The weekly Minnesotian., 1857-11-28


An article appears in the Pioneer of Sun
day, FROM the Albert Lea (Freeborn County,
Star, of the 10Th, with this awful heading -
"More Black Republican frauds-a Dem
ocratic member of the House defrauded of
his certifcate.''
This Star paper is edited by man named
Swineford. who, before the election, pre-
tended to publish neutral paper. He him
self ran on bogus peoples ticket" in that
Senatorial and Representative District, op-
posed to the regular Republican nominations
the Democrats not daring, in that region,
to sail their own ship with their own colors
flying at the masthead.
In spite of all his wles and counterfeit
neutrality, however, he and his humbug
peoples ticket' were badly beaten so he
naturally feels in an indignant mood, and the
mask of neutrality Icing no longer necessary
for his purpose, it is thrown aside and he
stands revealed Pro Slavery Democrat of
the fifth water. OF course, an individual of
so much talent, influence, impudcnce and
consequence as himself, could not possibly
have been fairly beaten the people voted all
right, but somehow, the count of the vote was
wrong; and he strikes right and left terrible
blows at some of the naughty Republican
leaders of that district.
The great point made By him, however, is
the rejection by the county board of canvass
ers, a majority of whom were Republicans, of
a precinct called "Bear Like" in consequence
of which ''vllainy," as he calls it, Mr.. Geo.
B. Kingsley, who was on the " Peoples tick
ct was defeated, and Dr. Durham, Repub
lican, elected to the House. He hopes Mr..
Kingley will contest the seat.
Far removed as we are here in St. Paul,
from this boiling tempest in teapot, VIC
might not have noticed the ebultion of the
Star man, had not the Pioneer thought fit to re-
produce his article in its columns, for the pur-
pose, doubtless, of letting the forgery frauds
of the Sunday caucus up North down easy,
by showing that the Republicans had also
been doing naughty things in the southern
part of the Territory
A little investigation of this Freeborn coun-
ty matter will disarpoint our neighbor of this
feeble Offset. The facts were some time ago
reported offici,lly by the Board of Canvass
ers to the Secretary of the Territory and
by giving the matter little investigation, it
will be found that this whole difficulty about
"Bear Lake precinct" was occasiored by some
Democratic 'gentleman fond of his joke" en-
deavoring to ''prepare" a strap for Republi-
can gulls"! in that quarter of the world.
What facetious race the Democratic leaders
are becoming
According to our information, the facts are
about in this wise
Bear Lake Precinct, in Freeborn County,
gave honestly q Republican, and % Demo-
cratic votes. Two returns showing this re-
suit were made out, one of which was sent to
the Secretary of State, and was received here
in due course of mail. The other was start
ed by q private messenger, for the purpose
of being deposited with the Register of the
county.
But on his way, it seems, he was encoun-
tered by some gentleman fond of his joke''
under whose supervision and instruction the
returns were duly prepared" and when they
were fi.ally received and opened at the coun-
ty seat, instead of yforyJfcs Votes being polled,
they showed cn their face that in the transit
they had absolutely swelled to over Sizty
the increase being entirely to the credit of the
bogus "People's Ticket !"
When the board of canvassers met and
saw this nice strap set to catch Republican
gulls," they concluded they were not so gull
lible as to 60 into it.
They therefore rejected the whole return
as fraudulent and thus deprived the "gen-
tleman fond of his joke" of the cream of it !
Had not the whole return been spoiled by
the forgery, and had it been counted in the
canvass as it originally was despatched, it
would have made no difference in the result.
Touching DR.. Watson the Republican Sem
ator elect, VIII in his capacity ,f Justice of
the Peace, acted on tho Board of Canv as
sers, no man but an unscrupulous partizan
would venture to impugn his purity of mo-
tive in any action which he engages in. Those
who knew him when here at St. Paul the
past summer, as delegate to the Constitu-
tional Convent on, will endorse our opinion of
him as man Of pure conscience and high
principle and it is prima facia evidence that
a thing was done up honestly, fairly and cor
rectly, when it is known that he had any
thing to do with controlling the matter.
Gen. Walker and His FilIibusters.
The latest dispatches from New Orleans,
dated the 18th, says that the Steamer, Dick |
Keys, which took Walker from the mail boat
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