The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-07-04


Our exposure Of the contemplated Pembi-
no fraud, and other plans which the leaders
of the Border Rufiian Democracy have iorm-
ed in order to nullify the republican maj r
ity in the constitutional Convention, has f.
nally smoked out the desperate acknowledge
n,ent on the part Of the Pioneer, that an Or
ganization Of the Convention by the majority
must be defeated AT ALL HAzARDs!'' The
Pembina Indians, we suppose, will be here
at the bidding Of those who control their
action; and perhaps we may expect delegates
from "Holc in the Mountain" big Sioux
City," and other Imaginary districts outside
Of the line defined by the act of Congress
giving power to certain portion Of Minneso-
tn to hold Constitutional Convention. The
Pioneer, after endorsing the provisions ofthat
act up to the very hour it found its party was
defeated, then turned short about, and from
then till now has been fighting under nulli-
ficati.n banner-rather covertly at first; but
Yesterday morning coming out openly in de-
fance Of the Congressional authority. At
least, we can give no other Interpretation to
its articles in reply to ours of the day pre-
vious.
We have no reply to make to these revo-
lut'onary threats. except to again warn the
Republican members to be on hand, prepared
to thwart The repetition Of the outrages per-
petrated upon HOWELL and VAUGHAN at the
session of last year. Let the corrupt men
who drove legally elected representative
Of the people of Mower county Fl ON his seat
on the floor Of the Honse of Representatives
in 1856, be made to feel in 1857 hat more
just and righteous power rules the action of
thus Forthcoming body. The expelled men,
Der Of that House, Mr.. VAUGHAN himself.
will be here in that convention to bear wit
ress against the villainous Hypocrisy of these
Southern hirelings who now, when Frustrated
by the whirlwind of popular indignation, as
sumo the phase of honesty, and attempt un-
der that phase to again repeat their old
transsressions, adding thereto much greater
enormities.
So far as the case of the ST. Anthony dele
gates is concerned, the Pioneer states a
knowing and willful falsehood when it &C.
cu:os us 0: manifesting, heretofore or now,
any other disp,sltion than feeling of entire
fairness in favor of the rights of all parties.
II canvassing Board o. Hennepin county
deprived the friends of the Pioneer of any
rights given them by the voice of the people
of st. Anthony, legally expressed, we will not
initiate the course of that journal in the
VAUGHAN and HOWELL cases, by sustaining
our ilepab!icaa friends in crushing out D
those rights. We have carefully RETAINED
from the expression Of any opinion as tc
which Of the two classes of claimants from ST.
Anthony are legally entitled to their seats
knowing that that was question which
would properly come up for final decision be-
fore the only tribunal which can finally act
upon it---the convention itself The vindic
tive and malicious persecution of Mr.. AMes
by the notorious FRrpLEV clique of st
Anthony, in which Gov. MfDARY and tn,
Pioneer joined with all the fury of pack o
blood-hounds chasing "nigger' through
Carolina swar p--we have denounced ant
will continue to denounce whenever occasion
may require. All this is quite dlttsren
branch Ct the subject, p