Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-01-31
TUESDAY, JAN. 27, 1857.



Such is the doctrine taught by the Pioneer
which paper daily gives its readers precious item
of Indian barbarities that never occurred outsd
of the Pioneer Office. Let it tester! Let corrup
tion gather and permeate society-what recks j
so long as zoe put in our purses the dollars and
dimes and dimes and dollars. Society is of nc
consequence to as! Money, money is our God.
We think differently. St. Paul is a young and
vigorous city. Now, while in its YOUTH We de-
sire to place the superstructure on a perinanen,
basis-a basis not cemented with crime-nor
plastered with the blood of the innocent, nor the
tears of the widow or orphan, but basis rs pure
and solid as Parian marble-as enduring rs Time
itself. eseek to arouse society to con nscious-
ness of the crime about it., SO that with proper
streets under the guise of gentlemen, will be
obliged to seek less intelligent people than
our own, for their dupes and victims.
In tho broad glare of our most public street,
an industrious German Tailor was stricken down
by an ak, and at early morn, there he lay hor-
rible and ghastly sight, the thimble still on his
finger, the needle still in the unfinished garment,
and the garment lying upon his cold bosom. 1t
is true our officers sought out the perpetrator Of
the deed. But, while thus engaged, who aided
them ?-how many of our citizens left their busi-
ness to look up the villain Aye, ask tho wind
and it will tell you. Town lots and broad acres
are of more consequence than security of life
but it has all passed away, and the murderer, it
may be, even now jostles US upon the side walk,
or laughs with US at the festive board, ready at
any moment to lay low another victim.
The robber enters the store of the merchant
and extracts therefrom valuable goods. The
wheels Of society are stopped for a moment. but
the deed is soon forgotten, and the genteel viii
lain is admitted into what is termed, respectable
society.
The young and unsuspecting stranger is divest-
ed of his money at the gambling table, but no.
body cares. New associations of this character
spring into life and are fostered and nourished
and even defended by the Pioneer. Horse racing
becomes an s'institution," and the lives of our
citizens are endangered by the fast nags and fast
men that rush through our streets, yet its devo-
tees pursue their wanton career with renewed vi
gor, encouraged and spurred on by the smiles Of
the Pioneer.
The man of social habits and generous heart
falls victim to the Intoxicating cup. His fami-
ly becomes destitute, and are thrown upon the
County for support, and you and l, reader, are
called upon to contribute our proportion for
their sustenance, and yet the element that destroy
ed that man and made him poor, is lauded by the
Pioneer.
passive acquiescence in these things on the
part of our citizens, will but prepare terrible
hurricane for the future. Society should purge
itself of these evils no,o, before they become so
multiform and powerful as to battle the officers
of the law and call for speedy and terrible re-
tribution on the part of the people. The doc
trine taught by the Pioneer, that we must not
disturb these things that we must let the cancer
spread throughout the system before we seek to
cut it from the body, is an erroneous doctrine,
and one which will do much to lower our STAN
dard as an enterprising city, and eventually lead
US into the whirlpool of Ruin! Let us beware!