The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-11

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of Monday upon its proposed {" Democratic -
Railroad Jubilee, and makes further
attempt to hide its cloven foot by giving to
the public the following editorial sentences
in answer to us:
"Was ever before invention so tortured. furnish
and cold FLOODED meanness! Political jealousy has
sins to answer for, but happily, Mnneso has not
heretofore been the controlling passion and yet
reputation Of citizens untaiIted with the crime of
nhosptality, even of ingrattude who have
labored for the general welfare. The editor of the
" tnneSotdn seeks To give this character to them and
for his political purpose, change a celebration
intended TO be general, to partizau demonstra-
ton. In order to accomplish this, he himself be.
fore the public subSeryient, all things to the
interests of his party rather than the welfare of the
communities selfish, inhospita ungratefu partisan
nothing more.
1.-THE measures for the success of which il is
to honor Messrs. Toombs, Douglas. Rice, and others
general in their character BETTING Democrats and
Republicans alike; yet because gentlemen Demo
Gratis the passions Of fanatical few are invoked 10
render their visit to St. Paul the signal abuse and
Islander against them personally.
at must be bad indeed, the success of which
depends upon ignoring the prophecies and couresies
whom we should receive with grateful welcome and
heartfelt thanks"
There is trite old couplet extant, com.
posed some years ago by some good old
head, We do not recollcct whose head it was
running thus:
When the devil is SICK the devil a monk would be;
But when the devil is well, the devil monk is he"
When H. NJ. Rice saw, at the time of his
last election as Delegate, that he could not
be, under State organization, continued at
tof; fba
pie or State of Minnesota, unless he could
manage to hood wink large number of his
political opponents, he concluded to turn
monk, and preach himself into the good will
and support of whatever number of slp-shod
Republicans he might gather to hear and
heed him. Matters progressed but indiffer-
emily for his success in this trick, until about
the first of last February, when he was in
formed that his old enemy, German, had
succeeded (bah y in splitting the Republ-
can party in the Minnesota Legislature right
in two in the middle" Things were then con-
sidcred right and ripe for g big strike" on
the part of our future Senator" The entire
glory of the passage of the Railroad Grant
it was rendered about certain then that it
would pass-was to be given to himself and
his friends, Shields, Dou las, Toombs, &C.
The political campaign in Minnesota for the
eventful summer of 1857 was fully planned !;
Breckenridge, Douglas, Toombs, &c, were
to come up early in the spring or summer
and help along the glorifica'ion and exalta-
ton of the Great II. NJ. They were to tell
us that Minnesota would have yet been a
bowling wilderness that st. Paul and every
other town would have had grass growing
in their Streets (Goman y had i. not been
for the stupendous Congressional efforts Of
our present Delegate and future Senator"
(Ne !SWnatfr transparency
But hold! Says one of the Washington
planners " If we go up there as Democrats,
those Republicans of Minnesota will scarcely
give us hearing, m~cl less heed what We
say. They are an intelligent people-all Of
them take the papers and read. Charles
Sumner has many personal and thousands of
political friends in Minnesota ; and here ar,
Douglas and Toombs, two accomplices of
Brooks, in his attempt to murder Sumner:
whom you would send there to help our
cause along. We must disguise little"
Tais is about the plan fixed upon at Wash
inston carly in February to help Mr.. Rice
into the United States Senate by Republi-
can votes. The % disguisc'' we intend to
remove by stripping the Pioneer editors of
the flimsy veil that covers the secret of
their design in proposing and forwarding this
Railroad celebration. 1t is all we'll enough
to bring in the Secretary Of the Court
House meeting to prove that the intent was
not political. That gen. leman, we admit
tells the full truth when he states that he
had no design other than appeared upon the
surface. But he is violent partisan of the
Pioneer stripc--onc who would never ques-
ton the bidding of his party leaders when
asked to draw mp set of resolutions for
am meeting.
For not being ling to lend our aid. and
for refusing 10 advise men of our party to
expend Their money in carrying out this po
litical scheme to elevate Mr. Rice and another
pro-slavery partisan Of his to tic United
States Senate, we arc denounced as commit
ting an act Of . inhospitabe and cold-blood-
cd meanness = of "ignoring the proprietics
and courtesies Of life and STOPPING to the
:; performance of acts of hoorishness.';
Well, be it so! We will stand the charges
Of our petulant ncighhors, who begin to see
that their chance of burning Democratic"
powder at the expense of Republican pock-
cts is becoming rather slim. If they desire
to "'ertainiy secure Messrs. Douglas and
Toomhs." as they remarked they did imme-
dlately after the Court House Meeting, they
are fully welcome to do so for all we care
They can get up five hundred ovations to
honor and glorify these partisans Of theirs
they may do their best to send Mr.. Rice to
the Senate: but for honesty's sake. let
them have the decency TO do their work
openly and pay the expenses with their own
money.
Do these Wanting and insolent dictators as
to what the people of st. Paul should do TO
please Mr.. Rice, Mr.. Douglas, Mr.. Toombs,
and Gen. Shields, suppose that any one of
the Republican Statesman Of the country
who worked so faithfully to serve Minnesota
during the last Congress, are coming here,
after seeing>the Court House resolutions, to
play the fiddle while the Democratic
lions dance? 1t would certainly be cey
selF-re>pectful move on the part of Seward,
or Hale, or Wade, or the Washburns or any
others, after the work they have done and
the position they have occupied, to pocket
the Court House insult with the Court House
resolutions. and come up here as attaches to
the Rice, Douglas, and Toombs cortege
Are these men on Mr.. Toombs' slave roll,
which lie once proposed to call, some time,
at the foot of Bunker Hill Monument
Rest assured, the Committee on Invitations
need not expend time, or ink and paper, in
addressing any of our prominent political
friends, in the way of inviting them here on
tie 18th Of Nav No one of them will