The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-08-11
TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. I. 1855
The Reasons Why.

The Editor Of the St. Croix onion. having
aeen rather late in getting into the Rice fold
very naturally thinks it his duty to give th
rcasons why he supports that gentleman fo
congress. Here is one of them:
Mr.. Rice IS Democraf He il none o
| "onr wishy -washy affairs. either. He is a firm
| riend Of Douglas. and Gen. Shields and a sup
| porter of the present Administrations
That is good! We like straightforward;
,pcn talk, such as this And here il the main
| .ause why thousands of voters in Minnesota
including ourselves, will oppose Mr.. Rice to
she bitter end" This is the reason Why nine,
tenths Of the 5000 voters of Minnesota who til :s
year will vote for the first time for Delegate.
will not vote for Mr. Rice. They have come
to their new homes in the West with their
hearts steeled against the atrocities Of Douglas
and the Observation-Disclosures atrocities which
have been committed in the acts Of violence
attendant upon the introduction of Slavery
into Kansas by the force of armed inpaders
from Leighboring State. And these people
will vote their sentiments. and by the act hnrl
into eternal oblivion any Doughface of the
Douglas school. not excepting Mr.. Rice, tina,
may presume to thrust himself forward asking
their support. Tlat he has attempted to
thrust himself upon the people for another
term. after having positively declared that he
would not be candidate under ans circum-
stance, is a fact that we have charged upon
him heretofore. and a fact that dare not bo
denied here in St. Paul. Let him run! "He
is firm friend of Dous'as. and a supporter OF
the present Administration" This compels
him to be also a fast friend Of Atchison, String
fellow. and the rest of the cut-throat conquer
ors of Kansas. All right. Mr.. St. Croix Union!
But the Union has another reason more po-
tent with it no doubt, for supporting Mr.. Rice.
Here i: is:
We have known some who. after having
been foisted into power. appeared to have en-
tireiy forgotten those who were Instrumental
in their elevation. Ingratitude has always
been considered an cnoi nous sin bnt in none
is it more reprehensible than in the successful
aspi: ant for popular favor. Those tchO sup
pert Mr.. Rice may do so s0ith the assurance.
that anything he can do for them. honora5ln
and justly. sciH be done, should he be eiected'
There now the cat IS out of the bag! The
Union held off for week but at the end If
the week the editor is enabled to say, from
personal knowledge Of the matter, no doubt
that il it will support Mr.. Rice, Mr.. Rice will
stand by it. "Anything he can do" for those
who support hiE,-the Onion included. OF
course sciN be done, should he be elected ."
1t is eaid. "an open confession is good for
the soul;" hut We had not expected to hear
one qnite soopeu from ttis quarter. xr. Rec
asas De aofe 10 s0snetnIag for the editor
Of the Union. and thus fulfi the obligation
which the editor here tacitly admits has been
entered into between himself and Mr.. r. but
If the faiflment depends upon an endorsement;
Of Douglas and tn. Administration by the cleo
ton of Mr. Rice, we rather think the "DoINGs''
will prove very short fodder for the next
winter.