The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-01-02
Democratic Border Ruman ism mt the
Constitutional Conventions, and the
more recent Democratic Rascality.


Constitutional Conventions, and the
more recent Democratic Rascality.
If the Pioneer desires, as would seem to be
indicated by its article n Monday, to 60 into
an investigation OF the conduct of irdividu-
ais, pro and con, on the Republican as well as
on the Democratic side of the recent COnsti-
tutional Conventions, We are not only ready
but anxious to engage in the controversy.
There is an unwritten history touching
Democratic rascality in the organization OF
even their own bogus branch of the Conven
ton, which ought to see the light, and moth
ing but the crowded state of our columns
prevents our giving it air at any rate.
The Parson AMEs case even, might not, in
that event, turn out so highly to the Pioneers
satisfaction as it at present feiictates itself it
would. On its own showing of that case, the
Board of Canvasscrs, Of which Mr.. AMEs
was member, merely rejected votes on
teehnicaliy which they conscientiously con-
sidered vital and important. They commit
ted, be it recollected, no forgery to return Re-
publican members to the Convention. For
their offence, such as it was, however, the viz
tuouS and immaculate MEDARY Indignantly
removed the PARsoN forthwith from office,
to which however he was Immediately re-
stored by the Board of County Commission
ers; and his conduct Gas since been endorsed
by large majority of the people OF his dis
trict in his re election to the same office. To
what extent Register AMEs' removal wa die
tated by righteous indignation on MEDARYs
part, subsequent events afford US a means Of
estimating. Six months barely elapsc wher
this Territorial Governor of our State, Is
found participating with JOE BRowN in re
iecting from the count in the State Canvas
for Governor and other officers, $500 honest
ly polled votes-and rejecting them, too, on
the shallowest and himsicSt pretext of a tech
aicality that ever was set up to cheat PEG
pie out of their rights and in addition to
thus dsfranchsing $500 people on technical
ity, the same virtuous Democratic functional
rp takes good care to count into the canvass
quite 700 fraudulent and forged votes-whicl
he himselfhas admitted, in classical language
were slammed .torgeries, he kneu"-and thus
by tsehnicaiities on the one hand and forgsries
on the other, the pair of federal office-hold-
ers composing the majority of the Board OF
Canvassers, managed to cook it up so as to
illegally and fraudulen:ly bestow upon HEN
RY II. SIBLEy the certificate Of election as
Governor Of the State of Minnesota
Yet no body removes MEDARY, who was
so fierce to remove other people and he is
off again to Washington 10 beg another o.
flee as reward for his rascality. Will the
Pioneer please make note of this Even
conceding, for the sake Of argument, that
PARsox AMEs did wrong-does the organ
mean to justify, therefore, the preparation Of
another and foulcr wrong Do two wrongs
make right I? Such seems to be the pres
ent position of the Baalam mouth-piece
In the same article we perceive Register
MCCAIN, of Houston county, is referred to,
and he is characterised as guilty of illegal
conduct in refusing certificates to Democrats
duly elected The charge is entirely false
and unfounded. Not only did that officer do
right in the premises but we defy the pro-
duction of any facts impeaching either the
rectitnde or the entire legality of his action
The Pioneer is invited to bring forward the
documents to sustain its assertion for doubt
less the people would like fought over again
the battle Of the legality Of these respective
Conventions, and for our part, we are all
ready and equipped for the field. We are
confident of our ability to show up, in the
most conclusive manner, the reckless rascal.
ty of SIBLEys bogus Convention, and of its
committee on credentials headed by JoE
Brown, in its efforts to manufacture quorum
to Justify before the public their flight from
the Majority Convention. The admission o
o. w. SrREErER to scat in their COnvcn
ton as a pretended Council delegate from
from Houston and Mower counties, was only
eoualled in wrong and effrontery by the &C
acknowledgement of Mr.. ARMSTRONG as mi
nority Representative Delegate from Mower
County; while six Pembina Half Breeds
from outside the State limits, were seated il
q s'n'gser pew in the same body, without
the sign of right, or even the plansbility o
any valid election return to justify their ad
mission
However tortuously the Pioneer ma,
souirm and twist about in its cndeavors tt
throw off from the Democratic party of thi
Territory the odious responsibility achic
rests upon i Of injuriiis tic fair na."o or sf"'
nesota by their proceedings at the Constitu
tional Convention, which showed their des'
nerate resolve to ''ruls or ruin" at all haz
ard. the inexorable facts proving their Bor
der Ruffianism are stamped indelIibly on on
history and the psyuriss, f0r9er'ss and r'I
lainy of the same party, since developed il
the recent election and in the recent Stat
Canvass, bat contributes, we are sorry to say
to deepen the injurious impression the pre-
yious desperate proceedings of the Democrat
ic leaders at the Constitutional Conventions
had made on the public mind abroad, IN re
gard to there being no safety nor trust to o
reposed in q state or community ruled Liz
Minnesota was by such band of despers
does ard unpriucipled men
The organ talks also Of "thc ruffianism {
the Republicans in taking possession of tn
Capitol on Sunday night" Speaking as on
having knowledge-who was thar'-we pre-
nounce it mistatenent, that single Reput
lican member of th. Convention visited ii
Capitol until Mondsy mOrning-until II G
.,o,,- hod struck aud Sunday had passed.