Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-25
The Last Shot Of the SuPer-seiiS"-
POlyylott of the Pioneer.

POlyylott Of the Pioneer
The "super-sensuous and "Ontoiogicai
Editor of the Pioneer, just fresh we suppose
from re-perusai of the Vest"''1'e' ne0''"'
or the study perhaps Of foyglo'' '"'a'i'-
mar treated the public yesterday to another
mortal column in which he proves that what
wa said WAS true: that Hopi soft qui NAL 9
,,e,ss i Norman French; but he contends that
s,cb French was the language of the Court
and Government of England in the 18th CEN
fury
This being the case, we wonder his ethl'
cal mind did not perceive the inevitable log
zeal deduction that motto in that KIND oil
French, adopted by sovereign who spoke
that ancient style of French, was not sufh-
ent precedent-as the super Sensuous before
said it was-for Mr.. SIBLEY adopting
motto for a State Seal of Minnesota in mod
err. French-in language foreign to our peo-
ME. which few could translate and still fewer
pronounce Alright unless MIR. SIBLEY makes
the precedent apply by considering himself
in the same position as King Edward Ill OF
England. and that. he being proficient in
Canadian French the motto therefore could
not be held TO be absolutely foreign to our
government But we think sufficient has been
said on this subject. In regard to it we have
made these oints:
l>t. That the authority of Mr.. SHELLEY to
fix motto for our State Seal, was not clear.
ID. That having egresiously Numbered for
merly in selecting Latin motto for our Ter
ritorial Seal, his incompetency for such task
was not at all doubtful
81. That, admitting for arguments sake
both his authority and his competency, he
acts improperly in selecting motto in French
"A foreign language-whcn the English Ian
guage is terse enough and copious enough to
furnish proper motto which the people at
large could both understand and pronounce.
4lh. That granting even the propriety OF
putting the motto Of an Anglo-SaXon State, in
modern language that is foreign to an Anglo
Saxon people, the motto be selected was
not properly a motto, and did not convey, as
motto should sentiment of moral or pollt-
ical progress or aim. but was an arrogant de-
scr.ption of ourselves, tending to convict us
before our sister States of immodest assump-
ton; and that it ought not, therefore, to be
adopted.
9TH That if we were to adopt selfsufti-
cient motto of this kind, it would be we'll to
arrange a new seal entirely, with Huge
.Noccasin, rampant; on Prairie, vert with an
Idian Iiader. prominent; and the motto is
suing from his mouth of Big Indian ME
Hor: that this would be an original motto |
peculiar to Minnesota, happily combining the |
English and Sioux languages together, and !
would be no more than comprehensive brag |
in exactly the same style of motto as calling
ourselves THE Star of the North would be; |
and it would have moreover pointed and !
happy reference to our present Indian Ira
ding rulers, of whom we are all so proud!
The only one of our positions the Pioneer
has attempted to controvert, is our objection
to the motto being in French; and in the con-
troversy, as we before said, it has totally |
failed; proving by its own language that the |
precedent it relied upon to justify Mr. Sibley |
is not applicable, nasmuch as the motto OF
the English coat of arms when adoptd>.w
not to the English Court of that uav in a
foreign tongue, as Eetoae dm Word" most
unquestionably is, our day and generation to
the people of Minnesota!
We hear it whispered that in consequence
of the expression of the public sentiment
arising from this discussion being so entirely
adverse to his proposed motto, MIR. oibley
contemplatcs modifying it essentially-in the
executi n of which purpose, if correct, he
would show both taste and good sense. We
will see.