The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-01-29

upon the waters. ana VIII ma III on the SHORES
Of eternity. Yours truly,
JEANNE DEANS.
From the st. Anthony Express.
How the Account Stands.
Four weeks have now elapsed since the DEM
Ocrat commenced one of the basest and most
malignant attacks on two prominent and cs-
teemed citizens Of this Territory that has ever
disgraced the columns even of that mercenary
press. The Democrat has had its saw The
black, putrid mass of gall and NORWOOD, which
had long been seething and fostering within,
has been disgorgcd. All that intense political
malice, embttered by personal hatred, and
stimulated by disappointed ambition could do,
has been done. The vocabulary of Newgatc
calendar and Billingsgate has been ransacked
and exhausted, to find terms bitter enough to
express the editorial bile, and filthy enough to
become the columns of that journal i'm this I'M
scrupulous attack. Now that the weapons of
attack have failed, the last in the culver of en-
venomed arrows has been discharged, and the
enemy lies powerless in all, save the will to
harm, we may calmly examine the cause and
consequences of this shameless crusade against
Gov. Ramsey and the Hon. II. ii. Sibley
No man who knows the editor of the Demo-
crat is SO stupid as for moment to believe
that these charges were made for any other than
merccnary political purposes. True, he makes
loud professions of having made these charges
for the public veal. He shouts ':glOry to God
and the dear people" with the true COnventi-
Gle twang, but in language that has an odor of
Tartarus. He has borrowed the livery of the
Court of Heaven" but wears it with so uncourt-
ly grace. as at every step to disclose the clo-
ven foot. and the unsightly caudal extremity.
The recent attack was novel in a degree only
not in kind. The same thing has been prac-
ticed too often the past two years to now excite
surprise. Any one reading that paper would
have supposed that his infantie catcchism had
taught him that the ''chef end of man. was to
abuse Ramsey and Sibley.
Having by this infamous conduct incurred
the odium and contempt of the whole commui-
ty, he would fain shift the responsibility from
his own shoulders to those of the people So
outrageous prostitution of the liberty of the
press demanded an apology, and all for the
public good sounded plausible This was nee
cssary to complete the infamy of the transac-
ton. The atrocity of the crime and hypocrisy
Of the apology are worthy of each other. And
both are surpassed by the consumate folly,
cvinced by this knight of the quill in suppO-
sing that his real motives in this nefarious
transaction could be concealed by so fimsy a
pretence. But endow a man with the ambi-
ton of a Lucifer, and the brains of an ass, and
no other result could be anticipated
The .HinneSOtian has taken the trouble for
mally to rcfute the charges of the Democrat
1t has satisfactorily shown their falsity as we'll
as the malice which originated them. But we
regard it as labor very uselessly expended As
the French say lie jeu ne raut pas Le chandelie
1t was doubtlcssly written from friendly mo-
tives to the Governor and Mr.. Sibley, without
the knowledge or consent of either of those
gentleman. 1t would argue degree of stulti-
iication, only inferior to that enjoyed by our
neighbOr of the Democrat himself, to suppose
that either Of those public officers would stoop
from the positions they sustain, to engage in a
personal quarrel with anonymous scribblers for
hircling press. Standing breast deep in the
ccsspool of mental depravity, to which he has
been so long habituatcd as to regard it as sec
ond nature, this valiant editor darcs men of I'M
furnished reputation and the highest political
positions to come down into the gutter and
throw filth with him. Brave man! Noble au-
tagonist! fyOu could once succeed in effect
ing this, you would rest satisfied; for though
you might never succeed in fastening your
charges, you would at least have acquired a
notoriety by having your name for a short
time associated with those of respectable men
an event which now seems little likely ever to
be realized.
But what is the issue in this matter as prc
scented by the Democrat? It is not whether
Gov. Ramsey and Mr.. Siblcy have obtained In
dian money by improper means; but whether
they shall be Judged guilty of all the charges
alleged against them, by the Democrat. on the
mere sag SO of a political adventurcr. without
particle of proof? Will the people of Min
ncsota calmly stand by, and tamcly submit to
see men who stand highest in their confidence
men whom they have delighted to honor. to
whom they have entrusted their highest inter
ests, abused and vilfied like the veriest male
factors, by a miserable political hack. whose
uublushing venality is only surpassed by his
brazcn falschoOds? Shall their long and faith
iul labors and eminent services for Minnesota.
be forgotten, solely to make room for politi-
cal gambler, and a hungry crowd of depcniant.e
Is constant abuse and wholesale SANDER to he
the prlce which the people Of Minnesota pay
their servants who have labored most Jealous
~ and successfully, for their interests? No? A
Thousand times no! We will willingly make
ii an issue before the people They know these
servants too well, have tried them too thor
oughly to submit to such an indignity. And
they will visit their Indignation on these mis-
crcahts, VINO, like obscene lIarpics, would pol
lutte with their filthy contact, those of whom
has most cause to be proud
Hon. IL. Ii. Siblcy has long been known to
the people OF Minnesota. lie is cmncntIy a
pioneer in western life. The Territory was an
unbroken wilderness when he entered it, near
~ twenty years ago. During all that time he
-" nv ho" oppoI y. 10 UcVolOpc
and make known its unrivailed resources.
But especially during the past four years has
Mr. Slblcy been eminently jealous and success
iul IN promoting the welfare of Minnesota
with slccplcss vigilance he has watched
every interest committed to his charge has
scizcd every opportunity to strike blow in
behalf OF his beloved Territory. lie has been
successiIi In acquiring Governmental patron
age lor Minnesota, beyond what any other Ter
rItory has received. During the past two years
Tue democrat has wagcd an unceasiny bitter
warfare against him. simply because he chose
10 think and act for himself, rather than per
mt that press to hold him in leading strings.
ct regardless of all, he has laborcd on
owy his watch-word, and the approval of his
and his own conscience. his sniff
clent recOmpensc.
''Jlstlim, &C tenacem propositi
Nee civium artor prava jubcntum
Non vuitus tnstantis tyranRi
Mcntc quaiit soda-o
Nor has Governor Ramsey been less widely
hnown ana esteemed. Before assuming the d,i-
Ties OF the pubprpafnrial oa;oo