Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-15

The Se. Paul Times ana John Re owens
On Thursday, January 9Th, long article
appeared in the st. Paul Times, headed "The
Fillmore County Election Case-A Party De-
cision by the Supreme Court" in which the
principal purpose evidently was to defend the
Court, by implication, by imputing inefic
iency and incompetency to Messrs. DAVID
COOPER of St. Paul, and DANIEL NORTON of
Winona, who it stated were the Attorneys in
the case.
The article contends that the Judges of the
Supreme Court chad very good excuse " to
decide as they did because the counsel "argued
the question on its merits and waived the
question of jurisdiction"
The article we understand, was written by
Judge AARON Goodrich, corrected by JOHN
T. OWENS; and it's evident purpose is to strike
mainly at Judge COOPER. The extreme ma
Lightly of the attack will be appreciated by
the public when they understand,
First-That Judge COOPER has done moth
ing whatever, save minding seduously his
own business, to provoke the onslaught at
this time; and
Sscond-When they further understand
that Judge COOPER was not Counsel or At
torney in the case, whatever and
Third-That DANIEL NORTON, ESQ.,, the
sole Attorney in the case, made his argument
mainly and almost entirely on the point of
Directing to the Jurisdiction of the Court ; the
legislature, as he contended, being the sole
Judges of the validity of the election of its
members
Not knowing all these facts at that time,
as we do now, and being naturally un-
willing besides to rip up an old sore, we
then let the article pass without comment. In
the Times of the 9Th, however, the attack was
followed up by some prefaratory remarks in
copying Mr. HUrT's letter, in which JOHN P
OWENS made the assertion that "THoNAs
FOSTER and DAVID COOPER" had so "managed''
the Republican caucasus to give Mr.. HUFF the
nomination year ago as one of the Repubh-
can candidates for U. S. Senator in opposition
to RICE and SHIELDS.
To this we replied and showed, that for a
long time before that caucus, at the very time
it was held, and for long while afterwards,
we were sick and confined to our room, and
utterly unable to have managed" anything
Of the kind, had we been so disposed; and we
urged, also, against the probability of Judge
COOPER having had anything to do with it
either, that if he had, he would certainly have
managed" to have pitted himself against
SHIELDS the weaker, instead Of against RICE,
at that time the strong man of the Democra-
cy.
On Sunday, the 9Th, in reply, Mr.. Owens
of the Times, deliberately lies by asserting
that, in our sick room, we told him (JoHN P.
OwENs) that sit was essentially necessary for
the 'MINNEsoTIAN influence to support Mr..
HUFF in order to secure to Judge COOPER the
Winona delegation" We beg pardon Of the
public for using such harsh term in abiding
to this gross falsehood; but those who are
familiar with the VIGOROUSLY bad character Of
OWENS for truth and veracity, will pardon the
strength Of our expression while they will
give it implicit credit. After telling this
falsehood, OWENS goes on to remark:
eve have no disposition to rake up these old
Sores as such an act would have tendency to re.
tard the union and harmony of the Republican
party and our readers will bear witness that what
has been said by the Times at this juncture has
been forced upon u.s."
Conceding for a moment the absurdity that
the Times cares aught about Republicanism
except to injure the cause and stab its leading
nlen to benefit the Democracy and crafty
private spte-is it not the extreme Of
hypocrisy, he having opened "old sores y
and made the attack, to thus whine about the
union and harmony of the Republican Par
ty" after we have licked him back into his
kennel, trembling and covering beneath the
lash he has wantonly provoked? Faugh! out
upon such carrion!