The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-04-14
! II Z I'm N ES 0 I Ia N
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL IL, 1855
e.I am Holier than Thou 20

isees are not class extinct In these i"''ei
davs. by any means We have known smaii
clique of men for some years, IN ana ABOUT OH
Pau. whose daily walk and conversation
has marked them from the start as linear de
scendauts of the hypocritical sect who in the
alden time loved to make long prayers 'stand-
inc in the synagogues, and in the corners OF
the streets, that they might be seen OF men,
We have known some of the members OF this
clique, particularly when running for Office 10
get beasty drunk upon wine and strong drinks
during the hours of the night, and the next DAY
to 90 forth among the moral and religious poi
ton of the community and proclaim louu''
against "intemperance and debauchery."
Those men-or at least the leaders OF the hypo-
critical gang--desired for a. long while news
paper in St. Paul equal in dnplicity. falsehooo
and deception, to their own false ana "'cheo
hearts. They were in hopes for year or TWO
that the Minnesotan would bow its knee 10
their depraved hypocrisy; but having eventu-
allv given up all hopes in this directioh' 'he!
set about finding journalist with bent OF NINA
and feeling of heart who would prove equal TO
their desperate and unholy purposes.
4 half-crazed devotec of the spiritual rap
ping humbug came along. ana their succe'S
was complete.
The Times was started. The hypocrites gain
cred with their own strength weak and vascll-
lating Democratic Governor OF the Ierr'.o-
rv. and the result of the operation isbetore the
neon,e of Minnesota At the first election held
after the advent of the Times, Legislative
ticket is formed of material entirely at
the antipodes of the moral professions o.
that journal; the grog shops and rum holes O.
Ct Paul arc ransacked for voters: the streets
orc uproarous with the huZzas OF drunken pui'
lies on election day: the polls close; the votes
are counted: the Times ticket succeeds mainly
through these "moral" appliances; the Veto
rious marty make the ''night hdeous " with
their drunken brawls-and the 'moral' Times
"reioices with exceeding great joy over inc
result the next morning!
few months pass away, and the people are
called upon to elect municipal officers. A mona
ination is made by the interested and substan-
tial men of the city, The Ticket is such an one
as the Times and its clique dare not publicly
oppose, without completely stripping them OF
their hypocrit;cal mask, and putting them In
their true deformity before the most blind OF
their few devoted worshipers. So they profess
to support the ticket
The Sabbath day intervenes; the "Democrat-
ic': Governor of Minnesota and tbe friend and
confidential adviser of the Times-the supposed
part o,cner of the Times and the endorser OF lis
notes to borrow money at five per cent per
month to enable it to live-goes about the
streets and hotels on that Sabbath day making
bets that the ticket will be beaten!
About that same hour on that same Sabbath
day. the editor of the Times states to prom
inent citizen Of the Third Ward, that he is ''sor-
nv Ramsey is running for Mayor" that he 1.-THE
editor1 has sheen out among the Irish; lall on
the Sabbath day] and that they will raise the
question of Know Nothingism against the tick
ct and will be sure to defeat it, 81 wish,
continues the editor, " that some OF Gov. Ram
sey's particular friends would go to him and
get him to decline"
Let the Times deny this if it dare! And let
the editor also deny that he was not on that
same Sabbath day " talking politics " in places
where he processes in his paper to believe that
IL is not reputable for {" moral" and good citi-
zens TO be found Let him deny that he was
not in collision, that afternoon. with Gorman-
ifnot aiding in forming. at least in conniving
at plans to defeat the Peoples nominee fer
Mayor, and the city ticket generally.
Election day comes in two days afterwards. and
we find the chiefs and managers OF the Times
Office either working hard again. our ticket,
or not roting at all! 1t is true, some OF the
understrappers " professed to work and vote
for the ticket. but it would take hard swearing
to make any of the true friends OF the ticket be-
iieve anything of the kind The name of Gov.
Ramsey was cut or scratched from two or three
ballots deposited in the Third Ward; and it is
the general belief among all parties, that these
ballots were deposited by certain individuals
connected with the Times Office in one way or
another. In fact, under the circumstances, it
is absurd to believe otherwise. The Times of
yesterday says all of its people voted, with the
exception of the editor himself and he paired
off with Starkey man. This is positive
falsehood. Neither Geo. W. Harrington nor
Chas II. Parker voted. They are not belong
ing TO the Times, we suppose!
Aud about this "pairing off" on the part of
the editor. When first asked, why he did not
vote. be replied he had not time to go to the
polls. Again. he told about the streets that he
had "voted for city officers in the Second
ward "a most positive falsehood. And now he
paired off with Starkey man another
barefaced falsehOOd, We are equally positive.
And these are the men who are pratng OF
City Reform;" these are the sanctimonious
hypocrites who go about the city spying into
che actions Of their neighbors; sticking their
consccrated noses into this and that citizens
glass to see if he drinks brandy, beer, wine or
water; peering on dark nights through the win
COWS of private dwellings to find out if Mr.. A
or Mr.. Ii. or Mr.. G. has at the private enter
tainment of his friends nything stronger than
tea or coffee; and then publishing the result Of
their sneaking, spying, skulking Investigations
10 the world.
Out upon the hypocrtes