Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-25
Letter From WashingtOn..Sam. MEDIA
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 10, 1858.
Dear Sir: Our distinguished and long to-
remembered Ex-Governor MEDARY, is now
here in company with his son-in-iaw, DIR.
MASSEY. of St Paul, in pursuit, it is said, OF
a little decent employment.
RICE is showing upon the Avenue list OF
the appointments MEDARY has already twist
ed out of the Administration
1. Sam Medary Columbus Post Office .... 81 900
2. son-n-law No. l, Assistant p. NJ. ....... 5000
3. Son No. l. clerk. Observation-Disclosures. Z0O
s. son-inlaw No. 2, printer of blanks. ........
6. 4" No.3 State paper....
Z. Son No. 8, Eng nesr on Road ..............
8. Son-in-law No. 4, not provided for.
This is the object of the present pilgrim
age to Old Buck. 1 fear they arc after some
poor fellows nest in the land offices of Min
nesOta
There is something in this don't compre
bend. RICE got full certified list of all the
public places held by the noble house of Me-
DAIRY, including Little MEDARYs and Big Me
DARYs, sons, sons in-law.. and grand-sons, for
the purpose of checking the voracity of the
great Ohio cormorant; but when l returned
to the Executive Mansion, found RICE and
MEDARY cheek by jowl, just going in to wait
upon the great place-giver! wonder if those
$4,000 had been arranged in the meantime
Ha! ha! ha MINNEsoTIUs.
[Our correspondent does not seem to be
aware of the magnitude of Governor MEDIA
RVS services to the Administration and the
Democratic party, during the short period in
which he had the Governorship of the Ter
ritory of Minnesota.
While h re, he concocted, with Jos. r..
Brown and others, the frauds and iorgeries
by which a Democratic Governor and other
State officers and Congressman, We're inflicted
on the new State of Minnesota.
Under an old law, the Territorial Governor
was authorized, on the petition of ten inhab-
itants, to appoint precincts in unorganized
counties, but was required to give notice of
any precincts so constituted by him, by pub
lie advertisement six weeks prior to the
election.
Instead of doing this, he gave blank au-
thorzations for prec nets in Pembina and
other unOrganized counties, and it is in evil
dence, that at least four of these rowing pre-
cincts, which were without existence except
in name-which are without any location
whatever-were counted into the Ottertail
canvass, and are therein represented to have
polled more votes than constitutes the ma
jority which MEDARY, as State Canvasser,
certified SIBLEY to have received
Knowing them to be Notwithstanding
them to be his own breeches-pocket precincts
he deliberately perjured himself, and count
ed them in as genuine votes for SIBLEY when
his oath of Office should have made him cast
them out
A man who has thus foresworn himself for
party, mas right to enjoy extensively Of
its spois and plumber a!
Then, did he not serve the administration
early in the session of the last Congress, by
deliberately classifying the facts about the two
copies of the State Constitution adopted by
the two branches of the Constitutional Con.
ventiOn, having been placed simultaneously in
the Office of the Secretary of the Territory
He did this, he stultified himself to accom-
modate the Administration, which was en-
deavoring to delay the admission of Mime
sofa for the purpose of making her case help
Lecompton through. To serve BUCHANAN he
falsified the facts, deliberately lied, as he had
before deliberately foresworn himself to elect
SHELLEY.
Such services in the cause of Democracy
life, penitentiary would be the fit reward
but so thinks not the Democracy.l