The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-04-03
Minnesota in the Senate

| Minnesota In the Senate.
"The following dispatch was received yesterday and
| kindly furnished US for publication:
WASHINGTON, March 25, 1883.
| Hon. IL. II. SBLEY, Governor of Minnesota:
Minnesota will pass the Senate next Monday Goth \
The only trouble Is about our three members
| il. NJ. RICE"
We clip the above from the Pioneer Of
yesterday. How very "kind' Mr.. SHELLEY
was to furnish this to that press for publica-
ton! How very kiud' Mr.. RICE was to
write such letter to the Hon. II. Il. SrB-
LEY, Governor of Minnesota RICE with
all his intense rascality and restitution Of
principle-wit all his lack Of education and
of scholarship fitting him for the post he
holds-though neither speaker nor writer,
nOryet man Of much readings neyeithe-
less pretty cunning fellow! He understands
SHELLEY like book. He knows how to tick
lie him In exactly the right place, when he
wants to use him. Just noH Mr. RICE needs
friends here 1T home to back him up in hs
late disgracclul sell out to the Aduinlstrati ton.
Sibley, in the olden time, he alwa5s k!cked
and cufed, and treated With scan. ceremony;
but just now he wants him as a " ool-sacz -
break his fall, and so lie gently scratches ,4e
belly Of his vanity, as trouts are t.c1led IL
ensnare hem, with the sra of dublin. .-.la
Gorernor Of Minnesota ;; AMI IL =. oE.ce
takes Mister SIBLEYs heart o. storIa. H3S
good all over the latter must have Eel. o. re-
ceiving this most 4" kind note. His feelings
were doubtless Of nature similar to those o:
old DONNIE SAMPSON, in Marrayatts novel
Of JACOB FAITHFUL, when sick JACOB. re-
covering from mental Inconsistencies, recog-
uized his master bending over him and soft
ly said DONNIE p. AT this the delighted
old man chuckled immensely, repeating to
himself, he called me Domiae!-he called
me Domino !" So, when Mr.. SIBLEY opened
this letter. he doubtless also chuckled as he
said to himself" RICE calls me Goreraor-
HE recognizes me !'-and forthwith the de-
lighted individual rushed down from Mendo-
ia, and into the Pioneer Office and NY to the
editorial room and poked the document under
the Seniors nose, saying" See there he
calls me Gorermorr"
All, Mr.. RICE we acknowledge your
smartness, if we doubt your honesty. You
didn't study Indian nature so long without
getting the measure also of your brother In
dian traders peculiarities and weaknesses.
You found oct that friend SIBLEY was vain
nan-that his physical form-the cut of his
whiskers-the texture Of bis pantst-he fine
ness of his coat-the contour Ofhis profile.
the pride of position and the vanity of
display,-were the points that controlled his
action, and not deep or solid principle
You knew he had sought the Governorship
to CRAFTY individual vanty-that he more
than wnked at fraud and forgeries to
secure it when it was escaping from his de-
lighted grasp-and that he was sensitive
about being only dubbed "togus Governor
by majority of the people of Minnesota !
On this hint, like Othello to Desdemona, you
spake. You called him Governor" and
henceforth, now and forever, Mister SrBLEY
is externally yours" Cunning Mr.. RICE .
If the object had been merely to COM
municate to the public the news of our spec
dy admission into the Union-so far as the
Senate can do it-a simple editorial announce
ment, that such letter with such ntelli-
gence had been received from Mr.. RICE
would have been sufficient. But that alone
would not do. The fact must also be pub
lished, that the great Mr.. RICE had address
CT the Hon. II. II. SIBLEY, "as Governor of
| Minnesota p
But we are almost tired of these posi-.
tive pre-monitions Of our coming State birth.
First, we had letters from Washington that
at the end of certain " five davs' the
child would certainly be born; but 10 we
beheld only Gen. SHIELDS coup de main of
presenting his credentials and demanding his
seat: and that child was deposited in the
tomb of the capulets, - which is to say, the
Judiciary Committee of the Senate, before it
fairly squeaked with life. Next, we had the
announcement in the Pioneer on the strength
Of more letters from Washington, that d" in
ten days." it would all be over and the child
named but the pains were false again, and
nothing saw daylight that anybody in this
region saw. And now at last we have Mr..
RIcE's authoritative provision, that e Monday
the 29th"-last Monday-was to be the dey
Of parturtior, with no mistake, and no post
ponement on account of the weather. In
day or two-perhaps before we 90 to press
we will have news which will confirm his
prophetic Vaccinations or exhibit him only as
another pretender to the gift of second-sight.
There is certain fitness in Mr.. RICE act
ing as midwife on the occasion. Partly to
bring it about, he has abased himself in the
mud of subserviency to the South-.he has ar
ranged that the three members of the House |
should shout with him, "Great is the Moloch !
of Slavery" until even Mr.. TooMBs is anx-
ious for the recognition Of the whole triad,
census or no census So dishonest birth,
in violation Of every political decency and
all pretence of honesty, should have just such
Mother Midnight as Mr.. RICE for accOu-
cheur.
But where is the man in Minnesota who
will take any pride in our admission, OBJ.
tanned by the sacrifice of principle and un-
der such degrading and dishonest auspices 2