The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-21

see tue TtoHeeT IOlKS make their appearance
in the streets with wenchy turbans on their
hea u.s. and baggy brooches on their extremi
ties and cheese-knife swords by their sides.
putting oriental chandeehoopohs with serpentine
stems through meters of after of rose-water!
Phoebus! what picture
But now, alas how changed. "Where
be your jlbes, and jokes, and merry qurk
now ~ The laugh, as we anticipated it
it would, has changed to the other side of the
mouth and it begins to be not near so conf
dent of having 200 majority for Sibley in
"Cass, Todd and Pemblna Counties ~ Poor
Pioneer!
Upon the only point, which the Pioneer at
tenpts to make in the way of a reply, it can
not get along without misquoting and mis-
representing, unlesignedIv of course our
article. 1t says we stated
"That the Democratic leaders, in this city, at Sun
lay caucus, held at the American House, Oct. 24th
forged election returns, and forged poll books"
Now, We said no SUCH thing. VIII 7 don't
the Pioneer publish our article at length, and
let its readers jud &c for themselves? Tnis
is what we stated:
ION Sunday night, the oath of DC ober a caucus of
Democratic politician held at the American House,
IN this city, to consider the state of the Gov
-rnor, and actat acas to be done about them ~
Further on, we remark,
Our information is, that at least poll book
forged then and there in their very presence and this
sbeievei to be that of St. Vincent. Pembua County.
we ore not certain on this latter point but Will be
able to speak positively after q whileb
We were thus cautious in our statements.
because aware that notwith, tanding our con-
tidential Information there would be great
difficulty IN proving the secret action of Sc
crt caucus, except by its own members upon
the witness stand Of a court AMI even there
men might not want to crilninate themselves.
But as to the fact of such cauc hav-
ing been held, we can assure the public there
is no more doubt than there is of the sun
shining in the heavens.
And it is not among the least curious
features of the Pioneers coarse and violent
article, that it carefully Avoids denying in it,
the allegation that such caucus acas actually
held !
The fact that it was held, is tac1ly admit
ted; but exactly what it did is dubbed about.
That, however, which the Pioneer has evad-
ed and not denied, we here re-affirm.
Such caucus aoas held, at the place,-at
that time,-for such purpose.
In pursuance of its deliberations, an agent
whom we could name, started up the Miss
issppi with, as ace can prore, blank poll books,
to ''brng down the returns" from the coun.
ties of "Cass, Todd and Pembina:"
This agent did, at Swan River, represent
himself as from parties in ST. Paul, who de-
mandcd SIX or seven hundred more votes for
oibley from the counties namel: and it will
be shown that the process of forging the poll
DO ks was partly gone through with at Swan
River, and completed at Grow Wing.
All this we can prove, if necessary ; and it
will be proved, necessary, before the Board
| Of Canv ssers!
The Pioneer is anxious we should a,rope
what was done in that Democratic Sunday
Caucus. Sorry are We, not to be able to
crafty it at this time, without exposing to
its partizan vengeance the source of our iafor-
| M tiOn
| But here are we, ready and anxious that
the Pioneer, or any its folks who may feel
themselves aggrievcd, should institute legal
Investigation int, the matter When before
jud &C anil jury, on suit for libel, we shall
pace some Of the members of that Caucus
II .nce of pr wing for Us, the dark m,chila-
tons of their secret cDncIave of Sabbath
Sin ers. If this is what 1t means by "pun-
| shnent," it can just pitch inf any thing
else is intended all that we have to say is
we shan't run I!
The Pioneer has taken it upon itself to in
sist, that we certainly meant "Fraukl;n
steele, Ex-Governor German. Iniian Super
ntendent Cullen and A. MFridley, Esq" as
among those present at the Sunday Caucus.
1t is our opinion, that these gentlemen will
not thank that paper for thus fitting The
boots to their legs in this manner.
But admitting the Pioneer is correct in say
ing that these oere amongst the men who
participated in that pious conclave, uho are
they and ae1at are they, that We should not
touch the hem of their garments ?
The forgery organ tells us, they are ''enter-
prisng citizens and estimable gentlemen in
all the relations of life - and further, that
they are "high minded and honorable men =!
Has M,rk Antony risen from the dead, and
taken to editing the Pioneer?
| Are we to have a second edition of his
speech over the dead body of Caesar. adapt
ed to this meridian, in which he will sarcas-
ticaly pronounce the Democratic leaders,
10 Brown and 10 Rolctte included, -"cU
honorable men y
Who has mpugned anybody's private
"honor" or their private relations in life ?''
No; us, by any means.
But we have notions about the public-life
honor and estimability of such men, as DEM
ocratic politicians and as Democratic parti-
Fans, which we shall fearlessly express even
to the shocking of the delicate and exquisite
nerves of their hand organ here in St. Paul
We would not give pinch Of snuff for
either their honor or estimability Whenever
any party exigency called upon them for
help
Look over the Union.
| In the South, where the chivalry live-the