Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-18


Democratic Nsninasisns in Dekesa County.
KArosIA, Dakota Co., Sept. Is, 1856.
"The Democratic County Convention met to-
day at Jim Wacou's out on the Mendoza and
Cannon River road. We had an exciting time
of it. There appeared to be a combination of
all the foreigners in the county to exclude eve
ry American "as is an American" from the
ticket. The Convention adjourned in some
thing of row, after having made the follow
ing nice nominations:
Council Henry G. Bailly, of Hastings.
Representatives---M Murphy and McKeegan,
of Pine Bends
Merif:--John Develin, mostly Of St. Paul.
Judge of Probate---Jamcs Locke, of Men
dota.
Treasuer---Hyppolite Depuis, Of Mendoza.
Register Of Overwhelmingly, of Mendoza.
All of this ticket but three are Irishmes and
all but one are foreign born; and in that one,
the misfortune Of his having been born in the
United States, was overlooked consideration
Of his being French Half Breed and strong
Catholic to boot. The other two on the ticket
who are not Irish. are Hyppolite Depuis, who
is French Canadian, and Kennedy, the de-
contest man Of the whole lot, who is Scotch
man. The former doubtless owes his nomina-
ton to his being Sibley's s,orekeeper at Mem
dota, generally known as esquire Poleete,''
and the latter is Sibley's general clerk, and
manager for him when he is absent. J. j.
Noah, who, on account of being the son of his
,C ID o. botl,
President and Secretary Of the assemblage,
which you can readily imagine, was of the
most select and delectable kind, Judging from
the nominations made byit.
o, my country, what art thou coming to-
Once to have been born an american was es-
teemed proud thing to be gloried in---now
it seems to be a misfortune and regarded in
Democratic Convention, as vital objection to
receiving its nominations.
A DEMOCRAT OF DAKOTA COUNTY,
Who has not heretofore been Know Nothing,
but who thinks, nevertheless. that in the
above nominations, his Irish fellow Demo-
Gratis have cut it Ieetle too fat
Remarks by the editor ofthe Times: In Civ
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wish not to be held responsible for the fling of
the writer at one Of our religious sects. 1t is
certainly a high handed outrage for any party,
in their nominations to prescribe any portion Of
our citizens whether foreign or native born.-.-
Power and strength is generally indiscreet,
but we suppose the Irish in Dakota, feeling
themselves strong, have concluded to retalliate
upon Americans in That county for the proscrip-
tons of their brethren by Americans elsewhere.
Thus it goes. Old absurdities in ethics and
politics are constantly repeated, against the
teachings Of philosophy and the light Of constant
experience. That t,co wrongs don't make
right has been over and over again established
in the history of the world; but man, pig-head-
ed and perversc, refuses to benefit by the past,
or receive as wisdom anything not taught in his
own one-horse school. The Irish in Dakota
county have done very wrong thing, and we
should not be surprised if trouble grows out of
their conduct Those American born Demo-
Gratis whom they lave thus prescribed, will
hardly submit ,anely to such prescription, and
the result will be perhaps the organization of
Know Nothing Lodges amongst them; and III
the end, we may witness an internecine war
fare, such as we have had instances of at Louis
vile, Buffalo, Chicago and elsewhere. God
forbid it, say we.
But, in any event, let the Republicans keep
clear Of both prosecutors and the prescribed
We have our mission---the great and holy one
of rolling back the tide of slavery--setting of
bonds to the progress of the black curse. Let
the Republicans Of Dakota stand by their own
excellent ticket, which is alike untainted with
foreignism, with Know Nottingham or with
prs-Slavery Democacy-and tie result cannot
be otherwise than a signaily triumphan, one.--
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