The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-02-13


In this way did Mr.. Hennis, by ssudi-
ousiy avoiding all consultation with tFe
Wings Of this territory, become nomi-
nally proprietor ofthe Chronicle and Re-
gister, with the shallow purpose Of fois-
ting it upon the Wing party as their or
gan. Though but short time resi-
dent Of Minnesota, he. has exhibited a
marked distaste and disrelish for Whig
associations-has never. advised with
Wings in the legislature or out Of it
has never sought or afforded them an
opportunity to assist him I; and by bis
own admission, it has been the practice
Of this experienced and accomplished
Wing editor" to submit his editorials to
tho inspection and correction Of that
avowed and ultra Democrat, H. M.
Rice.
Another circumstance which created
suspicion in the minds ofthe undersign-
ed, was the singular fact. that Messrs.
Olmsted and Rice, two prominent De-
mocrats, having the contract for the re-
moval Of the Winnebago Indians, should
also have a pecuniary interest in the
"Whis organ" becoming the recipient
Of share of the public printing.
Whether these gentlemen had an ad-
ditional interest in the tone which:that
"organ" should assume in regard to
suspended claims connected with the
Winncbago contract, we leave the pub
lie to Judge. Truly, their disinter9sted
charity and political liberality to Whig
journal is instructive in the extreme!
The shameless hypocrisy and sheer
impcrtinence Of such men prating of
Wing treachery and Wing ingrattude,
deserves the severest rebuke, the thor
ough scorn and reprobation of honorable
men. Such system of tactics might
answer in an Indian council, and thnt is
a theatre altogether to high for it--tlse-
where, it is sadly out Of place.
To the Wings Of Minnesota, the un-
dersigned appeal, whether, "likc Hes
SLAMS, they have sold themselves f4r
pittance, and labored with political OPP
ponents to secure certain political! ad-
vantages," because they refused tp le-
gislate $500 into the pocket of Mr. d.
Olmsted for serrice money, Are they
Hessians because, forsooth, they de-
clined to secure to Mr.. II. NJ Rice
$4,000 security money, and to Mr.. d. A.
Robertson $1,000 eash-money, from the
proceeds of the public printing To
Mr.. Henniss, himself, they blandly ap-
peal if they are Hessians, because. as
representatives Of the Wing party, they
were not sufficiently mean and abiect to
loan themselves as tools to Rice, Robert
son and Olmsted-a Democratic trinity
more insatiate than the daughters Of the
horse-leech, who cried "Give give !''-
in bringing to successful issue an enor-
nous swindle, stamped with the infamy
of robbery. without its manliness and
self-exposure, practIsed in selling; for
$1,000, with Mr.. Olmsted's contingent
$500, press and materials, which:any
individual, with ordinary business chpa-
city, can procure for less than $1,000,
to a young man who, though elsewhere
may have been "an experienced land
accomplished Whig editor" has, I'M this
community, illustrated that experience
and accomplishment as the dupe of inen
who have imposed upon verdancF of
character, which only cxtravagant self
delusion and stupendous egotism .can
mistake for shrewd innocence. The
undersigned feel that they would kave
been unfit representatives of the Wings
of Minnesota, unworthy members of
the great Wing party of the United
States, libels upon common hunsani-
ty, if they had lent themselves as
instruments to Olmsted, Rice, ;and
Robertson, in carrying out this !pal-
pable and nefarious fraud upon tht al
most aboriginal simplicity of Mr.. Hen
niss's character. They feel that they
would justly have incurred the conaem-
nation of their constituents, if theythad
thus abused Mr.. Henniss' ignorance,
or through his medium, pigeon an iong
hawks, transferred to the pockets OF
Messrs. Rice, Olmsted, and Robertson
the profits of the public printing: OF
the individual dividend of the proceeds
to this ominous triple conjunction, had
the action of the Wing members Of the
Legislature so disposed Of the printing,
the undersigned are unadvised. Wheth-
er MIR. Olmsted would have received
ratio proportionate to the $500 cottin-
gent, or the S25O0 prospective-iiMr.
Robertson to the $1,000 invested, and
Mr.. Rice to the $4,000 endorsed, we are
unable to state on this subject, th$ tri-
umvirate alone, we presume, can fhed
light. @
Mr.. Hcnniss complains that he did
not even receive the compliment Of. one
Wing vote. 1t argues unfavorably for
his boasted "experience, "i if he faRcies
that the undersigned, constituting a Jean
minority in the Legislature, wouId be
weak enough to peril an important cleo
tion for the poor privilege of payings him
an empty compliment Such unmrnn-
ing pretcnce they esteemed neither
duty nor a privilege. On the contrary,
they preferred to. rebuke facfious litter
ests, diametrically opposed and deadly
hostile to Wing policy, and by the 9lec-
tion of Col Goodhue secure by aI ar
which they know will be sat
isfactory to the Wings Of the Territory,
for someWhig press, which, without fear,