The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-02-18
tslON" AND THE 81. PAUL PRESS.

'lON" AND THE 81. PAUL PRESS.
Its Editor sAd tho Railroad Douds-
Past Anteccdents-Some Pointed Oh
ssrvataDas Thereon and u Question
Asked.
sAux RAPIDS, February Is. 1860.
EDITOR JouRNAL.-I address this
letter to my right trusty, but over or
ring brother Of the quill, tho editor Of
the St. Paul Press
TO tie Editor Of tic st. Paul Pres:
Thought have not the honor Of being
personally known to you, I mako no
apology for considering your claim to
public conf lence in Jour vehement
advocacy Of tho Bondholdcrs' Interests.
observe, without surprise. that you
are pursuing with accustomed malevo-
lence al thoeo who differ with you on
this question, 50 vital tolthe interests Of
a whole people. You have already
much to answer for in tho past beware
that you do not in the future, by bold
persistence in evil doing, arouse the In
diguation Of al parties against you.
Ihaye not time now to discuss the
propriety or tho expcdioncy Of paying a
claim Of half million, for which the
people have received no adequate
equivalent claims for work !; which in
some cases was never done, and in
Others but half donc-nor to speak of
the uurightcousness Of asking the en-
actmcnt Of any law by which people,
already oppressed by taxation, should
be forced to the payment Of hundreds
of thousands of dollars Of interest
money to rich bondholders, whose
only object was in the beginning to
make fortunes in the speculation, out
Of the pockets of tho people. The
question which I desire to consider now
is: OF what value !. your opinion ?
Of what 'oeight your statements with
the people7 As little acquainted With
the rules Of decorum IS with the laws
of morality, you have hitherto ruined
every cause you have ever espoused.
The public demand in = journalist some
regard to truth and consistency. You
have never shown that you were ac-
quaiuted with either. The public de-
mand in the journalist some principle
which may be discovered underlying
aud governing his conduct aud judy
! meat. You have had the misfortune,
if you ever had any, Of never making
| it known to others. Let your past ca
reer DO testimony against you.
As writer in the Advertiser, did you
not advocate every corrupt financial
measure then infesting the new Terri
tory, until the weight Of obloquy then &C
drawn upon that unfortunate enterprise
compelled its suspension, and the flight
eff its protector to one Of the Pacific
States?
No sooner had your wandering intel
lect and bad example effected the
downfall Of the Adoerti.er, than you
looked around for another position
You wrote with facility aud with bold
ness. You were even then, by nc
means unworthy Of notice. Shrewd
politicians saw very considerable intel
lect ready to devote its power to an,
cause that was able and willing to pay
! We next find you in one Of the sane
tums of the old Pioneer. Whateve'
may have been5 our political proelivitie'
before, you became suddenly oblivion
to the past, and came forth = "dagge'
drawn Democrat hot for reform"
remember, and your friends caunot hav'
forgotten, the local colamns Of tn
Pioneer Of that day, teeming will
personalities that shocked the publi
sentiment. Neither public nor privat
character escaped your criticisms
Your animadversions we're opened upo'
all alike, who were not counted In will
those who were safe under the protect
ing Egis Of the great paper that rule'
the new Territory. Your audacity j
we'll remembered as being something
startling. For while your work wa
followed with applause. You were
bold gladiator, and skllltully managed
to escape the ndignation Of man,
whose private characters you had stab
bed. Your boldness resembled some
what the gallantry Of the soldier, an
the one was forgotten in the other
You are so little accustomed to receiv
marks Of respect that, lest you ma
,, mistake this bare statement Of facts a
, a compliment, I will change my styl
> and say that all this did not last long
The old Democratic party, which ha
/ swayed public affairs so long, shove
, signs of weakness, aud the old Ponce
r began to tremble. The fate Of th
, Atlvert;ser was before theireyes. The
knew the retribution which had ove1
taken it, aud they knew it was just
, need not spend time in the cnumeratio
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