The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-10-04

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: THE MiNEEs0rA LAND BILL. AMI
THE fan raul PIONEER. ).
The ar.on<sr'' printed !, 81. Paul, Mime
sota. the. political o. moral complexion Of whicl
has never yet been sulicieatly marked and de-
fined 10 warrant i.s ssq.s,intsnces in giving i,
distinct posilinn, has taken us to task in a
most scsryilews Manner, Tor presuming 10 pubs
tsh, with spps"prase eomments, the evidence
in The case Of the Minnesota Land Bill fraud
Some three columns and half of its issue Of
o~pt. 7tS il drvoled TO this snbjec., in which il
bespattera ith the slime and tihh Of impstent
personality, the llan Geo, W.. Jones, Henry
"a Rec. the United States District Attorney
for Minnesota. aAar. White, and ourself. We
are too famil ar with the origin Of that paper,
snder the guidance Of . much more potent,
head than now directs il. not to be fally aware
ef i,s aainilies and the Influences by which il 10
controlled In short, II was established by the
,amented Goodhue, whig in politics, as 4 sib-
ley orsaa and il has 10 the present time pre-
served is identity istacs. No slave ever
f
6delity. than ha. the Pioneer served Sibley,
the wiley politician, whose political character
consists Of about eqasl part, Of whiggery. de-
,nocracy AID whatever isms tend to administer
10 his ambition aad promote his success a. a
politician. 1t is due to the gen.lemen who
have been 20 hsrshly assailed BY the Sibley
organ, that We should furnish an apology for
its course and this 10 task 80 simple aud withal
% easy, that We shall not hesitate I, accept it.
While Sibley represented the Territory in
CSngress, 1t was his sole aim to prevent an or
gsnixalion Of the dsasoesatic party in that Ter
ri.ory and BY the extraordinary exertions of
himself and friends, be succeeded for some
time in preventing such an Organization. ln-
deed Il was only last year, after the indeiatgabe
exertions Of the Hon.. Henry M. Rice. and
other s.erling democrats in the Territory, tia,
IN Organization was fully contaminated. With
this result, vanished the hopes Of Mr. Sibley |
and when il came to selecting : candidate Of
the democratic psF.y--which is the dominant
party in the Territsry-fo Congress, Rice was
chosen by an overw helming majority. This
ed Of Sibley, and bis man Friday Of the Pi-
onesr; and this let it be borne in mind. is where
the malignant Opposition to Mr. Rice original
ed. II reveals the qxatity IF tie morality Of
the Pioneer After Sibley was defeated for
Congress, he became . candidate for the Gov
eraorship Of Minnesota, and failing to procure
the Office, be probably arribq'ed his defeat to
the exertions Of Gen. Jones, and Henry M.
Rise, and this of cour.e widened the breach be-
tween them. Il now became darling object
with Sibley and his tools and hirel,ngs 10 poll
tically destroy Rise. In casting abou. for the
best Aot5y'to bestride, the Minnesota Rail
Rosd project is selected. To denounce this
project - the offspring Of Wall street sharpers
and the Legislative charter as procured by fraud
and BY this means kill il off and with it Rice,
- ffiends- although these very men were as :
nuts as mice when the charter was obtained-is
- Vine which their morality scfuples no, to
oenhafk in. The Rail Road bill defeated and
tu1bbects are accomplished. Rice is. political
i annihilsted and if railroad grant is made by
Congress u future session, the Governor and
bis aids. with S.bley and company, by virtue
Of the Legislative Charter, have control of i,
Does The editor II .he Pioneer recognize any
familiar faces in the picture We have drawn'
The above 10 simply an introduction, that the
public may understand the motives which gov
esned The potters. Now lrtus approach the
gist Of the Pioaeer's article, the monster which
this redox6tatie Pioneer man has reared TO
frighten men from their Proprety,. /,
Sibley's shrewd man Fridsy Of the Pioneer
the figure Of one Smith, apprehrnd /,
ing death, employs one White. to write his
will, bequeathing his estate to Jones' n
Thinking that the sick man can never rise from !
his bed, White by the aid Of accompliccs, !,
erases the name of Jones. and inserts his own .
in the place of il, thereby becoming heir to
large fvrtune. But low one of the accompiices ;
betrsys him and he is cheated out of fortune =
and disgsaced in the bargain. This is given as !;
m illustraton of the mtnner in which the
Minnesota Rail Road bill was Defeated. There
IS one very imporsa, omission in this figure Of
our nrighbos, which materially changes the
character Of the instrument. The editor neg .
scted 10 inform his readers that Jones and
W hite were one and the same person. The
liberation in the Minnesota bill was debated in !,
lhe House BY snme Of the best lawyers in the
sountry and declared not to be material, or to
lffect 10 lhe slightest degree the terms Of the
grant. Since the adjournment Of Congress, 8
many Of the 6rst lawyers in the East have had !,
lhe subject under consideration and stake their
professiensl chiracter spon the imma,eriaii.y
II the alteration Bat If the alteration was
Why ksye NOT the enemies Of the bill !;
pointed Il out! Why do not the shrrwd men ),
pf 81. Paul point it out? I? They tell Us day
lfter day and week aieer week that it is 4
mo.ssress ffes@, but thus far they have failed !
10 ~nliehten ~ whereia NE fraud consists. III
! fraud vas committed, Il was done by men,
Der of The House; and yet especial committee 4
Of that body. appointed expressly to investigate
said flsud, reperted no fraud committed and ac- g
Quilted the members u their body If any censure il
still the Sibleyites Of Minneso,a, will have it
that fraud was committed. Why? Because h
If they DO not hold up this ksge moaster to b
alarm The propriety Of the dear people Of Min 1
nesota, they will not be. able to escape the 0
odium which sttaches to them a. enemies Of /
the bill and as responsible for its defeat.ts This
slender covering once torn from their faces, .
exposes the iniquity connected with this busi- !.
mess and Poinss with An unerring certainty to
whore the real enea,ies OF Minnesota are.
Asto the coaqec.ion Of the Hon. Geo. w
Jones, with the alteration Of the bill it amounts
10 nothing. The evidence simply shows. that I
6snatoF, Jones vas sppiied 10 and desired TO
make Tho alteraiion-an alteration to cores
pond wi,h what the Commit ee on Public Lands
had decided 70 repust aud supposed they had
sepos,ed-and that he refused 70 do it; but
stated list the fsst ensrossing Clerk Of the
aenntp. s(3pn PstsOn might do il and he would