The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

pas His Otcn Ends"
Senator RICE Threatened, by the Confidential
Organ of the President, "Ihat the Re,card OF
Treason ,cM OUertake HIM.
The New York Herald has, during the
last eighteen months, been regarded as the
special, confidential organ of President b.
cHANAN. 1t has not only defended the acts
of the Federal Administration when accom-
plished, but it has foretold what those acts
were to be with an almost unerring certain
ty. BENNETT has been treated in social
way by BUCHANAN, with kindness and dis.
tinction accorded to no other journalist in
the country. BENEFITS correspondents at
Washington VIGOROUSLY enjoy special priv.
leges at the departments, and are treated
with particular confidence by the President
and his personal adherents. Therefore, we
always look with special interest at the
Washington correspondence of the Herald,
as the most reliable source from which to
gather the opinions and designs of the Pres
ident. And, in looking over the Herald of
the 29th October, we were astounded and
dumbfounded at finding, in its Washington
letter written on the 2lst ult., the following
remarkable illusions to the Hon. HENRY M.
RICE:
The loss Of the two Democratic members in
Mime sofa is the source of considerable COM
ment here. Notwithstanding the desperate
efforts of the Black Republicans, the stump
speeches IF Messrs. Grow. Colfax. Blair, jr.,
and others of the same kidney, and the tons of
abolition documents sent through the Post
Office from this city, it is confidently believed
the Democratic candidates would have been
returned but for the utter lukewarmness with
which the canvass was conducted. The re.
mark has even been repeated in political cir.
cles here that Senator Rice was not averse to
a Republican victory, as in the event of Dem.
ocratic delegation in the House and Demo-
cratic colleague in the Senate, he would be
compelled to share the patronage of the State
with them. By the success of the Black Re.
publicans, it will be seen that he now occupies
position similar to that held by Senator 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 prominent part in debate but his en-
emies, as we'll as his friends, have ever been
ready to credit him with shrewdness enough
to compass all his ends. If it be true that he
has winked at the overthrow of his own party,
he will yet find that the reward of treason will
overtake him.
We confess that we don't know what to
make of the above extract. If the suspi-
cions of Senator R1cE's political integrity
are false, then this suggestion of them
through the columns of the New York
Herald adds to the crime OF Islander that Of
political ingratitude towards our Senator by
the President. If the suspicious are
based on facts known to BUCHANAN, then
the utterance of them through paper like
the Herald, with its immense circulation,
adds to an injury which is irreparable, the
guilt of a gross violation of confidence. We
confess that it is hard problem to solve in
any way so that the characters of the Presi-
dent and Senator RICE shall both be pre-
served.
Will Senator RICE, who is now here,
help us and the public out Of the quandary :?
1.-THE matters involved in the foregoing
article not having been explained by Senator
RICE, we are obliged to investigate the
subject ourselves, which we commence in the
two articles following, under the head
"Was Senator RICE averse to Republican
Victory ?"]