The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-16
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

honor would have yielded quietly and con.
tentedly TO The result thus arrived ct IN &C.
cofdance with his own plan, and through
bis own connivance. 4 man who possessed
q very small fraction Of spsniel-spirit, Il be
thought bis own scheme had worked TO bis
Injury, might have appealed to the courts
for that redress, to which be would not have
been hoOorsbly, though perhaps, legally. en-
titled. Bot IL required man whose blood
had been degraded TO the extinction even Of
the poor chivslry Of spsnielism, to pursue
the course which has been pursued BY Al.
xxAxDrs RAxsxY, in charging fraud
upon q canvassing board for following
plan Of canvass suggested BY him
self for bis own benefit; and then
in charging corruption upon the highest
Court OF the State, 10 order to make bis as
sumed belief Of such corruption an excuse
for neglecting to pursue before that tribunal
those remedies to which be still hypocriti.
cally claims himself entitled. He accuses =
confidential political friend Of perjury when
be asserts that he was defrauded by the
Board OF Canvssers; and he accuses an
entire court Of corruption when he asserts
that he cannot safely attempt to have the
alleged canvsssing frauds redressed. Can
any man sink lower down into the depths Of
meanness than this! Is there q more des-
picable character than his who seeks 10 feed
bis fame upon the venom Of Islander! and
who, like the tabled race Of fiends that fat
tened on arsenic, gathers political nourish.
ment from moral poisons!
We need not stop to defend the Judges Of
the Supreme Court from these direct and
indirect charges Of corruption. Men, oil Of
them, Of long residence in the State, the
high characters which they had gained as
able lawyers and as honorable gentlemen,
before their elevation to the bench, have
since been in all respects enhanced by their
displays Of learning, impartiality, and dig.
nifty. II is inconceivabe that men, who, On
private citizens, enjoyed regulations clear
from any shade Of reproach, and who passed
through the most virulent Of our political
contests free from any suggestion Of dis
honesty, should, upon their accession to Of.
fees whose term is too long to render them
subject to the influences Of popular caprice
or Of individual interest, and whose habits,
studies, duties are oil Of character to en-.
large their intellectual, and to heighten their
moral, attributes,-it is unnatural that
men so circums,anoed should belle the pro-
pbecies Of their past history, and disregard
the helps and restraints Of their present po-
sition, and become metamorphosed into We
nal judges and corrupt men, The SUPPOSE
tious case finds no warrant to commend il
In human experience or human nature, even
according to the most orthodox stan
dard Of original depravity. 1t has
no shadow Of foundation 10 fact. This
Is known and believed by ALEXANDER RAN.
sxY, a. fully as by any man 10 Minnesota.
His fear Of dishonest usage at the bench Of
the Supreme Court, is Q mere pretext, and
poor hypocrisy at that. His own action
with reference to the Supreme Court
Judges demonstrates his confidence In their
integrity rs well as their ability. lie did
not hesitate, a. director Of the Minnesota
and Pacific Railroad Company, to intrnst
to their Judgment the final decision Of .
question, which, according 10 his belief and
that Of bis associates, involved, directly and
Indirectly. the value Of millious OF money to
the railroad interests Of the State. No
cause ever came ot fore high tribunal sur
rounded by circumstances more likely to
warp the Judgments Of court in favor Of
On official and political friend. II involved
q review and reversal Of the decision Of o
coordinate branch Of the government, al.
ways the most delicate and embarrassing Of
Judicial duties. with the fact apparent to
the judges - II was to all others, that the
popular sentiment sustained the Executive.
Whatever may be the intrinsic justice Of the
decision made, or whatever may now be the
popular estimate Of II, certainly no man, or
clique Of men. doubts ito entire honesty. The
appeal made by Gov. RAxsxr, and his Is.
socia,es. to the Supreme judges 10 this i'm.
portant cause, testifes his confidence 10 their
impartiaiity while the result itself evi.
desces, Il any experience can, their IN.
Improbable integrity and independence.
When any man. who gloats upon money
with such a misery relish Is does ALEX.
AsDEa RAMSEY, is willing to trust the
hate Of heavy pccuuiary interests to the