Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-13

around st. Paul, that the first arrangement of H.
NJ Rice with the returns defeated Sibley, but that
this created such row in the camp that Rice back
ed down and altered the plan, and Sibley was
elected by the next arrangement by 249 majority.
Damn it. said the Governor, referring to the De-
mocrats present, we all know this, and yet these
same tricky Moccasntes would set themselves up
again, for honest Democrats to vote for"
We now learn definitely that the burst of
indignation which convulsed the State in the
fall of 1857 was not without sufficient cause.
No one doubted the fraud, but justice was
not to be found in tribunal which had con.
spired the fraud, and thus the people and
their elected officers were helpless in war
against place-men, power, perjury and vii
lainy.
We may place implicit confidence in this
statement of Gov German. He, with Rice,
was candidate for the Office of U. S. Sena-
tor, cooperating with and in the confidence
of Rice, and thus filled position to see and
testify to all the Vaccinations of that reli-
gious conclave.
His relation says that certain men, with
Rice at their head, did, in the office of Mr..
Becker, retired spot near the Post Office, so
alter, arrange, and fix up the election returns
as to secure the success of Rice, but left out
Sibley. That when Sibley made this discov-
cry, he kicked up such row in the camp"
that Rice was forced to remodel the poll lists,
and bring in Sibley ahead of Ramsey.
We can only say that we regret more
speedy sense of honor on the part of Cor
man had not laid us under heavier load of
gratitude.
.That gentle physic given in time had cured"
That story well sustained by such proof as
the Governor could doubtless have produced,
would have driven the villains from the State
before gust Of contempt, such as rogues sell
dom experience in these degenerate days.
Admitting the truth of this statement, per-
jury, robbery Of place, usurpation of power,
are among the least Of their crimes, and when
the people sought to bring their complaint be-
fore tribunal in search of justice, these men,
we'll understanding the tone there to be met
with, laughed them to scorn, and made
mockery of their defeat
Now, however, according to the Chatfield
Republican, we have definite information of
the very time, place, and by whom the crime
was perpetrated. 1t was between the cleo
ton and the meeting of the Legislature in
Mr.. Becker's office; the party was headed by
II. NJ. Rice, and these men did, then and
there, alter the election returns so as to pro-
duce the results which they desired. "That
Henry NJ. Rice, himself did, two years ago,
in Becker's law Office, fix up the plan."-
THAT the first arrangement of H. NJ. Rice
with the returns defeated Sibley, but that
this created such q row in the camp, that
Rice backed down, and altered the plan, and
Sibley was elected"
With the veracity of this bold exposure of
scoundrelism, we, the injured and wronged,
have nothing whatever to do. 1t comes to US
from the other side Of the house, and chal-
lenges our credence Whether German, like
the illustrious Louis XIV, is thus striving to
soothe disturbed conscience, and appease
Heaven by public penance for his share in
the plot, or only seeking private revenge for
being overreached by the conspirators, is of
one and the same Indifference to US. Their
domestic squabbles belong to themselves, and
when they boil over with rage in the distribu-
ton of spells, it is our privilege to profit by
the States evidence which chagrin makes
public.
In view of the rasoally portraitures thus
drawn by popular leader of their own par
ty, can we doubt the causes which have i'm
poverished our once prosperous State. Fol-
low this same H. NJ Rice from the secret con-
clave in Becker's Office to Washington, at the
very Threshold of the Senate, when in the
solemn act OF swearing fidelity to the Gov
eminent, he is interrupted and charged in
open Senate with the filthy guilt of pecula,
ton. A Democratic majority, of course, pro-
tects him, not denying the fact, but justifies
the act. He, to all outward appearances
stands the hazard of the de-" and draws
the long term, when the papers charge con
spiration between Rice and Breckenridge t.
defeat Shields. So much for character and ;
reputation for honesty. And such is the es
timation in which our Senator is held by tn
country. MlNNEsoTUs.