The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-03-06
The Six IS EraSives.e

In compliment to an old friend who is Just
now in bad business, and is probaE ly also
little ashamed OF himself for joining in the
''crushing" card, written by Senator NcRroN,
in which the Winona delegation erased their
names from our subscription list, we copy
from the Times Mr. BALCONIES letter in de-
fense of his foolish and proscriptive course
We regard HIM with more sorrow than anger;
and are 10th to speak OF him in the terms
of censure which he undoubtedly deserves
True, as he says ne has, been one Of oui
friends and supporters and it is equally
true, that we have sustained him. personally
and as party man, with no stinted measure.
So far we are quits Still old associations
are strong within us, and we intend to have
charity for him as an erring brother hoping
to live to see him repent, and sin no more.
That Senator NoRToN, however, should be
SO thin-skinned as to get angry at our exam
'nation of his speech to the Investigating
Committee, and Of our exposure Of his trelnor
lest somebody would "betray'' some other
body's " friends" is not surprising. We
hurt his amor persons-his self love-and
by exhibiting himself against himself dam
',ged his position as public man acting from
high aad pure motives and showed him up
a. uaessly -ssassvoring to screen corruption
from bsiag hid bare. A strong man would
not have cried "stop my papr;' but We
cannot expect peoll 70 90 bey end the teths'
nature and education ha S given them.
Nor did il astonish u 5, that Senator So.
BEMAN wanted his name 30 be eApunge,' lo'
cur subscription list. 7 he poet says:
''No ere felt tie halter draw
With good opli0 n of the iaw
and consequently, SAN is not likely 70 love
the MinneSotia,, When early in Tie session
he BUNDLED himself by personal excesses,
which the eylemy shrewdly availed theiu-
selves OF, tc, the shame of the Republican.
party which elected him, it made us nervous
and anxiods but when lie assumed the po-
stion of ignoring on the floor of the Senate,
the quest ion OF Free dom or Slavery in Kan
Sas as of no account to the Republican party
here, an voted with the Democrats to indci
inately postpone series of sympathetic Kan
sas resolutions, we felt glad he was relievin
the party of the onus of sustaining him and.
caring only for that party's interests,w shook
linn oil from its skirts as dust was of old from
the sandals Of the Apostles when place re-
fused their testimony. But,
While the lamp hold. out to burn,
The vest sinner may return.
Philip drulk appealed to Philip SOBER and
SAM subsequently, redeemed himself and We
! gave him due credit for good conduct and
party service warning him, however. like a
father in Israel against the weaknesses OF th.
flesh, and that SAM BEMAN might be con-
siderable of man if he WIS only true to
himself, to first principles and the Republi
ca!l party. Our dmende we learn didn't suit
him eXactly-in fact made him madder thar
before which VIC regretted very much, as
our article was written with an hottest desire
| to benefit him, though we admit it was def
cient in that Uriah Heer style of humble
ness and sycophancy calculated to minister t.
diseased personal vanity. But at length, il
| the mutation of mundane affairs, SAM behelu
this large opportunity open for giving hIs
wrath air with crushing" vche mence, an,
he forthwith seized it with the utmost avidi
| ty. All SAMUEL! SAMUEL we did think thy
little body encased much bigger soul
Young Mr.. BEARcE also had grudgc te
avenge upon the Nintesotian. Early in til.
/ session he sought in the House, though elect
ed as Republican, to set up, like Mr.. BEMAs
in the Senate, an independent anti Kansas
party; and one day moved the indefinite
postponement OF set of Kansas resolutions
on which question he had the honor of vot
ing with the Democrats against the entire
body of the Republican members. For oul
| gentle notice of his indiscretion, W hich we at
tributed to youth and foolishness, we have
after long waiting, the ungrsteful return o
Mr.. BnARCE's signature to Senator NoRToN's
| ''erasive" card Poor human nature! Mr.
l ~ ~ss O~sSSOV" VIC diC hoe dC4udlhCCo Will
but learn he is a worthy sort Of man, who
has probably been influenced against his bet
ter judgment into this childish assault upon
,he independence Of the press. The same
also may be said Of Mr.. GROVER. Thus
three OF the signers had personal grievances
to resent-one Mr.. BALcoMBE has the T. an
st Road deeper in his heart .ha.n even his
hepublicanism by his own confession and
two deserve forgiveness on the same grount
our Lord prayed for certain nli ylduals, who
knew not what they did,
But to return to Mr.. BALcoMBE. We arc
not surprised at his desire that but one side
of this loan pr ject should be seen or heard
BY his constituents and if we had $50 OOC
or $4,000 unpaid stock, the value Of which
depended on the passage of the Loan Bill, i
mi hit affect our private interests but W,
Can assure gentlemen that it would no
prevent the proper discharge of our duty i
our public capacity, as the editors of an il
dependent public journal, or in any othe
public position. To the main burden OF on
, former friend" BALcoMBE's letter-our al
legged drawing of the party lines on thi