The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-04-15

lived in il through the next year, without having
it lathed or plastcred.
But to return little We were at length pre-
pared to issue our first number. We had no sub
scrbers; for then there were but handful Of
people ia the whole Territory; and the majority
Of those, were Canadians and Half-breeds. Not
Territorial officer had yet arrived. We re-
member present, at the date Of our first issue,
Mr.. Lull, Mr.. Cavileer, Mr.. Neiil, and perhaps
Maj Murphy. The people wanted no politics
and we gave them none; they wanted informa-
ton Of all sorts about Minnesota; and that is
VIVA, we furnished them with. We advocated
Minnesota, morality and religion, from the begin
ming. VIM. Is. Brown, built shell Of a build
ing, (being the south end Of the Sligo Iron Store
now,) which Mr.. Neil occupied for Il meeting
house. 1t was half filed with hearers on Sun
days; for Sunday was like any other day; or per-
haps rather more so. The first officer who arriv-
ed was Chief Justice Goodrich: who, through
ehivalry and kindness, in defending woman, in
yolved himself in difficulties and troubles, greater
ed by any other man in Minnesota. The Gov
ernor came-a good man, who has been true
friend TO MISUNDERSTANDING Smith came,
man whom we first detected and exposed as an
infamous old william, and the whole Territory has
since agreed TO the verdict. Judge Meeker and
Judge Cooper cume, who have been tolerated.
Mitchell, the marshal, came; weak, vain, un-
principled man, who was wicked chiefly through
weakness and by being made a tool Of. Moss,
the q. S. District Attorney, was then resident
Of Minnesota; but as we never have noticed him,
so il is probable we never shall, onless he should
do something.
This town grew rapidly. Tho boats came up
loaded with immigrants; bat tlien, as now, a
great many feeble, weak-hearted folks, were
! frozen out and went back down the river, not be-
ing made Of The right sort Of stuff. Mr.. Owens
came up, with the "Regster'' press, from Gin
cinnati. one No. Of that journal, having been
| printed in that city. Col. james Hughes also
issued soon after, from the building where The
| the "Minnesotian" is now published. Soon after,
the Register" by NJ Lean & Owens, was issued
from the building that is now the law office of ST.
mons S Masterson, ST. Anthony street. After a
few months, the Chronicle & Register, were unit
ed, in the old Chronicle office, under The firm,
name and style of Owens s. M'Lean S Hughes
Quay. Mr.. Quay soon left the office and soon
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came sole proprietor Of both oiiires, and Owen,
editor, Maj. MLean being appointed Sioux ngen,
at Fort Smelling.
Being cursed with bad batch of Federal OIL
GERS, and hard pushed TO make living in conpe-
tition with two other presses, we Thought flvora
bly, of proposition TO get up Democratic or
ganiza,ion; for with the exception Of $500 90
which We had already expended in deraying the
expenses Of The Pioneer, and what patronage Ga
lena had literally extended TO this journal, we
had nothing or next to nothing TO keep it alive
At the solicitation Of the Democracy, more fny
organized than it has ever been since, we stood
on and defended Democratic platform. Neither
wing of The party is free from the charge Of aban-
doning US and our cause. We fought through one
campaign and were defeated. Through the zeal
ou.y Of part of Mr. SibIey's Democratic friends,
we were defeated. We were determined TO raly
and make another fight. On the eve of the very
first party election, Mr.. Rice, with all he lrerds
he could carry with him, went over to A. NJ
Mitchell, the Wing Delegate, and pledged them
selves to his election for Delegate, in 1850, Ca,
the next eleclion.) Mr.. Rice was one Of our Cen
trail Democratic Committee, to call Conventions
Mr.. Rice after long absence returned from
Washington. The rupture in the Fur Company
in tho meantime had taken place and riven the
two factions, splitting the party wider apart
than ever. We demonstrated, e1postulated, urged
harmony and concession; but aH in vain. As
well might man attempt to hold together, by
stradd'lng, two masses Of ice, suddenly cracked
asunder, in passing through gorge.
The election approached. In spite Of all our
exeriions, the old factions, Rice and Sibley, en-
bracing Wings and Democrats, began to solidify
into parties, for the election of Delegates. We
would gladly then have united with any ten Dem
Ocrats, who would stand up independent of both
factions, and nominate and support as a party
Democrat. any good man. Omsted offered him
| self; but not as party man. He was brought
forward by the Chronicle & Regs,e which he
had bought and which was then edited by l.. A.
BabcOck, his neice, as the Peoples Candidate
We would net support him; both because we
thought him unfit, and his election impossible !;
and also because we would not if we could avoid
it, be dragged into the support of j. ticket nom-
mated peoples ticket. We could no, do it,
consistently with our party obligations. We pre-
ferred and finally determined, to nominate and
support Mr.. Sibiey, known, tried Democrat, q
faithful friend to Minnesota; and who, we are
now satisfied, was justified in trusting himself very
cautiously upon a platform which was designed
to be deadfan. To defeat MITCHELL we were
thus compelled to abandon high patty ground and
fight one mixed faction against the other. We