The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-12-09
From the Detroit Advertiser.
Doesticks Gees TO Lection.

Seventy one hundred and one. .NdTrCtc Streef
:Iection dav big pIacards posters music ,
notices. sp,it tickets rum bulics, banners bon
Cos and laoer bier-saw n great MANY faps
with appropriate device, noticed one in partic- F.!
Mar. the whisky faction had it. coat of arms as
follows Within the American Shield. two la. |
.onr-bier casks sunnort;no a rum bottle ram
nant. Irishman azire-fat- on-his back ant. sus-
tanned by a wheelbarrow OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
eve sablc-'n base, dcmjohn between tw o small
the distance. policeman pendant
from a lamp-pOst stantlant-mOtto Coming
events cast their shadows before let the NJ P.'s
hewarcr GA the adverse ticket for city off
GERS. and opposed an American quarter dollar
motto, Exchange no bribery" " Faugh ma
BaHagh,' -" Go in and VIM
1t raincd as if it was raining on bct-went
to the polls wanted to vote, wasn't particular
who for. ifhe only had the biggest flags and
the most bullies was a little puzzled after all
how to do it had read all the political prints
to find out the best man. but in Judging from
what the different newspapers say concerning
the different candidates the various factions in
this city entertain peculiar ideas about the re-
uuisitcs necessary to qualify a man to fill
public station. Not AN individual j. ever nom
mated for any Office who is not culOgiZcd by
some of the public journals as drunkar,l. liar.
swndler. incendiary. assassin or public robbcr.
Assuming from the wonderful unanimity of the
papers on this subject that these amiable Quail
tiles constitute the fitness of the nominees for
placcs of honor, trust or protjt have cndcav-
Ored to analyZc the gradations of criminal mcr-
il. and discover exactly how bic a rascal a man
must be to onalify him for any given office.
The result of my investigations are as follows
No one is eligible to the office of Mayor of
the city, unless he has forged draft and got
the money on it i: and on at least two separate
occasions set fire to his house to get the insur-
ance Candidates for Aldermen qualify them
selves by carving Il revolver. getting bcastIv
drunk and stabbing a policeman or two before
they Get sober, A Common Councilman must
drink with the Short Eoys. give prizes t, the
Firemens Tarret Excursions. carry a sIunr
shot and have a personal interest in a Peter
Funk auction shop. A Police Justice must
gamble a little. cheat il considerable, lie a good
deal ard get drlnS clear through" every
Saturday night if he can read easy words and
write his name il is generally no scrious ol,irc-
ton but the Know Nothnes will not permit
even this. on the plea That the science of let
tiers is of foreign ORIGIN. 4 man who car, MEX
IL pocket scientifically. will make a GOOD con.
stable AsprantS TO minor offices are classified
according to desert but no one who has NOT ,t
least, committed petit larceny. is allowed a
Mace on any raon,.r ticket IL to ni,;cos NJ
more importanrr 7 shou,d say from what + %,
now indie. that no man can cvrr he elected
Governor of the State unl,.s no ). rnltv nf ,
successful burglary. comn,icatcd with y mid
niyht murder The rival c,ndid,t,s in this
crisis. had called each othnr ali the names and
accused each other of all the crimes imarinahlr
for the preceding six wecks-Eoogs had been
denounced as the plunderer of orphans and the
scIucer of innocent maid,ns and tLo nIf.ror
! of bar,l-carned coppers from the moor Norrs
according to his ciaritabl. onnnncnts vas
pickpockct, sheen. stcal.r. a Peter Fink and
an freshman. The candidate set nm Inv thc
Know Nothings. to claim votes ON the plea of
his being an immaculate American. was proved
to be the Chi d of n French father and :, prus.
sian mother. and to have been born in Calcutta
! it was asserted that he commenced his cdu
cation in the northern part of Ethiopia, con.in-
uel it at Dublin. and finally graduated at Bot
any Bay. Horps who had once before bnlJ
the Office he was now striving for. it was assert
ed, had solemnly promised to pardon all the
murdcrers lberate all the BURGLARS. reward all
the assas,ins and present all the shoulder hit
ters with an official certificate of good moral
| character which shouIJ also testify To thir
valuable and highly commemorative eyertions in
the public behalf. ScrocsS. too vrtuous to be
severely handled was merely mentioned a.
having been formerly a swindlcr and a mcmbe =
of the Common Council.
Got to the polls man with blue Gar urged
me to go for Boggs; man with red flag said
vote for Scroggs man with white tla. with
black letters, sung out Go for iloggs'-littlp
boy pulled my coat tail. and whispered .votc
Tor Noggs'-inan challenged my votc-took oft
my hat, held up my hand. and Sw ore to all sorts
OF things, told how old | avn. where | get nv
dinners and what my washcrwomans name is:
got mad and did little extra swearing on my
own account which was no: down in the BILL; :
marched up in grand procession Of one. and
pokcd my vote in the little hole. The GREAT
excitement was on the liquor uuestion-it was
Noggs. and no liquor shops. or Boc.s and a few
liquor shops--Scroggs and plenty of liquor
shops, or Hogs and every man his own liuuor
shop Voted for Iloras for feel ncrfrct,v
justified in taking an occasional today. whri,
Ill Wall street is perfectly tight" Noise on
the corner Niger boy piayiny biz drum can
lidatcs presented tbeniselvc, 10 the sovrre;ru
people for inspection Know Notbino man an
native jackaSs. cap of liberty on his head and
his pantaloons made of t. G American flag. with
the stripes running the wrong wav. Ind"rend
ent candidate who wants the Irish vote. Dutch
suifrages. entered, borne in a mortar ho,l