The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-01-08
The Howl kent I'M.

The Howl kept up.
The question of public printing not being as
yet decided by the Legislative Assembly, the
Democrat of this week keeps up its howl about
the Sioux disbursement. To say that nine
tenths of the people of the Territory-now that
We have clearly and effcctually established the
great fact, that the money was legally and just
ly disbursed-regard the Democrats rawlings as
nothing but frothy outpourings naturally re-
sultng from disappointed schemes of selfag-
grandizement, would give but faint idea OF
the state of public opinion in the Territory at
this time. The fact is, you can scarcely meet a
citizen, belong to what party he may, who has
at all informed himself upon the subject. who
does not denOunce the course of the Democrat
in the most contemptuous terms, or speak of it
in words of broad ridicule and burlesque-iust
as the temper or disposition of the particular
individual may lead him to feel about the
matter.
The Democrat of this week brings forward
nothing new, save the placing of another of the
witnesses to the agreement between the traders
and Indians at Traverse des Sioux in the ridic-
ulous position of attesting an important paper,
and not knO,cing the nature of the document!
If men ,ciN thus hold themselves up to the ridi-
Guile and opprobrium of their neghbors, we can
not help it. 1t is no affair of ours.
The editor of the Democrat. from the time the
Minnesotian was first established, has let no op-
portunity slip to attempt, in the most mean.
underhanded and discourteous manner, to in
jure our business and professional calling by
direct charges, in the first place, that this was
merely campaign paper" and would soon
''fzzle out )" and after that charge had done it's
worst, and was no longer available, to continue
the more despicable insinuation that we were
not responsible men-that we had not the con-
troll of our own columns, and such like misera-
BILE stuff Hence, for the past two weeks his
columns are garnshed with the name of :: Dr.
Foster" in connection with our editorial duties,
and "a writer comes forward in loaded editori-
all in the Minnesotian, &c. Among men who
understand our business, such q course of war
fare is always regarded as the last desperate
shift Of the one who adopts it.
AS the Democrat makes no ,,eu charges
against Gov. Ramsey-only revamps some of
the old ones-of course it is unnecessary to fol-
low it through its accustomed seven columns of
''words, words, words' One matter, however,
in connection with the removal fund VIC will
allude to. The Democrat says:
"The instructions Commissioner LEAFS show
also, that The subsistence and presents furnish
ed the Indians while Gov. Ramsey was obtain
ing their assent to the treaty amendments, has
been paid out of the funds provided for their
first years subsistence For the upper bands,
numbering, as the Minnesotian states, 1000
souls, $4,000 is all that was reserved of the
S275, 200 for their removal and subsistence one
year thereafter. Of this sum SIS, 900 has prob
ably been expended already-(we don't know
the exact amount]-leaving $4,000 to remove
1000 Indians and subsist them for one year,
being t,co dollars and fifty cents per indiuiduai
not enough to pay for half barrel of -four ~
Fifteen thousand dollars has PROBABLY been
expended already!' Yes probably! Just the
way with all the charges you have made. tits
probably" thus, and probably" so-no GER
tainty about them whatever. And we have
shown that there is not even probability of
truth attached to a single one of his leading
charges. Four thousand Indians to remove,
and only ten thousand dollars to do it with,
exclaims this sainted philanthropist in holy
horror-this pure and undefiled editor, who
bowls so piteously over the wrongs done the
"poor Indian" while with sinister nav he
reaches back for the share he was to rocket
had the Sweetser power-ofattorney proved
available. Four thousand Indians to remove,
The editor of the Democrat dare not deny. that
he ,ceN knew, when he was writing this sem
tence, that he was coming as base falsehood
as ever emanated from depraved brain. He
knows we'll that there are not even as many
hundreds of the Seeseetoan and Wahpaytoan
Sioux to remove. All, save those of Little
Rapids and Traverse des Sioux are already re-
sidents of the lands allotted for their future
MONIES Where would he remove the Lac aui
rarie Indians, and others resident thereaboutse
but this is the manner in which all his char
ges have been brought forward-he knowing
all the while that he was coming the most in.
famous falsehoods against a faithful nubl;c of
Ger. r''' '"'
ExPREss.-Burbank's Express leaves for tho
South and East next Thursday.