The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09
VIE "DEMoCRAr H1aH IN oFF1cE,, WHO PRO.

anxious to carry the ensuing fall election bv
repetition Of the frauds and forgeries of 1857,
was Francis baasen, Inc present Secretary of
| on the Democratic State Ticket.)
This is the man who was the chief amongst
the Democratic State officials in ''unblushingly
anticipating" success for the Democratic ticket
this fall, chased on anticipating bogus returns
| from Renville, Murray, Cottonwood, Pipestone,
Pembina, and other Out-Of the-way Counties
This man is German-a native of Luxum-
burg. How honest Germans must blush with
shame when they see their national character
so disgraced in strange land by man placed
here, in high position, merely out of compli-
ment to the German name--disgraced by man
who proposed the wholesale corruption of the
ballot box, the palladium of American liberty,
as the means of himself and Others obtaining
place and power! By man who sought and
seeks, by wholesale forgery of election returns,
and by panderng to perjury, to achieve po-
litical triumph!
1t were shameful SANDER upon the honest
German character to doubt that there is no
German OF any party who will not resent the
disgrace thus inflicted by Francis Baasen upon
the German reputation for uprightness and
honesty, by casting their ballots against him
whenever he again comes before them as can
didate for public office.
learn, from sources entitled to credit that
this disgraceful charge is made on the author
ity of one j. w. LYND. would not have be-
leved that any person could have made a
statement SO wholly devoid of truth; and have
only to say, that if Mr.. LYND, or any one else,
says that |, at any time, in public or private,
| held any such conversation with him. or that l
made use of any language or sentiment that
could be tortured SO as to mean anything like
the above, he is foul and wicked liar.
| cfoto r
the honor to remain, Messrs Editors,
| Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't, FRANCIS BAASEN.
We have shown concusively, that the
reason alleged by the Republican Address,
for RAMsEY's failure to contest, that his
claims would be adjudicated and determined
by Judges holding their Office by the same
fraudulent votes which, it is asserted, placed
Gov. SIBLEY in power,--we have shown
that this statement is false, and that accord
ing to the plan of canvass proposed by the
Republicans themselves, and by which every
contested Democratic vote was excluded
and every contested Republican vote
counted, that the present Justices of the
Supreme Court were legally and fairly
elected, and that they hold their present
positions, not by fraud, but by the free choice
of the people of Minnesota.
We have shown further, that the second
charge, that Secretary BAAsEN threw obsta-
Giles in the way of a fair contest that he
refused copies of the vote for Governor,
without the entire vote for State officers
was included; and that the cost of copying
the records necessary to institute legal pro-
ceedings would amount to $2,OOO-we have
demonstrated that all this is as UNANIMOUSLY
false as the charge that the Judges of the
Supreme Court were illegally elected.
Now, why did not ALEXANDER RAMSEY
contest The excuses be has made on the
streets, and put forth in semi official form
in the address of the Republican Committee,
are shown to be mere fabrications, dishon-
estly and recklessly avowed, with criminal
Indifference as to whose character suffered
by the circulation of falsehood end Islander.
Gov. RAMSEY did not dare to contest the cleo
ton. He waS afraid to submit has conduct in
the canUaSs Of 1857, to the test of a judicial
Investigation, achen the truth, and the achole
truth, arould haze been elected This was the
reason, and the sole reason, the investigation
did not 60 on. The fact that RAMSEY him.
self was directly and indirectly connected
with frauds upon the balot-box, and with
bribing electors, could have been as we'll
established in legal investigation, as any
fact connected with the election Of 1857. 1t
was the fear of his personal adherents and
intimate and trusted political friends, being
examined under oath, and forced to tell the
whole truth, that prevented /" bluff Aleck"
from contesting. The records of the State
Department of this State, show four hun
dred votes, returned with forged poll lists
and afidavits, for the benefit of ALEXANDER
RAMSEY. Lake Superior would have told
a strange story on the Ex-Governor, if judi
cial Investigation had been made. Indian
voting and bribing men for money and. whis-
key would have been brought to the Ex-Gov.
ernor's own door. In St. Paul, RAMSEY
and his adherents paid money for votes
and bought up rum shops, to dispense free
whiskey, from sunrise to sunset. And
Goodhue county would have told tale of
fraudulent voting, if men had been forced
to testify, that would have made the Ex-
Governor vince.
The Times was right when it said last
January, that RAMSEY did not contest S1B-
LEYs election BECAUSE HE WAS UNWILLING
TO RISK SOME PERSONAL EXPOSURES OF PAST
ACTIONS" What these actions were, could
only have been developed in an investiga-
ton carried on by the strong arm of the law
OF this investigation, RAMSEY was fearful.
And this IS the reason he did not contest. si't
The steamer Duncan Carter was sunk in
the Missouri river on Sunday night last.
The boat is a total loss, and the cargo badly