The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-31
For the Minnesota Pioneer.
To the Hon. Henry M. Rice.


B SIR The editorial in last SATURDAYS
Pioneer, relating to yourself, has been read
with interest by the people; and every one
concurs in the opinion that you owe it to
yourself, to your friends, and to your confid-
ing constituency, to make full and salts
factory vindcation against the damning
crime of perjury, charged to have been COM
mitted by you, before your honorable COM
peers in Congress. Your longer silence may
force your outraged constituents to put
in the train Of q judicial investiga-
ton, your suspected violation Of the sancti-
ty Of an oath. ~
You are aware it has been publicly stated
that, several weeks prior to your examina-
ton before the Investigating Committee of
the House of Representatives, You had been
in New York City, making arrangements for
sending surveyors to Minnesota to survey
the route of the Minnesota and North w est
ern Railroad that you had stated to seve-
raj gentlemen that the Company had organ
lied !; that you secured the appointment of
Messrs. RICE, RAMSEY and DAYTON, as Di-
rectors and that you did know the words
future" and Or" were in the bill.
These charges have been publicly made ;
they entered the issues in the late election :;
your friends in Congress have painfully read
them in the public journals. Your silence
under this state of things will fix the minds
Of the people against you. They will be:
lcve You guilty. They have already visited
their Indignation upon your best, strongest,
and most popular friends, with thorough
political overthrow. What means, sir, the
defeat Of your devoted friend, General Low
RY, in Benton county, and of your gifted
brotherin-law, WM HoILLNsHEAD, in St.
Paul ! Your friends labored in vain to
elect them. Your silence stamped an in
delible stain upon them, and most disas-
troasy blasted their political prospects. -
They feel crushed they look crushed Are
you insensible to their injuries 4? Being in
competent to answer the many inquiries put
to them, your friends desired suspension
Of the public Judgment until your return
The Railroad Fraud is considered by your
! constituents, as an invasion upon their lights
and has knllcd against you the hottest fires
of public Indignation. Do you intend to
take to your heels out of the Territory,
without making one effort to extipguisl
those fires ? cannot understand, sir, how
you can be willing to live with such sus
pcion ON YOU'D suspicion, the very breatl
Of which must freeze the blood of an honor
able MN. Front the world as Il man allow
suspicion, or forever beart hn ':.lon,~oa "r~t
W l,cn Will not Olt y
Speak oat boldly all yoa know, regard
less Of the guilt of others, and thus leave
al hoaored name to your family, and t.
your constituents, who have so kindly AM
generously elevated you to the highest Office
. in their gift.
Sir, this charge has nothing in it of po
litical character, but comes terribly upol
you as man Of honor We feel, sir, tn
reputation of the Territory involved by see
ing your name written on that black pag
!, of fraud and perjury, and shall gladly wei
), come your speedy vindication, as we'll on &C
count of your own reputation as that, also
I which is SO dear to every Minnesotian.
Your CONSTITUENT.