The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

at the injustice of the bill. The agricul
tural Importance of State in this coun
try, looking to the future, where popula
ton increases so rapidly, consists in the ex
tent OF its area of tillable land, and not il
the amount of population. The six New
England States, under the bill which Mr.
BAKER advocates, would receive as dona
ton to aid agricultural colleges 820,OO'
acres of land, while Minnesota, with an are'
of one-fourth greater, would have received
but 10000 acres, or less than one-tenth tn
amount awarded to New England-ever,
acre of which could, and probably CREATE
proportion would, have been located il
this State. The Agricultural College Bill
if it had become law, would have beer
more fatal to the interests of the people O
Minnesota than half a dozen land sales.
Mr.. BAKER continued at some length tc
discuss questions of general interest. He
ridiculed the idea of railroad from St
Paul to Lake Superior, and from the Missis
sippi River to the Pacific. He quoted the
Chatfeld Republicans version of Gov. Coz.
MANS conversation on election frauds, but
dishonesty suppressed the Governors state
ment of that conversation, made over his
own signature. When the speaker arrived
at the thirteenth resolution of the Democratic
platform-the antirepudiation plank-he
dropped as if it had been coal of fire. He
had nothing further to say on the platform,
but changed his discourse to matters per-
sonal to himself
The charge, boldly and distinctly made,
that in Ohio Mr.. BAKER was Know Moth
ing, and was their candidate for Secretary
of State, aoas not denied. He did not deny
that he was a member of the order, and
took the same oaths as WINDOW. He dare
not do it. In his speech, the nearest he
came to denial was in his statement, that,
in 1855, at the Republican and Know Moth
ing Union State Convention in Ohio. Gov
CHASE was placed on the opposition ticket
as the representative of the Free Soil Dem
ocracy; T. II. FORD was nominated for
Lieutenant Governor to represent the Amer
leans or Know Nothings; and he, BAKER,
as the representative of the old-line Wings.
Is there any denial of the charge here?
As to his corrupt conduct, while men,
Der of the Board of Fund Commissioners,
of Ohio, in negotiating the State loan, Mr..
BAKER was as unfortunate in his explana-
tions as in his denial of Know Nothingism.
The only charge he brought against the
Committee of Investigation, who brand him
as "venal and corrupt" was that two of its
number are Democrats, and one Republi-
can-and a weak-backed brother at that.
The testimony given before the Investigating
Committee, which Mr.. BAKER read very
sparingly, and which tended to smooth over
the charge of bribery and rascality, aas the
testimony of the U,ry men who scere connected
Nth Baker in his "corrupt' and "venal'
action Uhile acting as Fund Commissioner of
the State; they aoere the men a0ho tempted
Baker with a bride, and profted by his ros-
cality! Does any sane man suppose that
they would "peach" on their ''pai?" 1t
would be a novelty, if they had done so,
not found even in the Newgate calendar.
The last remaining excuse that the Re.
port of the Treasury Investigating Commit
tee was not impartial, and that it was got
ten up for political effect, is disproved by
the fact, first, of the high character of the
Committee and second, that the report be-
slows both praise and censure unreservedly,
on men Of both political parties Gov. CHASE,
a Republican, is commended in the report,
and so are other Republicans, while many
individuals connected with the Democratic
party are denounced. This report, it should
be recollected, was made in 1859, nearly
two years after Mr.. BAKER emigrated from
Ohio to Minnesota ; now is it likely that
men of the high character of Messrs RENE.
LIN, EDGERToN and MORGAN. would perjure
themselves, in order to crafty political
spite against BAKER, when BAKER was
no longer citizen of the State, or inter-
ested or influential in its politics ? The
Republican State Convention of Ohio, by
repudiating Baker in 1857, and nominating
another man in his stead, removed BAKER
from active duty as an Ohio politician.
BAKER impressed his audience that he
was good speaker, and man of very fair
abilities but he also convinced them, if we
mistake not, that his word is unreliable
that be is dishonest-and that it will not
be1safe to trust him with power or place in
Minnesota. .-.,.
Wisconsin.
The Republican State Convention of