The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-01-09
The Pioneer Suppressing the News

The Baalam organ called the Pioneer,
which excuses the forgery Of election returns,
and apologies for the Sunday caucus OF Dem
ocratic DO ticians at the American House
that instiga.ed the commission Of the forger'es,
has an article yesterday pretending to reply
tosour editorial of Monday, in which we en-
posed its unfair and heterogeneous brag about
being "seventy-two hours in advance" OF Its
contemporaries in Geographic news-an adj
vantage we showed to be solitary exception
and occasioned by an accidental concatena-
ton of circumstances, which could not again
occur in year-though the Pioneer tried to
Undue the public mind with the impression,
that such an advantage would be an ordinary
occurrence
Sinking this, the real gist Of our article
evidently ashamed q of their disreputable
attempt to cheat the public and misrepresent
their contemporaries in a business matter
the editors in their reply carefully avoid any
allusion to their ''seventy-two hours" enter
prise in the way of news! What is the mat
ter? Is it possible the blush of shame can
mantle faces so hardened ?
While thus avoiding all allasion to that
small meanness of theirs which we had ex-
posed, they try to cover their retreat by the
liberal use of abusive epithets. To offset
our charge, that the boosted foreign news by
the Persia steamship, was substantially the
news brought by the Adriatic, they make
great hillabaloo about our "supprsSsing' such
alleged dispatches In the name of common
sense and all the extra senses, why indeed
shoald we publish it? Why cumber our
columns with matters which had already APP
peared einserted the news by the Adri-
attic; and we saw that what purported to
have been brought by the Persia and to have
been received by the Pioneers back-action-
stub-and-t twist express, was but repetition
of paragraphs the public were already famil-
lar with. Our readers do not need to be as.
sured, that we never suppress news or any
thing else the public have right to be in
formed of-not even genuine election re-
turns Our education was neglected in this
particular, all owing We suppose to not en-
joying the advantages of Territorial Secre-
tary's office to take our tuition in. Besides,
it must not be forgotten that the Persias
news was 'seventy two hours" old before we
could have inserted it in our columns, as the
Pioneer itself Dragged. Now, the Minaeso
tian is a neus paper; and deals not in stale
intelligence three days passed through the
conduit of the State Printers paper!
But, while we are talking of suppress
ed" news, pray will the Pioneer let US know
what it means by suppressiag General CAss'
instructions to Gov. DENVER, Of Kansas
which the Mimesotian published at length on
Monday by suppressing the news from the
Utah expedition under date of Dec. IA, from
Fort Leavenworth ?-and by suppressng the
important intelligence from Mexico by the
Steamer Tennessee at New Orleans? Does
chagrin at being beaten in spite of its humbug
cannon-fizzle express, make it thus suppress
news which the public ought to see?
Suppress indeed If our contemporary
would but try and suppress some Of its indie
cencies and little of its billngsgate and
show larger soul and a less dishonorable
meanness that would be suppression" of
moment and worthy Of especial mention.-
Suppose you try it on