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

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In Kansas to-day; II the truth were told, their Emil
grant Ad Societies have psoPed that country. with
set OF men armed with Shsrpes rifles armed with Colts
revoivers, armed with deadly weapons, &c. 20"
! Again, he says: % soiais 's''a3 2i't b.
Give this Republican party the prestige Of mower in
the mipions Of their Emraut Aid Societies, armed with
rifles, &c. - - 4'
And ne keeps drawing the parallel, and
says IN reference to this, that the Democrat c
caucus bad resolved not to give these Re
publicans any "food for fanaticism"- not to
give the Republicans pretext Of Democratic
wrong doings to make a noise about. / ask
no better statement, Mr.. President. l am
glad the Ex-Governor has been willing to
place himself and colleagues upon the same
footing with his party in Kansas. The illus,-
| tration is a good one. The Republicans in
Kansas have fought in self defense. The
Border Rufians fought and shed blood there
in cowardly manner, when they were in
the ascendant, and had nothing to oppose
them but whenever the Free State men
have stood their ground and showed grit in
defense OF their rights, the assailants have
recolled and made great outcry and noise
about Sharp's rifles and revolvers, and revo-
luton, just as Governor German and his
friends have done. As long as the latter
though they could effect any thing by it,
they heralded it to the world that they
would have this Hall. But when the Repub.
licans met them quietly, like men in the firm
discharge of their duty, they backed off, and
began to raise hue and cry about arms and
| revolution. I thank the Elk Governor for
presenting this matter so truly before his
friends and the country. The disposition has
been the same on the part of the Democratic
| party here, that was manifested by the same
party in Kansas. Notice the illegal voting
There, the Border Rufians from Western
Missouri rushed in aid told the people of
! Kansas to stand aside and where they had
power, drove the real people of Kansas from
the polls. So it was with the Democracy on
the first day of June, right here in the city of
| St. Paul and so numerous and outrageous
were the frauds practiced at the polls here,
that even their own newspapers unscru-
| pulous sheet as it is-was compelled to
chronicle the wrong as shameful fraud"
The same thing occurred also at st. Anthony,
and at other precincts where they had the
power and could proceed with IMMUNITY.
But not having the same relative numerical
force here in Minnesota that they had in
Kansas, of course they could not 60 quite to
the same extent. But just as far as they
had the power to go, so far they went. /
thank the Ex-Governor again, for drawing
the parallel in so fair manner, between
himself and his friends, and the Border Ruff
fans of Kansas. +'% -t 7e
HAD thought, at one time, to review the
Elk Governors remarks in regard to the cleo
ton of the members from st. Anthony, upon
vr1, oh ho a III
one of these gentlemen (Mr. SECONDLY hav-
ing presented this case the other day with
great clearness, I AM relieved from that ne
cessity. But the Ex-Gov. alluded to the a.
legged connection of Judge Tlumbnll with the
st. Anthony case. In reference to that mat
ter, would remark that have seen in that
party from time to time, q persistent deter.
mination to declare and send it abroad, that
Senator Trumbull counselled the B ard Of
Canvassers of Hen"epin county, in regard to
the course they pursued. Notwithstanding
this has been contradicted repeatedly by the
st. Anthony Republican, anil over and over
again contradicted by tire Register of Deeds
of Hennepin County, it has been still repeat.
ed and reiterated, as though some great adj |
vantage was to be gained by perpetuating that |
lie. But will say here, Mr.. President if |
that be Soft Judge Trumbull was cOunselled, |
and he did give his advice in the case-per- |
haps there is no higher legal authority in all |
the Western or Northern States. believe |
he is regarded as one of the clearest and |
soundest lawyers in the Northwest, and if he |
has given an opinion in favor of the course
pursued by that Board, that in any Judgment,
would strengthen the case wonderfully. But |
it seems that the case is sufficiently strong
without the help of Judge Trumbul. But |
SIR, am authorized to say, and l do say,
without fear of successful contradiction, that |
the whole story, from beginning to end. which |
these gentlemen have taken so much pains to
publish and repeat, is all utterly without foun-
dation, all false and untrue from beginning to
end. So much for that.
Now, sir, with regard to the Pembina case,
the Elk Governor says:
Sir care not from which side of The river the dele
gates are elected Pembna is entitled representation
upon this floor unless you prove that there is no
7th Council District. ta .fl
Again, be says: i@}
If the Enabling Act then changes the boundary Of the
county Of Pembina which say does not that portion
Of the county still within the boundaries of the
State yet more than two thousand miles square, of right
claims the representation Of the county unless forbid by
The Ex-Governor has fault of stretching
stories sometimes, and it seems he has indulg-
ed little in regard to the area of part of
the county of Pembina for there would
hardly be found room for two thu usand miles
square between Hudson's Bay and the Mis-
souri, river.
A voIcE.-Is it not 1000 square miles =?
Mr.. NORTH. Two thousand miles square
is the reading. might think, that this might
have been mistake of the Elk Governors,
but such mistakes occur 80 often with him.
that am inclined to think it is in harmony
with the rest of the speech, and not a mere
misprint.
1t would seem, for the first time in tire his
tory of this Territory, the certificates of elec.
ton obtained by certain members of the body
in the other end of the Capitol, purporting to
come from Pembina county, came not from
Pembina, but from the county of Niccolet.
l am informed, by a gentleman familiar as {
we'll with this transaction as with former
elections in I'embina, that heretofore, when
their representatives and councillors have
brought any certificates at all, they have '
brought them from the Register OF deeds of {
the county of Pembina. 1t seems they '
were in trouble. They wanted full repre-
sentation, and could hardly wait for. or dared |
not venture, to bring the certificates from {
the county officers on the western side Of Red |
RIVER, and so they had them purport to come ,
from NIccolet county, for the reason, they
say, that Pembina is attached to Niccolet
county for judicial purposes. lt
. But there is another very singular fact in
this case It is this that these same dele
gates came from Pembina without any certi-
ficates, and before they are within hundred
miles Of the Capitol, their certificates are
here. They lie here two weeks before they I
are reported upon; and then they are report
ed upon several days before the delegates !,
arrive! It's stated, in one Of the city pa !
pers, by gentleman, well known in the Ter
ritorv, and direct from Pembina how the
election occurred. I read the az count from
the St. Paul Daily Times Of July 9th. II
An ABOUT PExBrzA by the arrival Of Mr., B. T.
Baldwin from Pembina Saturday we are placed In
possession of the actual returns Of the Delegate Eec-
lion there, which hasten to lay before readers
Mr. Baldwin u Of the pioneers Of the west, and an
old 81 tent Of this city, that his statements may be
implicitly relied on as correct. -e9t p - .
M Baldwin says that the voters OF Pembina city
the vest side Of the river, got together on the LIT Mon.
day IN June and drew up ticket to be voted TOR
eest side Of the river, and knowing BY - era A.
Of the Enabling Act that the wess "a the
On tl1e Rsst i'd - --iy side had no part in
tvo nisees were not opened.
and o. sosiug, and the ticket Democratic Of
lour &c only one In the feld--was Composed Of
r. ss1dates, and ran follows JOSEPH, RoIette Je.
~ rs - lartres r. Wilson, Joseph versere. 'e