The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-01-16
From the Washington Daily Union Of Nov. II
To the Editors.
GUINcY, ILL.,, Oct. 80, IS49


GENTLEMEN: As you may not eX-
change with the paper, or see the arti-
Gle, send you herewith slip from the
excellent newspaper Of Messrs. Good
hue, of St. Paul, Minnesota Territory,
from which You will perceive that the
democracy of that Territory have deter
mined not to submit any longer to the
insults and injuries which have been
heaped upon them by the present ad-
ministration in filing tic important Of
fees created by the act organizing that
Territory with Incompetent men from
abroad, who were to controlthe politics OF
that hourishing young Territory, and by
disregarding in toto the suggestions o!
their intelligent, faithful, energetic, and
able delegate, the Hon. II. II. Sibley.
The party lines were not drawn when
Mr.. Sibley was elected to Congress, nor
did he take any part in the contest be-
tween General Cass and the Second
Washington, who during tic canvass
professed to feel no difference towards
wings and democrats; who had 'nc
! friends to reward, no enemies TO punish; >
but who did not forget, even when Off
ces in remote and new Territory were
to be filled, to select none but rank wing
politicians, and those all entire stran-
gers to the people and country over
which they were to preside. I l1oil up
on the conduct Of General Taylor TO-
wards Mr.. Sibley and his constituents
as a more fragrant outrage upon his feel
inos and theirs than that which the Pres
ident has inflicted upon the States; tol
the latter ought not to have cXpccto d
honesty or fair dealing from the nominee
of any convention which was gotten up
by oilice-hunting wing federalists.
rccollcct how much more inagnan-
imously and generously General Jack
son, in 1886, and MIR Van Huren, in
1888, acted towards the Territories OF
Wisconsin and Iowa, and their then del
egate, General Geo. w. jones, the
present senator from Iowa, who was
elected as Mr.. Sibley was, without ref
erence to party. Those two Presidents,
being democrats, had respect for the
people and their representative, and
therefore hearkened to their reasonable
requests, and filled from amongst the
citizens of those territories much more
than one-half of all the Offices created
by the acts organizing those Territories
and appointed wings as well as demo-
Gratis, as is well known by all the old
citizens of those now Furnishing young
and populous States. 1t was not so with
the accomplished Sibley or his intelli-
gent constituents; for none but unscru-
pulous and generally ignorant wing par
tisans were imported from distant States
in the tar-of east and south to fill the
honorable and lucrative Stations and
with no other motive than to so fashion
and mould that young Territory as to
secure its admission into the Union as a
wing State, and in time, as is still sup
posed, to participate in the next presi-
dental election
The next number of the Minnesota
Pioneer will give you an account of the
democratic convention recently held at
st. Paul. ] understand That the democ-
racy there arc awakened to their true in
terests, and that their able delegate, Mr..
Sibley, addressed letter to the conven-
ton, or to some of it's members, apprO-
batory of the object. This would not
probably have been done had Presi-
dent Ia, Tor and his cabinet redecmrd