Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-10-31
THE MINNESOTIAN.

usual amount OF personalities and abuse towards
US, which we shall not notice, but at the same
time we shall not allow the editor to creep out of
the dilemma into which he has placed himself,
without an exposure, so that the people can sec
just where he is. Irritated beyond endurance at
the defeat of his scheme, he now attempts to raise
false issues with the Times, in order to array the
Wing party against us, and thus, for a time, to
fatten on the smiles of those whom he intends to
stab when least dreaming of their danger. Fail
ing to catch us in the traphe had set for us-fai-
ing to " crush U.S." as he has asserted he would
do-failing in every thing he has undertaken, but
blackguardism--he turns an abrupt corner, and
charges with doing all we can to kill the Wings,
and when asked how? he coolly commences a
second edition Of his Billingsgate, more vile and
low than the first. We do not care a fig what the
Minnesotian thinks of us personally we are not
afraid of its influence, neither do court its ia
vor, nor will our self-pride permit us to any Ion
ger dirty our fingers with personal illusions; but
we have some regard for truth and principle, and
when journalist deliberately seeks to place 9th
ers in false positions, we are constrained to be-
lieve that he is more Of knave than fool
Now what are the facts ?
Long before the election we stated that we
would not vote Or support any man who would not
repudiate the fraud. On election day there was
but one ticket of this character in the field and
we were bound to support that ticket, and we did
support it. Previous, however, to the election,
the editor of the Minnesotian was waited upon
and asked to harmonic, but he declined assert
ing that he would &c 'rather vote for the blacklist
Democrat that trod the earth ,'-he did not wish
Wing organization-he was determined to elect
his favorite Democratic friends-Randall and
Hollinshead. Gentlemen then set themselves to
work to get up new ticket, which they thought
would be acceptable to all, but pledged against
the fraud. That ticket was carried into the Con-
vention, where it met its death. The Minnesotian
ticket was nominated by unfair means, not a Wing
Ticket-not Temperance Ticket, these issues
did not enter into the canvass-but ticket of
gentlemen who would not repudiate the fraud,
and consequently a ticket we could not nor did
we support. That ticket was defeated, the tick
ct we supported was elected. What then? After
the election we are charged by the Minnesotian
with doing all we can to kill the Wings, when
the editor, at prior date had stated that ne
would not go for Wing organization, but sup
ported and worked for ticket upon which were
two Democrats. Being driven to the wall on this
point, he now says that it was Maine Law issue
Oh, consistency thou art a jewell" but it can't
be found in the ingredients Of the Minnesotian.
Had there been a Wing ticket in the field, there
would have been Il Wing issue-had there been a
temperance ticket exclusively in the field, there
would have been temperance issue, but it was
neither of these. 1t was Fraud and Anti Fraud,
an6 when the editor of the Minnesotian states to
the contrary, he states falsehood He need give
himself no uneasincss about our temperance prin-
ciples. Whenever the temperance question is
brought into the canvass, he will find us as con-
sstent on that as we have proved ourself to be
on the Railroad question, and whenever we are
called upon by the Wing party to defend its in
tercsts, we shall do so with the same zeal that
we have showed in our advocacy of what we have
deemed to be the Right.
Wing papers must s'toe the mark."- -Hennepin
Jr.
~ Just so ; but where was the Minnesotian
before the late election? The editor publicly de-
clared that he would not so into q Wing organi-
cation; that he would not harmonize; that he
would vote for his fricnds-Holinshea and
Randall, we'll known Democrats. This is the
Wig organ of this city. Did it s'toe the
mark ?'' How can the Wing party be successful
with such an organ? Where's the dependence
to be placed on it But if Wings sriU allow
themselves to be bought and sold, why they are
to blame and no body else. Just SO long as such
a trafick is kept UP, just so long will the Wing
party be broken. The want Of confidence in their
organ has been curse to them and always will be,
and every leading Wing in the Territory will say
so-have said so, and yet they keep alive the
very element which is continually destroying the
life and vitality of the party Had the late
election been Wing issue, the Times would
have stood by it just as consistently as it stood
by the Railroad issue-had it been temperance
issue, we should have stood by that-but it was
neither Wbig nor Temperance, it was Fraud OF
Anti i-Fraud We struck our colors for the lattcl
we stood by them, and they arc now floating il
triumph. The people are fully satisfied, lin thu
expressive language CT ''IIennepin Jr.'') that w
have "toed the mark !" ,a
OLD BULLIoN.-A Washington correspondent O
the N. Y. Tribune says that &c Old Bullion is il
ecstacies at the result of the recent elections an
rejoices especially over the reelection of Mace
and the signal overthrow of the impartial chair
man, Olds. He thinks the Nebraska in:quity j
not popular either in the Great Valley or in tn
country. His language is, &C 1t isn't popular, Sir
l though SO in the beginning, Sir. Ny opinion
confirmed, sir. 1t isn't popular. The voice o
the people must be obeyed. 1t must be bowed to
Sir" Mr.. Benton is right the voice of the pco
pie must be needed.
Cy While we are talking about the loss o
steamships, we should not lose sight of the man
emigrant ships which have gone down to rise n
more. 1t has been asccrtained that 4S ship
which left the old country for America, loade
with emgrants, have never been heard FROM