The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-06
The Admission OF Minnesota Retarded
by Medary and Rice.

Tne ADMISSION OF Minnesota Aet0f0o0
by Medary and Rice.
The Pioneer is evidently on the anxious
scat. The blunder of Gov. MEDARY and
Mr.. RICE in presenting at Washington copy
of our Constitution signed only by minori-
ty Of the Constitutional Convention, thereby
delaying our admission into the Union, is q re-
sponsibility before tho People which it is ap-
parently very anxious to divide with the Re-
publicans. To do this, it resorts to its old
dodge of fictitious letters received by itself
or forged by others. 1t is like "Toots" in
Dombey and Son, whose correspondence with
himself was always very extensive. 1t now
emarks as follows
"By private letter received yesterday,
we are assured that prominent Republicans
of this vicinity Lave been writing letters to
free soil members of Congress, urging upon
them to take stand against the Admission
of Minnesota at this time"
1t is needless to say that this is all "Bosh:"
the statement of fact, certainly, the recep-
ton of such letter, probably. With any
other paper than the Pioneer we might per-
haps concede the reception, but its habit of
fictitious letter writing is SO notorious that
doubt is always cast on its assertions of this
kind.
But pray, why should the Republicans
here or at Washington tear their trousers
about our speedy admission into the Union
The Democratic Party is in the majority
there as well as here. Here they obtained
their majority, as all know, by series of out
RACES, frauds and forgeries having only their
parallel in Kansas. First the Constitutional
Convention was split, because the Democrats
were in a minority in that body. The Re-
publicans have been meanly compelled by
the Democratic Territorial Government to
pay their own expenses, although duly cleo
ted and commissioned in the public service
At the recent State election, the Democratic
party, fairly beaten by the votes of the peo-
pie, have obtained Governor, two United
States Senators, and three Representatives. to
Congress by voting Breech-clout Indians, and
by forgeries at wholesale, after the election, Of
impossible majorities from regions where no
people whatever reside. Is it surprising that
under these circumstances the Republicans
should feel insulted and outraged, or that
smarting under snch wrongs, they should
look with feeling akin to Indifference on the
consummation of the rascalities, by the ad-
mission into Congress of some of the men for
whose benefit they were perpetrated
And when climax is added to the whole
category of outrage, by this said gross in
suit of MEDARY and RICE, in attempting in
violation of the compromises of the Conven-
lions, to ignore the existence of the Repub-
lican members and theirseventy-ive or eighty
thousand constituents it is not too much for
the Republican party in Minnesota to de-
mand:
First, That copy Of the Constitution
signed by the officers and members of the
Republican wing Of the Convention shall be
duly certified to Congress, or
Second, That copy of the Constitution
certified as the document voted for by Sc, 900
people of Minnesota, without regard to Con-
ventional differences or signatures, shall be
alone the basis upon which we are admit ed
into the Union.
Self respect demands that we should take
these positions and we hope that the Repub-
licans members of Congress, will insist that
one or the other should be conceded by our
Democratic insulters, before they agree to
the admission of our Senators or Representa-
tives to seats on the floor of either branch of
our National Legislature.
Our Senators are bogus, elected under a
bogus law, signed by the Territorial Govern
or. Two Of our three Representatives have
certainly no right to their seats under the
census; and as for the third one, it is hard to
tell who he should be, as BECKER who re-
ceived the highest number of votes at the
election was cheated by the State Canvass
ers into being lowest on the return, just as
they robbed RAMSEY of enough votes to
give SHELLEY, along with his forged returns-a
majority as Governor of the State.
And after all, we don't think that the
people would think it such terrible catas-
trophe if Congress should order a new deal,
and give Uncle Sam the opportunity of pay
ing up the heavy bill of expenses already in
CURED in State-making, and which the peo-
pls are lily able to afford footing these hard
times.