The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-20
The Railroad War ended ~ the Dual
CHy.-The E".say Routed.

Cny.-The E".say Routed.
Oar Minneapolitan brethren, relapsing
from the sweet serenity Of their recent fond
embrace with their Siamese sister have
been in most unamiabIe state OF excite
ment On the subject Of railroads. Our Min
ueapolis correspondent gives in another
plac, an interesting account Of the third of
these meetings held last Wednesday evening
1t will be perceived that the speeches and
general tone OF the meeting, exhbi, very
different drift, in this report, from that which
il shown 10 the garbled report which ap-
pears 10 the columns Of the Eren,ng Nor,
and its charming 81. Paul confederate. AZ
If the madness and folly and stupidity Of
these meetings were not sufficiently adver
tised by the Rabbits and SnoOkss, who
or which for such nouns are properly neu.
ter-prevaled on the occasi0n-the Mime
sofian and Neus have done the little utmost
that in them lies to add their own stock OF
childish malignity to the ridiculous total ;
have been at vast pains to suppress
every sensible thing that was said or done
and to give to every silly word or deed, the
advantage Of being rendered into print by
/ fools.
/ The men who stood up on those occasions
for the interests OF the State--who spoke
knowingly and to the purpose--are repre-
sented as saying just what they did not say :
and even the calm and judicious counsels OF
such men az WELLgs, NoURsE, BATES, and
others, translated through the medium Of
these malignant reports are turned to folly
and madness.
+ But, as Minneapolis could not be absurd
enough alone, she obtained, on Monday
night, the valuable assistance of her St
Anthony sister, to be, not sweetly ridicu-
lous together, as in their last anorous inter
twining, but to enjoy the luxury Of being
sensible together for once, il possible Tn
der these auspices, this Monday night meet
ing, had Of course, very different result
from that of the Wednesday night preceding
The RABBITS and CHARLroSs, and BLArH-
ERsHIrss, did not pack this meeting, and
were consequently not in the majority.
The sensible upper strata Of the dual city
were in the ascendant. The meeting was
held at Stauchfcld Hall. About five hun
dred people were present, }. 5. DENMoS
presided. A committee Of six-three from
each side Of the river nice adjustment of
the local balances J were appointed to draw
up resolutions and after refreshing
series OF practical aud sensible speeches
upon the policy Of the Railroad Com
panies, resolutions were adopted which,
We suppose, As they are the fourth effort in
that line, and were endorsed by the largest
and most enthusiastic Of the series Of meet.
inga, may be regarded a. expressing the
final and unaI,erable position OF public sen.
timent in the dual city, upon the subject a,
issue
The resolutions are quite too long tor our
columns. The preamble sets forth that u
factious clique up there have been holding
meetings for the avowed purpose Of pros
trating the credit Of the State. and have
spared no ISLANDERS or Misrepresentation
that would suit their purpose and have
made garbled and er pdrte reports of the pro-
ceedings of those meetiugs-and therefore
they, the people of Minneapolis AMI Saint
Anthony have resolved that if the Railroad
Companies do not comply with the require
ments Of their charters. recourse will be had
TO legal remedies that under any and all
circumstances do they disclaim the very
idea ofrcpudla.iug any portion Of the State
: Indebtedness that they confidently rely
upon the ability Of the companies TO meet
their engagements with the State but in
no case spoken ike mem shall the fair
fame of the State b. tarnished by an at
tempt at population tina, the anonymous
scrbblcr who has been writing down Min
uesota IN eastern papers is knaye ; tina,
their most violent opponents have failed to
prove a single charge Of bad faith against
the {. V. & VI. 4 T. Railroad Companies,
AMI that all their acts indicate q determine
,iou to push on these roads. vigorously. in
compliance with the terms ct their charters