Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-05


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duly depreciate him and Mr.. NoRroN in the
Of the Fillmore, county case, the
distinguished Republican alluded to, has never
been mentioned BY US III any way, favorsbly
or unhvorably, save and excepting in j one
single instaaos onlv, and this was mere than 2
gear ago, the day after the election for U. s.
Senatori Judge CoorER having received, un-'
solicited the nomination Of the Republican leg
islative caucus for U. s. Senator merely to
lead the f,rlorn hope in opposition to Mr..
RICE, three or Jour Republican members Of
the Legislature under the instigation Of Owens
and another personal---very., as some OF them
said, violated their party faith by voting tor
the Democratic pominee instead Of for Judge
CoopER, the duly nominated Republican can
didate. 5558t2 tcct.y ~. .a-. -yl.5aT aibbE .qIi
y In noticing the next day, this detection
and the Senatorial election, we took occasion
to compliment Judge CoopER as the party's
candidate; and we here declare, that we did so
without his knowledge, consentor suggestion
directly or indirectly, in any manner or form
whatever, and this we say on our honor. 5,''
On no other occasion have we referred to
the Judge during more than a years time, un-
til the other day, in terms either compliment
tary or otherwise! AS to the other allegation,
of Judge CooPER in any way controlling the
M1NNEsor1AN, it is we repeat, simply and an
purely falsehood of the first magnitude
without solitary fact to give it even plausi-
bility. It is well known, there are few men
so entirely devoted to his profession as Judge
COOPER he has no time, if he had disposition,
to go off from the even tenor of his way, to
NEEDLE with newspaper matters or chickering's,
or to run around the streets like Owens and
his friend, button-holing every man and
boring them with forty-augur power, as
they do in their incessant and senseless abuse
of him-an abuse he seldom hears of, and
scerns to retort when he does. The Judge
has never controlled us on any point of pub
lie policy, or otherwise nor has he ever tried
to-; for no man knows better than he does
our untractabls disposition under such cir
cumstances, and he would not venture to try
it on The Judge has no pecuniary interest
of any kind in the MINNEsoTIAN Concern and
the press is thoroughly established on a firm
basis, and is Independent of all pecuniary liza
bilities Of every possible nature which could
us to do aught that our deliberate
judgment did not fully approve. In more
prosperous times, when DR.. FOSTER bought
Owens out Of the MINNEsorIAN, Judge COOPER
and] JUsrUs C. RAMSEY endorsed his notes
for the purchase: but when his pecuniary
means sunk in the common vortex, he became
unable to pay them, and the entire Owens in
terest in the press which he bought, has since
been sold on an old chattle mortgage of
OwEN's, which had been stipulated in the pur-
chase Foster was to lift, and in consequence
of this sale the entire proprietorship of the
paper now rests in GEO. w. MOORE. That
our friends should unfortunately have to pay
those purchase notes for US we deeply deplore:
but it is not us alone in the recent revul-
sion and financial crisis, that has suffered
wreck in financial means, and is now unable
to meet just liabilities. To be unfortu-
nate is bad, and to be poor is inconvenient,
but there is nothing very criminal in either.
In word, then, from this statement, all
will see that Judge COOPER nor any other, per-
son, has pecuniary power to dictate the course
of the MINNRsorIAN; and we are confident
the public will believe us when we say, that if
there is anything we pride ourselves upon,
and which our past course should testify for
us, it is our complete independence, unflinch-
ing boldness, and incoruptibility: these char
acteristics of press in st. Paul being nov
ell sort of an experiment, which we are hoping
to vindicate the expediency of tit has paid
thus far,) by the continued SUCCESS of the
MINNEsorIAN over all obstacles
In this impertinent letter to Mr.. BENSON,
Owens objects to recognising Judge CooP-
ER's claims as leader! Who has ever
asked you to recognize them? Whereabouts
do you find that Judge COOPER has pretended
to be leader, or asked any body to train af-
ter him? A faithful, Republican and an able
man all must concede him to be. He is one,
too, who has never fraternized with SHELLEY,
nor given aid and comfort to the enemy as both
OWENS and his d" friend" have done! He
has been true to his party on all occasions:
and is eyer earnest with his pen and tongue
and purse, to advance its cause. Nor has he
been doing anything to justify these malig-
nant people in making such CONSTANT and
bitter assaults upon him. Conceding mo-
ment, for the sake of the argument, that the
Times is not merely the " Republican organ
of the Democratic party" but is true Re-
publican sheet, and that its editors are not in
league with the enemy to disorganize and dis
tract the party-we would then inquire of
them. if Judge COOPER is not entitled to at
least decent treatment, even though some may
choose to call him 6 leader? and that not
abuse and obloquy should be thus so pcrse-
veringly and persecutingiy poured upon him,
all merely because he happens to be friendly
to this paper, without being in any way re-
sponsible for what it does, any more than We
are responsible for what he may do or say9
But the Times, with very "error + the
moon" madness speaks of "the continual
psrsistence of the MINNEssTIAN to present the
Judge in the attitude" that ''he must 20 to
the U. S. Senate at every hazard" Howsln
the name of common sense is this continual
persistence" on our part shown? Having men