The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-08-18
TUESDAY MORNING. AUG. IA. 1886


The Enea,y's Tactics.
We desire to tell our Republican frieuds
throughout the Territory that there are about
as many schemes of bare-faced rascality and
hypocrisy now being concocted and carried
out here in St. Paul and vicinity to defeat their
candidate for Congress. as we have ever wit
messed liz the annals of political corruption
anywhere. We scarcely pass a day that we do
not meet some of the, paid s,ipcndaries of II.
NJ. Rice and Stephen A. Douglas about our
streets, staggering and declaiming in the most
clustering manner. denouncing every old Whig.
Democfat or Free Soiler that dare oppose the
election Of their faForite; threatening With ter.
rible vengeance hereafter all anti Rice String
fellow-and Douglas men, and offering to bet great
odds in favor OF the election of Mr.. Rice. These
men. generally, ere poor set of creatures
,cho ,sork for pay. 1t is a web known fact
with US. that they are working with money Of
the Stringfellow and Atchisonr faction of the
Democratic party-.Mr. Rice's money. in plain
terms-and therefore we deem it our duty to
notice this class of Swiss soldiers as they de-
serve to be noticed. .fes -sl ri .o,va. ssa6
The incongruity Of elements which these
panderers to slavery and their chief are trying
to unite to secure, the election of that chief is
only equalled by the means they a:e attempting
to adopt to effect the unholy "fusion." While
Mr.. Rice, through his midnight prirate eau
cuses, engaged in securing the services Of such
noted characters as A. NJ Fridley, JOS. r.
Brown, fl. I. G, Pierson, Jonathan E. Nc
kusich, and others of that ilk. his devoted
Irish friends" are splitting their throats in
believing against the know Nothings!"-
Men acquainted with those we here name, and
their several political proclivities, will under
stand the force and bearing of such spoils. be.
foaled connections, formed in the largest towns
in the Territory. zT'n- f9s
Mr.. Rice himself is ROW cut upoa an elee.
tioneering tour through the Western counties.
He has shrewd game TO play in that quarter.
He would have it believed that if he were to
die. the interests of Minnesota would 90 to the
=" Old Harry in short order. He hopes to di-
vert the great Republican masses of the New
Settlements from voting their principles, up
on the plea that he is the only man in Mime
sofa who has been aud is now capable of doing
justice to the Territory in Congress. lie will
assume to the people of the "West Side" coun
ties that he never interposed in securing the
passage Of the Nebraska swindle. which was in
tended from the start to deprive all the North
niunesota fncsnded-o ber jus. rights under
the Constitution and before he gets through
he will declare, thct his house at Washingfon
avas not one oftae chief places of RENDEZVOUS
for Douglas, Bright, Breckenridge, Richard
son, and other leading traitors to the North du-
ring the coucoction and cousummation of the
treason .....-. .... t..t
This is the way Mr.. Rice and his " "fricnds'
have commenced the canvass. But we can tell
the Republicans in other parts of the Terri
tory that the eyes of their friends are wide
open and watchful to all these unprinciplcd
tricks of our willy enemy. And further, the
bold stand the Republicans of Minnesota have
taken is exciting the sympathy Of the true
men of the party throughout the Union. Keep
Rice at home if you wish for any thing in the
next House he only wants the opportunity
10 betray tho North as deeply as D u, ,'ss 8
betrayed her--in fact he did all he could to
render aid to Douglas, and is one of his pets. ,
Thus writes prominent minority member of
the last House--one who is now a majority
member, and a leading man in the anti Douglas
Northern movement: The Republicans of the
NOrth-the men to whom we must look for all
we may get from the next Congress-do not
want to see the face of H. II. Rice darken the
door of the House on the first Monday in De-
cenber next. That's certainty.
Well. then, fellow Republicans you must go
to work and obviate such an outrage Of MINI
nesota sentiment. You have the power, and
you must use it. 1t is your duty to use that
power. Mr.. Marshall, yeur candidate. is just
as good friend to Minnesota; just as capable
a man in all respects (and in many more SOY
just as talented and industrious and in addi-
ton he is an honest. straightforward and fear
less exponent of your principles. Why not
then elect him? Is it not your duty to do so !?
If we fail, will we not be reproached, and
justly and truly reproached. with basely trad
ing away our permanent principles for that
which we falsely conceive to be temporary
benefit? Most certainly we will! Then 60 to
work! ORGANIZE J!