The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1859-12-09
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT

in tracking him out to the classic shores of
Lake Como, and identified him as the pro-
prietor of farm of seven acres and frac-
tion, and as the veritable TIMOTHY himself.
We were so pleased with the ingenuity Of
the thing, that we should have instantly
dropped the Doctor and gone in for NEwsoN,
had we not detected him in trick which
we regarded as utterly unworthy of any
man aspiring to the high dignity of the
Senatorial Office. We found that this
"Agricultural aspirant had employed
agents to collect together the most remark
able vegetable productions of the country !;
and that he had arranged around his
sanctum mastodonic pumpkins, leviathanic
squashes, elephantine cabbages, rhynoceros-
ian beets, and all manner of monstrosities,
which he intended to palm off upon the
country members as specimens of his own
proper skill in farming. We thought then,
as we think now, such practices in the
highest degree reprehensible, and merting
the severest public condemnation. We
regarded it as too gross an imposition upon
even Republican credulity, and we deter
mined to use the facts to nip TIMoTHY's
aspirations in the bud. TIMOTHY shouldn't
run his roots and other vegetables SO far
into the ground, if he wants to win on them.'' :.
The Hon. AARON Goodrich is another of
the Senatorial candidates. He was the first
Chief Justice of the Territory of MiDne-
sofa. He is the author of very scientific
paper on the Egyptian Pyramids. He is
also the author of an unpublished work
of undoubted, if not thrilling interest. p"
He is said to owe bis candidacy to the
preference of the fairer portion Of the Re-
publican party, who were charmed, during
the late canvass, by the facinations of bis
chaste and persuasive eloquence.
The Rev. Mr.. MCCLURE who, during
many years, expounded the ".higher law -
in the churches, for the saving of souls, is
now anxious to aid Mr.. SEWARD in ex-
pounding the same higher law" in the
Senate, for the saving of the country. He
believes in niggers three times day
canonizes JOHN Brown as a saint-and
thinks, since his execution, that the
gallows has become as glorious as the cross" "
The Hon. DANIEL S. NORTON, another can
didate, is bitter partisan, though not, we
believe, of the Brown Republican school.
Outside of politics, Mr.. NoRToN is an able
lawyer and an affable, accomplished gen.
tleman.
Behind all these, kept out of sight by the
screen of non. candidacy, sits the Governor
elect, ALEXANDER RAMSEY, laughing in his
sleeve at the quarrels and jealousies of the
competing candidates, dexterously exciting
their animosities, and pulling the wires to
insure his own election as compromise
candidate, to "save the party" This is the
Governors game, and he is playing it with
consummate shrewdness. We quite relish
the way he is doing it. There is much more
than mere cunning in bis process. 1t shows
an artistic skill really interesting in contrast
with some of these awkward blunderers.
The Governor plays his part with native
inbred grace. It's part of his very being
to operate in this quiet, easy, outofsight
way. His name symbolizes his character.
Anagrammatize that, and you have Mars ea
sal .reynard part of it very bad Latin,
and the balance not Latin at all. But,
literally interpreted, it is suggestive of the
fact that the Governor proposes to retain
his position as the political god of Minnesota
Republicanism through the aid Of his foxy
wit. And we think he will do it by secur-
ing his return to the Senate.