Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-02
Federal appointment.

Federal Appointments.
We learn that Dr. Massey, recently OF
Alabama. and son in law to Postmaster Me
darv. and we believe. the last of the Post
masters family unprovided for, has been
appointed Register OF the Land oii'ce a'
Forest City. l. this to be taken as an IN
lication that the Postmaster at Co'u'iouS'
Ohio, has supplanted our Congressional oe'e-
cation in the disposal of Federal oiliceS Ill
this State? We make this query, because
we know that our members last spring earn
estlv protested against any change IN INC
office at Forest City, and refused TO recon =
mend the new appolntee to the fres'oeh.'
for any position.- Pioneer and Democra''
Sept. 2S.
Our neiglbor of the Douglas organ seems
strangely exercised about Mr. BUcHANANs
" sour old age" appointments in his quarter
If the Siblev canvaSser of Minnesota, who Is
now Postmaster at Columbus, Ohio, has
..supplantcd our Congressional delegation in
the disposal of the Federal officers in this
State" what concern is that of yours! Are
not Postmaster and Congressional delega-
ton both supporters of tie "courSe oil the
administration" on I.ecOmptOn and on DoUG-
LAS. Or. is thi, anxiety of yours on behalf
of the Congressional delegation as the eXciu-
sive disDosers offices in this quarter not die
taed by the knowledge that sail delegation
is playing a set and hypocritical part between
BUCHANAN ami DoUGLAs?-and also by your
knowledge, that the present Federal office
holders are all in the Douglas interest?-and
that "any change" is to be "protested
against ?"
o cunning Pioneer! O cunning Federal
office holders SAN. MEDARY understands
you both, and will be after you with sharp
stick as long as any OF his relatives ATE I'M
provided for-be assured of that! "A man
like him is not a going to perjure himself as
he did in giving SIBLEY his certificate, non
tell lies for BrCHANAN as he did about the
two copies of our State Constitution; with
out being we'll rewarded for it; and the
Pioneer secret clique who assented to, and
profited by, MEDARy's first mentioned crime
should be the last men in the world to
grumble now at his getting paid his = thirty
pieces of silver" to the uttermOst farthing.
But is the Pioneer right sure that at least
oae of our Congressional delegation" has
not been asserting to and participating in
this change in the Office at Forest City 2?
Is it not mistaken in saying that the whole
! L. 10 nd AZ
appontec Or. MAssEY) to the President, for
ana position ~ On the 22d inst, we pub
ished IN the MINNEsoTIAN, a letter from
Washington, dated Sept. 10, from our old cor
respondent Minncsotius" He therein gave
a tabular statement of the various eff
ces 4" MEDARY had already twisted ont Of the
administration" and remarked, that the Elk
Governor was then in Washington in com
panv with ms son-in-law, Dr.. MASSEY, Of St
Paul, in pursuit, it is said, of little decent
employment" and added
Il fear they are after some poor fellows
nest IN the land offices of Minnesota Bat
there is something IN it that do not cOmpre-
bend Rice had got full certified list of all
the pnblic places held by the noble house OF
Metlary, including Little Mcdarys and Big
Medac, S. sons, sons -n-law and grand-sons
for the purpose Of checking the voracity oil
the great Ohio cormorant but when | re-
turned to the Executive Mansion, | found
Rec and Medary check by jowl, just going
in to wait upon the great place glver
wonGcr il those $4,000 had been ARRANGED in
| the meantime. iia ha ! liza -
Now, we don't exactly comprehend what
or correspondent allud, 5 to about ''tnosc S..
600 being arranged in the meantime ;" butt
| is possible, not to say not improbable, that he
means that RICE was sufficiently propHiated in
! the meantime t. give his assent to Dr. Mas
SEY receiving some appointment, and perhaps
that he even went far as to Wi hdrdU his
protest" Of last spring against any change
in the Office 1T Forest City ~
AT all events. the undue anxiety Of this
rahld Douglas organ to pt0teci the pres ut
Federal Office holders OF Minnesota from any
harm, with Tie quiet acquic>cencc of those Of
lie holders in the existing Douglas rule, and
the utter ignoring of tn National Admins
tration in conventions which, like this at Sank
Rapids, they completely control; all tend to
confirm the idea Of the complete understand
ing, for their OWa mutual benefit undoubtedly
in the first place, and Tor the benefit of Mr..
DOUGLAS at the expense of BUCHANAN in the
second place, which it is manifest exists he.
tween them.
Pull wool! pull wool A nice game Mr..
GooDRIcH, Mr.. EMzRsoN. and "such men" are
trying on RICE was in the game-but up
pose he is selling out his hand? O, horrible