Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-06-06
WEDNESDAY, MAY 81, 1854.


PIONEER AND NEbhHSNA DhhA
The editor of the Pioneer Of yesterday morn
inc. expresses his dislike of our article on the
massage of the Nebraska Bill He thinks it is
granting. tearing. Western grdnd-eloquence-a
piece of highfalutn," &c.
Well. this is nothing strange. We did not
expect our article woald please the vacilating
rolicv-steering, money-loving Pioneer-not by
any means. Had we written to have pleased
the editor we should have penned an article of an
entirely different naturc-an article not manly
and out tspoken. but non-c -commlttal, weak, ready
to-iunp- on the other-Side of-the-fence DISGUISE
ton upon one of the most outrageous acts that
eyer disgraced this country. We should have
first gone behind the throne and consulted the
power which is greater than the thronc-waited
until some late news arrived from Washington, or
some .si,v authority bid do his dirty work, for
which. a. a matter Of course, we should have got
paid-thats in the bond. Then gently, and with
the utmost caution we should have so managed
matters that the next day if the dose didn't take
we could administer another dose ''by authority,
which. coated over with sugar, would aid the
rei.lcr in swallowing the pill. Such an article
would have received the cOmmcndation OF that
class Of men. who, having no minds OF their own,
no principles are eternally on the watch for eve
T. breeze by which to set their sails, and thus,
r;rates-likc. enter the harbor Of decency and re-
spactalilitv. Bat we did not pen such an arti-
ell. We uttered our own Observation-Disclosures
that have been responded to By the pcoplc--sen-
rmnnt- that sprns from conviction OF wrong
sentiments. the uttcr1ncc of which defined our
position before the world, humble though it IS,
as adv )cate. of Right--advocatcs OF down
trodden humanitv-advo Gates of Justice and Lib
crtv If bv uttering such sentiments we incur
the displelsura Of those who '.bend the knee in
tickle fawning.' and sup from the dish OF gov
ernmant pap, we'll and good. We can afford to
displcase them whn principle is at stake--we
cpn afford to dsp. 'asc them when our own con-
-. ence tc,i, Us we arc risht--we can afford to
di-plcase them when the people Justify our
.,,sr-e an m.inttin u 10y their patronage.
Now whit h IS been the curse Of the Pioneer
on this Nebraska question? Has it been manly?
las il been Il light forward? has it been OF a
nature TO re- i've the confdenc Of the people,
J.ct thi, community answer. Why did it not tell
IL, In is issi, of Mond ' whore it could be found
-whcihcr it was for or agan~t the Ncbraskl !
Il il:-Nh-: Ia, il no sontiments of It's own:
or i it fearful that if it goes for the Bill the peo
,i. will not sustain it, and if it goes against the
Eil. DOUGLAS x Co. will Withdraw their ald in tn
,.,n.ummaiion of plans connecting at Washington?
Why i, it? But we ar willing to give our read
..rs the full benefit of it, sentiments, and we
rcpuhi,h them. Read them and then tell us if
possible wherc we may find the Pioneer:
'.Withoui stopping this morning to discuss the
merits of the measure. which has now doubtless
become q law we barclyy express n hope that 1t
may prove in its practical operation. all that has
been claimed for il by its supporters, as means
al allavng slavery agitation IN Congress, and OF
placing our Territorial system on Il just and sta
Die basis
1t ..barely expresses hope" that is all. If
the Nebraska Bill will do that which its advo-
Gates claim. and if the Pioneer is an upholder and
supporter of the Bill, why in the name of Justice
does it not back up its friends? If it is not a
supporter of the measure why does it countenance
the passage of the Bill with the simple remark
that it expresses hope that it may prove all its
friends claim for - The truth is the Pioneer
is norhere. and because the Times has dared to
utter its conviction of a base wrong, and by ut
tering these convictions added very materially to
. It's subscription list, the editor Of the Pioneer
shuts down upon it with the classic language of
s.highfalutin.- But our article has had its effect
and it is in vain for neighbor to try to kill its
influence. Ii is in vain for him to defend so mon
strous wrong the Nebraska Bill, and expect
to live in community of frccmen-lovers of
frcedom AMI he will find, much to his sorrow, that
while political demagogues may put into his cof
fers few pennies procured at the sacrifice of
principle and right, the PEOPLE will rise in their
strength, and east both them and him into we'll
mcrited oblivion.