Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-10-01
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1t will be recollected, that the Pioneer has
been lately cavoring, to use an expressively
descriptive phrase, great deal over cores
pondence had between Mr. Ofnn Densmore
and Mr.. Charles Reemelin, relative to the
Hon. James H. Baker and that $4,000, bor-
rowed, on joint note with Auditor Wright
of Ohio, from the Ohio Life and Trust CO. :;
the proceeds of which note, it has been alleg-
ed, were bride to Mr.. Baker when Fund
Commissioner of Ohio, to not obtain for the
State higher profit in negotiating the State
Loan than $50, 900 above par!t ''''".'- i'"9
Mr.. Reemelin was ricketty Republican of
Ohio, (since entirely turned Democracy who
was appointed by the Democratic Legislature
Of Ohio, along with Morgan and Edgerton,
the Bresbin defaulters, to trump up an Offset
to those Democratic defalcations of Breslin
of nearly million of dollars, by pretended
investigation of the affairs of the Trust Com
pany. '-''. '''.-,' '''',i q p"
The ONLY point made by the Pioneer latterly
is this it comedies the unreliabiity Of all its
Demo cratic testimony; but sought to make
out its ISLANDERS on Mr. Baker by claiming that
M, Reemelin was a Republican, and, there
J fore to be believed! .t'a., @-a"
| 1t was under this same impression, that
Mr.. Densmore of Redwing addressed Mr.
Reemelin, in regard to the truth of the charge
| NJ Rob- h,,k kho &,ofk
latter in sending the correspondence between
them out here for publication in the Pioneer,
shows, evidently, such an officious partizan
anxiety for the successof the democratic ticket
that it has opened Mr.. Densmore's eyes to
the fact, that Reemeln is renegade who will
60 farther, and dive deeper in meanness, to
evince his devotion to his new party friend
and thereby gain political position with them,
than any old line Democrat would stoop to be
guilty of: But it was saying of the Chris
tians Of the middle ages, that "one renegade
is worse than ten Turks" and the miserable
motives that made this adage true in those
days, seems still, by the conduct ofthis Reem-
elm, to animate the human breast in more
modern times. ''i,. - - iaEi : ~ .ga.
The following letter received by us on
Wednesday morning from Mr.. Densmore
himself, will serve to set that gentleman right
before the public, and to degrade Reemelin,
into his true position of a Democrat full Of
venom against the Republican cause, and anx-
ious to defeat its candidates, even to the ex-
tent of slandering and lying them down: I'd.
| Mr. ORR1N DENsMoRE's LETTER. 4a ..
| za -,,r RED WING, Sept. ~, 1859.
To the Editors Of the Mssnesotian:
The Pioneer and Democrat, and Red Wing
Sentinel, are loud in their calls upon me to
publish a letter by me received from Charles
Reemelin, of Cincinnati, Ohio; and 1 viii
crafty them with the results of my CORES
pondence, so far as results have reached me
Having, in conversation with a leading
Democrat here in Red Wing, asserted my
conviction, that the charges against James
H. Baker, as published in the Pioneer and
Democrat, were not well founded but constr
tuted one of the tricks to which that party so
fippantly resort to further their ends; and
being sufficiently credulous to believe the
statement by the Pioneer and Democrat, that
Mr.. Reemelin as therein represented, was q
Republican consented to write to Mr.,
Remelin, inquiring after the truthfulness OF
= those reports; to which Mr.. Remelin replied
. with style and readiness that excited in me
suspicious that he, was willing Witness
affirming as he did, the truth Of the state.
; ments made in the report alluded to-; and
adding, Oithout offer Of proof, that he had
seen much since to add to his first impress
: sion in relation to Mr.. Baker" ~.
:. Mr.. Reemelin, having voluntarily furnished
to the Pioneer and Democrat for publication
: the letters aohich had passed detaoesn US, it is
in damning proof, that my suspicious ofReem-
elin's treachery were well founded; and these
, suspicious find confirmed by every Ohio
) man with whom have conversed in relation
to the matter. have conversed with several
in especial reference to it, and every man of
them, speaking from personal knowledge, has
: denounced Reemelin as political trickster,
) and too deeply implicated in Ohio frauds to
be entitled to credit in any statement he may
make in relation to them. will here re-
mark that of Mr.. Reemelin's having furnished
, the correspondence to the Pioneer and DEM
ocrat for publication, there can be no posi-
BILE doubt; as did not furnish it myself, and
he had the only copy of my letter to him in
| ~,
be made .ar ...,
Mr.. Reemelin's haste in the matter, has
terminated the suspense in which was wait
ing replies to several other letters Of inquiry,
still unanswered, which happen to be in ref
erence to Mr.. Reemelin's record and now
feel cheerful in the use of efforts to elect Jas.
H. Baker to an Office, which some of the Dem
ocrats of Minnesota are afraid to have filled
by man who has done so much as did Jas.
H. Baker, while Secretary of State in Ohio, in
exposing their iniquities there, which is the
cause of their outcry against him here and
elsewhere. .a-. e..
A few words in relation to.mysef in this
connection and am DONE
My reasons for addressing Mr.. Reemelin
are sufficiently shown above; and 1 have ex-
ercised privilege, as yet common to Ameri-
can citizens, of inquiring after the fitness of
candidates; and l entered upon the inquiry
with an expectation, which has not been dis
appointed, that I should find reasons for a
party concurrence with the Republican State
Convention which placed James H. Baker in
nomination. conducted the inquiry in my
own way and upon my own responsibility and
have made no attempt to suppress Mr.. Rem
elin's reply; neither has it been suppressed
nv tho re,' Wing Republican Club, as was