The new era., 1860-10-25
The st. Anthony "News" and
the Mask

We are glad we have succeeded in
waking up the News to the absurdity of
its former statement in relation to the
Eliza Winston rescue. II is quite in
dignant at tire suggestion that anybody
around the Falls had AM thing to do in
coaxing this black woman from her mas
ter, Col Chrisman What did ii mean
when it said, few weeks ago, that that
transaction was approved by the COM
munity generally We know all about
the particulars of it, and need no; go to
the deposition written fo, he occasion
to suit the times-to which our attention
is called by the News. We know how
such things are done; we have seen
them done before. We have lived in a
slave State, and are pretty well ac-
quainted with the dialect Of slaves and
the News mustn't think it can impose
that deposition upon US as Eliza Win
ston's deposition, though her cross may
be affixed to it. We did not charge the
act in question upon the Republican
party We denied what the News stat
ed--that the party did approve of it
We wrote with just such Abolitonists
with MASKS ON as the Editor ofthe News
in our mind. We meant him and his
abolition allies, when we penntd the ar
ticle to which he objects; and it appears
he feels the justice Of our structures
We have no idea of eleyating ur-
self in the estimation Of Southerners. =
We seek no favors Of them, any more
News and his political associates, who
went, under the cover Of night, crawling
around the house where Col. Chris
mans family were stopping, and who
were base and shameless enough to in
suit his family in the Colonel's absence,
with curses and imprecations, in the
presence Of the ladies Of the household
We have yet to learn that there
should not be some sense Of truth and
honor remaining even in political Ed
itor. We hope it has not come to pass
even in Minnesota, that an Editor of
political newspaper cannot speak the
truth without being suspected of doing
1t from sordid or selfish motives. The
Editor of the News may take its own
course, and for partizan purposes ap-
plaud what all candid men must con-
denim; approve that which will rob St.
Anthony Of its former good name, and
cause strangers who arc not mad abol-
n'onlsts, in every quarter of the Union,
10 shun the place. we will not do
1t. we have too deep an interest in
the State and its future for political gain,
10 sacrafice the one, or blacken tbel
other. H.. '@ sa uo"
g.. AS for our going over to Breckinridge
=, or Douglas, as the News suggests, we
~ WOuiu Uc eIlO loss OF G1tl-l
or reputation or honor to part company
witn such abolition advocates as the
Editor of the NEws and his nart;c,da
friends who Prowl around Southern gen.
flemen's places Of abode among us, int
che aigh time We,are not mal;c;on5.
and we are no hyPocrite, What we be-
lisve We are readysto declare But theI
News is one thing andpretends another
d He has the name Of Lincoln up when he|
should put up that Of Gerrit Smith,
smith is the Abolition candidate for the
Presidency. 1 He believes in stealing
negroes in free States, and IN John
Brown raids. on slave States. so does
tee Editor f-tha NEws. let him t6,ca paco con-
'sistsut, throw otfhis mask and adyo-
cats unadaltsrated Aboiaio3nisnat at a5es
Abby Kelly would rejoice.