The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-04-15


: Our readers remember, that few weeks since,
We copied from The st. Anthony Express, letter
written in easy, elegant verse descriptive Ct Min
nesota. The composition net only sparkled ssi,h
wit, but it exhibited Gar moro Of the "ars eslara
anem," than belongs TO unJmactised poetic ges-
ius. 1t seemed to IS, that Pisrpont, or Homes
himself, could have written nothing better. Lsarn-
ing the name Of the au,hcr, gentienon residing
al Saint Anthony, we placed his name 5n car sub
scrip,ion list; prcferiug 10 furnish scci reader
with the Pioneer without charge, to receiving pay
for half dozen copies Of the paper. sent to 1.
feel or bIockhead who despises literary Idhors,
who takes Our paper grudsingy and merely as "a
patron" and never reads it. On the RECENT a.
the FIRST number Of the Pioneer, the author Sent ~
the following easy, charming letter, which we
cannot refrain from publishing; although We can
say with unfeigned truth, We wcad ra,ber 1t con-
tanned moi word Of compneft to Us
To The Editor Of the Minnesota Pioneer, SAINT
Paul.
The compliment you paid my humLle ic,ies
Demands tribute from your grateful teitog.
In friendly token for my random capcg
own the mission Of your sterling pape.
For want Of more substantial means 10 we,: =.
With many thanks heartily receipt il;
For all this kindness shown, TO me mos; dear,
Success TO Goodhue and The PIONEER.
Our common cause is universal rielii:
To build up truth and scatter uental hight,
Ny sphere is comprised by narrow bound.
But when you speak, it rolls the earth Z.os1..
You hold an engine of unbounded powors
To mould and guide this wayward q ODD 81 oars:
And who could know how best his course 10 steer.
Without the guidance Of ProSEER:
Let one fail, in Sun mer, Fail VI Hi.e-.
TO take the papers and TO pay the PRINTER.
The money given for the sheet you hcli
Will often render back hundred Ga
The press has power to elevate the s,.ie.
To make the nation happy, free an great:
To add double value 10 farm
And gid GU, pathway with peculi. .3rs.
The tens Of thousands yearly landn- here,
VIII seek The office of the PIoNEta,
For news, for knowledge, and Cor rc,rea ION.
And facts 70 guide them to the best ioca,oa.
And some of these, Dear G. will take s.rcue.
In politics and morals, much from gol
Then Is it very strange queer,
That wisdom ought to guide the PIoarrHa
The wits Of Araby, in times of old
Cop,h;naJ .hair ucxrar, to ali -.
The sage Of Syracuse, mechanics p.lneyl
To raise the world, had he place lo stand.
| The lesser calbers of modern day
| Have held their ,npers to the suns brish; blaze
Bot in the type, the press, the prinled sheet.
W'ealM, porer and light glorious ,s'aae NEE.
The Editorial chair, say what you ILL
Needs more Of patient industry and s,,
More varied parts, more wit, more sense. more
knowledge,
Than any chair that ever graced co'irs;
Far more than half the world has eve deemed.
Or any half-baked foo! has over DIRE ed
That you can do the clever thing, ! c.oar;
And that you tcilI, vide the PIoNE r..
! Then honor 10 the man who drives ia iuil
With virtuc, wisdom and determine VIII
And thanks 10 him, for intellectual ees
Who sends his friends the Weekly PIor:EB.
WOMEN OF ST. PAUL.-Not having i.a1
nor room, last week, for an adequate ao.'c, of
the exert,ons Of orr noble towns-womeu, o. tha
day of the Liquor election, we copy ibe follow
ing appropriate tribute from the Nlisacsotiaa.
II would be thoroughly usecss 6. * i1- a.,
did we even WELL the per. of an lryag % n Pics.
ems, to undertake to do Justice 10 The a3a'- ai-
forts OF the ladies Of Saint Paul iu tecar..s ...r
adoption Of the Temperance Law lhe a..f.
substantias and luxuries Of the SUM trols o'1-
quet, set by them at Temperance Hail or tho
day Of voting, although every thing TIA, ca-i Id 10
expected. was nothing ia cornpari>en 10 ao zeal
and devotion with which they threw their whole
hearts and souls into the good cause. Had, ra-
ceasing physical labor for three f2u. d1,s--
this might have been undergone e. I've nam 81.
The thing merely. Large and bounieeGs contrib
tions for the labie-these might have tecr q, 81
IN order that the donors should no d. regarded
as !iberal and penurious. But Eoae I'll .l.e.s
selfish feelings actuated them. Some MAY rS-
how we know this. Know i.-why, W a..v j.
by their looks. their aeiious--by .aa.r et--
mcvement-by the honest sinceri ri,i le5'a-
ed from every countenance, and sn"ne i.r- d.
every graceful motion-by the righ; hca,tt .
WiH with which they went abou, 9ocoup 's.r-
what they had undertaken, and d. accou Ri b
it, 10 the utmost delight of the s.erner -, .5io
eternal honor and credit OF therseyes S.ir.
Paul may well be proud Of her wo-nea. Sic ae-
lieve she always has been; but ne size ass. -'
another very tall feather in her ca g-nigher liaa
all the rest--for in accomplishing hs, g.hci .oey
did on Monday last, her fair daugl ~, eoa
laurels more lasting than those tal q, ), ine
brow Of the conquerer upon .oadr,a bait
fields.
! PARTY PoLiTIcs.-rc magnify isoi isd
questions and assign to them zoe 9oaucr