Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1859-12-24

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worth while for him to be skinning skunks for
the South by talking Of Protectorate over
Mexico-which means the ultimate acquisition
of more territory to plant slavery upon. Let
Mexico alone. We have enough burdens Of
our own to bear. Have we not the South al
ways with us?
The Minority in the Senate.
We wish to call public attention to the con-
duct Of the Democratic minority in the
Senate.
By miserable trick in the formation of the
Rules ofthe Senate, they have obtained the
power,-although largely in the minority,-to
double-lock the wheels of business, whenever
any measure may be attempted particularly
obnoxious to them, thus rendering the ma
jority powerless.
In the next place, they are constantly in
PRODUCING partisan resolutions, which they
we'll know cannot be adopted, and whose only
operation must be to interfere with the action
of the Senate, or more legitimate business.
For instance, the resolutions offered by Mr..
Andrews, in reference to the Homestead
Law. Mr.. A. knew perfectly we'll that there
was not a single prominent Republican in the
whole North West who was not urgently in
favor of that great Republican measure he
knew equally we'll that that issue had contri-
buted, in very considerable degree, to the
election of Messrs. ALDRICH and WINDOW,
and the..defeat of Messrs. GRAHAM and CAV
ANAUGH. He equally we'll knew that the
great body of the Democracy, devoted to pro-
slavery, were hostile to Homestead Law,
whose only operation could be to build up
free States, and strengthen the hands of their
opponents; and yet, for the purpose of
6unkum," he introduces high-sounding res
olutions, instructing Republican representa-
tives, who need no such instruction, and ema-
mating from the Democratic party, themselves
hostile to the spirit of the instructions. Such
all instance Of the Devil preaching Religion,
deserves the most severe rebuke.
On Tuesday, Mr.. CowAN called up another
set Of resolutions, in reference to the unfortu-
nate raid of JOHN Brown into Virginia, and
proposed to make them the special order for
discussion on certain day. Now, in
Heavens name, what has the extreme North
Western State of Minnesota to do with JOHN
Brown or the chivalry of the Mother of
Presidents?' Particularly, what has it to
do at this particular juncture, when we are
suffering from the effects of the inroads of the
Democracy into the Treasury Of the State
and the pockets of the people, more terrible,
disastrous, and reasonable, than all the mad
attempts of all the extremists of the East !?
We have had our JOHN Brown in the person
of H. H. SIBLEY and the Forty Thieves of
Wisconsin, who have proved more formidable
than the twenty-one followers of the hero of
Harper's Ferry.
The purpose of such resolutions is, under
the guise of patriotism, to serve the most
miserable ends of partisan politics, by identi-
flying, if possible, the Republican party of the
wise and misguided men, who, in pursuit of
a principle, have flung away their lives All
such resolutions are intended to have a reflex
action upon the campaign of 1860, and to be
the staple of discussion from the Democratic
stump. Let them be thoroughly riddled and
exposed to the contempt they deserve.
Scarcely have they been laid on the table
before another resolution is offered, fixing the
lst of February next for the termination of
the session of the Legislature.
Here again the cloven foot sticks out The
Democratic Senators offering the resolution
knew full we'll that it was impossible, at this
early day, to determine when the labors of
the session could be brought to a close, par
ticularly when the disagreement of the
Democracy had entailed upon the Legislature
such an overwhelming mass of labor, as now
awaits them. He knew perfectly we'll that
no sane body of men could adopt such reso-
luton. His only purpose was to create ano-
ther fund of "6unkune," by being able to
SuOW ucIcdlIcT Illdt ttlc DtIuOCT8tlC majority
were anxious-very anxious-to economic
the time and money of the people.
The Republican party and the Democratic
party seem to progress on very different sys-
TENS. The first bases its hopes of success
on the intelligence of the people the last on
their supposed ignorance; and the efforts now
being made by the minority are all intended
for the manufacture of dust, to throw into
the eyes of the people in 1860.
We hope our Senators will allow no op.
portunity 10 pass to expose the hollowness of
Democratic pretensions, either on the Home
stead Bill, the Union, or an economical ad-
mnistration of the government. For the first,
let them point them to the vote of their party
on the purchase of Cuba for the second, to
their base and shameless devotion, for years
past, to the interests of the South and for
the last, to the doleful condition of our public
affairs, our impoverished people, our empty
treasury, and our disgraced State.