The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-08
Suit against the Minnesota and North
western Railroad C0mpany-The Re-
port OF Attorney General Cushing, &c,

&c.
We received by Tuesday evenings mail,
an official copy Of the message of the Pres.
ident of the United States, transmitting
documents containing information in refer
ence to the suit instituted by JOHN E.WAR-
Rem, Esq, late U. S. District Attorney for
Minnesota, on the part of the UnitedStates,
against the Minnesota and Northwestern
Railroad Company. This message was trans
mitted in accordance with request Of the
House Of Representatives made the 2Sth
December, 1854. The documents accom-
panying the message are A report from
Attorney General Cushing the pleadings
the suit at length instructions of the
Solicitor of the Treasury to District Attor-
neys and other officers {; copies Of the de-
fences of Messrs. WARREN and BR1sBlN
against charges made in the columns of The
PIONEER the letter Of the Attorney Gen.
eral, containing the removal of MIR. WAR
rem, by order of the President and SUM-
dry other letters from officials at Washing
ton, showing that the suit was instituted
not only without authority, but against in
structions. Abstracts of the pleadings in
the suit have been heretofore given in our
columns, and our readers are acquainted
with the character of the defences made by
Messrs. WARREN and BR1sB1N. The instruc-
tons of the Treasury Solicitor are sufficient
ly alluded to in the report of General CusH-
INC. We therefore omit publishing these
parts of the document, as not essential to
enable our readers to comprehend the full
force and meaning of the remaining portions.
The great space occupied, prevents us
commenting to the extent which the docu-
ments given, suggest. We notice only two
points one by way of selfjustifcation, and
the other in justice to the Attorney Gene
raj of the United States.
l. The people of Minnesota are aware
that when this suit was commenced, and
the pleadings therein made public, We de
nounced in terms of earnestness and bitter
ness corresponding to the magnitude of the
fraud attempted, the action of those whose
official duty it was to guard the interests of
the government and people. The people
are also aware, that, for this exposure, we
have been in turn denounced as malignant
slanderer of the characters Of these officials,
by the subsidized presses, and the street and
bar-room pimps Of this Minnesota and
Northwestern Railroad Company. Under
these circumstances, it is with no small sat-
isfactlon that we are now able to make the
people further aware that the officers of
government at Washington fully sustain our
positions. We charged Mr.. WARREN either
with an imbecility and ignorance which I'M
fitted him for bis station, or with positive
corruption. Attorney General CUSHING, in
commenting on his action says, that in pre-
summing to take the question of the
propriety of the action instituted out
Of the hands of the Executive. or the law
officers Of the governmental his action in
dependently of such authority-and in max
ing up issues of appeal which, in their judg-
'ment, may be partial, imsu6ieiens. or other
,0iss not calculated to further the ends Of JUS
tiee, the District Attorney d;sobeysd standiag
Instructions, and D1sREGARDED HIS OFFICIAL
oBLleArIoNs. And in the letter removing
Mr.WARREN from the position he disgraced,
Mr.. CusHrNc says: These acts or omis-
sions on your part are in direct violation Of
the explicit standing instructions to all At
torneys Of the United States !" and further,
that Mr.. WARREN may not avail himself Of
the petty plea that he had not seen these
" standing Instructions" Mr. CUSHING adds
" and so;taont such instructions. are mani
tsstiy contrary to the general duty Of amy at
tormey." With these opinions, expressed by
The direction, and under the eye of the
President Of the United States, we are will
ling to leave the question Of wilful SANDER
made against rs to the Judgment Of the
,eople certain that their decision will be