The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-08-15

their posts, and retaia possession ri ct ris Of
: Mr.. President, I take it upon myself
say that this allegation, come from VIII
81 lrce 1t may, is wholly unauthorized ar
unbound ID: and if the gentleman did n,
know that it was not true, be ought to ha,
known it. He had been often enough Il
formed in the case to know fully, th.
this Hall was not taken possession of at mi,
night, nor at any ether hour of the nigh
He continues:
This, sir isin perfect keeping with the revolutions,
state Of things which has manifested itself in the r.
publican ranks for the last two years. The democra
ic members OF the Convention violent
ngs for the sake Of controlling the organization OF th
body!! have too much respect for the members b
fore me to believe tor moment, that any gentlema
would think Of pursuing any such course towards otht
members Of the same body" o
In regard to that, Mr.. President, with tn
well known facts before this Convention. an
the other Convention, or the democratic eau
Gus; with the well known facts before tn
people Of this city, I have SIMPLY to say
that their denial by this gentleman is sim
ply absnrd-a denial that can amount t.
nothing in the face of facts so we'll under
stood. Hesays further:
"No, Sir: from the beginning, their whole course ha
been in accordance with preced nts and order"
think, on the contrary, that every ster
of these men has been without precedent and
against order. He says:
"when they went into that Convention knowing tba,
se.eIa democratic members were absent they desired
shoy,S ," vus :ney naa Deen voted down. unjust
shouo we considered the conduct of the opposition
| l for one should have submitted"
Unjust to have voted against an adjourn.
ment, when more than 90 members were in
attendance here! Was it unjust for us to
proceed on the dav of our a a.semtli to the
discharge of public duties, because certain
members from the other side of Red river
had not arrived? Was it unjust that 30 del
eSates here should proceed to do their duty,
IKE men, instead Of running away, like bows?
l should be ashamed of the citizens of this
Territory, if they had not a more correct
sense OF public duty, ,rthan to consider it un-
Just in US, to stay here and do as we did. in
stead OF running away after the democracy.
NIX. SlBLEY next comes to the resoiu-
fions offered by the President of this BODY
and remarks on them as follows:
1.-THE gentleman who presiies over that body. fMr
BalcombeD for whom--athough have very little ner
sI JAa s with MIN have hitherto entertain
ca much respect has distinctly announced in resoin
ton which ne brought before that body on SATURDAY. sst
that the Democratic party SO far as thew arc ;d.;s
WIN inns oody are opposed to the admission of Mnne-
sota hso tne Union as State and that the object n,
our course has been to- proract indefinitely the term in
which we shall be admitted a State into the Confed
eracy NOW, sir, say here that do not see how any
man having any decent regard for truth with The to
before his eyes, could make that assertion Istand br
10 asseverate that there is man in this Con-
vention and there Is not man, to nv knowIadgo H.
the Democratic party, here or els where-who is n ~
favor OF the immediate admission of Minnesota int tb
oct ts. rs si.e And will refer gentlemen to the
ac, mat the Enaoling Act was brought forward bv a
Democratic Delegate In Congress- Supported nv nsno
cfauc MEMBERS and that the leaders of the
"a CONGRESS are we mainly in cebed for the ni
tatory steps for our admission into the Union This Is
act which the public record shows 1t ia fact wbi,b
Will not be denied and cannot be denied" "'''.
have only to remark upon this, that the
perfectly we'll understands anoth.
er fact-a fact that is we'll known to the conn.
try, that the opposition in Congress- to the
Enabling Act was Democratic Opposition
opposition that came within an ace of defat.
Ing 1t, and for time, held it in suspense
1t was held back in the Senate of the Tinted |
states for Know Nothing amendment,
winch was proposed and advocated bv Dem. |
ocratic Sena' ors and adopted by their votes.
which would have carried the bill over. if |
John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, had not
seen the trick, and changed his vote SO as to
move to have it reconsidered, and then gone
10 Northern Democrats and rallied them in
support of it. Still many Democrats were
against it, though most of the Northern Dem
'crats were for it. Governor Seward. and
other distinguished Republicans were consult
ID, and it is universally admitted that. to
John +. Hale, is due the credit of discover
ng the trick. and defeating the Dem ,cratic
Know Nothing opposition to the bill. the
entire Republican force of the Senate voting
or its passage.
1t was agreed, that the Republicans were
% keep quiet, while the Democrats foucht
he battle. The Republican Senators-l4 in
there, all for the bill, whilst the
opposition were divided. ask, then, if it is
nst to claim the glory of its passage ior the
democracy In the House of Representa-
ives it was mainly indebted for its passage
o the support OF the Republican members
cad on by Mr.. Grow, who reported the bill.
In regard to the gentleman's astonishment
It the allegation of the resolutions. I will
'riefy refer to some Of the evidence upon
which 1t might be p edicated. The editor of
he st. Anthony Express, who is one of their
wn party openly declares in the Streets
Minnesota shall not come into the Union
ow, unless she comes in Democratic.
W nat, are you not going to let the majority
ule e. mo-" he says, if it is going TO nut
over into the hands of fanat,cs-a,d the
'epuoioans are fanatics" We have also
vldence to the same effect from higher
ource than the other end of the Capitol-a
purce that they themselves will regard as
ood authority. 1t comes from ST. Peter
nd st. Peter is almost as good authority as :
{. Paul 1t is resolution in the proceed ,
'ss OF Democratic meeting, published in
le Pioneer E Democrat of to-day, and is as d,
flows:
Resotued, That we cordially approve Of the stand :.
sanst fraud and injustice which the Democratic Dele.
tlon nave made, and that we exhor them to adhere
remain as Territory than that the odious features
modern repub!icanism should be thrust upon s In our
ndamentai Law" against the expressed viii Of the peo-
Such. Nh. President, is the language oftheir :
VII organs aRd their own men and hence =
ere is no occasion for the surpise of the =
OF the minority body, that the peo-
. should believe il is their intention, by
elr present course of conduct, to defeat the .
mission of Minnesota in to the Union at :
lis time. :,
1t shows that the President of this Con-
'ntion, when he drew tn Sc resolutions was
'le to see what was working in the minds
the democratic leaIers-a thing they r
ould like to conceal, but which is published
'enly c'sccwhere, and the organ in this city
.s not sagacity enough to see how it expo I
s them.
The gentleman refers to the Pembina case, =
ID says: reg. -
Now sir, cannot conceive how, with any regard for
tce or precedent, that body Of Republicans bould
er have taken the position, that the Pembna delega
n were to be excluded from the Convention. n
am as much surprised at that sir, as at Il
" other thing the whole speech and if the
ore surprises me, because that gentleman N
IS so recently changed front on that ques- y
,n. This change must have come over him
nee he came to this Convention organized. v
say, 80 because can hardly think it pro- {
ible that he could have changed his opinion !,
suddenly before he came to this place for a
had occasion to know, but few days be- Il
re he came here, from his own lips, that his
olnion then was the very reverse of that h
ave read. confess, it is wholly inexplica- Ii
e to me, that the gentlemen should express Il
4 astonishment, that any person shall think a
<t as he thought, less than a week before
I do not like, Mr.. President, in these re- n
arks, to call in question the statements OF u
~ gentleman Of that body. l do not like to c
, placed under the necessity of contra lict- p
g any man. But when these gentlemen n
Ike it upon themselves to accuse every mem t
er Of this Convention with want of toarte.
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