The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-22

That II might Disclose what gentleman ap'
pointed by the President himself Tor his hon.
esty, caused him to cay, just before he re-
signed after having served . month or two
that he could no longer retain his position as
| agent of The Chlppewas under such influences
: as be was placed and surrounded by such men.
without actively participating in their corrup-
tions.
That it might reveal in what manner an
Agent made good his boast, uttered almost in
the same breath with his oath of Office, that
The had taken the Agency to make money,
and by - he would do it,"
|
That it might give a clue to what this same
agent meant when he said to one of our citl-
zens, just after the breaking out of the troubles
| with the Chppewas, when it was charged nome
upon him that fraud in dealing with the lndl-
ans was the main cause of the dlstur Dances !,t:
You ought not to blame me with dI thls.
| There were worse things done at the Leecu
Lake payment than ever l was engaged IN:
And you KNOW" he continued: a ~ ~ u.,1'
time was sick in bed, ana s.gueu t .t 10y S,
men. papers, without having Ooe' az TIC pay
Thew feared it might make known to the
world I, Thousand other danning facts which
now lie huried in the characteristic secrecy of
of Ildian Agencies. .a.l
The fact that Honest Old Abe "keeps
such rascals as the Democrat exposes, in
Office, would seem to be a sufficient reason
why all good citizens should desire tina
one less oblivious of corruption among
his subordinates, could be selected to fill
his place. - r
The Saint Cloud Democrat, with strange
inconsistency, attempts to withdraw from
public view the actual position of Senator
Ramsey as one of the shoddyites. If heis
not one of them, why has he not exposed
their nefarious deeds? Is he not just as
much implicated in their murder melting,
swindling and actual theft, as the COM
missioner of Indian Affairs There is a
wheel within a wheel here, which this
shoddy controversy may yet expose.
The strategical WHEKLoCK, aided by the
Saltwater Messenger, isattempting, salast
grand movement, to getup an Indian scare,
which the shoddyites hope may enable
them to run off large amount of plum
der, and run through the nominating con-
vention their candidate for Congress. 1t
is that some lumbermen of the St.
Croix Valley have lately been killed and
scalped by the Chippewa Indians in the
wood, of Northwest Wisconsin. We learn
from good authority that it is the opinion
of those most likely to know the facts,
that the woods of that locality are the hid
ing places of numerous fugitives from the
draft, and that these men, if killed at all,
were the victims of other fugitives, who
supposed them to be in pursuit Of desert
ers
Whether the diversion at the strategeti-
cal Press prove successful or not, remains
to be seen.
Whatever may be the issue of this shod-
dy controversy among the Republicans of
this District, there is reason t believe
that if the Democratic party would put in
nomination an upright conservative can
die ate, qualified for the office and free
from al suspicion of corrupt associations
and corrupting influences, -one who would
not sacrifice the public interests to party
prejudice, or adhere with blind tenacity to
obsolete ideas, but manful!y sustain the
cause of the Union against all opposers,
including the radicals on both sides,-that
the people would make haste to elect him.