Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-07-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

vcntion for Goodhue county, for the selec, ion
Of delegates for the State Convention at St.
Paul; We trust there will be full attend.
"nce from each township, to ensure the Sc.
lection OF abe delegates to mind the proper
advocacy Of the interests Of the Go,jhue
Democracy in that convention. Goodhuc
has decided preferences among the names sug-
ges'ed AS nominees for our State Ticket
and it will be necessary for our SUCCESS hero
as well a. in the State, that those preferences
should, in some degree, be consulted. We
need strong ticket The condition of tho
State is deplorable, and there will bc srca,
effort made to make our party responsible
for ali the difficulties which it labors under.
o.bo-sure, they are the direct result Of the
extraordinary and unprecedented financial
embarrassment which has overwhelmed the
whole country, increased immensely BY the
nnwise and un afc spirit Of speculation seen
Or every hand -and this all had no connection
with politics. Every rejecting. unprejudiced
usan can see this, and will doubtless give it
its proper weight. Our State officers have
done what they supposed was for the best.
to carry us through these difficulties, and it
is difficult, impossible for rs to see how it
could have been better donc-how hard
times and high taxes could have been made
easy. But it all furnishes the strongest of
reasons for rcdoubleil care, skill and yigi
lance in the management Of our State affairs
hereafter, and makes the nomination Of a
strong ticket, composed Of reliable: able men,
men Of character, who will make the intc-
rest and welfare Of the State their sole into
rest-of vital importance. Men Of spread
eagle qualitics-of gas and verbiasc, must be
rejected, and skilIful, practical, honest men
selected. ~ .-.f ...,.... ..,.
This State is orerrun with cliques and
harp,cs, in both parties, whose only ohjec. is
to live and grow fat upon the public trcasu-
ry, and whose interest it is 10 plumber that
treasury as fast as possible. They have too
much influence. through the press and
through caucuses and conventions. They
Tide their parties, while the majority of the
voters. although conscious of the fact, are
unable to dsmount them. Seeing the same
difficulty 10 both parties, they have treated
It as sort Of necessity, and voted their party
!tlcket--perhaps rs a choice Of evils.
G"cdhue county, for instance, is Repuhl-
car, get We can, with confidence, leave this
assertion to be corroborated by the intell.
gent voters Of that party. We know, from
expressions we hear daily from the 1esl,t-not
tie 'ank-of that party, that they test1 it is
SO, and would gladly be relieved.
We can say then with confidence, that the
success of our party depends almost entirely
upon the selection Of a ticket Of able relia-
bic. honest, working men,. These windy
politicians are not going to answer the pur-
pose. The people have had too many, and
have too many recent examples before them.
IN the case Of our neighbors in Wisconsin
The State governm mt, for the last few years
under Democratic management, was bad
enough. We admit it was corrupt and rot
ten. The' Democratic voters were honest
and intelligent as ever; but CLIQUE was
s"ddled upon them, and they could only. as
they supposed, be relieved By a change o,
party management. The Republicans were
accordingly successful at the next election
carrying their State officers by large mn.
jority, and the legislature But how did il
turn out? 1t proved that the Republicans
were worse off than the Democrats that
'o5by-men and plundercrs had the entire
control. All the State officers, includine
the Governor, and every member of the
State Legislature, then elected, were proven
to have been blibed by swindlins railroad
company. The people were pundcred ten
fold more, and to-day Wisconsin, with pop.
ulation four times as great. and an assess.
ment roll ten times as long as that Of Min
nesota, pays 80 per cent. more taxes on the
dollar than We do. We uso this to show
what may b the object of tho Republican,
! harpass u, this State, who are now howlino
so 'eud' for change. Wedo not think that
there has been any great corruption in the
ma"agement'of our railroads, altho nh !;
night make party capital to eay 50 as. a,
IN Wisconsin,, our railroads arc mostly !,
the hands Of Republicans, So this one fac
is established conclusiyely. The principle.
Of party may DO ever 70 pure anc
sound, but they nevercan be made TO worl
efficiently and beneficially, unless honest
conscientious men are elected to carry then
out; and with honest and experienced me,
: at the helm, every one will feel confiden
that the government will be we'll managed
! ~. From the St. Paul Times.
The Key City and the Northsrncr had
"brush" coming up, as will be seen from th,
following memorandum, handed US Ly
I Steamer Northerner, Capt. Afford, lef
Dubuque 24th, 3 A.. NJ, and footed her whis
tic AZ she wa, passing the Key City. tied 4.
1.-THE wharf waiting, for the train. !, The lie,
City. Cant. NordeD, left at g. A.. NJ, caunh