The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-01


Camphcll, Francis Jeffrey. Henry I'rouyham
inaugural aldrss WAS one Of the ahlcst OF
his productions, In lst9 he was lnadc PRO
lessor of Ancient History, in the Royal
Academy of London n chair oncr occupied
hy Oliver Goldsmith,
Ia 1859 II I,omlon publisher iss,cl col
lection of Macanlays speeches II rcprin,
from an edition, very carefully colatol from
llansarsls Parliamentary Debates by Rcd
field. publisher, of New York. Mr.. Ma.
caulay immediately wrote an angry letter to
the Tme,. denying the authenticity Of the
smGclUs. IlausNrl ns. iea,c kaGw het,sr
than Mncaulay himself, who had rp,ntcily
quoted his antagonist WORKS from ,hcm---
is standing authority IN tho British Parlia.
mnt, the speeches il contains being revised
and corrected by the men who delivered them.
! Macaulnys own spsshes on Hn~ard had
hsn so revised, II was disingcnous nnd
unfair therefore, 10 repudiaic llansarl
Macaulay (in self defence. he said collected
and elltol his own speeches, stating that. ~
in thc early part oi hs carer hc had been
bitterly personal, II not unjust, towards
l't'i anl others whom he had lived aud learn.
"l 10 respect be had Withdrawn alI the hard
expressions h had us,J. Ia u word, bc
had cn,asculntcl his sleeclDS, giving what
lic had na uttered Whoever wants 10 read
what Macuulay really did say must c,aminc
the New York edition.
The third and iourtl, volume ol the his.
tory appeared IN 1883, since which date
Macaulcy Inns been vi engaged IN writing
literary biographies ior the new edition Of
the Enopiopei,d Braona,ta that he can
have ~ voted but little time 10 the continu.
alton of his magnum opus.
Macunicy. who is bachelor. land. from
his habits very unlikely to bcconm "licn.-
dick, the married man, enters the iceragc
IN his iiny-cigh,h year. In the House of
I.or'ls he will M plilosohic historian. have
some opportunities on great questions. OF
gracing the debate with that stately aud
ornate cloqmncc which u so peculiarly his
own. The ! mrs says;
Especially al the present moment must
we rejoice NJ his elevation, IN the hope that
when wc have crushed this indian nniny
and the time comes 10 consider calmly the
future OF our Eastern Empire the views OF
one who has described IA most glowing
terms how England became possessed Of that
prilc AMI who, III the preparation of n code
4 Of In'lian Law. has shown that b" has mos,
profoundly studied The wants Of the liDdoo.
viii he expressed IA lc alone Of living speak
cra can express them. No, only on our
Indian difficulty, but on sll questions oi
high policy ihcic Is not man in the country
whose opinions are entitled 10 more weight
and who viii b" more gladly heard An
4 e. - 1 a.. '
while Mr.. Nacanlcy will still travel from
century 10 century AMI from country a.
country, wc may cSp,ct now Ia have him
sometimes at home with ia, giving his a,L
vice III the present need
II j. scarcely to bc expected. nor indeed
having IN view the interests of l'crnturn,
from which such "a pursuit would draw hin,
is desired TO resume his Office though hi.
ablIiiy would greatly strengthen any cabinet.
lie viii be- found. however, n steady SUP.
porter ii Lord P.Lmrmros's policy.
The .csthing rebukc recently administer
ID with 10 much dignity aud eiieci by Mr.
Buchapsn To the small patch Of gentlemen
whuso signatures were attached ~ an in
snliing memorial 10 him on the snbject ~
X ansas affair.". u fr,hli ia the Inenlory oi our
readlfs. + was high toned and complete
justification by The President ~ The COURSE
Il HE administration IN reference 10 that
ubieft AID mus, have h8d powerful ciirci
on the public mind ~ ihe dissipation Of
ihore srrone Gus views which pro slavery and
abolition drmayories have been for surh a
length II time laborinQ Ia pr~iuce. The
T., a L.
81 cas,iga,ion have ever since been wrthiDg
under Ne uHiciiop ard have nov nf,or
six weeks suffering given sorow words in
q wcsl whining and childish rejo,DdsT 10
'hc pr rsiden's ltter. The r.joiwier W"
publish in 'ul columns to-day.
No person with the eas, hare Il inteil .
gehce can fail 10 perceive. on Jsfasing this 4
maBiesi0 Il The two dorm Connecticut
PrDtlenetI, that the arguments contained ia .
II are fivolOn-, rilicul1as AMI utterly IN .
tniblc Mr. i.rrhansn u Indicted. im
what, Bccan~e, on assuming the Presidency
ol tbo republic. b. DID not initiate bIs gov. .
crnnsut hy an aci OF dezpo,ism. Because
he dil not commit the flly or mslpess u
attempting 70 oecr,hrow the government /
,s,ahlisLsd in X nnsns, and Of inviting d,s. 4
ORDER, rapinr muricr and civil war 10 re-
tnrn 20 la, Territory. 1ha, is what the~e 7
reverend aDd pious mn oi C'nnecticu,
wT,ld have had ,lr President do; but IL " I
VIA, 'ho Ir'~i'stt. Of all men in the world, 4
void b The last 10 do IT, had too high
a v.u~, oi H. responsibility AMI Of his duty
70 Go.i. 10 hi. country and to humanity. 70 /
entertain fT n momeBt The insane idca
which thor men pu, forward and a'tmp,
20 s0ppOfi hy argument lie had but one
conrse io pursae, and that course hs did pur.
81 With iiunWss, G!flIiy AMI impariisli'y.
w. recognized the existing goYrrnm, ~ 10