The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-30
THE LETTER
In which Hon. George W. Jones 10 Par.
ticalarly sweet on Henry M. Rice.

In which Hon. George W. Jones 10 Par.
ticalarly sweet on Henry M. Riee'
"There Is species Of impudence which,
approaches tie sublime" says leading
New York paper in a late editorial, and
when we read the letter of the Senator
from Iowa addressed to the personal
friends" of Mr.. Delegate RICE, we thought
so too. We have had reason to believe,
ever since We knew anything of Gen. JoNEs's
public areer, that he was possessed of the
smallest possible modicum of merit, and that
modesty was trait unknown in his COM
position but when We had perused his
communication referred to above, we really
began to fancy there scas something ap-
preaching sublimity in his unparalleled i'm
'pudcnce.
S. prsly speaking: After the exposure
made OF lie agency of Gen. JONES himself
in the Justification of the public act of
Congress, and which We exposed at length
not long since in this journal, after the
sworn evidence of Mr.. PATTON, and others,
had fixed upon him, beyond a reasonable
doubt, leading part in the transaction,
which has been denounced throughout the
land as no better than downright forgery
after the close and intimate relations be.
tween Messrs. JONES and RICE had been
made manifest relations which have ex.
listed without interruption ever since the
outrageous contract for the removal of the
Winnebagoes from Iowa and Wisconsin to
Minnesota, at seventy dollars head, men,
women and children, was obtained for Mr..
RICE through the fundamentally of Gen.
JoNEs-down to their joint action in the
late Grand Swindling Railroad Scheme, -
we did not and could not conceive that
Gen. JONES would have the hardihood so
far to insult the common sense, to say moth
ing of the morals of the people of Mime
sofa, as to appear openly in the character
of Mr.. RIcE's defender. Nevertheless, we
have what purports to be the veritable
document, in which Gen. JONES not only
goes the whole figure i'll defence of Mr..
endorsing his course-but he goes
even farther, and administers rebuke to
certain other peaceable citizens of Mime
sofa, simply because he believed them to be
unfriendly to his dear friend, and co-specu-
lator, and opposed to the projects which are
on foot to deliver the destinies of Minnesota
into the keeping Of Wall street swindlers,
and their coadjutors and tools in this Terri
tory.
We care nothing for the statements and
professed opinions of Senator JONES in his
labored defence of Mr.. RICE. He has
been obliged to seek the same kind of en-
dorsement from some of his Senatorial COL
leagues, to sustain himself before his own
conStituents-maLy of whom believe him to
have played principal part in the nefarious
transactions referred to. Thus, while he
tickles Mr.. RICE and his friends, Senator
STUART, and other great men, who are de-
voted friends of Mr.. RICE, tickles both
Messrs. JONES and RICE, by writing to the
friends Of each that he is, par excellence the
most faithful of Representatives. The game
is too farcical and too we'll understood here,
TO succeed. The people will let this by-play
cont.n1e, but they will judge their Delegate,
not by these out-pourings from prejudiced
and interested sources, but by the sworn
record itself. Enough is disclosed therein,
Notwithstanding one-half was not told, to
convict both Gen. JONES and Mr.. RICE of
I Erect knowledge Of, and agency in, the
alter tons made.
W. might take up the letter of Gen.
JONES, and show how entirely it is made up
of misstatements, and how inconsistent it
is with the testimony given before the In
vestigating Committee. But that would
be work of pure supererogation. We will
merely repeat what we demonstrated clear
ly a few days since, that, while Gen. JONES
on oath denied that he knew when, how, or
by whom, the forgery was committed, Mr..
PATTON and others testify solemnly that he,
Gen. j., was the man who first suggested
the alteration-asked if it could be made
and on being informed of the change, after
II had been effected ronl;od &c Vo-v, ,,,,l, -