Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-09-24

still honest that you are merely the victim
of misplaced confidence, bad men and base
counsels-and am determined, despite
the counsels ofyour false friends, to save you
from the swift destruction that is pursuing
them, and all who had any part or lot in this
great infamy.
They tell me that in your speeches you are
eloquent--most eloquent. Allow me, sir, to
congratulate you upon your eminent success
in this difficult department Of genius and in
telligence. 1 am indeed gratiied. But, sir,
we most both remember that true eloquence
does not consist in figures of speech or flow
ers of rhetoric; but in the eternal substance
Of facts that lodge and live in the minds of
men, and make them act out and do the things
to which the true orator would prompt them
1t was wise preacher and true man who
said that there was more of real religion in
the act of giving stick ofwood, and loaf of
bread to the shivering, starving poor, than in
many volumes of religious homily.
Now, sir, have theme on which you may
appeal to all your fellow Citizens theme
that deeply concerns their interests and their
honor-a theme worthy of all your mental
valor, and natural or acquired eloquence.-
You have gone forth to enlighten and to in
struct the people as to how their affairs of
State' have been managed, and how they are
to be cared for in the future. now propose
to furnish you with such facts, as Cif you will
but plead for the interests of our honest, but
betrayed and almost ruined people, possess
more than mortal eloquence.
Come to me, or direct to what point can
send them, and l will furnish you with copies
of the corruption drafts and notes that bought
the members of our Legislature, the places of
the resigning Directors, and gave our splendid
Land Grant to the "Forty Thieves" of Wis
consin, and their confederates in Minnesota.
Not to build our Railroads, but to save them
selves from bankruptcy, and build up
though it should be on the ruin of our young
State, and your home and mine-the private
fortunes of the men that control these enter
prises. Why, sir, this amendment to the
Constitution shows, on every line and sent
ence, from the enacting clause down to its last
letter, that it was intended to swindle our
people. Tell them this; and tell them that
it was carefully prepared in such way, that the
whole five millions of bonds could be drawn
upon the grading Of these roads alone. Tell
them that every amendment offered to the
bill in the House or Senate, was carefully
voted down by (their worst enemies) the
friends of this BILL
Tell them, sir, that this amendment to the
Constitution was drawn by the talented Sec
rotary of one of those roads, at the instiga-
ton Of and under the drill and instruction of
the State plunderers that it was then by
their direction, handed to the 'Black Mail
Agent" of the Transit Railroad, and from him
to his subservient committee in the Senate
Tell them that the most able report Gas fools
called it) of that committee, was written by
this same talented Secretary, at the base die
tation of the "Forty Thieves of Wisconsin
and their confederates in Minnesota. Tell
them this; and further tell them, that when
the bill came up for passage, the representa-
tives of the people were surrouned by these
harpies, who took possession of the halls of
legislation and seats of the members, and that
thus in open day, by means we all should
blush to know, this most damning infamy was
consummatod. Tell them this, (and you know
it alD and it will give such power to your
eloquence as will cause the "very stones to
rise in mutiny"
All this you know, sir, and, am told, adj
init it all in private conversation, and in chosen
circles. Then be man, and proclaim it to
the people of the State. Say if you will that
you are one of that fatal class of moralists
who believe that the end justifes the means
and that you thought in the simplicity of you,
heart, that little villiany, little corruption
a good deal ofperjury, and perfect avalanche
of lying may all be forgiven, if thereby we car
build our Railroads.
But, sir, will not trust you again. and NJ
man should trust you if you will now lister
to the syren voice of the vampires who sur
round you. They have deceived you, ant
almost all of our people once; and as you
value our interests, as you value the honor O
our State, as you are willing to give your val
liable aid to save it, and us,-nay, what tt
you may be more than all this-as you would
SAGE yourself, do not be deceived again.
tell you, sir, that the 18th resolution O
your platform, which you are advocating be-
fore the people Of this State, was made by the
same men who have brought this great ruiz
on us, and they are using you as theinstru
ment to further plumber our people.
call upon you, sir, to denounce, not advo
cate this resolution-a resolution that by its
very terms proposes to give two millions Of
bonds to these bad men. Look to it, sir-our
people are poor; they want to be honest =
then do not further strive to crush them with
taxation. The taxes now over due in our
State, and which we know not how to pay,
are over six hundred thousand dollars. Make
these bonds good in the language of the reso-
ton, "by providing promptly for the interest
on them, (Which means taxation) and you
make the aggregation of our taxes more than
all our crops would bring, if sold to pay them;
and thus you drive our people to reputation,
and damn forever the credit and honor of the
State.
have heard it said that you once were
poor-that you have felt at times, as we are
feeling now, the keen pangs of poverty-have
heard that the God-like liberality and charity
of those who loved you, provided for all your
wants, and by giving you at leaat a moderate
education, started you in the world to make
fortune. congratulate you on your sue
cess, having had these good friends to help
you; and now appeal to you, and these i'm
partant facts in your private history, to re-