The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-03-06
The Times writing the Epitaph of he.
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| and leave them to buryh "Pitch in!
| On perusing the above, besides the hear
ty gufiaw with which every body must ex-
plode at the bantam-like crow thus emitted
by the Times, every mind to which the mock
tragedy of BombaStes Furioso is familiar, will
also wildly recall these terrible lines in
which the hero breathes vehement defiance
to all the world who should interfere with the
chosen position occupied by the leather en-
easements OF the SAID hero's pedal extremties
The hero exclaims with tragic manner and
mouthing emphasis
| Whoever dares these boots displace,
Mast meet. Bombases, face to- face
| THUS do i challenge
| The whole human race."
which terrible consequences Of temerity are
not so awful as the fate denounced upon the
Republican party Of the Territory and of the
Union, whenever the Minnssotian or its
hackers" shall seek to read the Times
'as' - little "us' -" out Of the partyE
Whenever that direful event occurs, we are
informed that, WE (to-wit, the Tines eal
then WRITE that partys EPITApH and
LEAVE them to BURY H!'
Look let Republicans everywhere lool, 4.
at the dire consequences impending over
the great, generous, and true hearted Repub-
lican party, in case the Times is provoked to
wrath, and its anger is once fully aroused
tb - nI
its backers-upon the simple fact of our re-
framing fiom reading "us' out of the party
hang the hopes Of that million and half
of freemen who maj shall under the Republ-
can banner throughout The Union Upon
the forbearance of the Mianesotian rest the
expectations of twenty thousand voters in
Minnesota, who cherish the Republican faith,
and believe that in its teachings are involved
the true principles of free government, on
its success depends both white and black
freedom in the great present and in the more
mighty future Is not this fearful respon-
sibility for us to bear2 Notice with what
memorable determination the course of the
Times the moment it is read out by this pa
per, is announced as thenceforward marked
out Let US but do the deed, and down
goes, before the trnncheon of the Iimes the
whole applicant of Republicanism, as though
a linch-pin had fallen out or al aXel had bro.
Ken, and the catastrophe was wound up by
the driver being incontinently pitched out
headforemost, with his beautiful neck nicely
broken Tie manner Of the Times, too, in.
dcates no chance of a compromise There
is no intermediate stage in its wrath The
moment we read it ont, that instant Republi-
canism dies the death. The Times, forthwith
"sorites its EPIrApH !" and having performed
this obituary duty, as sort of naemento mori
that hebdomidal will betake itself off in high
dudgeon, not even stopping to bury its victim.
That sad duty it leaves to the Mianesotian
and ats hackers" to perform. We "leare
THEM to bnry IT." quoth our contemporary, in
high disdain, as though Republcansm alrea-
dy skunk in its delicate nOstrils
Cruel aud remorseless Times How can
you contemplate, even in any event. perpe-
trating such most foul and unnatural MUIR
der" Reflect 0, reflect upon the number
of great men, brilliant with talents, ornaments
of their country whom the carrying out of
your declared particidal intention, will re-
duce to ebscurity, and whose toweri g an
btion of serving the State in high stations,
you will nip as chilling frost, in the very
bud Of their darling hopes. There is WEI.
II. SEWARD, the bald eagle Of the party, self
poised in the upper heaven Of his own ge-
MUS, nigh to the sun of freedom, calmly sur
veying the terrestrial vortex below-him, the
1 mes would consign to the mercies of chaos
without party to rest his pinions upon in
his onward fight. There's John P Hale,
with his Fal!staffian wit aud pungency, and
his Cromwelian holiness to grasp a Senate
by the beard-and Charles Sumner with
classic eloquence, stirring The minds of mil
lions with Ciceronian power-and WADE with
his curtal-axe bringing down a man at every
blow-and FEssENDEN with his agile and dar-
ing mind that thrusts into the heart Of The fee
while parrying his O.set-aud GREELEY with
his butch RS cleaver of a pen that hacks
down the slaveOcracy frO head to chine at a
Strickland hundred others of note and
mark in the nation while here in our own
Territory we have BALCOMBE, Saint Of SEQ
tia's thistle bush, who scratches his own eyes
out with his own briars-a BEMAN who is So
great that it requires two certificates of cleo
ton to everybody eIses one, and an " endorse
ment" besides, to hold him in his seat-a
NORTON who has holy horror Of rogues
| betraying their friends" for even the public
good-and BEARCE whose head can hardly
carry all the bursting thoughts that fill its
| Youthful recesses like him for whom
"The wonder grew
| That one small head could carry all he knew"
By all this real greatness so far achieved
by our National men of the Republican par
ty and by all the greatness hoped fsr-(their
notoriety at least is secured y by the Vino
ma delegation, how could you think of de-
stroying SC many aspirations, by withdraw.
ing the countenance Of the Times from the
party, and thus killing it deader than FLAE-
DREAUs Indian of INKpADUTA's band-follow-
ing up your destruction by" writing its EPr-
TArH" (small favors thankfully received) and
then starring" to the Minaesotian and it;
hackers, the sad duty of decently interring
its honored remains, so foully and remorse
lessly murdered into an untimely grave by
the truculent Times! How could you dc
it? How could you Mins Of doing it, O Mr.
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