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

tnelr temporary organization. some Of the
hand in certain certificates. These certificate
are kept, from the time they are handed
up to the 23d of July, before they are r,
ported upon. .-o
Then all kinds of cases were reported ur
on in a mass-the cases of those who ha
certificates, as well as those who had non,
OF those who were present, and of certa,
who were absent, but whose certificates wer
mysterlously present. They report upo
them all promiscuously. Then promiscuous
~ vote themselves in. They just vote them
selves in en- mGsse! Why, sir, if the Who'll
town OF st. Paul had come in and asked t
have been admitted, and if they had been ad
mitted by that common vote, it would hav
been as much in legal, parliamentary form a
is their organization to-day.
But these gentlemen are so much opposec
10 tricks Let US see how much they an
opposed to tricks. In the first place, the,
contemplated, they consulted together anc
planned an organization in this hall. at mid
night ending Sunday, the 18th of July. This
was thing prOposd by those gentlemen who
pretend to be so very honest, and so much
averse to trickery. We have the fact from
authority which they themselves dare moi
deny, that they contemplated such an organi.
zatlon; and the members of this body were
right when they concluded that such was
their intention. When the proposition was
made to the members of this party, to sign a
paper pledging themselves to meet at IL
o'clock on Monday, and organize like men,
they met this proposition with sneer and
fnOH ErQnoh 1ooro 81 L
Every sign and circumstance on their part
showed that there was something behind the
curtain, and every circumstance since has
shown that they had determined to come in
and organize at II at midnight. 1t was con-
cluded on all hands, that no hour being s'men-
tened in the Enabling Act, the Convention
had right to Organsze at any hour Of the
day." and in the action that we took, we
merely said to them, "We will not take ad-
vantage of your absence, but we will see that
you fhall not take advantage of ours" The
members of this Convention had to depend
upon themselves to prevent and protect
themselves from the trick which the same
party enacted once before in Ohio by an or
at IL o'clock at night, when the
present Governor of this Territory was th
leader of the Democratic party of that State.
Well, sir, when they saw that there was
vigilance and determination here, they came
up with all apparent fairness, and proposed
to sign paper to organize at mon. But
this also, was by way of trick, for they got
D few names from us; and then getting to.
sether again into consultation, they retained
It, and sent back an evasive resolution speci.
fying no hour whatever. This only aroused
still further the vigilance of the Republican
members.
These men also who are so shocked at the
idea of breaking the Sabbath, had a caucus
meeting on Sunday night. That caucus con-
I'nued IN session till near midnight, consult
ng on schemes for the organization of this
body. The next morning they profess to
have come to resolution in the matter. and
send us copy of that resolution in which
hey concurred in the propos, ton of the Re
,ublicans to organize at II o'clock, Nj. The
lock of this Hall was turned back some ten
minutes or more, BY their direction. The
lock being turned back, they rushed in here |
n body, tumultuously, IL minutes before |
he time, and by trick. endeavored to ad- |
ourn this body, and get away. Now have |
lst one passage to read from the speech OF
Ex-Governor German, on this point. where
e is setting forth the honesty and fairness
nd good intention of the Democracy in com.
ng INTO this Hall on that day-their very
onest intentions lie says:
Having proceeded to this point, the intention expres
ed in our caucus was nasmuch as several of our mem
ers mad not come in knowing that n consequence of
ne alarm, which had been sounded throughout the Ter
tory, calling on the Republican Delegates to be here:
pnn6r vn.A
pon their arms they Expecting some great devel
pement IT, on calling the roll, It resulted as we ex-
,nded &c. "
Here, Mr.. President, is precious admis.
ION by the Ex-Governor, that they expected
hey were in minority. They knew this, in
heir councils. They knew it very well, ana
and reported the fact to difie ent
'embers of this body, that they were legally
minority, before coming into this Hall
nd still these gentlemen, so honest. so much
verse to tr ckery, come in here ard attempt
se'ze upon the organization, and, by q
1ck, endeavored to coerce this Convention
nd compel the majority to receive there die.
'ton: But, they, got frightened and rnn
way instantly, and felt themselves, no doubt
an unenviable position.
1t is, indeed, quite amusing to notice the
x-Governor, in four or five passages of this
beech, when he expatiates on their determi-
alton, that they would pursue a course of
'rness that they would not, under any
rcumstances, proceed to violence. 1t re.
nds me Of the efforts of a drunken man t.
ak strait, the effort but exposing the more (
Ie weakness he would conceal. So it is with {
'e FIX. Governor, and his story {
lax about honesty and fairness Make | :
believe IN the honesty and fairness of these
en-. Knowing themselves in minority, and
'ming in here, and attempting to adjourn
is body,with less than 40 members for
lth all told, they had but A whilst the
epublIcans proceeded to organize with
- But, suppose they had the number to
AXE quorum, if that adjournment fails '
EN-, they are gone and if that is the only :
lr on which they hang it seems to me their p
ndltlonis rather precaucious: and hereup-
J the Ex-Governor very adrortly says, "wt @
we can give them some parliamentary tac- t
IS but we cannot put brains into their |
ads" n
Here is an example of the honesty of men t
fusng to submit To the rule of the majority a
d exulting IN their own shame in their fee 4
e tactics and contemptible tricks.
Hut what was their motive for wishins to v
jnurn? The Ex-Governor tells us they Z
re going to do this, and do that. They @
re going to have the roll-called, and ali v
wing certificates should present them, and o
g thing vas to be gone through in parlia, b
,ntary order. Why did they not do it2 =.
her gentleman tells us, they Santed the 1he
invention to adjourn bn.. for one Jsv an. q
her, for three lays and another Til their
'moegs could get in and then Judging jr
I'm their actions they wanted us toa diourn ssi
aoont TWO weeks-and actions speak lou
r than words,
A glance at the speech of one more gen. :,
man in that body, and then am done I
that is, the speech of the President of :;
,lr Convention. The President of thar :
dy 's Well known in the Territory, and he =
maintained character for integrity and !
nor taat has sceen quite equal to that Of :
osntieman there. But the speech, I 7
,st say, falls far short Of what might be &
pected from such source. He accuses us .
commence with, Of gross inc,vility. I b
ad from his speech the following II
,r, II strikes us, that never has deliberstve body
need great want of civility-I might say Of COM
N decency-towsrds portion, and large portion J
its members, the body occupying the opposite end
the Capitol, taking their own account Of their pro.
edipgs. "a ...-.....
This is pretty broad assertion, that the
emhers Of this body are not merely unclvil !;
1t actually indecent. But let us see in what :
spect? lie endeavors to point out some !
the grievances be has to complain Of as -.