The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-11-05
THE LAST DEMOCRAT.


We hud sincerely hoped, that after the
election, and the unmistakable rebuke adj
ministcrcd to the editor of the Democrat
by the people, for his base ISLANDERS and
malicious falsehoods against Gov. Ram
sey, and others, he would have the hon
esty and manliness TO cease vending
them. But true to his hireling purposes,
and the instinct of his nature, he this
week renews the attack with ten-fo!d
venom. II is true, the assertions are so
supremacy ridiculous, and SO glaringly
false upon their face, that were it not for
their extreme vena!ity, and barefaccd eff
frontery, they would excite nought but
feelings of pity and mirth. But the OBJ
ject that prompts them is one SO low and
groveling, that some notice is demanded
at our hands, although, for want of space,
it must necessarily be brief this week.
The whole truth may as well be told
now as at any other time. And we as
sert it as a fact, which we, as well as
hundreds Of other citizens are capable of
sustaining at any moment, that the real
motive of this diabolical warfare is not
political opposition to the Governor. 1t
has its source from meaner and much
more polluted spring, namely, the arari-
cious heart Of Henry w. Rice. That
man we have known from the day we
landed in St. Paul; and one of the highest
Impulses Of ambition that he ever nursed,
was to get newspaper under his control.
lie never succeeded i'll finding any body
sufficiently venal for his purposes, until
ID. A. Robertson came along. The bar
gain was soon made. We were acciden-
tally rit'ess TO the contract. Let them
deny it if they dare. One of the terms
was that the paper should war against Gov.
Ramsey, because he had stepped in be-
tween the door of the treasury and Rice.
and prevented more than Galphin fraud
upon the government. How much of the
money Robertson was, or is t, receive, if
he succeeds in Matchmaking his swindle
through, we know not.
From about the first number of the
Democrat, the assault has been carried on
tlllthis time, H. M. Rice pulling the wires
and Robertson, true to his league, doing
the acting before the audience. The law
firm of Rice. Hollinshead & Becker is an
efficient aid. The senior partner, broth
or OF the manager, has the shrewdness to
keep pretty well in the back ground, but
the other two are very prominent. Hol-
inshead was a native American orator
during the riots in Philadelphia, in 1874,
and it is said took prominent part in
them. lie assumes here an air of bold
ness and independence; but is really one of
the most arrant cringers in the kennel.
Like Robertson, when his master saws lie
down, he lies, and when he says bark, he
barks. Thus, OIL the twelfth of March
last, Hollinshead addresses note to H.
M. Rice, asking him for his consent-that
is the very word-to send an insulting
and abusive letter to Gov. Ramsey.
What proof is nseded stronger than this.
that Rice, for the purpose of ''putting
money in his purse" and not to forward
the success Of Democratic principles, is
the instigator of all the malicious false
hoods heaped upon honest men BY his
hirelings?
Geo. L. Becker claims to be relative
of President Fillmore; but at home is one
of the most embittered partisan opponents
of the present administration, in the Ter
ritory. We have strong reasons for be-
lieving, however, that he has taken some
rains TO induce the President to believe
be lisa Wing. Nearly year ago, he APP
piled to the President for an Office, which
of itself would have disgraced any re-