The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-08-01

tndn the late TT6SlOtHL.
advise that the several towns in the
Territory, through their corporate a1-
thorities, adopt such testimonials Of re-
spect, as to them may seem appropriate.
farther respectfully recommend to
the clergy and people of al! religious
denominations throughout the Territory,
that on some succeeding day of public
worship, they bow in submission and
reverence to Him .'who holdeth the ma
tons of the earth in the hollow Of his
hand" and humbly supplicatc that this
dispensatioD Of his Providence may
bring with it to all Of US the consoling
influence of President Tay lor's example.
and of our duty in preserving and up
holding the Union.
Given under my hand, and the Great
Seal Of the Territory, SIC.
ALEX. RAMSEY.
G.. X. SMITH, Secretary.
THE Power OF Lungs. IL There is,
or was, in London an annual festival
made immortal in Joe Miller and comic
song as Bart 'lemy Fair So far as We
can understand it, the anniversary must
have been held to celebrate the discord
Of Babel, heightening the effect Of
the confusion Of tongues by super
adding violent artificial noises ex-
tracted from all kinds of Instruments
Showmen and humbugs OF every descrip-
ton brought here monstrosities and i'm
postures, attracting the attention of the
gaping multitude by incessant ciamor;
and he who could make the most noise
was the most certain Of success, and
was regarded as superior being by
his feebler competitors. So Lighly, in
fact, was the power Of lungs esteemed,
that one Richardson, the master-spirit
Of the scene, bequeathed one thousand
pounds to Stentor. named Cartilage.
because ofhis capacity TO shout audibly
from one end of the fair TO the other, a.
bove all the groups and cymbals Of that
obstreperous rcvel!
Without wishing to be profane. We
! fancy that we can discover IN this same
'Bart'lemy Fair a type of the present
age and in the appreciative liberality Of
the worthy Snowman trait Of character
analogous to that which distinguishes
our good friend The People The
height Of ambition in the Nineteenth GEN.
tury appears to be, like Goldsmith's
drum, 'to make noise in the world -
f. TIE lungs are tie most useful organs Of
man, and according to their capacity in
the majority of cases, is man success
lul IN the higher and nobler pursuits that
excite human aspirations. In the polit-
ical world. lungs arc decidedly prOni-
nent: Tor is this 10 be wondered at
When legislation is liitle more than a
kind OF negative. Drawing, vociferation,
naturally becomes one of its chief es-
scn,ials. 1t is pecessary by clamor to
drown the voice Of reason and modera-
ton, as the Hindoos drown the shrieks
of the victim of the suttec by yells and
ear-splittiDg noises.
The gentleman who is 'una accustomed
+ public speaking will soon be as IL
pochryphal character as the Man in
r the Moon. One OF the first impulses Of
every young man appears TO be to rush
to the platform. Every pretext for pub
lie speaking is anyiously seized upon,
and almost every public meeting intro
duccs some fresh aspirant burning to
hnrangue his, fellow creatures on any
given subject If he makes fool Of
himself, he does but follow IN establish
ed precedent; and who can find fault
when folly Is the ruling fashion!
Fellow citizens! says the new gab-
{ bier, without u blush at the flisehood,
i did not think when ] came here that
| should have the honor of addressing
you on this occasion; but and then
, he contracts his brow as il to keep in
suhicction the pen'-up wisdom that is
struggling beneath them. He compress
, ses his lips, shakes bis eloquent forefin-
: ger, and after emptying his mouth by q
, rhetorical expectoration, plunges with
wild emphasis into shrill platitudea, and
: gets confused amid the elnbryon Of a
f tonic ideas that bewider his poor head.
: And his good-natured fellow citizens ap-
plaud each disconnected sentence and
newspaper truism, forgetting that each
"cheer" adds rivet to the chain of the
= unhappy youths destiny and ngthens
his resolve Of being a useless talker IN
stead Of useful doer in the world.
Ia the courts Of justice Lungs is en-
, throned autccrat, and, from constant
, listening, the bind goddess Is in danger
, of growing deaf as well as blind; and
! goodness krows there is no need of in
f creasng her defects! How many oi
r our legal orators owe their position to
I that puimonic transmutation which, In
addition to their hrazen faces, has gift
ed them with lungs Of brass' -,
1t wouid be easy to trace the influence
: oflunes in ether professions and pursuits
c to show how citen patriotism is but .
I 'trumpett sngued humbug to show
$ how often your fashionable physician
' owes his eminence 70 a knowledge OF
y pulmonary .oii-sawder, hiding ignorance
: in mild persuasive twa ddie, and disguis.
: ing pretention in silyer-,on.d cant; TO
, show, in short, how the power of lungs
is almost everywhere triumphant over
c modesty and merit; that the oracle OF
the age Is rpr et Drefei'ea niasf and thHt