The weekly Minnesotian., 1853-01-01
Personal,

the wall on every hand.
Personal.
We have little personal affair to settle with
the editor Of the Democrat this week-onc ma
terially disconnected with the Sioux payment,
although growing out of the controversy in re-
lation thereto. Daniel Webster on one occa-
sion when he was villainously assailed by
crowd of just such reckless defamers as are now
besctting Gov. Ramsey, took occasion, while
vindicating himself in the Senate, to say of one
of them, that his head was miserable, crazy,
rickety, worn-out old machine-that we often
said in speaking of some mems intellects ':therc
was screw loose;" but here oil the screws
were lOose-thcre was nothing at all right
about it-not a screw nor Il wheel, nor the
most dimiuutivc compartment, but was entire
ly Disconnected, and unfit for all useful purpos-
cs As an editor and politician, no phrenolo-
sist could give more correct chart of the
Democrat editors head than this. 1t is never
right-was never known to be right-and per-
haps never will be. He forgcts one day what
he has said or done the previous--he denies his
oacn tles-his own Oispring-just because he is
SO constituted that he cannot help it. What he
writes in June he forswcars in December, as we
are now about to prove conclusively. His issue
of this week has the following paragraph:
"The Minnesotian says that the Democrat :on
one occasion, endorsed Mr. Siblcy's democracy
to the fullest extent That is a pOint blank
lie, and we challenge the Mnnesotian to quote
such an endorsement from our columns"
You challenge" do you! Well, in your
number dated June g. 1852, speaking of some
remarks made by Mr.. Sibley in the House, you
said:
''It will he seen that Mr. Sibley has ABAN-
DoNED THE NO-PAETY POSITION ,chich he had pre-
vousfy occupied, and classes himself among
partisan Democrats. In THIS, HE ACTS WISELY.
for no-party, or neutral position, can never
have weight, or command respect in Congress,
or elsewhere. MFR. Sibley has heretofore acted
in concert with Governor Ramsey, and other
leading Wings of the Territory. Ii, like Gen.
Joe Lane, he acts the part of decided Demo-
crat at home for the future, and gives his voice
and influence to the Democratic party in the
Territory, without regard to fear or favor, he
will entitle himself to full communion in the
Democratic church. We hope that Mr.. S., and
every friend OF his, of democratic productions
and sympathIcs, will so act-and that all inuid-
,ous comparisons and distinctions tciH be for
borne and that misunderstanding and recrin,-
ination about the accidents, errors, and mis-
takes Of the past, may be buried in oblirion.'
"Mr. Siblcy has abandoned the no-party po-
sition.' Good. ''In this he acts wisely
Good again.! We take you in now, as a full
church member, and are entirely willing on
our part, that misunderstanding and recrimi-
nation about the accidents, errors and mis-
takes of the past may be buried in oblivon.''
This is no endorsement, we suppose! Could
language make it stronger. Mr. Sibley is a
good democrat nor, although previously he
had surrounded himself with contaminating in
fiuenccs: which your delicate democratic nose
could not endurc The endorsement is full-
thorough entirely complete--no language
could make it more so. All Mr.. Siblcy had to
do was to accept the draft thus drawn upon him
and properly endorsed, and the negotiation was
effected. This, it appears, he didn't do-and
when the paper comes back, with protest at
tached the editor repudiatcs-just as he want
ed the Indians TO do in regard to their old
debts.
Now, sir, You may take whichever horn of
the dilemma you choose. Your head is all out
Of order--crazed and rickety, after the manner
We have described, and consequently, entirely
unfit to control public journal, pretending to
be the organ of a respectable party, and week
~ making grave charges touching the acts of
honorable citizens and faithful officers or, you
have wilfully and maliciously '.licd' about us,
III saying you never endorsed Mr. Sibley's de-
mocracy. And if you arc not too good to
''lic' in this wholesale and sweeping manner
about rs, it is quite certain You are equally
ready to pcrpetrate the same black deed upon
Gov. Ramsey. or any one else that stands in
your way. We have the charity, however, to
let you Off under the first head.