The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-08-04
A Friendly Exchange Of Cossrtesses--
Being n Tent with some Comments
Thereon.
TEXT.
MiSNgAPoLrs. July .. Is1a

AissgApoLrs, July Is, 1859.
II ne T,htsys NJ ne Piyassr md Des.erm
claim the right TO occupy sufficient space in
your eolum. To reply. briefly a. possible to
your gratuitous and wanton attack upon me in
your issue OF this date.
/. IL ia untrue that ! am a candidate for
Judge in the sth Judicial District, tai notwi,h.
standing iapprehend it would be none Of your
business if I were. am not only not a candi.
date but voted for resolution in our Conyen.
ton, saying that this senatorial District would
appoint no Delegates to the Judicial Convention
IA It, Cloud. o.
2. No such Ant, Railroad policy a. you speak
Of exists in Minneapolis to my knowledge,
neither does II to yours nor that Of any one
else.
,. Not being a candidate for Judge, yonr
charge that am pandering TO any interest TO
secure the nomination Is as untrue a. II is ma
lciogs and venal. te)
1. Your attempt, by implication, TO impress
upon the public mind that am the author Of
the resolution In question, adopted at the Con
vention here, td) Is only Of piece with the
balance Of your assertions IN the article Ia gues
ton, entirely false and unioanded; a. | never
saw the resolution nor knew Of its existence,
anti 1t was laid before the Committee by the
Chairman about ten minutes before il was re
ported to the Convention. Yet | shrink no re
sp0nslbiity rghtfully belonging to me, and am
ready to defend my position, now and at ali
times.
). claim to have a. much honor as man,
and as much regard Tor the credit Of my state,
a. you do. (r.) will protect It's honor from the
stain Of reputation as have sought TO protect
It's treasury from the rspaeity Of the sharks.
did not vote for the loan bill, but opposed il
from It's inception up 10 this time. When you
said before the election, that there would be
no tax. | did not become your dupe, as did
thousands Of others. ] knew then, as you yir
tualy admit now, that you were u party to the
preparation OF base fraud upon the people.
] knew that taxation would come, notwith
standing your more than thrice repeated dee
larations that 1t would not, and | knew you
knew IL too. desplsed your ueachcry TO
truth then, as ! spnrn your chicanery now.
Your course now in denouncIng all who attempt
to take you and your plurderng confedcrate-
at your word, by opposing the levy Of tax
upon all already oyerburdened people, iur'
nishes unmlstakeable proof that you were
guilty Of base duplicity and wlllful falsehood,
when you said that no tax would be ne essary.
And now, IN CONCLUSION, IA to what opinion
you may form or express, either OF me Ct any
one else. Is a matter Of veiy small consequence,
a. II carries no weight with {, particularly IN
a community where you are known a. well ~
you are in This. O) We're I to hurl back cpl
thcts at you, they would be deserved, however
harsh. Yet choose not 50 to do, nor handy
words with you. tor by doing so | should let
myself down on "A level with you and make
myself ~ much OF a BLACKBOARD a. You have
shown yourself to be. "a T.. b. AMES.
II You are unwilling to give the foregoing
communication place IN the "PioSEkR AND
DEaoCHAr,' you Will return the manuscript tn
me by return mail that may get II inserted
elsewhere. a. T.. b. AME-