Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-12
from the Saint Paul Pioneer 1 Democrat, Nov.
s,.,oc STARTLING SUSPICIOUS. .y
Senator RICE " Not Arerse to a Republican W
tory. .ui4ig--T .r-stni hfG --s-.-.- "a.
Senator RICE Occupying a Position similar t6
that held6y Senator GwIN.


Senator RICE " Occupying Position similar to
that held6y Senator GwIN. p"
''.EggC CgLE b!G.s a----ms2 saTI-s GAS
Senator RICE )" A6le to Manage the Interests Of the
Young and Growing State Of Minnesota to Susf
r. His O,cn Purposes" p .a.s y.-
The New York Heratd has, during the last
eighteen months, been regarded as the special
confidential organ of President Buchanan
1t has not only defended the acts of the Fed
eral Administration when accomplished, but
it has foretOld what those acts were to be with
an almost unerring certainty. Bennett has
been treated in a social way by Buchanan,
with a kindness and distinction accorded to
no other journalist in the country. Benefits
correspondents at Washington notoriously en-
joy special privileges at the departments, and
are treated with particular confidence by the
President, and his personal adherents. There
fore, we always look with special interest at
the Washington correspondence OF the Her.
aM, as the most reliable source from which
to gather the opinions and designs of the
President. And, in looking over the Herald
of the 29th October, we were astounded anu
dumbfounded at finding, in it's Washington
letter written on tfe Ist sult, the following
remarkable illusions to the Hon. HENRY N.
RICE: + ga ,:i5;-a-....,,, - r,.:,-...s,- .-s
The loss of the two Democratic members in Min
nesota is the source of considerable comment
here. Notwithstanding the desperate efforts ofthe
Black Republicans, the stump speeches OF Messrs.
Grow, Coifax, Blair, jr., and others OF the same
and the tons of abolition documents sent through
the Post Office from this city, 1t is confidently be-
leved the Democratic candidates would have been
returned but for the utter lukewarmness with
which the canvass was conducted. The remark
has ever been repeated in political circles here
that Senator Rice was not ayerse to Republican
victory, as in the event OF q Democratic deleSa-
ton in the House and Democratic colleague IN
the Senate, he would be compelled to share the
patronage of the state with tnem. BY the success
of the Black Republicans, it will be seen that he
now occupies position similar to that held bv en-
ator Gwin during the last Congress, and will be
able to. manage the interests OF the young and
growing State of Minnesota as will best suit his
own purposes Senator Rice has never taken a
prominent part in debate; but his enemies, as we'll
as his friends, have ever been ready to credit him
with shrewedness enough to compass all his ends
If 1t be true that he has winked at the overthrow
of his own party, he will yet lind that the reward
of treason will overtake him. Z
We confess that we don't know what to
make of the above extract If tho ea=F'
cinns of Senator Rice's political integrity are
false, then this suggestion of them through
the columns of the New York Herald adds to
the crime of slander that of political ingrati
tude towards our Senator by the President
I: the suspicious are based on facts known to
Buchanan, then the utterance of them trough
paper like the Herald, with its immense
circulation, adds to an injury which is ire
parable, the guilt of gross violation of con-
fidence We confess that it is hard prob
lem to solve in any way so that the charac-
ters of the President and Senator Rice shall
both be preserved.
: Will Senator Rice, who is now here, help
us and the public out of the quandary?