Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1859-12-31

legal voters, it appears, "loaned hand' to
their brethren of Glendale in Scott county,)
we have the fact before us, that hundreds of
this same class OF voters swarmed along the
entire length of the dividing lines of the above
named counties, voting from county to county
and from precinct to precinct. The same
names are found frequently on the poll books
of two different precincts, and sometimes on
three and even four. Whenthc Burnsville ques-
ton comes up in the House to-day, we trust
that either Mr.. llrLErr, or Mr.. LEAvENs, or
Mr.. WEBSTER, of Rice county, will enIghten
their brother Republicans as to the proceed
ings on the day of election i'll the towns of
Shieldsvlle, Erin, and Whcatland. If the Re
publicans of the House have not the will and
the nerve to crush ont this monstrous Burns
vile fraud, which occurred right here within
fifteen miles of the capital, how do they cX-
pect ever to purify the ballot box in the far
off Indian country
AS an old citizen of Dakota county, we are
prepared to assert, without fear of successful
contradiction, that there never has been a
really legal abstract returned from BurnSvile
since the county was organized. 1t is well
known fact, that there are not over forty Or
fifty legal voters residing within the limits OF
that precinct. And here we have return (?)
of eishty-seven.
But some of our Republican friends say,
we already have more than sufficiently large
majority in the House for all practical purpo-
scs, and we must therefore be magnanimous
True; but right and justice must not be sac
riticed to false sense of magnanimity. BE
right and just first, and magnanimous after
wards. Mr.. Bixler and Mr.. Caskey were Ell
ther elected or they were not. The report
of Mr.. Butler shows, and our convictions tell
lis, they were elected. Here, then, comes in
the question ofindividual right, and the ri ghts
of large and intelligent constituency OF free
men. Must these rights be sacrificed to a
pseudo feeling of magnanlmity? No! not il
the outgoing of Messrs. Newell and Waldhlel
would leave the House destitute of Demo
cratic member!
"Two wrongs never made right" and We
would not have our party take as precedents
the action of Democrats in former years
touching the cases of Howell VS.. 1illotson
Covillvs Vaughan, Benson VS.. Banfill, Kings
| ley VS. Dunham, &c. But now that we have
a good and just case, let the wrongs then in
ficted upon us be remembered.
Mr. Barton, who must so out per force o
both the Majority and Minority reports, is
we take it, a clever gentleman and an hones
man-one who neither countcnanced nor aid
ed, nor knew anything about the Burnsvill'
fraud. 1t is his misfortune that he ran so fal
behind his colleagues that the throwing out o
| the thirteen kno~n illegal votes from Scot
comfy, reaches him and him alone. Is ther'
any magnanimity iii ousting him and leaving
the guilty Newell, tainted with all his whis
key rascalties and violence in, the enjoymen
of the reserved rights of BiXler or Caskey
| Taking this cursory review of the who'll
| case, we trust our irlenuS UO-uay Ill lne llouS
will see the Importance of giving a sound ant
lasting rebuke to these election frauds, perpe
trated right here almost at the Threshold o
the Capitol. Let the resolution appended t
the Minority report be adopted, and let it b
adopted without further delay or hindrancc
Let the work of election reform commenc
now and the great end will be all the easie
of accomplishment hereafter.