Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-04

Governor give public notice of all the precincts
created by him, some six weeks before the
election next ensuing, in one or more news
papers of the Territory-the object Of thepub-
lication evidently being to prevent secrecy and
its concomitant fraud; and allow all the peo-
pie of the new precints, and all parties else
where, fair AMI equal opportunity to vote,
electioneer or to watch.
| 7hid-Under this power of making elec-
ton precincts in ''unorganized counties" Me-
DAIRY established about forty precincts.
And here commenced his most signal SER
vices to Mr. SIBLEY-services which should
claim the latters undying gratitude and not
the abuse of his editor. In the first place, he
established them without the prescribed pc
tition of the ten inhabitants; for, as there were
no inhabitants in them, it was impossible to
comply with that condition Of the law, and so,
for Mr.. SlBLEY's sake he waived that pre-
| requisite
In the next place, to give Mr.. SIBLEY every
chance of securing his election, he kept the
establishment Of these precincts dead secret
from everybody, except few select Sibley-
men who had the right cue and knew how to
"electOneer" in those uninhabited and un-
located precincts, but each of which had a good
sounding name and was set down as being in
some large and widely-bounded wilderness
county. To still further help the success Of
his friend SIBLEY, the Republicans were care
fully kept in ignorance of the existence OF
these forty precincts so that they might not
interfere with the we'll laid plans of good Dem
ocrats to extend the elective franchise and
the area of Democracy to unknown regions.
In the mean time, with wise forethought, he
was careful to put the names of all these pre-
| cints duly on record in the book Of the acts
| of the Governor in his Office, so that it might
| be proved when the returns came in, that
such precincts were really in existence and
properly authorized
Now, here was most singular devotion on
the part of SAM. MEDARY to Mr.. SIBLEY's In
terest-a devotion evinced by his forswear-
ing himself and violating his sworn official du-
ty of executing the laws and all simply to for
ward in this manner the Mendoza chief S
election
What next happened? Another exhibition
of MEDARY's fond regard for Mr.. SHELLEY.
The greater portion of those forty precincts
duly attended to by 'swOrking Democrats y
in various directions. In the west, Jos. K.
BROWN and his brother and the Dakota Land
Company and others industriously attended
to fixing up false polls in precincts bounded
by their breeches or coat tail pockcts-tc
voting fictitious votes, and signing the names
of fictitious judges and clerks to returns Of
votes for Mr.. SIBLEY forged out Of the whole
cloth. Then, from the counties of Cass, Todd
and Pembina, where number of MEDARY's S
"breeches pocket precincts" were located, a
lot of fellows of the baser sort got together al
SAM ABBE's trading house in Crow Wing and
there deliberately forged what is termed
the "Ottertail Canvass" giving from the
fictitious precincts in those three counties
about 700 fictitious majority for Mr.. SIBLEY
and the whole Democratic State ticket-a
majority three times that by which Mr.. SIB
LEY was declared Governor
1t was when these bogus returns, and par
ticularly this Ottertai Canvass forgery, came
up before the Board of State Canvassers, o
which MEDARY and Jos. R. Brown, aforesaid
comprised a majority, that the services of the
Ohio "war horse" reached their acme of de
votion and usefulness. Declaring openly with
Il certain bold recklessness, the reverse o
moccasin practice, that che kneao the things
were id forgeries and so he did for ht
had arranged the secret precincts with thu
view to have exactly such forgeries perpe
trated-he yet unhesitatingly went along will
the still more rlnscrupulous JUGGLER K. Brow
for counting them into the State Canvass
and they " ere counted in-and by the forgere'
! being counted Mr. SIBLEY obtained his ma
jority-and now, in consequence, claims tt
exercise the Office of Governor of Minnesota,
With such record of services rendered
Mr.. SIBLEY, at the expense of violating his
ofici al oath, and of pitching conscience to the
dogs, will not everybody exclaim against this
sh lmeful return which Mr.. SIBLEY makes
MIN through his mouth piece, the Pioneer anC
Democrat
1t will not do for Mr. SIBLEY to get off from
this charge of ingratitude by pretending thai
he was ignorant of all these favors rendered
to him or on his behalf by MEDARY. Did no
SIBLEY help along the whole rascally scheme
| and show his knowledge of it by protesting
against counting of 8, 800 legal votes in the can
vass, that were without dispute as to fairness
simply ON the technical ground that they were
only returned by precincts, as The Constitu
| ton had directed, and were not inclu ded-as
ed county canvass made by the Register o
Deeds? The exclusion of those $500 votes
| were necessary to secure his election-ever
counting in the forgeries-and for this too he is
indebted to Mr.. MEDARY, who granted his
protest and did exclude them as he requested
Then, was not Mr.. SIBLEY present at thu
caucus of Democratic Leaders, held at the
Office of the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
Company, over EDGERroN's Bank, prior to tht
State Canoass, at which the subject of these
| forgeries was discussed, and he submitted il
to the caucus to decide for him, whether hi
should silently take adcantage Of the record
fraudulent though it was known to be, OF
| unite with Gov. RAMSEY and his friends in hav
ing the whole matter fairly investigated!
We know he was present, and we know
that when that caucus of rival aspirants fOl
| the U. S. Senatorship-who did not want him
| in their way-voted to take adUantage Of M'
| record, torgeries and aI-Mr. SIBLEY showed
the quality of his honor and the strength of his
moral stamina by a too willing acquiescence ir
| the infamous decision!