Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
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the Senate.
What comments will the country make
upon proceedings like these? We are in the
very midst of a revolution, revolution that
destroys all respect for law, or constituted
authority. Mob violence governs the majority
in the Senate; anarchy and confusionis spread
broadcast over the land. Until heard the
debate to-day looked upon the election Of
Lane and McCarty as factious, turbulent, and
out of place, but the proof shows that two
men could not be more fraudulently forced
into the Senate than Fitch and Bright, nor
more legally entitled to seats than Lane and
McCarty. . s-.,.ss s. ..e ras
The defense behind which the Democracy
took shelter, was that the Democracy had pass
ed a resolution to admit Fitch and Bright, in
judicial form, therefore the judgment must
stand, as no court can 60 behind its own
Judgment. Thus making the action of De-
mocracy infallible; of course this stuff was
all exploded both by precedent and argument,
but what Of that? You might as well strive
to subdue fire with oil, or whistle down a hur-
ricane as to waste argument upon such men.
They had determined right or wrong, De-
mocracy should rule Indiana-and wrongfully
Democracy does rule Indiana.
PACIFIC MAIL ROUTE.
The House to-day defeated our mail route.
This comes from the brilliant legislative Ca
pacity Of our Democratic representatives.
The southern mail route, mark you, gets sic
hundred thousand dollars gear for sic gears.
That is three million sec hundred tho,Hand
dollars, and has proved to be worthless to the
country. Why then did our splendid. and in.
tellectual delegation mot, peremptorally de-
mand for the northern route proportion
ate share of this immense sum? have it from
northern members, if it had been demanded,
they would have forced it upon the Post Mas
ter General, and we would have got contract
for mail service, and some two or three hun
dred thousand dollars. But now, no, say
our delegation, you must not expect US to
conflict with the South. We, the President,
and the South are one. All the spoils arc in
the hands of this trinity, and it would be folly
for us to sacrifice certain gains for uncertain
reflections. Whose money is this that is
thus being squandered at the South? North
ern money, every dollar of it. The North
carries their mails through old States, and yet
c,an j. L.
moiety Of Cur own money. Out upon all
such conduct! Minnesota is scaudaiized,
abused, and trifed with II is said Phelps
tried to get it put on a footing with otner mail
routes. Aye! that's Tor tie record capital
for stump speech We understand all that
But let us ask Mr.. Phelps if he seriously IT.
tended to make that northern Measure COM
petitor against the South, what becomes of his
influence as legislator? Where were his
northern friends? Why not carry the
measure? 1t was not party meas
ure, but sectional, and he, or some more
conspicuous man, had but to propose the mat
ter in earnest and in proper form and the
North, East and West would have forced it
through. Away with all such tricks, and
bye play. We understand that the piece, the
actors, the plots, the counter plots, the promp-
ter and scene shiftcr. All is transparent. The
south calls up the drama, gives the cue, shifts
the scenes, moves the poppets, pronounces the
epilogue, then ALPS over and all boisterously
clap their wings coo, coo, coo, coo and call it
legislature.
Were it not that they hold the place they
do in the Congress Of the United States, such
tomfoolery would be beneath the dignity of
comment. If Republicans say word they
seal the fate of the State, but Democracy for
six years, has had the State, its power-all
the acts are its own, and what condition of af.
fairs has it brought about? A people less
harrassed, less unjustly dealt with, decapi-
tated Charles I, drove from the throne James
II, and repeat here that language of Patrick
Henry, that Caesar had his Brutus, Charles
his Cromwell, and Minnesota may yet show
her Anglo-Saxon blood. If this be treason
make the most of it. If anarchy, disregard
for law and order and established rights, op-
preston and wrong is to be the rule of civil
conduct; if the party in power claim pre-
scriptive right to rule regardless Of the voice
of the people, let us know it. If wei have
passed through revolution and lost our lib
critics, let us know that If the President by
the power of his mandate, can bring into the
Senate and Congress of United States whom
he will, or exclude whom he will, let us know
that. If the time has come, which jefferson
predicted, when the life blood Of patriots
must water the Tree of Liberty, let us know
that, that We may submit or take our meas.
ures accordingly A1NNEsoTrs.
The Bank OF Glencoe,
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