The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-09-29

We received by yesterdays mail several
letters and papers from Southern Minnesota,
all going to show that the Republican cause
in that quarter is abuhdantly able to take
care of itself, Notwithstanding the labors of
the Land Officers and Mr.. Rice to cheat the
people into the support of Nebraskaism
under Disguise
The Rice Democracy at Winona have been
cutting up some high capers which are
baked, roasted and "done brown" in the
Winona Express Of Tuesday last. Req. Mr..
Hamilton, late an itinerant Abolition lee
turer in New York, has been nominated for
the Council in place of "my nephew"
VIM. Ashley Jones, who declined, in order
to save the people the trouble of beating
him four to one at the polls. Elder Hamil-
ton was placed Upon the Nebraska platform,
framed by his sob at the previous conven-
tion, and told to go it-and he goes A
general row ssnsued; and the O1msted men,
although THEY outvoted the Land Office and
Argus clique in the Convention, went off by
themselves and ratified the Republican nom
nations: That settles the matter in the
Winona District.
Rice made speech at Chatfeld on Satuf-
day evening. The Express says that the bur-
then of it was constituted of the most malig-
nant abuse of his opponents. Mr.. Wilkin-
son, Mr.. Owens, of the Minnesotian, Gov.
German and Secretary Rosser, were treated
to all the epithets in the billingsgate calen-
dar-the gallant gentleman even descending
to slur the estimable lady of the latter gen.
tleman, who, he contemptuously stated, was
such fine lady, that she could not live in
Minnesota, but chad to 60 back to Virginia,
where she could be waited on by slaves"
The Express thinks the low personal
slang of the Editor of the Winona Argus
need no longer excite wonder, when it is
known that the EDITORS master stoops so low
as to make personal illusions on the stump
to lady, whose only fault is that her hus-
band is political opponent In the same
speech, MFR. Rice denounced President Pierce's
administration as smbecae and Facilitating
This new dodge will do him no good, how
ever, among the sturdy Republicans of Fill
more and other counties in that quarter
Our friend Nourse was hard on Mr.. Rice's
track with the documents to prove his base
trucking to the Slave Power at Washing
ington and ere this has no doubt driven the
Stringfellow candidate on to the Winnebae6
Reserve, where he will be much more at
home.
Meanwhile the Republicans are quietly atid
steadily perfecting their organizations in all
the Southern Counties: We publish the
proceedings of the Houston County meeting
elsewhere, and also place the names of the
Houston and Fillmore nominees at the head
of our paper. At the time of writing we had
not received the proceedings of the Fillmore
meeting, with the exception of the names Of
the nominees, who are no doubt the right
men. Houston County has nominated that
stauch Republican, Clark VI. Thompson, for
the Council. Mr.. 7. was member of the
House last session, and did more for South
ern Minnesota during that two months than
Mr.. Rice accomplished for that region during
his whole Congressional career.
Push on the column, boys!