Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
OPINIONS OF THE INTERIOR MIN
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Earl bault (Esiee Coz Republican.

OPINIONS OF THE INTERIOR MIN
NESOTA PRESS. - %
. -Eari bault (Rfee Coz Republican.
=" A MATTER SOMEWHAT PERSONAL" = -Un-
der the above iIead the venerable Prince of
Whales" associate editor Of the Ismes-the
I Democratic paper sailing UNDER d Republican
flag in the city Of St. sPsul comes downlupon
as for oar ever holding any = eanmity n itt1 toward ts
John P. Owens, on account of anything we
thought wrong in the Root River Valley Rail
road. Company is concerned we simply and
plainly y-pray don't mistake our meaning
say to this venerable associate wolf in sheep's
clothing, is an unnlitigated lie, and as such we
hurl it in the teeth Of the vile betrayer of pri-
vate conference.-the hoary headed traducer
of men whose greatest crime has been their
generous assistance extended to this forlorn
wretch, who viper-like, would sting to death
the very men that have heretofore so gener-
ously aided and assisted him in his hour of
need. =. s.r,... -:,.- --,-e-. =, - q = 9-.-
We never knew that he had aught to do
with the management Of the affairs Of that
Company, or that he was in any way connec-
ted with them further than that he published
articles favorable to the Company-during
the extra session of the Legislature, that dis
posed Of the Congressional Land Grant to the
several Companies the y nMsnnesotidis of
which he was at that time the editor For
which he g0t1$5.O00 inpaidiup stookJ
We have never mentioned him in copnec-
ton with that road, or the Companies then
or now controlling it, IN any article we ever
wrote or published !; and until John P. Owens
tmade foolish and disgaceful attempt to Gre
ate division in the Republican, party, by
proposing he did last, fall. soon after he
became the associate. Of the 1smes-"'a new
organization Of the party upon a new PLAN
We were foolish enough to suppose hima sound
Republican, and entertained none other than
friendly feeling. We then became satisfied
that his sole object was to all the Democracy
By creating dissensions in the Republican
ranks; his unprovoked attack upon several
well-known reliable Republicans, in the Times
of Jan. 10th, confirmed our belief. ~
The publication Of an alleged letter from
Judge Cooper, convinced us that John P.
Owens was not only a vile traitor to the Re
publican party-sccretly laboring to over
throw the party, and promote the interest of
the Democracy-but was one Of that low, de-
graded, contemplate class of beings who seem
to be created for no other purpose than to
make themselves the object of all decent mems
contempt, and to show to the world to what
depths of infamy beings in the human form
are capable of descending.
1t is for these glaring exhibitions of treach-
cry to the party, for his baseness and infamy
displayed in his low, degraded attempt to in
jure Republicans whose greatest crime, as VIC
stated above, has been their acts of kindness
their donations and accommodations to this
same vile Democrat under Republican flag,
that is now traducing them and seeking to SOW
dissensions in the Republican ranks-that we
despise, detest, and abhor the contemplate
associate editor of the TINES, John P. Owens.
We hope we have made our language plain
enough for the "Prince of W 7h-ales'' to under:
stand. The editor of the Times and his ass-o-
ciates may be liberally rewarded by their B.
@. purchasers and owners; but the RepubH-
cans will fiown upon and spurn from their
ranks all such characters. .
st. Anthony News.-(Repu1sican1
CHANGING TIE SUBJECT I'm it's issue Of
the 10th, the st. Paul 1ines,. under the head
of "A Systematic War; directs public atten-
ton from its spurious Republicanism, by the
following: - - =.
"The recent tone of several Republican
papers with whom we differed on the Loan
question, clearly indicates that systematic
warfare has been commenced to "crush OUT
the Times, and annihilate its editors Among
the most bitter and unprincipled of the oppo-
sition is the st. Anthony Ne,0s, of whose edi-
tor and his ''principles' we shall have more
to say in future number. Time will dem
pays, or whether it will add anything to the
r,on1 e Tho Doo,,bl,o,,
This attempt of the Times to create sympa-
it's course on the Loan Bill" will prove
wretched failure. 1t is not because it sup
ported the Loan Bill or any other Railroad
measure, that we felt it our duty to take our
present position towards the Times, but be-
cause Of its bad .tiaith and treachery to the
Republican party, it's wicked and shameless
attempts to create divisions among the true
and tried Opponents of Moccasin Democracy,
it's persistent warfare upon some of the most
reliable men in our ranks, and its almost un-
disguised efforts to betray the Republican
party into the hands Of the Sham Democracy
in the coming election. , g7cJ e :" il 90
,. With those Republican papers who sup
ported the q" Loan Bill" and who have since.
steadily supported the policy of the R. r.
Companies, and who have not, in the scram-
BILE, lost sight of their political principles, we
find no fault whatever, and we shall continue
to stand side by side with them in fighting the
common enemy. Until, like the Times. they
evince disposition to give aid and comfort
to the unscrupulous legions who are doing
battle against us, to betray the cause of free
dom, and to turn their backs upon the party
they profess to support, we shall never stop to
inquire what their position has been, or may
now be, on the "Loan Bill or the r. r. ques-
ton.
Though we shall fearlessly and frequently
express our opinion Of such measures, we shall
make no political quarrel with the Times on
account of it's posture on these issues of State
Policy, but we shall protest when it attempts
to palm off ITS malicious Benedict-Arnoldism
for pure devoted love of FREEDOM; and we
shall promptly expose it when it conspires to
lead gallant party blind-folded, into the camp
of the Philistines.
The very broad intimation of the Times,
that if its treason to the Republican cause be
not overlooked, 1T aciW break doom the party,
will fail to frighten the most timid, and only
demonstrates that we are right in our views
of the character of the Times, and the motives
by which it is governed "Forewarned" of
it's treachery, the Republicans of Minnesota
will be "forearmed'' against its reasonable
designs.
The Red wing Republican-(Repuost
THE BONDS AND TAxATIoN.-The Republi-
can of the 18th, thus expresses itself on these