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


this auiescence of the BUCHANAN office holders
in the DOUGLAS interest-there Will newt
ably be an entire DOUGLAS delegation from
this State in the Democratic National Con-
vention which meets at Charleston, IN lo6O:
which Convention, as likely as not, will break
up in confusion and be attended by seces-
sion of the whole DOUGLAS delegation from
the North, and the separate nomination OF
their chief as the Northern Democratic can
didate for President.
1t is certainly not the Republican policy
to prevent the success Of this movement: as
it might be partially were the federal Of
tice-holders of Minnesota earnest BUCHANAN
men, instead of being as they are earnest
DOUGLAS men at heart.
Were the former the case: with the infiu-
ence naturally welded by eight or nine land
Offices; four or five Indian agents and Su.
perintendants and their attaches; the U. 5.
Surveyor Generals office; the U. S. Marshal'S
and U. S. Attorneys Offices; and Postmaster
ships in every direction; we doubt not one
vigorous campaign against DOUGLAS would
wheel quite the whole Democratic party OF
Minnesota into line with the President. for
besides the American office-holjing or office
expecting element of Democracy, there are
only the unthinking Irish and German Cath
olics with the French and Half Breed vote,
to control, and the thing is done; and any one
knowing the impossible character of those
people alluded to can see how easily likewise
it coutd all be done, were the Federal Office
holders BUCHANAN men instead of being
DOUGLAS men and in secret combination with
the Pioneer and Democrat which constantly
abuses the chief of the nation and the Dem
ocratic party as selfish and reuengefuL and in a
sour old age"
The Secret Clique of MOccasinites fixing
up the Ramsey County Nominations !!
The Moccasin leaders in St. Paul are in
sad trouble. EMERSON and the "Secret Clique
are busy trying to fix up ticket for Repre-
sentatives and County Auditor for the Dem
ocratic rank and file to walk up and vote in
at the polls, without knowing any more how
1t was nominated or whose selfish purposes
it subserves, than sheep do of the purpose of
the butcher when he is leading them up to
the slaughter pen.
They find some difficulty in accomplishing
their task even to their own satisfaction.
The Democratic people who are not Irish
and who do think and reason, are FESTIVE at
having imposed upon them such men as have
heretofore disgraced and injured the city by
their incompetency or bad character in the
halls of Legislation
The Shields Democrats are suspicious of a
ticket formed by the Vaccinations of Rice or
Sibley Moccasinites who are of course still
intent on killing off the General because he is
not one of them
And the Anti-Lecompton Democrats who
really believe in their principles, are adverse
to nominations made for them by men who
whether calling themselves for Buchanan or
for Douglas, ale well known to have no prin-
ciple of action except that of selfish public
plumber
This general distrust in the right motives
of the Moccasin crowd of the Democratic
party who manage these things, is giving EN-
ERsoN and CorTER and EARL GOODRICH, etc.,
a great deal of difficulty.
Men of good character and ability hesitate
to place I" their names in association with
such men," or their d" character under so un-
just and damaging an impntation" as goirg
on ticket selected by these odious political
managers
What the upshOt of the " toll and trouble,
boil and bubble" of these witches of Democ-
racy may be, We cannot now say. CoTTER
late City Clerk, claims for his loose public
morality the spoils of the County Auditor S
of1ice-an office rather demanding to be filled
by man of independence, capacity and in
tegrity, than by mere politician who OBJ
tans his consequence by pandering to the
passions, prejudices and tastes of the lower
Hibernan voting element.
With HIM in the Office of County Auditor,
Mr.. HEENAN might laugh in his sleeve at the
pretty market to which the County reform
ers had at last brought their pigs
Touching tie Legislative nominations-the
great effort of the Moccasin Secret Clique is,
for this occasion cot to put an Irishman at
all on the Democratic ticket, if it can be
helped!
They think Irishmen can hardly be safely
trusted to oppose General Shields for the U
S. Senate if they are elected, and besides
this the other nationalities are becoming
FESTIVE under the past engrossments of place
and position SO extensively conceded to the
Irish.
To let the Irish down easy, however, under
their exclusion froln the ticket which their
votes alone could elect, Mr. COBB, clever
III nomination, simply for the reason that he
is Catholic, which fact the leaders suppose
will make the ticket all right with the Irish
voters
But thus far, all that we can see of these
political movements convinces us that the
Secret Clique are finding the old song to
De true:
90, Jordan am a hard road to trabbel
U, Jordan am a hard road to trabbel 7"
County Republican NOmina.
tons.
The Republican Convention of Houston.
leld at Caledonia, the county seat made the
GLOWING nominations:
For Representatires-Julius Billings Cyrus
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