Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-12-05
THURSDAY, NOV. 80, 1854.
THE PIONEER AND "DEMOCRACY."

,to the political editor of the Times is? Now
there is no need of asking who the political editor
of the Pioneer is-the stale apothgems-the ste
reotyped blarney bestowed on tn e'' dear peoples
and the beautiful changes rung on the word
ssDemocracy'' sufficiently indicate ,rho is the
political editor of that paper.
| The writer's remark that no law passed by the
| Wings now remain upon the statute books, we
| think we have heard him make about one humid
red times and it amounts to just about much
in favor of his party, as the fact that when the
| barbarians sacked Rome, they destroyed or de-
faced every vestage of civilization, does in favor
of the invaders. t..
| He knows that whenever the Wing party have
went out of power, they have left the country
prosperous and happy, and whenever the Demo-
cratic party have taken the reins of government,
they have found the country prosperous, and
when they went out Of power, they have left it in
debt and ruin. This cannot be denied by the
Pioneer. jackson came into power with full
Treasury, and no debt except a small remnant
of that created by the war of 1Sl2-the party
under Van Buren, left the country bankrupt, both
in its public and private capacity--a beautiful
commentary on Democratic rule. Four years Of
Wing rule restored the credit and finances Of the
country, and thus Mr.. Polk found it, BY the
laundering imbecility of Democratic rulers We
were involved in a war with Mexico, and BY the
gallantry of our armies, commanded principally
by Wing Generals, and composed of at least a
fair proportion of Wings, we conquered that
country, and then by the idiotc diplomacy of that
same Administration, we paid the conquered
country about 500, 100000 for the territory,
that we had went to war with her for refusing to
cede to us for So, 100000, and this too after de-
claring at the commencement of the war, that we
would hold her responsible for the cost of the
same.
1t is true, they always repealed the Wing laws,
which had establsihe ! the credit of the country,
and by so doing have always rendered it bank
rupt, both in money and character. They have
cried " hard money" and by their policy have
covered the land with irresponsible and worthless
banks. In their intercourse with foreign govern
ments-they have always asked more and taken
less than was our due. In short they have always,
at least since Jackson left the government, been
.ffytour forty party.
The Pioneer says: s'to be a good Whig means
to be man-worshiper." Here the writer is at
fault. good Wing worsh;ps man in his in
dividual capacity nor yet in the mass, and this is
the difference between the writer and good Wing.
The Wing regards only the prime; e,--while he
bows the knee to the multitude and makes himself
a demagoguc. We make no distinction between
the noisy demagogue and the fawning courticr, the
man who Aattcrs the people collectively for their
votes will Aatter the ruler or the king for his pat
ronage the principle is the same-to wit: a disre
gard of right for the sake of gain.
We have not wished, nor do we now wish a
controversy with the Pioneer, but that paper has
forced it on us by the great change in its course
since the election. Before that time it agreed
with US that the great question was not Wing or
Democrat, but fraud NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
people of the Territory should endorse or rerud:-
ate the acts of our Democratic delegatc-shoud
by their votes sanction base forgery, or main
tain right-we worked together to rebuke the acts
of that Democratic delegate, and from that day
to this the Pioneer has not ceased to Cry "Demo-
cratic victory when it knows that that victory
achieved by large portion Of the Wings voting
with part of the Democracy to drive out Land of
swindlers composed, rs far we know, exclusive
that the managers of the Schuyler fraud all
simon pures, as per example Douglas, Brccken-
ridge, Stevens, Jones, Bright, Rice, Gushing, etc.
Under this view of the case we have often thought
whether if the election had terminated differently
the Pioneer would not have cried Just as Justify
''Democratic victory," because the course of Mr..
Rice and those other sterling democrats F" had
been endorsed. There is room to doubt, because
in the latter there would have been more rea-
son on its side as among the opponents of the
fraud are many good Wings such as Washburne,
Campbell and others, while among those engaged
in its preparation there is not one.
Is the Pioneer content, or does it want more cx
amples of the capacity of the Democracy to rule?
it may have its choice.
LET Us HAVE LICHT.-Wc submit to the proper
authorities the necessity Of making some move
ment for the lighting our main streets. There is
hardly town at the East. numbering half our
population, but has some method of giving light
to the principal thoroushfares. 1t may be too
cold during the winter to burn oil, but the military
steps might be taken so that by spring we should
be relieved from the danger attendant upon trav
cling in dark streets. Proper attention to the
subject now, may lead to what We so much need,
and which the probable existence of coal in the
vicinity will materially aid, the establishment of
Gas House. Let us have light.
CARRY YOUR POINT.
In all your attempts, if they be right, cease not
if discouragcments meet you, but persevere and
carry your point. Too many aims in life, may
keep the aspirant for fame or wealth ever in the
back ground, while singleness of purpose and ap-
ox,d tim