Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-11
CWhO IL NIinnesOtn,s Traducer ?,,


Times of Sunday. In the previous Fridays
issue of that journal the public were given to
understand that the two-legged object upon
which their "public indignation" should be
poured for writing that letter to the N. Y. Iri-
'une about our railroads, was some certain ''po-
lticaL aspirant" whom the editor doubtless
then had in his minds eye-some auda-
cious Republican probably who believeth not
in SIBLEY and escheweth spiritualism (both
kinds) and moccasins fright and Left, and
therefore was a proper subject to be "put
down"-emphatically down"
But, on Sunday, behold we had another
version. The Times therein re-announced in
effect that the " traduccr is not the "politi-
cal aspirant," but that it has re-discovered the
villain in travelling "editor from some OBJ
scure village in Central New York." who hath
"his quarters at Minneapolis" and which
aforesaid individual is more than insinuated
should be punished" by being inconti-
mentally lynched for knowingly and wilfully
(and we presume with "malice prepense" also)
rob6ing us of our good name, and sta6bing our
financial integrity at the Threshold of the
great money market of the world" Thus
runneth the indictment, and many would con-
cede that in well-made out case of "rob-
berry" and "stabbing" the punishment sug-
gested might not be too severe; but the editor
himself with characteristic courage, oozing
while he writeth like certain Bob Acres
from his fingers ends, towards the conclusion
of his article draweth it rather milder and
windeth up with this heartfelt, adjectvcous
and most fearful groan: at is hard, indeed,
for this yOung State to bear such base and IN
mitigated wrongs; but, we suppose, there is
no remedy but to live down such rillainous
ISLANDERS" A most sage and philosophical
conclusion "A physically safe one too =
And touching the philosophy of the conclrl-
sion, it may be remarked that no axiom is bet
ter established as regards communities, than
that error need never be feared while truth is
left free to combat it. Nor do we think the
ern papers which may misrepresent our fin
ancial condition, can be productive of more
than evanescent effect; though to be sure we
admit the truth is more dangerous than false
hood, in certain cases.
But to come back to the point: "Who is Min
ncsota's Traducer?"-the Times peremptorily
demands of the New York Tribune and Post
to give to the public the name of their CORES
pondent" And it followeth up it's ferocious
requisition upon those diurnals by the terrible
threat: eff they refuse this demand, zoe shall
give it ourselves, and leave him to the merited
contempt of an outraged and indignant COM
munity-a slanderer and traducer of honest
and upright men meaning, we suppose, the
railroad officials "a fit creature for scorn
to point her slow, unerring finger at" Now
we would remark to the Times writer, that
to many it seems to be mock delicacy not to
trot out the name of the delinquent at once your
self, if you know him so positively. Why wait
for two or three weeks to advise the Post and
Tribune of the dreadful demand? Ifyou are
not mistaken in the man this second time of
announcement, as you were on the first oc-
casion, forthwith " turn him loase on the dee
strict" as FOLEY of Indiana would say, and
let us all have shy at him. Come-let us
have the Development prepare to puck
err" Get the fingers of scorn ready-but for
goodness sake don't by mistake point towards
any of the Railroad officials, or their paid ad-
vocates