The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-11-17
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eternally sounding to the world that the Re-
publican party is on it's . last legs" and by
next year will die out. The Davenport
Courier, leading Democratic organ Of Iowa,
comes to quite different conclusion and
the opinion of the editor is worthy of note
here in Minnesota we'll as in Iowa. We
give it:
The REPUBLICAN PAR1v.-Strsnge as it
may appear to some, out of the bankruptcies
of Know Nothingism, Whiggery, Freesoil-
ism, Hard Shells, Soft Shells, Silver Crews.
Anti-Pierce men. &C., there is now gradually
forming political party, under the fostering
care Of William II. Seward, the New York
Tribune, Times, and other papers, which
call itself Republican. This party has erect
ed its ensign, emblazoned with the enticing
words-Liberty, Equality and Justice and
invite all persons who are opposed to the
Slaveocracy of the South, and jealous of the
preponderant influences which Slavery exerts
in the Councils of the Union, to rally tose-
Their before it be too late to save the country
from the unsatisfe1 rapacity of Shareholders
for power to control our national destinies.
This party is becoming more and more for
midable, and being commanded by that able
statesman, VIM. Fl. Seward, will be likely to
give the Democracy some hot work at the
next Presidential election. Wake up, you
sleepy Democrats, who rejoiced in the grand
Philadelphia Know Nothing "bust up" and
thought the dissensicns there engendered
likely to divide and distract all your enemies
so as to ensure an easy triumph You have
work to do when VIM. II. Seward takes the
ctump; for his is a mind accustomed to sue
seed in whatever he undertakes in the politi-
cal field. n.
The Pioneer was blowing tremendously
the other morning over few counties in
Illinois, which had elected Democratic y
County officers-among others, Cook county,
in which the City of Chicago is situated
There was nothing to elect in Illinois this
year, save few minor County officers, and
the Republicans, who are men that stay On
their farms, and in their workshops, and
other places Of business, except on important
political occasions, in many instances, as in
Indiana allowed the nomination Of candidates
even to 60 by default. But as regards the
Cook County election, the Chicago Tribune
trips up as follows the small piece of Douglas
news which our neighbor chuckled over:
"THE County ELEcrIoN.-The election
results in the choice of Gleeson for Treasurer.
Greenleaf for School Commissioner. and
Wolcott for Surveyor. The first is claimed
by his friends as an Anti-Ncbraska Demo-
crat, and the two latter are Republicans.
With these facts within its knowledge, the
Times announces the result as a Nebraska
triumph. How many such triumphs would
be required to ruin its party, is question
that might be asked with pertinency. and
that it would probsbly decline to answer.
Greenleaf and WOlcott are both competent
men, and will fill the places to which thew
are chosen, satisfactorily. With their sue
cess we are quite content"
A CASE OF PIRAcY.-Our Eastern ex-
changes mention a daring instance of muir
der and piracy on ship board, in the South
Pacific. On the Sth of July, the ship John.
OF New Bedford, passed Roche's Island. in
possession of the South Sea islanders. Thew
informed the captain of an American vessel
that the captain of the John having i'll used
them, they took the opportunity, while two
boats were ont after whales, to kill him.
together with the cook and cooper. After
the capture of whale, the mates boat re-
turned to the ship, when all hands were
killed, excepting one man, who pushed off
the boat. Shortly after the second mates
boat went alongside, he and three men were
killed. The ship then ran away, leaving
them without compass or food.
The OrafpS Statad fhof <Lo,, IL.
for Ocean Island, but if unable to make If
should run the ship ashore where no white
man lived.-Cltpeland Leader.