The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-14
Sentinel, What OF the Night s--Who 10
Governor

The senior editor of the Minnesotian having
just returned to his post, after an unavoida-
BILE absence of over two weeks, finds the
clear majority which the People of Minnesota
have undoubtedly cast for ALEXANDER RAM.
sEY, as their Governor, attempted to be Set
aside, and overborne by concatenation oil
the grossest frauds, concocted as there is goo
reason to believe, by leading men of the
Democratic party here in St Paul, and car.
ried into execution by high officers of the
Federal Government, who are pad by the
money of the people, to serve the people, yet
use their time and skill to cheat the people
out of their SURFACES, and stife their voice in
the choice of their rulers.
We warn, however, these forgers of poll
books:
These forgers of tally lists:
-These forgers of returns of votes never
cast:
These getters up Of bogus precincts in
bogus counties in the wilderness of Indian
Savagery:
That the sleuth hounds of justice are on
their tracks-that Their rascalities are beino
ferreted out-that there will be ar sxrosu,e
:. with shame and
fore ~ mo noiu 'nei' "e'"'
lie community, but who, if they had
their deserts, would be held higher still, at a
ropes end, for treason against the rights OF
the people, and against the purity and intes-
rty of the ballot box! Why should not
California Justice be meeted out heie in Min
nesota to ballot-box suffers, as well as in
California
We warn, too, the people of the schemes OF
bad and desperate men, calling themselves
Democrats to elect Mr.. Sibley by fictitious
rotes ncrer cast for him, after the style and
manner of the fraud just tried by the same
party at Oxford Precinct, in Kansas, but
which was so gross that Robert j. Walker,
even, could not stand the cheat. What we
mean, will be understood, on reading the fol-
lowing extract of letter from Kansas, pub
lished in the Cincinnati Times. 1t says:
ION Gov Walkers return from the precinct of Oxford
he halted at Lawrence, and taking out Of his portfolio
large roll of pap said to the crowd that he would
show them curiosity, if they promised not to destroy
He then unrcled the returns of the precinct OF OK
ford which contained sixteen hundred and one names
all written in the hand writing and which meas
ured exactly fifty -four feet in length All the names
ams Cincinnati Directory, those commencing with the
letter following each other regularly they do
upon the pages Of that book?
Now, we say, that frauds analogous to and
parallel with this, have been and are being
perpetrated here in Minnesota by the Demo
cratic leaders and some of the Federal Office
holders; and that in due time, this will be
proved upon them by testimony which will
convict them of the crime before at least one
Court, and that the High Court of Public
Opinion though it is possible that corrupt
or INSCRIPTIONS partizan judges may choose
to wink at or even justify the foul frauds AMI
cheats upon which one of them, probably
will have to rely for his own election
In word, if the dishonest leaders of thu
Democratic party of this Territory expec,
they will succeed with their "Supplemen
tary Returns"-their manufactured poll lists
their bogus precircts-without the TALES
kind of a fight for it, and rctr'butiun at last
they are doomed to no little disappointment
for there are plenty of men enlisted for the
war, no are determined that as the Democ
racy could MT poll votes enough to fairly
elect Mr.. Sibley, neither shall they chea
votes enough into the canvass to defeat the
peoples choice, ALEXANDER RAMSEY, who il
spite Of all their desperation is, and will be
the first Governor of the State of Minnesota
Mark it