The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-16
SAINT PAUL:

Monday Morning, October 16, 1854.
Mr. JEFFERSON FARMER, Esq is authorized Agent
for PIONEER at Galena to procure subscribers and ad
vertisement His receipts will be regarded payment
~ See third page, under Commercial head, for rate
of Money and Exchange, st. Paul and Gaena Markets.
and miscellaneous items.
The Democrat Illustrating at once tho
Height OF Impudcnce, and the Depth
Of Spanlclism.
"Be bold in your pretensions Assurance
may often serve you better than Virtue )"
was the advice written to a friend by one
who has been pronounced the most polite of
courtiers, and the most worldly Of philoso-
pliers. The counsel thus given century
back has not been lost upon mankind. In
our time, the actions of men show that in
their judgment it is the worthiest Of all
proverbs.
We have been reminded of the old say
ing, by the course taken by the Democrat
of this city, and the swindling faction of
which it is the mouthpiece. The late can
vass was conducted throughout the Terrific
ry upon issues as well defined as language
could portray them. In every section, the
subject of the Fraud committed in Congress
upon the hill which granted lands to Min
nesota for railroad purposes, and the re.
sponsibility attaching to HENRY NJ RICE
for its defeat, on account of his connection
herewith have been persistently and thor
oughly discussed. Nearly every newspaper,
during the last two months, has, on one side
or the other, made this the subject-matter
Of its leading articles, until the whole geo.
pie became entirely acquainted, and, we
may say, permeated, with the Railroad ques-
ton in all its phases.
The Democracy of Minnesota entered the
canvass denouncing the Forgery which had
cost the people the loss of millions of mon
ey, and denouncing also the Congressional
Delegate who had prostituted his official
position to personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and
the furtherance Of the interests of home
friends and foreign capitalists. The con-
verse of these grounds was taken by the
personal adherents of Mr.. RICE, by those
under the influence of the Schuyler Railroad
Company, and those in the interest of the
Lake Superior Spectators. Up to the
close Of the polls, the questions agitated,
and which controlled the actions of voters,
were-Shall Minnesota become party to
the Fraud and Forgery, by endorsing the
Company under whose direction they were
perpetrated ? and Shall HENRY NJ. RICE
be held innocent or guilty, for his partici.
patton therein? To the first of these que.
rics, the universal voice of the people utter
ed an indignant "No !" and to the second
an unanimous verdict of Guilty" This
is plain statement of the nature of the
canvass, as everywhere understood and act
ed upon. Its result was a thorough vindica
ton by the people of their honor and intcg
rity, and denunciation of HENRY M. RICE
as plainly and directly as the ballot-bo,
could convey it. Every man returned t.
the Legislature is an open opponent Of tn
Schuyler Company and the result show
the defeat Of every candidate who was eli
ther known to be, or suspected Of being,
friend of HENRY NJ. RICE. Among tn
new members, he has not single endorser
unless he be hypocrite, whose election wa
secured under false pretences. And yet
) the Democrat, in the face of these notorious
everywhere-understood facts, forces its bold
ness up to the very climax Of impudenct
, and asserts that the question of a railroa,
did not in any shape affect the result, or i
) any way enter into the feelings and views Q
the people. The rebuke of the people upo
/ HENRY NJ. RICE and the Swindling Comps
ny of which he is the instrument, was as d;
rect and damning as the ballot-box coul
reveal it and if he, his friends, and hi
organ grinder, in particular, cannot perceiv
it, nothing short of a special providenc,
can bring the fact to their apprehension
We know nothing more contemplate il
human character than spanielism. The yer
brutishness of the beast whose characteril
], tics give its name to parasitism, saves it fror
contempt, while it insures our pity. Blu