Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-04-17
THURSDAY, APRIL l2, 1856.
WE ASK THE COMMUNITY TO READ THIS.

owe have known small clique OF men for some
years, in and about ST. Paul, whose "daily walk
and conversation" has marked them from the
start as lineal descendants of the hypocritical
sect who in the olden time loved to make long
prayers s'standing 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,
to get beastly drunk upon wine and strong drinks,
during the hours Of the night, and the next day
to 60 forth among the moral and religious por
tion of the community, and proclaim loudly a.
gainst s'intemperance and debauehery."
These men-or at least the leaders of the hy
pocritical gang-desired for q long while news
paper in St. Paul equal in duplicity, falsehood
and deception, to their own false and wicked
hearts. They were in hopes for year or two
that the Mnnesotian would bow its knee to their
depraved hypocrisy; but having eventually given
up all hopes in this direction, they set about find
ing journalist with bent of mind and feeling Of
heart who would prove equal to their desperate
and unholy purposes"
We copy the above language from the Mime
sotian of Wednesday, and commend it to the care
full consideration of our readers. Who are these
persons who arc thus stigmatized by the editor
Gas lineal descendants of hypocritical sect p
They are none other than those who for years have
been endeavOring to elect men to Office in this
city, who, when elected, would manfuly perform
their duty and maintain the supremacy of the
law. They are men whose positions in society
ought to shield them from the attacks Of a vile
and mercenary press-men, whose aims and as
pirations have been to remove the evils which
curse us and place our city first on the list, not
only as the most cnterprizing and prosperous,
but the most moral, intelligent and respectable
Is there any crime in this? These are the men
who constitute the ''cliquc'-who are the ssneal
descendants of hypocritical sect'-who are de-
nounced by an editor whose an.cceden.s we'll fit
him for the task he performs, that of maisnng
those "the latchets Of whose shoes he is unworthy
to unloose." This s'hypocritical gang" compo-
sed of the temperance men of this city the low
ers of good morals-the enemies of gambling and
its kindred vice,-the advocates Of truth, honesty
and uprightncss--these gentlemen, according to
the Minnesotan, have no right to raise their voices
in the conduction of our municipal mattors-they
have no right to respectfully ask their public SER
wants to close the grog-shops on the Sabbath
they have no right to intimate that the law on
gambling should be cnforced-thoy have no right
to suggest this reform or that rcform-thev have
no right even to express their sentiments without
first begging permission of venal editor, lest it
might thereby "inj jure the political standng'' of
his favorite candidate and should they dare do
it, anathcmas are hurlel at their heads and they
are denominated the ''lineal descendants of Il hy-
pocritical gang!" Think of that, We who are
obliged to pay taxes arising from the evils which
You have been striving to remove think Of that
yc who have ever been ready to throw party over
board for good men, and the triumph of princi-
pie! Think of that! all who desire to see St.
Paul the first city in the North west us regards
the integrity, sobriety, enterprise and industry of
her citizens. If you have any interest in the well
fare and prosperity of our city and Territory,
think of the language used by the Minncsotian
towards those who have labored long and yea lous-
ly to give st. Paul name which would be hon
ored and respected throughout the Union. But
we pass from this to more personal matter.
1t is we'll known that the issue last fall was
" fraud or no fraud" The question was not as
to whether we should have the best men but
whether we should have men who were opposed to
to the fraud, which question overshadowcd all
other considerations. We were wiling to Coop
crate with the Mnnesotian in the election of good
men, provided they would pledge themselves to
repudiate the railroad swindle but in this the
Minnesotian would not cooperate and we there
fore advocated the claims of those who would car
ry out our views. In doing this VIC did not COM
promise our position, nor did we elect any worse
men with one or two exceptions) than would have
been elected had the Minnesotian ticket triumph
ed for while there may have been one or two on the
ticket which we supported who drank liquor, there
were certainly two the other ticket who not only
drank, but one of whom, if we are correctly infor-
med, formerly made it. And further, two of these
very men whom the Minnesotian now finds fault
with US for aiding in electing. have since been
held up by that print as patterns of decency and
honesty. Oh! shame where is thy blush! If
the Minnesotan can make anything out of this
issue, it is welcome to it. .t. -rs +,
As to our support of the ticket with the name
of Mr.. Ramsey at the head, we asked no odds of
any one. We did "dare'' to go to the Third
Ward meeting-we did "dare" ask Mr. Ramsey
if he would run for Mayor, and he told us frankly
that he would not and that if he was nominated,
he would positively decline-we did "dare" to
nominate two gentlemen as delegates to the Con
vention who were friends of Gov. Ramsey--we
did "dare" vote for these gentlemen--we did
"dare" to express our preference for VIM. R
Marshall, for Mayor, because Mr.. Ramsey said be
would not run-we did " "dare' to request these
gentlemen to vote for Mr.. Marshal in the Conven.
ton, and when we found Mr.. Ramsey would run
we did "dare' to request these gentlemen tc
vote for Mr.. Ramsey, which they did-we die
ddre'' to give our preference to the ticket with
Alr. Ramsey's name on-we did " dare'' say SC
in our paper-we did ssddre' choose from the
Democratic ticket such men we thought would
make the best oficers-and more than this, WI
did dore'' to stay away from the polls and fur.
ther, shall dare' to do so again, as best suit,
our convenience. All this we &C dare'' do, and w
dare' let the public know it. 1aii asi
As to thu" g" confidential adviser of the Times
and sthe supposed part owner of the Times" GO
ing about the streets and hotels betting on the
Sabbath, We have nothing to do. We have already
stated that we are no mans keeper, nor do VI
hold ourself responsible for the acts of others
We think the editor had better reform himself be-
fore he takes others to task, either for drinking
betting or gambling! "a word to the WISE &c
Now as to what We did say on that said Sab
bath, to which the editor SO bombastically al
ludes. We do not seek to cover up any thing v,
have said or done, for We are ashamed of Meth