The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-10-08
senatoriA q Question.

80 ts senatosiAi Question: s4s4is3fsa|
The question d s'he e'ss,ion q ! uoitsd
States Senator has began 10 be sgit.ted by
the u a pletropolitsn journals. The P.onser and
the be- STATE Alas ire for Aldrioh. and from
them one would receive the suppression that
A Alexander Nd Rlamsey is the most dishonest.
worthless and unprinciplsd scoundrel that
lives. The Pres is for Ramsey, and from It
one would suppose that Of. al men, Cyrus
Aldrich IS the most unfit for United States
senator. The: latest attack is that Aldrich
IS deiaulter e the Government for over
four thousand dollars. = =
Whoever We may be in favor Of for United
States Senator'S ara n for M. Aldrich !;
not because We have any hi.h inthe numer:
Gus charges made against him BY the organ
Of his opponent, but because We do not BE-:
lieve he would be any honor to the State.
We regard Mr.. Aldrich as !: man Of very
ordinary ability, and should b very sorry
to see him sent to the United State Senate.
Re has become very popular among = GER
tain class in this State since he went to Con-
gre:s, but there, are few, men with the
patronage Of the Government At their dis
+posal who cannot become popular. His
popularity is. principally with the recipients
Of his favors, and their friends. He receives
much credit for his efforts in procuring, the
passage 0: the Homestead Bill, but every
body knows that that was : feature Of the
Republican platform, and had been urged by
Mr.. Grow and other prominent Republicans,
year after, and would have passed as well
without. as with the assistance Of Mr.. Al
drichi; and for him TO claim the credit or
any Of the credit Of that measure IS some.
what like stealing thunder. =, g.. .7;.e.,.t
But one principal reason, why we DO not
want to see Mr.. Adrich elected TO the Sen
ate is, because he, has been working. with an
eye single to that selfish object ever since he
has been in Congress. 1t is mainly through
the influence of him; and Mr.. Window that
the State this fall, notwithstanding our de.
plorable condition, is in the midst Of q fierce
and angry party contest. 1t best serves Mr..
Aldrich's purpose to have straight out party
men elected to the Legislature, because he
might hope to: I've able TO- control a small
body Of politicians, while he would have but
little hope Of controlling the, whole Legisla.
ture.! = = - H." 3s;:.a, s. ~ ;..j :. ,;.t
To- our, mind one of the most disgusting
and revolving sights we ever saw was this
same. Col, Aldricb, at atime when the whole
State was straining every nerve to raise its
quota Of men totput dopn this rebellion, when
all patriotic nen We're either enlis.ing OF
inducing others to cdolso, sneaking about like
= sheep thief picking out the persons to sui.
his purpose in the several counties that he
should recommend tor Assessors. Each
persoD, in all probability, being first required
to pledge himself to use his influence to elect
" Aldrich men, to tho Legislature. ...i
(: But, all the papers we have yet seen, that
speak out on the subject, 90 on the supposi.
ton that Alexander Ramsey and Colonel
Aldrich are tho only men in the State fit for
the position, It may appear, when the time
comes, that the Almighty has created some
other man. an@:s T4so a4.u t~:e5:Eut 5.a.7:p