The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-12-19
Rice and steele for U. S. Sena tOrs'!

Rice and steele for U. S. SenafOrs!
The St. Paul advertiser of Saturday, spreads
itself in favor of FRANK STEELE for Unite d
States Senator. This circumstance, taken IN
connection with Judge MEEKERs withdraw
al in favor of the Fort Smelling candidate,
rather fixes the thing positively upon the
brother-in-law of Mr. SHELLEY!
The I4drertiser ridicules the idea that Sem
ators of the State should come from, or be
chosen on the ground that tn ey represent GER
tain geographical districts of Minnesota. 1t
contends that the business of the U. S. Sena-
tor in Congress is with Mime sota as q aotioLe;
and it deduceS from these posi- lions, that be-
cause HENRY NJ. RICE will be elected from
st. Paul, it is no reason why Mr.. STEELE
should not also be chosen from Fort Smell
ling, seven miles distant if his qualifications
are superior, as it seems to think they are, to
any man from the Minnesota Vail ey or South
ern Minnesota.
The fact is, if we didn't know it would
now be work of supererogation. our own
party friends out Of the question We should
ourselves, perhaps, sustain Mr.. STE ;ELE's ele-
walton to the place he seeks, with III the en-
ergies we possess. He is an old seti ler-Mr
RICE is an old settler - we are old set
tlers-and have therefore fellow feel ings for
those distinguished gentlemen.
They are also both old Indian trad .ers, and
having ourself lived in the Indian country,
our eyes there beheld the hardships g nd sacri-
fees the early pioneers in that capae ity cxpe-
rienced, particularly when Indian treaties
were being made; and we are disposed to
recognize their high consideration to be fatty
rewarded by those of their count rymcn who
have since arrived here to engage in the more
prosy and common place pursuits of farming,
store keeping and speculating-in which two
latter avocations, however, we ontend they
both can exhibit ''claims" unrivalled in the
Territory!
There is another reason for their joint ele-
walton to Z. S. Senatorship, which should
have weight with the Democratic party, if
not with us. 1t must be freely atlmi tied,
that without the aid of the Indian votes at
the recent election, the whole Democratic
State ticket would have been defeated and
in all probability the same votes decided the
political complexion of the Legislature for
the same side. The signal services of the
Breech- Clout Democracy, thus rendered in
the hour of need, demand the fullest rccoc-
milton by the "party." A Brcech-Clout De-
,nocracy should have Breech-C lout repr.ssen-
tat, res and where, we defantly inquire, can
two me be produced whose antecedents in
the Indian country and in their Indian rela-
lions. SO hl'y establish their fitness in this
respect. as do +. nc anterior history and eXpe-
rience of Messrs. STEELE and RICE!
To elect Mr.. Srr, LIE, would serve likewise
another purpose. He recently pulled chest
nuts out of the fire for lot of eminent men
at Washington, in a 'tran saction WHICH has
been profanely designated as the "Fort s. 'el-
ling Swindle," wherein it is harged he OBJ
tanned from Uncle Samuel for 5 9OOOO what
the stockholders have since SOLD at the rate
of 100000!
This fair business transaction" hts been
the subject of much injurious comment, and
threats to Strip up the affair in Con; gress,
have been freely uttered in numerous quar-
tiers. Now, who is so fit man to d, ,fend
this matter on the floor of Congress, as
FRANK STEELE himself He can put the
thing in its most favorable light-he can best
shield his partners-he can best maint ain,
with the most plausible reasons, the hone sty,
of the operation, and show most conclusive ly
that the general government instead Of 10 s.
ing, absolutely won money by the sale of th e
old Fort and the 5000 acres of land attache
thereto A great many of the leading men
of the Democratic party, here and at Wash
ington, are understood to be involved with
him in this affair; and the interests of "the
party demand they should be properly
seemed from the public eye; and we there
fore put it to the members of the Legislature
on the Democratic side, to elect Mr.. STEELE
U. 5. Senator for this indispensable purpose!
But probably the strongest argument on
behalf of Mr.. SrEELE's election, we have re-
served for the last, viz: His handsome D a.
sonal appearance! He is six feet tall sto ut
and we'll proportional. Hair auburn-e, es
blue-complexion fair-whiskersa la crusa de
"a beautiful pattern of the real Anglo-Sa. Z
on man!
We will need at Washington, from MINI, >
sofa, such specimen of our human kind O
indicate to eastern eyes, that our cline is fa |.
vorable to the development of the physica
beauty of the race. Our other members o..
Congress are only $3.50 in this PARTICULAR