The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-02-06
The Printing.

Our duty TO our friends in the Legislature
who elected us printer, requires that we
say some thing, in their behalf in answer to
the vituperatise aspersions of the Rice or
gans, charging the wings, especially with an
abandonment Of their own party press and
principles.
Now let US look at things as they really
are, or were, at the meeting Of the Legisla-
ture. And first. we deny, always denied.
the party complexion and party character Of
the Legislature. The Council. was elected,
before any party organization was thought
of; and the House was elected in that vol
untary union and united struggle of good
men Of all parties, who joined to oppose the
base schemes of Henry NJ. Rice aud to es-
cape the ignominy Of the election Of A. M.
Mitchell as onrdeIegate; and the political su-
premacy of the basest Sc, of cut-lhroats that
ever lodged the halter.
In this struggle, wherein honor and neces-
shy overcame and over rode all party con-
siderations, we were with the friends of
Minnesota aud against the whole Rice con-
spiracy without reference to whether those
ieogued in the wicked conspiracy, were
called Wings or Democrats,-the Pioneer
was there, charging along their whole line,
covered with the smoke and dust of the bat
tie and aidisg in the achievement of VIC
tory over the most corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS
combination Of scoundreIs, that ever united
tor the violation Of oa,hs. and ballot boxes,
to accomplish tho vilest ends by the most
unscrupulous agencies.
The good men Of the Wing party, were
with US. Nearly all the Wings were with
us, we say it TO their praise, except little
knot ofihe retaners Of Henry Nj. Rice and
the expectants Of favors at the hands OF
Mitchell. In proof Of this, it is only needful
to mention the fac, that certainly not more
then one of all the Eve Wings elected to
the House, in the slightest degree counte-
nanced the election of Mitchell.
During that election, where was the
Chronicle' Did it unite with good Wings
and good Democrats, against the viIlainous
schemes Of Rice and Mitchell! Was it of
any more service than an old cider press,
through the campaign! What claim had
the Chronicle, either upon the Wing party
(for it never even clairaed to be Wbig) or
upon any other party, in the Legislature?
R..f ,x,h.ta 49, 49,. az. l.. r
that glorious political battle, in which the
Chronicle had been worse than ON idle
spectator, and although our tickle, (the anti
Rice ticket) constituted large majority of
the Legislature, we offered to share the
public printing with that press, inasmuch as
Il had made sundry pretensions of being
the representative organ Of the Wigs. It
unquestionabIy then was the design Of the
Legislature to divide the printing between
the Pioneer and the Chronicle.
About this time, a secret scheme was
coasu,nmased, which had long before been
arranged by Henry Nj. Rice, who had ar
ranged the whole plnn with Col. Robert
son Of Ohio, during the autumn. By tn.
last boat, Col. Robertson landed at the
leyes with a new press Sc, and notes Of
go out, that the Col. is going to
print . Simon Pure Democratic paper
Toe press isnoyed into the Srd eiory Of Mr..
hiee's capitol building. II 6fai
The Democrat is issued, containing sny
quantity of rwa.idie about monopolies. lar
IFS and hanks, with very liberal quotations
from the life oflhar " Democra, by Nature, =
Napoleon Bonaparte, Who il intended to lie
understood by the readers Of the Democrat,
rs The great Protnsyi'e af sH such Demo