Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-10-03
"OvERHAULING THE REC0RD-1s51."

The " Senior'' of the Minnesotian was extreme
ly anxious to give certain political facts which
transpired during the year 1851, in order to show
that what we had said respecting corruption in
politics was all false. To this we made no objec-
ton, supposing as a matter of course that we had
an equal right to bring to public view that which
the /" Senior" had left in obscurity, for good and
sufi ,ient reasons best known to himself. We
haze brought these facts to light and if in doing
so, we have implicated the Senior," he must
bear with us, for he who deals with history must
take history as it is, and not a garbled account.
We charged MIR. Owens with being the utterer and
instgator of the Watab Reveille, the character
of which paper can be formed from the extracts
we have given our readers. We have charged
him with defaming the Wing party and the leaders
of the Wing party in the publication of that pa
per, and to all this he makes the following reply
In his desperation, now that he is cornered,
the Times man -hashes the stale old falsehood
that we took a part in getting up and editing the
Watab- -Reveille Why, neighbor, that story was
promulgated three years since, and thoroughly
exploded at the time.''
Now, if that story was exploded" three years
ago, we wish you to tell us how it was "explo-
ded," and if it was "exploded' then, you can
I" explode'' it now. In addition to what we have
already said, we make a further charge, viz -
That the present editor of the Minnesotian, in
company with gentleman whose political aspira
rations are notorious, waited upon Robertson &
Morgan, editors and publishers Of the Minnesota
Democrat, and at a time when Mr.. Robertson was
most bitter against the Whig party and its promi-
nent members, land asked those gentlemen to print
the Watab Reveille, and after examining it, they
told them it was too low and filthy for them to
have anything to do with it. Mr.. Morgan par
ticularly objected and would not give his consent
to have line of it printed in the Office. Mr..
Owens then stated that if they would give him
the privilege he would set it up himself. TO this
they objected, and if We are correctly informed
the paper was finally issued from the Chronicle
Register Office, paper though processing to be
Wing, like the Minnesotian now, was the upholder
and defender of H. NJ. Rice. We make this charge,
with distinct understanding, that when it is de-
MED, we will prore 1t. All this took place in the
beginning of the year 1851, and as they are facts
and are record, it is no more than right that
history should be indicated by their publication.
We have more on hand, but we deem these sufh-
cient for the present
Now then, the man who will traduce private
character and heap odium on the whig party and
Its members, in the year 1851, and who later will
sell his political friends to advance his own self
sh ends, and who to-day, is the vndcater Of H.
NJ. Rice, is not fit to be called whig, much less
is he worthy the confidence of any man, or set of
men. But we leave this to others. The Senior
opened the Ball, and he must not blame us if we
participate in the dance, even though we are
obliged to go so far back as the year 1851.