St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-06-30

gramme, and the new "arr,ngement,"
through barefaced disregard Of fheir oathd
by Medary and Brown, vas made to count
Sibley into the ExecutiYe Chair.
But, prior to his acctpting4 his canvass
as just and correct, another Democf9tic
Caucus was held at the Office Of the Mn
nesota and Pacific Railroad CompanH-4--
Edward Rice Prcsideut-in the bect
room thereof -,,--'~'-<'-
,sSibley, Ned Rico, Getaaa, Steele, Col.
Robertson, and others, then and there de-
cussed the ACCESSIBILITY, either Il ak3g$d-
vantage of the knovu forgeEiesjust q they
stood on the fraudulent record, OF Of SUBJ
hitting to Gov Ramsey aud the HepubE
cans Proposition for fair Investigation
sibley at this. caucus pnolinly submitted
his conscience, and action, to. the judge
ment Of the assembled leaders He would
do whatever they said was expedient for
the interests of the party! s.sts.
They decided, that notv ithetanling they
all knew the returns to be forgeries, yet q
they were ION the record, 2 'SiblsI and the
Party should 'ttake advantage q them,"
he should accept the frauddlently obtained
Office, and Rapfey and the Republicans
might, if they choose, contest The canvass
"before the supreme Court emcmbers Of
which, we believe, were also present on tho
rascally occasion! but are not certain.
One of" the leaders, when "contestinR
before the Supreme, Court vas mention
ed, observed, sarcastically, that " Ramse5
would have good time Of it before those
true Democratic judges!'
These are the facts. We are prepared
to sustain them in court of justice. And
we are glad one who knows 80 1ell these
rascalities of the Moccasinites, Is Gov. Cor
mans opportunities have allowed him to
do, has mounted the stand. ">{
His evidence completely vindicates rs in
our onslaught in the winter of 1865 81
upon Sibley, and upon the whole Of those
dark transactions, x.Sunday Caucus" inclu>
ded, which gave him his acting Governor
ship, but robbed the people Of their rights,
and Gov. Ramsey Of the place to which
they had honestly and airly elected him.
How time brings around every thing
righttin the end. ,Itgisr inaeed oorzecf
that which the poet utters:
"Truth crushed to earth win rise sgsln;
The Eternal years Of God are herr!
But error, wounded, vrithes7i in pain,
And dies, amidst her worshippcfs ~
But read the article from the Chatfcid
Republican, All honest Democrats vii!
blush as they read: n 1..,I-.:.
ave were much amused, few days
since to heara public conversation between
Ex-Gov.. German, and several citizens Of
Chatfcld, both Democrat and Republican,
relative to the recent disclosures of Jas
W. Lyndc The Ex-Governor with credit
able honesty, declaring that he knew from
his own personal knowledge that the Rice
men, headed by Henry N. Rice himself,
did two years ago, in. Beckers Law Office,
fix up the plan by means Of which the
canvass Of the election in 1857 was made.
The Governor further declared that it was
known not only to himself but to Others in
and around st. Pau, that The FIRST arranac-
neent of H.; f. Rice with the return L.
feated Sibley, but that this created such O
Tow. ~ the camp of the ,Breech elouts,
that Rice backed down and altered the
plan, and @Sibley was elected 81 the next
arrangement by 249 majority. eDamn It,
said the Governor, referring to the Demo-
Gratis present, ayc all know this, and yet
these same. Breech-C loptz Moccasinites
would set themselves up again, for Honest
Democrats to vote fer.',' Although one Of
Henry n. Rice's7best friends in Chat6eld
was present at this Conversation, he did not
dispute these damaging charges of the Ell
Governor against Mr.. Rice, simply conten-
ting himself by opening aud shutting his
eyes in we'll feigned establishment, Ifxhat
the Ex-Governor said in the presence of
his Democratic brethren be true, and We
have no reason to doubt a word, Mr.. Lynde's
charges are all sustained, and are veil
known to be true by every prominent Dem
ocrat in the State.
What commentary upon the elective
franchise in Minnesota are these words
Of German, that the chief man of the Dem.
ocratic party, = Senator = Of the United
States; made arrangements previous to q
canvass Of votes, such that certain men
were either defeated or elected. Here was
the charge, made plainly by % Democrat,
who with all his glaring faults We believe
is above such criminalifY, viz: that Siblep,
Rice, and their follower, were engaged
two Years ago in defeating the expressed
will Of the, people, and Denpcrats Who
heard the charge; BY their silence admitted
that they also knew it to be true, and vet
these men would haye the people beliaze
that Lynde is tiar when hoEonly ptactic-
ALLY says the same thing, ave the aaser-
ton that rs they did two years ago, 50 they
proposcsto do again ibis 8sl. win tho
people Of, Minnesota suffer = repetition Of
such swindle? We believe not.
F. peA.The st. Peter Ffees Pres Of the
9th. SAWS: s. 4