The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-28

company, &c, is beyond my comprehension.
unless it was desire to avert the public gaze
from a transaction which had already brought
odium upon its perpetrators, and fix it upon
him by whose agency it had been brought to
light. But it seems to be reversing the order
Of things, and the principles of criminal juris-
prudence, when he who detects crime and ex-
poses its perpetrators, is to be prosecuted and
condemned, rather than the criminals them
selves.
Since writing the above statement, nv
attention has been attracted to letter from
Mr.. Senator JONES, of Iowa, published in the
Minnesota Democrat of the 26th instant. In
this letter he states:
His Rce) success in defiance of the opposition Of
the Governor and Secretary of the Territory Mr. Sb-
ley, his predecessor in Congress- is truly wonderful"
This statement of the Honorable Senator
charges me with opposition to the measure pro-
posed and urged before the National Legisla-
ture by Mr.. RICE. All 1 have to say in reply
to it is, that the statement is simply and un-
qualifedly false. never did, either alone or
in connection with Messrs. GoRMAN, SIBLEY
and VAN ErrEN, or in connection with any
other person, upon any occasion, oppose any
measure proposed or urged by our Delegate.
Again the letter says:
He (Washburne) was subsequently induced to favor
the bill originating in the House Of Representatives
which passed Congress- and approved by the Pres
dent, and then after that bill had become law he
the instance Of Rosser and Others moved for the
eating Committee"
This statement is upon an equality with the
one above quoted, and, like it, is false in its
allusion to me. At the time and for several
days subsequent to the period, of the appoint.
ment of the Committee, of which Mr.. WASH
BURNE was Chairman, l did not even know
that gentleman, had never been introduced to
him. nor had ever spoken to him.
The letter continues:
Rosser and others may and probably will saw that
they appealed to Mr. Douglas and other members Of
gress the act from repeal but such appeal wa
made if made at ALL after he and they raised the
wind and saw that they were about to reap the whir
wind"
The Honorable Senator is right here in one
respect. do say that l appealed to Senator
DOUGLAS, and to many other Honorable Sena.
tors and Members of the House of Representa-
tives, to save the act from repeal. I did it
honestly, and urged them by every argument
in my power to save Minnesota from the wrong
proposed. I believed that the repeal of tic
measure would be serious blow at her pros
pcrity, and struggled, but in vain, to avert it
did this, not as the Senator alleges, "aftcr
he and they had raised the wind" but from
the very day of the appointment of the Com
mittee and for the truth of these statements
1 refer to the Senators and Representatives
named above.
q In opinion the entire blame for the repeal the
act lies at the doors Of Governor German Secretary RoS
ser, Mr.. Sbley, and their workers scheme to kill
off the Company chartered by the last Legislative Assem-
bly, in order raise for themselves and their coned
crates.
AS for the Honorable Senator's opinion
being founded upon false and erroneous prem
ises, l apprehcnd, it will not have much weight
with the intelligent and truth-loving people OF
Minnesota.
The newspapers of this Territory will pub
fish this communication, and oblige
j. TRAVIS ROSSER.