The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-08-02
ADDRESS



nssssa Republicans II Americas birth.
The Pioneer and Demoesat, ia political
controversy, is forsooth, very extraordina-
~ sort Of an antagonist. Engaged in duel
of one of those italian cut-throats or Califor-
MAN desperadoes, whom by some unlucky
mistake You may have been expected to be
acquainted with the duties of gentleman,
you would be very well off comparing with
your situation, when in political combat with
the Pioneer. The bandit, finding himself
unableto ward off your blows with the sword,
will cowardly take to dagger, it is true
but all you can lose n the combat is your
life. Greater yet will be your loss, when
your i'll star leads you into strife with the
Border Ruffian Organ, the Pioneer and Dem
ocrat. Finding himself unable to fight you
with the weapons that are allowed among
gentlemen in debate, he cowardly either will
back out and run away from the ground, or
like the bandit, take to dagger too-a dag
germore hateful than that of amurderer-the
dagger Of foul, base, insolent elimination.
Here not your life is at the stake, but your
honor, and this the -ut-throat does not he's
itate to destroy, even if be had to lie
Without the shadow of proof he boldly
asserts that at the city elections we were
bought. For this we demanded him to give
full evidence or accept Of us, and every hon
est man, the well-deserved title CT 'rascal"
Dodging our alternative, the worthy man
replies, by an anonymous correspondent,
which, though overlooking with unmitigated
malignity and blackguardism, and vague
charges, does not touch the matter in ques-
ton at all. Instead of plainly stating when,
how, by whom, at what price and for what
purpose we were bought, that oracle of the
Pioneer calls us an ignorant, person unfit
for anything and humbug. Everybody can
see what this amounts to. As to the asser-
ton Of the able correspondent of the Pho
neer, that we have no political faith, his &C
quaintance with those ladies of the hall,
which he calls "fish-wives," must have been
so intimate, and his intercourse with them
seems to have Influenced the development OF
his moral character as well as his rhetorical
talents to such an extent, that SANDER has
become his favorite occupation, or should
this unhappy ofice-seeker by trade-for we
think the Minnesotian is right as to the au-
thor of the correspondence stupid enough
not to know that he is lying, when he charg-
es us with political inconsistency? We re-
quest our American friends to read, what
the New York Tribune, what the "Illinois
Stats Zeitung," what the leading German
papers Of our country say of us, and then de-
eide between US and the foul-mouthed cor
respondent.
Faithful adherents of the true Jefersonian
Democracy, we have been from the begin
ming up to this moment opposed to the ex-
tension of Slavery, and heartily welcomed
and supported the great opposition of all true
patriots against the never-resting aggressions
of the extensionists; and since the Republi-
can party has openly pledged itself TO secure
equal rights to all men, as warranted by the
Constitution, and to defend the Constitu-
tional rights Of the adopted citizens, we have
Joined it, and shall promote the cause fear
lessly with whatever influence and editorial
capacity we command, in spite prejudice,
stupidity and ridiculous menaces- in spite
even of our terrible foe and unremitting per-
secutor, that political weather-cock, who will
crow like crazy at us, because we hurt his
unlimited ambition by removing him from
"post" which, neither his character nor his
intellectual power, nor his literary acquire
ments enabled him to fill.
The truth-loving "citizen" is telling tales
of horror about persons assaulted by us in
their own houses. If taking hold of collar
and throwing him out of our sanctum after
in vain telling him to leave, because he came
there under the mask of friend, but with
the intention to gather material for his SLAM
dering fairy tales about ourself; if this is as
saulting man, then indeed, we are guilty
of that crime, and the correspondent is no
liar. rg ~
The above explanation we deem due to
ourself, not because we hold our character
blotted or our literary reputation injured in
any way by the insults of the Pioneer and
its scribblers, but because here is chance
to assure our Republican fellow citizens of
American birth, that we shall stand by the
cause of Freedom as long as we are able to
WELD our pen, that we are happy to say, that
as the editor of the first German paper in
Minnesota, we are in the situation to contri-
butte not little to the success of the Repub-
lican cause in this Territory, and here with
just pride we declare that we need not now
deviate from our old course one inch for the
pupose to steer under tt q glorious and-if
the majority of the citizens of the United
States feel as the majority of the Minnesota
Germans long victorious flag Of Fremont
and Dayton. These are the men whose flag
we have hoisted and whom we are bound to
follow from victory to victory, leaving it to
our opponents to tread the Shiny paths of
shame, corruption and servil;ty, until they
reach their well-merited fate-the profound
contempt of their countrymen and the whole
people.
FIR. ORTHWEIN,
Ed. Min Deutsche Zeitung.