Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-10-03
THURSDAY, SEPT. %, 1854.
H. M. RICE AND THE MINNESOTIAN.-1s51
1854.

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H. M. RICE AND THE MINNEsoTIAN.-1ssl
| vs.. 1854.
The "Senior'' of the Minnesotian opened thu
book of history at the year 1851, and with con.
siderable flourish gave the community certain faSo
which transpired in that year highly compliments
ry to himself, but he forgot to turn over the next
leaf on which were other facts equally as impor-
tant to arrive at proper understanding of history
as it is. His connection with the "Watab Rev.
eille' is already before the people. He admits
just what we have charged him with, viz AS
being one of the abatters and instigators of that
vile sheet. He upheld it by his influence, and ac-
quesced in its arrangements offering to set it up,
if he could only have the privilege of doing so.
We now turn to another point-his connection
with H. M. Rice, not so much to vindicate history
| as for the purpose of showing the consistency of
the man who in 1851 denounced his fellow citizen
as rascal and villain, and in the year 1854 up
| holds him as pure patriot and &c the father of
Minnesota.'' Those who have read the Minneso-
tian, will bear witness that that print has been
profuse in its compliments to Mr. Rice for several
months past, and further, that it has done every
thing journal could do to shield our Delegate
from the odium which will ever follow him for the
part he took in conniving at or defending those
who committed the fraud in our land bill Is such
a man to be depended upon? Who can place
confidence in him? How soon will it be before
he will betray the Wing party? If at one period
of his life he will aid in traducing that party,
why will he not at another period? If at one time
he will portray Mr.. Rice as man with an " ava
lou, MI ho hofor lo
re-terate the charge? These are questions of
neutrality-suspicious. which every true Wing
should ponder. Mark what we say we can
never clear the political atmosphere of Minnesota,
Just so long as men can be bought and sold as
has been the case for the past three years. The
Whig party can never be triumphant with cor
rupt organ, neither can the Democratic party sue
ceed until it has purged itself of class of men
who are now sucking its very life's blood to ad-
vance their individual interests. In the onset of
this discussion, we claimed that corruption had
been rampant for the past three years, and that
the people were perfectly disgusted with it. This
was denied by the Minnesotian; how far we are
correct, we now leave it for the community to say.
The Minnesotian, in its issue of Nov. 6, 1851,
thus speaks Of Mr.. Rice:
The whole truth may as we'll be told now as at
any other time. And we assert it as fact,
which we, as we'll as hundreds of other citizens
are capable of sustaining at any moment, that
the real motive of this diabolical warfare is not
political opposition to the Governor. 1t has its
source from a meaner and much more polluted
spring, namely, the dUdriciOus heart Of Henry M.
Rice. That man we have known from the day we
landed in st. Paul and one Of the highest inn
pulses of ambition that he ever nursed, was to
get newspaper under his control. He never
succeeded in finding any body sufficiently venal
long. The bargain was soon made. We Dere
accidentally acitneSs to the contract. Let them
deny it if they dare. One of the terms was, that
the paper should war against Gov. Ramsey, be-
cause he had stepped in between the door Of the
treasury and Rice, and prevented more than
Gaphn fraud upon the government. How much
of the money Robertson was, or is to receive if he
succeeds in Matchmaking his swindle through,
we know not.
From about the first number of the Democrat,
the assault has been carried on till this time. II.
NJ. Rice pulling the wires, and Robertson, true to
his league, doing the acting before the audience.
The law firm of Rice, Hollinshead & Becker is an
efficient aid. The senior partner, a brother OF
the manager, has the shrewdness to keep pretty
| we'll in the back ground, but the other two are
very prominent. Hollinshead was native Amer
lean orator during the riots in Philadelphia, in
1874, and it is said took prominent part in them.
He assumes here an air of boldness and indepen-
dence but is really one of the most arrant erin.
gers in the kennel. Like Robertson, when his
master says lie down, he lies, and when he says
bark, he barks. Thus, on the 18th of March last,
Hollinshead addresses note to Hr NJ. Rice, ask
ing him for his cOnsent-that is the very word
to send an insulting and abusive letter to Gov.
Ramsey. What proof is needed stronger than
this, that Rice, for the purpose of putting money
L IL II Al of
Democratic principles, is the instigator of all
the malicious falsehoods heaped upon honest men
by his hirelings?
In 1854, at public dinner, Mr.. Owens gave
the following toast:
s'By John P. Owens.-H. NJ. Rice-The father
of Minnesota, and the faithful guardian of her in
terests in the councils of the nation"
Now, ever since the day when the charter of
| the Minnesota and North w estern Railroad Com
pany was imported from Wall street, where it had
been concocted by set of sharpers, into ST. Paul,
the Minncsotian has been bolstering up the very
men whom it has hitherto denounced in most un-
measured terms. To-day, the villi6er and the
villifed are &c cheek by jowlP and why? Be-
cause they desire to get hold Of 100000 acres of
land out Of which every man expects to realize a
| ciple-because the love of wealth is paramount
to every other consideration Is not this state of
things cursing our fair Territory? Will not the
| just indi gnoton Of Hoaven he visited upon us If
we 20 on in this way? Where are we going, and
what are we coming to-? Let every good man,
honest man, true man, give this matter his serious
| consideration.
| With this article we close any further personal
discussion with the editor of the Minnesotian. If
he wishes hereafter to discuss on principles, we
are ready for him, but we will not devote any
more time or space to man who has been con-
victed as slanderer and a traitor, and is unwor-
thy the confidence Of either Of the two great po-
litical parties.
A FALSE ISSUE.
| The defenders Of the Railroad fraud are now
endeavoring to convince the people that all those
persons who are not in favor of the old charter
and of the Wall Street Company, are opposed TO
a Railroad. This is not so. Every man in our
Territory is in favor Of Railroad of some kind,
under proper restrictions, but they not in ia