The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-07-16
whilst writing rcsre'ing the spsd OF Rail
ways 10 STEPHENSON lime. SAYS;

What eau he more palpahly absurd and si'
diculous than the prospec, he'd ont 81 locono-
uyes travelling lwice ~ last ~ stage coaches
We should ~ saen expect the people uf Wool
sleh 10 sttet themselves Ia he hred on upon
ape 0t tonefe's > rtcochei rockets, as trust
Themselves 10 the mercy of sneha machine. SO
Ing at such rate. Me VIII bach old Father
Thames against the Woolwich Railway for any
sum. IIt t,ssf that Fa,siom.t,i ssll ~ al Hs'l
rays R,as sasoiioa, hs,a he sl,.oa 30 t'gai q,
ains ss,ifs an h0ar bticA nv ,afueiy agrff tci!i
NJ. Ayscssier a. a. grsat as csn bs rst.f''fof "a
'r'th ,efsts.
Wha, lesson intoxicating mt-lcsty III c>'
pressing our opinions is hers ccntaiud in a
Few wonls from the leading critical Journal
Of England some thirty yoars since, and
whose dic.a werc the ultimate rules of thou
sanls of readers. lIad the government
stepped in and us,d its power To control
the speed Of the engines in the manner point
oi oat hy the Q'n'iclg,' how !, might
have crippled the progress Of railroads in
England, ani had nil people bowed down TO
old authority, We might hot, is thesc days
Of lightning conyryano~, have bcon travel
ing nj thc rate Of from thirty 10 forty milrs
IN hour, and ,ha, with perfect ease and sale
ty. And similar mistakes 10 the above,
men who style ihcmsvvcs conservative writ.
ers, will make. until thc ,ui of time lwas
conyersing With the Editor Of that sane Re
ticr," YEAR after STEVENSON time, and
abou, the period of tie dr.t appearance ii
DckRNs Pckwick -" The Rcr,eT would
hardly conlesccnd tn notice the works Of
,ha, writer. who was stiematizni NJ |"w
aph cNcerably vulgar. and that too. 10y the
sonln law of S.nrf. ,le portraycr Of some
of the fines, low life characters the world
has ever so-n but then mark the dit,rr
enee. Scorr was decidedly aristocrat,c.
nay. almos, fcudal. and the low lie Of his
plctnrs served merely rs foil Ia thc high
cr pcrsonages of his works whilst picsrSs
took the people by The hand and oi coars'
was put jovn' by tbe "Quarie,ig' ~ bas
ing selected low liie lor his peculiar vocation.
Bat times ARE chnnred-feHpora utaW'tar
oigi1 ,oS m,dampr ~ HH~ 'he great u'-
tri,hci as they have been called by empty
hcadoi fo,~, ar considered not only ~
members of the humap race, hut ~ having
feelings that must be ,q,1uir,~l into and r.
spectrd in a Ike manner with their more "a
vnr,I fellow creatures. who ARE commonly
as co,uinc into the world with u
small portion nf II silver service IN their
months
Arpone the distinguished 'ptiyninaI. who
will rc,I'iye the honorary dcl-re 81 y 4. I.
at Oxford University. tt. year | sr fla
name of the American Minister. Mr. Du.-
las Three year aeo ! wa. present sheu
the same degree vas conferred uron tlr
fnspi,l, of tie luits-l Stsies, and trnSr
,la, each succeeding year utay witness the
same courtc-ies between thc old eoau,ry and
the dourishinV hcw one
~, tha, America lias tn regret the ip-
of Mr.. MaR,S. CONSIDER him "a having
ben ~ good sI.ncinrn d an American
politician as the cous'ry bas pr"'laesl -
Firm ia a ,icgror. slEcDn,ard aud saga.
rions, and admirably a5apt,i for the man
ngcmcni Of Foreign affair, be- was mol
i 0f qu.ctal,. anl showed an Ahscncc Of
re~,lcssuess ami dcmagogucism highly eom
bat litt, iunta'tJ