The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-08-15
For Delegate 10 I0agresS.
III Mr. Y. n. SiSl- EY.
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IF God it is easy TO. find very smart
men, very promising men; but a well
tried, faithful, capable. honest man who
has proved himself trusty through all
trials and capable in ell emergencies, it
is not so easy to find. Such a man when
:. found and proved, is worth keeping. 1t
- the adherence of the south to their
tried public men, that gives those men
.sqch an .ntinate acquaintance with ma
tional affdirs and those states such intlu
cnce in the National councils. Those
sterling men in the Senate of the United
States. who are regarded as the expo
nents Of their respective States, are not
the growth Of one year. Their capac
tyy their character, their influence, is
the slow growth of years. Their CON-
st:tueRts have had the sense and the sa
gacityto continue, year after year, TO re-
pose in them that confidence, ever lncreas
ing, winch they .have never betrayed until
- their. names and their chasacters are
associated inseparaby with their respec-
tive states Nearly in proportion to the
fidelity of the States 10 their public men.
il the relative influence Of the States
in the councils Of the nation VIII t
man ever thinks Of Kentucky with
out feeling, at the same moment,
glowing admiration of Henry Clay,
the noble exponent Of thatgloriousState :
What would have been the influence
Of Mis- souri, in the Senate, for the last 20
years, if she had picked up men protns-
cuously, u fill that seat IN the Senate
which mas been occupied by Thomas Ii.
Benton, that human Colossus OF political
knowledge, whose minute acquaintance
with the ninutcst details of the political
history Of our country, is like an accu-
rate daguerreotype Of the last half CEN
tury; A man whose life, whose hIsto-
ry, whose hopes and aspirations, whose
whole character is identified with the or
igin. the interests, and the growth OF
the state or territory he represents, may
be more Influential as a representative
than any other man could be, though
gifted with the eloquence of Webster.
"A Daniel Boon could 60 more for that
Kentu, k which he almost create d,
than Daniel Webster. In our iudg-
ment these are considerations of
great weight. They ought to influence
every voter in Minnesota. Henry H.
Sibley is the man by whose agency Min
4nesnta was quarried and hewn into an
organized territory. Long before then
a resident here, managing the capital o;
firm whose enterprise and whose bust
ness awakened this frontier to civiliza-
ton, called hither the agency of the
.
les, and inducement and security for the
busy throng of immigration to flow in
here, by his urban!ty and honorable
dealing with all men, civilized and saw
age, and by his strict integrity towards
the f.m Of u. Chouteau jr. s. Company,
and towards all the agents and numer-
Gus employers of the firm, he secured
the unirerscl confidence ofall who knew
him. Those Canadian French amongst
US, then employed by him, as voyageurs,
as teamsters and as laborers love him as
a brother and reverence him as father.
We consider this the highest encomium
upon the character Of Mr.. Sibley for
fair dealing and that kindness which
wins the heart. Possessed Of that man
illness of person and dignity of bearing
which is of acknowledged advantage
of any public man, well educated
and a hard working business man,
he was chosen here 10y reclamation to
attend 10 the interests of this cast off
fragment of Wisconsin, which was lett
without officers, civil, judicial or execu-
tive, unprotected by law. dIsorganized,
chaotic. One year ago last winter. I'M
der such circumstances as these, Mr.
Sibiry left here for Washington, npon Il
sled. lie went stranger. He left
some of eur population hoping, more
doubling, and few Jeering at the pro-
ject. Upon his address aud his skiltu
management, hung not only the hopes
OF those who were then here; but his
failure or success involve far more than
this. Had he failed, there would have
been yet no Minnesota territory, and
the most Of US would not have been
here 10 discuss his qualifications for the
Office of Delegate-certainly no office,
of the Federal appointment from abroad
with new commission in his poke,
and less than SIX months actual resi-.
dence amongst us, would have beer
here TO contest his claim to the office o
Delegate! People of Minnesota, oul
fingers burn with glowing Indignation
while we pen these truths, that any mar
should presume so far upon your ingrat
itude, as to think you capable OF thrust
ing aside your faithful delegate, without
the semblance Of cause, in his absence
in the faithful and efficient discharge
you all know, Of his public duties and i,
his unsleeping vigience for your owl
serests at W ashington! Pardon di
g,ession, to express a feeling we coult
not repress. MIR. Sibley reached Wash
ington stranger. He addressed him
self assiduously to the cultivation of al
acquaintance with the influences which
accomplish things in Congress.
No member of Congress, wing o.
Democrat, could escape his importuni
ties 'Hhs, puh!,c car * iult '~ In 10 of