows, to Wit
TO Horny Jackson. p K, Johnson, NJ.
S. Wilkinson, T. A. Holmes, 3. W.
Brunson, Alexis Bailly, A. Morrison, $,
! Tfask, NJ. Blnck, ID, i. Looms, Jesse
! Tayior, Robert Cummins, d. y. VIII
liaIns, 3. l.. Sellers, Samuel Burl1leo,
Joseph X. Brown, James McBoal, 0, II.
Kelley, DAVID Hone, l.. b. Waite, II.
N. Setter, L. A. Babcock, G. M. Berg,
james Hughes, MIeap $ Ovens, va
rions Judges ard clerks of elections,
Louis Rcberts, Boal s Crumbacker,
freeman, Larpenteur s. Go, G. ".
/ Borup, J. Frest, +. Booth, Wn, r.
Marshall, David Olmstrd, by VIM. IL.
Noble, VIM. Sturgis, Henry a. Lam
bert, H. A. Giiddon, j P Charles,