Red Wing sentinel., 1859-07-30
TIE REPUBLICAN, STATE CONyEN
TON

we publish the platform adopted at the
Republican State Convention held at s,
Paul, July the Goth and 21st. We have
not space for the full proceedings, neither
arc they Of sufficient interest to demand It.
That the whole proceedings were hrccle
and ridiculous in the extreme, one can suf.
ficient]y perceive by their candidates and
their platform. .-.
Of the nomination for Governor, the only
rsp'ct"b/e nomination made by the conven-
ton. we shall have considerable to say be.
tween now and election, and will only now
suggest few Of the leading points for and
against him. -
First, he is we'll known and is possessed
OF lTst rate executive talent and ability.
This cannot be denied. He is also q man
OF tinc personal attractions he is portly
grave and disn;fied, easy and companionable
IN his manners, yet always presenting, in
appearance "A perfect embodiment Of res.
pectab'lity. He is also possessed of great
wealth'-accumulated since his appointment
as Territorial Governor. by judicious specu.
lations and close economy. In sentiment
he is naturally conservative and sustained
hillard Fillmore's administration, and tho
compromise measures Of 1850, fugitive slave
law and oil, heartily and steadily. His great
defect as politician, although it has been
With him, as it is generally in these degcner-
ate days, the cause of his success, is wan,
OF openncss and boldness. One never knows
on which side ola question to find him: as
ne is the embodiment Of respectability in
personal appearance, so is his character the
incarnation Of non 'commitalism. Until the
question is perfectly settled, when he is
always found or the right-thal is with him
the winning side. For these reasons
there is large portion Of his party, to
whom he is not very acceptable.
We presume that the old iMnuesotiaa
howl Moccassin! Moccassin! !" will not be
heard from the Republicans this year. The
Governors connexion with the Indian and
half.breed affairs of the State, as it has been
with everything out Of which money could
be made, having been very intricate and
suspicious. In fact having led to his i'm
peachment by the House Of Representatives,
though he was fortunately--through tho in.
haence and exertions Of Senator Rice, Is
we'll as from the usual arrogant and noisy
conduct Of Governor German in prevent.
ing it-acquitted We presume the entire
proceedings on that occasion will be pub.
lished in full, during the campaign, so that
all can have an opportunity Of examining
them. 49, ,,.f.,..
The meanest thing We ever saw in the
Governor, is his constant assertion-an as
ssrt'on made openly in the convention, that
he was fairly elected, over Gov. Sibley.-
This we consider is oowar,lly and p,,sil]ani.
nous in the extreme. If he was. he owed
it to himself and to his party and to the
people At large to contest the election. The
psetext for his not doing 10 is that he could
not hope for justice from the Supreme court:
libel upon it; unjustifiable from anything
yet known of its members, either before or
since their election. At all events, if the
Court should decide wrongfully against him.
the evidence produced would have been sub
United to the pcople-a tribunal in that case
that would have done him ample Justice
From the fact that he refused to do what
was evidently, in the case he was defrauded.
most sacred duty, it is fair to infer that he
himself at least had strong doubts of the
truth Of these statements, and he therefore
stands selfconvicted, in this instance, Of =!