Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-01-08

OFFICIAL PAPER or zHS C111'
ex-ADvERrlsERs SHOULD REMEMBER THAT Tue
xINNIsor1AN HAS A DAILY cIRcULAfioN
oRrArvR THAN ANY OTHER PAtIs IN sAiNi
PAUL
0The Repu bile an Press ON Sne
cial Integrity OF state" ara 'A
pudcuce Of the St. Paul Times'
It is well known, that when the Loan Bill
passed through the Legislature, two-thirds OF
the Republicans in both orancnes' Soteo
against the proposition: ."~F-.
1t is equally well known, that more than
tvo-thirds of the Republican newspapers of
the State fought the measure, ito the bitter
end" up to the election day:
1t is also we'll known, that with few ex.
ceptions in certain localities, the Republican
leaders of the State, spoke, labored and voted
against it!
Though it was not fairly party question,
vet it was made so in q measure, by the
Democratic members of the Legislature-the
Democratic press Of the State-and the lea
ders of the Democracy in the different coun-
ties-going nearly unanimously in favor Of the
Loan. So far as it could be, without the for
NAL action of party conventions express
sing their sentiments upon it, the question
was dsfaeto, a PARTY ONE; and the Re
publican party with few exceptions, was
ranged against it, with nearly as much
unanimity as the Democratic party was
ranged in taror of the policy Of State
Debt and Taxation involved in the support OF
the $5,OOO,OOO Loan.
Yet, with these facts patent,-staring
everybody in the face,-a press in St. Paul,
known here as one of the organs Of the Dem
ocratic State admistration, whose editors are
both in the pay of the Railroad Companies
. press notorious in St. Paul, under the desig-
nation of 1.-THE Republican organ of the Dem
ocratic Party"-has the impudence to claim to
speak for, and to pledge the Republican Party
and the Republican Press Of Minnesota, in
support of the Democratic policy Of State
Taxation to meet the interest on the State
Bonds and of the Democratic policy of allow
ins an immense currency to be issued from the
State Auditors Office, without its being ade-
quately secured to protect the People and bill
holders from ultimate loss and damage.
Really, we have seen and known of great
impudence manifested in politics in our time,
but this attempt of the St. Paul Times to sell
and make over the Republican Party and its
Presses to the Democracy and to commit both
in favor of the Democratic policy, surpasses
all that we ever witnessed or read Of!
We recollect but one specimen of impu'
dence that quite equals it. Itwas when certain
distinguished timber-toed individual from the
lower regions, ascended into high mountain
and offered an eminent parsonage in the scrip
lures, all the Kingdoms of the World" if he
would fall down and worship him: said tim
bertoes not owning foot thereof nor having
an iota of power to make title, had his con-
dition precedent been complied with! This
is the way with our modern timbertoes of the
Times
Thank God! the Republican party is not in
the hands of any such venal trickster t
dispose Of even at larger price than he j.
accustomed to make sale Of such principle!
AMI conscKiiCe Uy Uoui teoy lac .u~y H. -
lowed to possess.
The Times makes the assertion that th'
Republican Press of the State are with it ant
its ally of the Pioneer and Democrat, in thi
servility to the Railroad managers, or in wha
the Times facetiously calls devotion to tn
financial integrity of the State" by which i
means, State Taxation and an Unsecured
Currency to swindle the people out of a mil
lion or two more, besides the five millions al
ready gone up!
The Republican press of the interior, w
are proud in thinking, will give the lie to thi
imputation cast by the Times upon their com
mon sense, patriotism and party perspicuity
They are of age and can speak for them
selves.
But we may say this much for them-tha
the Times misrepresents and falsifes their po
stion on this question. Like ourselves, they
are willing to see the Companies realize al
they can for the Bonds, in the New Yorl
market, and would be happy to see the Rail
roads built-Propided that they neither asl
the People to tax themselves to pay the inter
est upon the Bonds, nor try to rob still NOR
from them through he-pretext of worthless
currency! The. Times, however, we suppos'
would like to see the Republican Press, stulti
flying itself under its lead by glorifying, as tina
paper does, Mr.. SIBLEY, and by endeavorint
to bring about that very state of things, pend
ing the next important campaign, which made
the Hon. JAMES CAvENAUGH declare only {
month or two since, that he ''did not care no,
how soon the State should be distircted fo
Congress the forces on the Railroad
unanimously on the side of the Democracy
they could, in the future, hoist Republicanisn
clear over Jordon in both the Northern ant
Southern districts of the State, without tn
aid of Pembina ~
With these remarks, we advise the Times t,
stick to its vocation, of putting and singing ho
zannas to whatever NED RICE and Mr.. SIBLE,
may do; and to give over its impudent an(
unauthorized interference with the policy o
the Republican party,-its leaders,-its press
es-and its people!