The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-12-26
The Bogus Canvass for State Omcers.
COUNTIES.

The Bogus Canvass for State Officers.
The Pioneer Of Saturday morning last pub
fishes, in its article upon this subject, some
garbled extracts from the journal Of the pro-
ccedinss of the Board Of Canvassers, by which
it attempts to throw the responsibility of the
late unfair and dishonest canuasS upon Mr..
GALBRAIrH, the Republican member of that
Board.
The article we have reference to is evident
" from the pen of that arch traitor and Jug
gler, JOSEPH r. Brown.
Thus, not satisfied with the Infamous
course adopted and carried out by him and
his ready co-adjutor, the double Governor,
SAM MEDARy, he must Jtalsity and peruert his
oacn record.
This he has done and was there deeper
deep of infamy for him to reach, this bastard
ly conduct ought to enable him to reach it.
He quotes the following Resolution offered
by Mr.. GBLBRA1TH.
'Resolred, That the duly canvassed re-
turns from the several counties be adopted
as the basis of calculation by the Board of
Canvassers."
He then added:
"The adoption of Mr.. GALBRA1rH's sub
stitute for Mr. BRowN's more liberal propo
sition confined the Board, in their canvassing,
strictly to the returns made by the various
Registers of Deeds"
This is untrue. It did not confne the
Board to the returns made by the Registers
of Deeds of the several counties only and
if they put that construction upon it, they
wantonly violated it for the purpose of re-
ceiving the forged and stimulated returns from
the counties of Cas-, Todd and Pembina,-not
one of which was either returned or canvass
ed By Register of Deeds Of any county; nor
was there any such pretence.
This, therefore, is a naked and unscrupu-
lous perversion of the truth i'd est =; a false
hood!
But the Resolution of Mr.. GALBRAITH will
bear no such construction. Let us examine
into the reasons for it's being offered.
The canvassed returns, as made by the Reg
listers of Deeds of the several counties, have
heretofore been the only returns made to the
Secretary of the Territory. These come
here with double misunderstanding been
canvasscd twicc,-once by the Judges of the
election and again by the Register of Deeds
~. To fboir
sistance.
Therefore, the Resolution of Mr.. GAL
BRAITH, that they be taken as the 'Jasis" of
the action of the Board, was eminently
proper.
And, is there anything erclusiOe in the res
olution Certainly not. These returns were
to be adopted as the basis that is, the found
alton or groundwork upon which the super
structure was to be raised.
The very term precludes the possibility of
placing upon the Resolution such construc-
ton, as would exclude any other returns
As, does it follow, because solid rocks are
placed in the foundation of the building, that
bricks therefore shall not be used to raise the
walls with? Nonsense
This is so plain, so palpable and easily COM
pretended by every man, that the way-faring
man, though fool, might see through the
miserably transparent attempt of the Pioneer
article, to pervert the truth and falsify the
action of Mr.. GALBRAITH.
The purpose of the Resolution was there
fore, just exactly what, upon its face, it pur-
ports to have been. The Registers returns
were to be taken as the foundation of the
action of the Board-the starting point, to
which was to be added the genuine and prop
erly authenticated returns from all legally es-
tablished precincts
However, after this resolution had been
adopted, and the inscriptions accessories af-
ter, If not before the fact of the qross foryeries
committed to foist Mr.. SIBLEY into the Cub
ernatorial chair of the State of Minnesota,
sought to place upon it the imbecile construc-
ton referred to in the Pioneer, Mr.. GAL
BRAITH then offer ed resolution upon resolu-
ton, to secure the counting of the Precinct
returns from all legally established Precincts i;
all of which were unceremoniously voted
down by JOE BROWN and MEDARY!
Notwithstanding this, the rascals, not yet
feeling entirely secure of their retreat to Da-
kota Territory Ito which SAM is bound to
flee to hide his shame though there are no
mountains there to cover him, and JOE will
soon follow him with his Indians; which
may God grant)-seek to cloak their outrag-
Gus conduct behind this resolution.
When they were quoting, why not quote
all the resolutions offered by Mr.. GAL
BRHITH?
Simply because, they would give the lie to
the statements of the Pioneer, and show
conclusively that Mr.. GALBRA1rH used every
means in his power to insure the full popula,
cote to be taken irto the canvass.
Dost dare deny It, rogues?
But there is another item in the history OF
this canvass, that refutes this SANDER upon
Mr.. GALBRAITH.
The Honorable HENRY H. SHELLEY sent in
to the Board of Canvassers Protest against
counting any Of the Precinct returns, not en-
braced in the return of the Register of Deeds
of the various counties
Here is where his supple tools got their
cue and the Honorable HENRY H. SIB-
LEY, more even than Brown and MEDARY,
! his willing Instruments responsible for the