Mower County transcript., 1869-12-30
Correspondence.
n1;E ST. PAUL LETTER.
Christmas Wiunepeg Rebeh'o"-Leg'
,s1,turc-Eucin NJ Stanton.

OJR ST. PAUL AEA AEAs'
CAristn,as- WIunepeg RebeI'on-Leg'
tsluturc-Ea,ciM NJ Stanton.
Christmas with its happy rcurions, presents
,,.c;ous dinners, its pleasures and its sorrows
too, has come and gone, and tho record Of an
other year is about made up, ready for tho
of tho books. How is it reader,
with you? As you look back upon the swiftly
passing days, does tho picture your memory
recalls, please you? or arc thore many things
small though lthcy may have been, that you
now wish had not been, and which you now see
need not have boon, had you but done unto
othcrs as you would have them do unto you.
A new year is about to enter upon tho stage.
Now books arc to be opened. For very many
1870 will witness tho final closing Of their nc
counts. Learn wisdom from the past. None
can tell who shall be called or who shall be
left but all shouia7so order theirrlivcs THAT
if the summons should bo to them, that their
record will be such as is pleasing to the great
and just judge cup yondor." -.
THE wINNEPEGlASs.
The "rcliablo contraband" has furnished US
with quito batch of reports concerning the
Of parties in the Red River country.
We now have the declaration d" Of the half
breeds, giving review of the causes that led
them to rebel, and their pronunciamcnto as to
their course Of action in the future. From
this it looks ay if tho Winnepeggians had no
intention Of throwing off, on Victoria's gov
crnment at the present time, but simply OBJ
jcetod to being turned over to tender me-cies
Of tho Canadian authorities by tho Hudson
Bay Company, by whom they have hereto
fore been governed. A seperate and distinct
colony, with colonial officers appointed by the
" Mother Country" and a colonial legislature
made up of representative from the different
parishes is put forth as their ultimatum.-
Their ability to mai ntain this position against
Canada, these rebels claim, has been shown in
their successful defense Of their country in
times past, from tho attacks Of hostile tribes of
Indians.
The assembly that issued this declaration
WAS composed Of representative men from the
different parishes, and it is claimed by its
friends to meet the appreciation Of three
fourths Of the population. Taking all these
statements as true, it would appear that the
rebellion thus far should be written down a
success. But it looks to me as if their " decla-
ratio1" rather than giving them strength,
will in the end be the cause of bringing about
their complete discontinue. This halfway
style of doing business don't pay in such little
" unplcasantness" ~ rebcllions. Had these
half-breeds in their counsel declared their In
dependence from every type of English govern
ment, cut aloof from English and Canadian
interference alike, and asserted their determ-
ination to establish Republic, they would
have at once secured the active sympathy Of
Americans generally, and Of the entire body of
Fenians especially, many of the latter Of whom
had British troops been sent to put dswn the re-
bellion, would have found means, notwith-
standing tho neutrality laws, to have "shied
their castors iuto tho ring" and strike an
other blow to avenge Irish wrongs. And then,
too, Minnesota, which has no particular inter-
est in the matter, would have considerable to
say, if nothing more. Saying nothing about
tho "high-morsp' sentiment of the duty
Americans owe to those people seeking the
blessings of self government, there is qucs-
ton, "hlthy lucre," that strikes Minnesotians
Tn <ho 1>1v 1o
Chamber Of Commerce at the time they invited
Gen. Baker and The Donnelly to unite in a dis
cussion ofthe tariff question, one Of the prin-
ciple business men of this city stated that be-
fore the adoption Of the present tariff his trade
with that section amounted to about so, 900
per annum, against $4,000 now. While this
may perhaps be ascrihed to IN unjust provis-
ion Of the present tariff law, you can readily
see how much more acceptable it would be to
The business Zen Of our city, if that country
was an Independent government, with whom
we could treat directly and adopt such trade
regulations as would bo mutually beneficial, OF
better still, if the rebellion had been inau gura
tod avowcdly for the porpose Of adding an
other star to tho "aag Of the free" and more
territory to the "home of the brave" Either
Of these would have made them thousands
Of friends out side of their limits, where
they cannot count upon one, and your cor
respondent is Of the opinion that to make
the rebellion a viritable success, one Of the
two courses has got to bo adopted.
Already there arc signs Of preparation for
the Legislative "milr' that is to open up
the first week in January. As yet it is too
carly for an oatsider to speak with any ccr-
tainty with reference to the organization, &c
Among the first business will undoubtedly be
the passage Of the 18th Amendment. From
present Indications the Democratic members
will make no organized opposition to this
cosure, individu al members of that organi-
zation, governing their action with reference
to making capital in their own localities
And this, Us near as can learn is to be
the Democratic policy on all the principal
measures that will be up before the present
Legislature. Every thing that can bc don,
to weaken the Republican organization, t,
throw the odor Of any unpopular Legislation
upon them, and as far-as pos bible to steal al
the thunder If the popular measures. III
short, they propose to conduct Il regular
bushwhacking contest. OF course, with such
Republican leaders as Merriam Of this city
and other. might mention, the majority vii
not suffer in such u contest. In my next
hone to be able to give you something dc1i