The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-19
The Grand Fizzle Of the Seass n.

I1OtlSe on Saturday evening. Ciateu VIII
their barsained for and purchased success,
the agents of the Railroad determined to
make the attempt to gloze over the iniquty
committed, by procuring that which they
might be enabled to term tile seal of appro-
baton by the people upon the course pur-
sued in the Legishture-and, moreover, to
whitewash and make bright as the noon
day sun, the character and actions OF GER
tain members composing the very exceed
ngly respectable majority in that body, as
Money was not wanting in tie work Of
preparation-but there was plentiful lack
Of trains in the doing it, as the result am
ply showed. Whatever money could pur-
chase-such as music, tar-barrel, ilumina-
ton etc, was all there-nothing that could
make draw upon the purse but what was
literally supplied-but the mind was want
ing, aud never was there a more lamenta-
ble exhibition of the poverty of ability to
sustain purpose declared, to clear charac-
ters stained with perGdy and fraud, Or to
defend thing accomplished than was there
exhibited 1t was an evidence of folly, un-
mistakable-a veritable evidence OF the
truth of the old proverb, "parturient mon-
is, nascitur ridiculus mus"
The Court House was almost two-thirds
illed-the densest portion of the assembly
being about the two stoves, which by their
presence strongly reminded every one of the
almost entire absence of heat. Had they
beer absent, no doubt the people would
have been more comfortable, for then they
would have made up their minds that it was
cold, and endured it accordingly.
The room was well lit up, and in the gal
lery was band consisting Of two parts,-
the first cornet-apiston, ard the second,
three violins and double bass. Whether
it was intended that these two musical par
ties should unite and form a part of the
meeting, cannot be said by us. But it did
appear that during the evening there was
a strife between the "catgut" and the "brass'
without regard at all to the momentous &C.
currence which had called together the
people beneath them. The "Star Spangled
Banner was done in a style that would
have exceedingly alarmed the composer Of
that well known air, for it seemed to be the
settled purpose of the brass" to rob the
"catgut" Of all the credit of the perform
ance, by letting forth blasts as loud and
shrill as if tho event was a militia cavalry
training, and the brass was the "buger'-
The expedient succeeded tolerably well
1t was not without dread that many PEG.
lie passing in the vicinity of the Court
House, saw lurid glare in the atmosphere
but their apprehensons were quickly abated
by the information that the enthusiastic
railroad agent had purchased barrel Of tar,
or tar barrel, and caused the same to be
set on fire iu order to let all creation know
that the jubilee was about to begin, and
that they might attend it. The king of
Ashantee, it is said, after having dined,
causes the fact to be proclaimed in front of
his mud hut, in order that all the rest of
the world may go to dinner. Few but the
king of Ashantee's subjects mind the pro-
clamaton, and so in this case, few but the
railroad swinders' tools, obcyed the beacon
lights invitation.
The hour fixed for meeting was o'clock,
but there was no organization until nearly
or quite o'clock. During that time the
managers Of the farce might have been seen
anxiously moving around the room, and in
the lobby, dspatching messengers after per-
sons absent, whose presence was absolutely
necessary to help them through, and exhib-
iting good evidence Of the feeling of ccm-
fort Of braggadocio who having vented
his wrath against man of courage, is made
like the redoubtable Pistol, to eat his own
Leek. They were chop-fallen because their
boastful greatness was evidently collapsing
like torn balloon.
Finally the meeting was organized by ex.
Governor RAMSEY and others Juggling to the
chair an old and respectable citizen, VII
LIAM II. RANDALL, who in his strange posi-
ton appeared like fish out of water. Mus
terinD his enerries however no aftor +bo