The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-03-20
rAarsday Morning. March 20. 1851.
Celebration Of the Birthday of Andrew
Jackson.

On Saturday last, toe loia instant, Pui-
susnt To previous arrangement, there Was
ma assemblage at tbs Central House IN Si,
Paul, 10 commemorate the birth of this dis
tinsuishe.! man, whoss fame IS now the
property Of tue worlds We were Of orin-
ION, AMI still are, that the celebration was
more ct 20 be Of national than Of party
character; in fact, il WAS not strictly Of
party characicr-a fer, perhaps half-a-do-
zen, Wings participating and nany more
woald have participated il the call for the
preliminary mee,ins had not been he AIDED
with the words Democratic Rally" which
many Wings very naturally understood to
be AL Invitation for thrin--so stay arayl
Ths day MAS 6ne the liberty pole,
which so long laid PROSTATE before the Cen
trail House, was erected by Mr.. Lul and
Others; (loafers used to 81, in a row, like
pigeons on a roost, upon that pole, until
they actually grew ,centious) the flag was
.raissd--but the splice for the rope hy which
IL was raised, parted, aad the flag fell down;
the committee of arrangements made their
report early in the morning, by the mouth
Orwell; not being able to procure can
non from the fort, cast iron gudseon,
with hole drilled in il. was obtained from
Willow-river; and the report really was IN
excellent report, ard a very long report
continuing unli! one Minute past midnight,
when it broke both Sunday and itself, scat,
tering lis iron fragments into two weeks.
and spla,ering both Saturday and SUI
day.
At aLou: O'clock, PM, dinner was
ready, and good dinner, Il. one dollar per
ticket, which would hardly pay, only about
sixty five tickets being sold.
Toasis followed, Irregular, irregular, de-
fective and redundant," 1--WE quote Muir
rsy.) There was wine, some, and some
there was NOT; Mr Kennedy having moth
ing 10 do with furnishing s,inulants. The
Madeira was iolerabie-the champagne was
shGm. MIR. Waite spoke very appropri-
ately on The life and character Of Gen. Jack
son; although he was once or twice emhar-
raised by cries of 'NNai.! Waitn-by
which the speaker thought the audience
wanted him to stop; whereas, they really
meant "Go on, Mr.. Wait, and don't wail ~
Mr. Nelson made a capita! speech, which
put every one il good humor.
Everything went on tremendously. until
in response to the following toast by w.
Z. Murray, Esq. /: "The Democratic Ed
itors of Minnesota James NJ. Goodhue
and D.. A. Rober,son;" instead of re-
spending cordially to this sentiment, as we
hoped for the harmony and union Of the De
mocracy, he would have done, Mr. Rob.
ertson replied, that she did not wish TO be
classed with the editor Of the Pioneer, &c.''
II We had answers! Mr.. Robertson, a man
who came here with his press only few
weeks ago, to make torsy at the public
printing; and who, to accomplish it, enter
ed into foul conspiracy with the Chroni.
Gle interest, which is now wei! known Il
al! Minnesota this man, who came here
ms a Rice factionist, without consultation
with airy but Rice and bis immediate min
ions, knowing well that the Pioneer wa.
recognized as the organ Of Democracy il
Minnesota, as fully as any press could be i.
this Territory. position which The Pioneer
has always faithfully mnintained; if hi,
MIR Robertson, rat,ened upon official spoil!
in Ohio, aad who, by scnding copies Of hi
Democrat 10 little 7-by-9 country exchange
in Ohio, with the words please notice pen
ciIed upon the margin, has got himself Ger
tilted by those papers, as ga very extrorna
ry Democracy" il we had answered th
the Democracy of NJ innrsota about by ih
nose, like herd Of Buckeye bushw hackers
if we had answered him as he deserved &
be answered, and rs we tsou.d have an
swercd hm, ha! we not at heart, above al
things, the union and the peace of the De
,nocracy, he would have learned some truth
which would have made him wish himsel
back, with li,le Mr.. Morgan, in "Ohier.
But after his unprovoked, personal attack
upon Us aud upon Mr.. Forbes and Mr.. Nc
Leod s. MIR. Murray--in fact, after throw in
the gauntlet Of defiance at all The. Democra,
ic friends Of Alr. Sitley, we had little hop
of union or reconciliation; although we s.i
did all in our power TO heal the breac
which he has now made wider than ever. =
Capt. Dodd brought forward aud advocate
in = mastery speech, a truly democrn,i
plan for the organization of the party, b
which plan the Democracy themseive.
throughout the Territory, would hav
shaped the organization to suit lhemselye e.
instead Of being operated upon by fe,
wire-workins de,nasosues in Saint Paul.
The general plan met the appreciation {
the meeting; but when It came to tho az
pointment of a committee to carry out tn
plan, mir. ANDREW Jackson Morgan, {
the Democrat, who was christene,, &c.,
made out a complete list Of the five con