The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-05-31


had been accustomed to utter at frequent
intervals during the six months past, that
this journal was the mouthpiece," and its
editor the fugleman," of the Governor of
this Territory, we thought proper, in vindi-
cation of our own character, and the repu-
tation of The PIONEER, to remove the i'm
putation by denial We did this in Ian
guage which, though plain aud unmistaka-
le,was courteous and kind in the extrt NEST
degree. There were various reasons which
moved us to tender and considerate
treatment Of the Executive BY one of
the mysterious fatalities of politics, Gov.
GoRMAN has occupied the same ground with
THE PIONEER, on one or two important
questions which have absorbed the public
attention. How he came there is no con
Germ of ours, and of no interest to the pub
lie it, certainly, was neither by our wish
or procurement. 1t is enough that he pro-
fessed to entertain sentiments corresponding
with those made public through our col
umns and such unity of action, though it
may fail to generate friendship between CO.
workers, yet, inclines all men to overlook
mere folies of character, and often prevents
them from indulging in public structures when
the occasion might justify it, and even duty
demand it, This feeling, while impelled by
a proper sense of self-respect to disavOw
any such degree of personal or political SYM
pathy as could permit lis to occupy the po-
sition of Interpreter between the Governor
and the public induced us to state that dis
avowal in language of the utmost delicacy.
Another reason sprung from feeling Of
unmixed pity. With some experience in
politics, and some acquaintance with poll
ticians, we have never before met high Of
fetal, who, in nearly every department Of
public and private life, rested so entirely I'M
der the whitening ban Of an universal pop
ular contempt. Sentiments of common hu-
mainly prevailed upon us not to add by any
expression of invectiye or even severity, to
the discomfort of his position.
Acting in this spirit of kindness and for
bearance, we had a right to anticipate from
the Governor the warm acknowledgement
of his gratitude. In the stead of that, the
public mention of fact, which, if not
blinded by vanity, or unimpressible by Oh
tuseness, he must have known to be truth,
is construed by him into an unwarrantable
attack upon him. The absence of con-
temporary from his post, furnished the Coy
ernor with an opportunity to secure the
publication of some impertincncies in one
Of the city journals But failing to find
any paper here which would so far risk its
reputation as to become his acknowledged
champion, the Governor makes pilgrim
age to St. Peter, and there, on the confines
of civilization, provided with press and types
belonging to himself, calls lis to an account
for presuming to decline the organising of
his administration. He permits, also, his
chagrin and modification to lead HIM into
invectives, and false insinuations.
We have no disposition to engage in
controversy with Gov. GoRMAN. We know
of no laurels to he won by contact with him
in any respect. Aside from this, we have
some regard for the well being of the Terri
tory, which has been sufficiently disgraced
by the evidences already given to the world
of his unftness for the position he holds,
and of the disesteem with which he is re-
garded by the people. We are willing, Tor
the public good, to permit him to perform
his official functions without embarrassment,
and in the profoundest obscurity and quiet
ness, according to the quality of honesty
and intelligence wherewith he is invested.
Blu, if the man, bloated by an inordinate
vanity into ridiculous conceptions of his
own importance and popularity, or goaded
by an Unsuitable desire for notoriety, wishes
to raise an issue between us before the
people, he can be gratiied. We shall, in such
case force him toplace thes calpel in our hand;
but if held at ALL we will promise an anatomy
which even his surgical friends shall ac-
knowledge to have been thoroughly and
scientifically performed. We are abund-
antly content, however, to be ourself, per-
sonally, and our journal, politically, rid OF
the incunbrance of seeming connection
which the chances of politics established
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