The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-03-13
THE WEEKLY MINI ESOTIAN
s Val MI r AUL:
Saturday Morning, March IL, 1855.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.


The Pioneer again on . Digaity strut.
The Pioneer yesterday overlooked with
dignity in declaring its position, finally, in
favor of the Loan Bill. Z -
We are glad that it has at length receiv-
ed sufficient light to justify its taking this
step. We now have "a foeman WORTHY of
our steel p
1t plumes itself upon its not having min
gled in the discussions heretofore. It will
puzzle people to comprehend the merit there
is in public press hanging back and keep
ing silence, when measure of this momen.
tous character is under consideration before
the legislative body of the land. 1t might
as we'll ignore the Lecompton issue in Con-
gress and then ask the public to say swell
done, good and faithful servant because it
went and buried its talent in the earth and
merely dug it up all safe when settling time
came, instead of having ten talents to vindi-
cate it's zeal and industry meanwhile. We
fancy the people will rather give credit to a
press that takes its stand boldly upon, and
examines fearlessly, every measure affecting
the public veal, and does not shrink back in
the dark, afraid to speak, or unwilling to ut
ter its sentiments until policy or its interest
dictates opening its digni6ed mouth |!
The Pioneer is, we notice, extremely sens-
tive about imputation of mercenary motives,
cast upon those who have been most jealous
for this atrocious bill. A fellow predicament
makes it wondrous kind. 1t is in vain for
that press to seek to convince the people
that the rankest corruption has not been at
the bottom of its passage. 1t might as we'll
strive to whitewash the Extra Session of
last spring, to buy which it is notorious
hundreds of thousands of dollars were ex-
pended by the Railroad corporations, as to
attempt to succeed in convincing the People
of the immaculate purity Of the members Of
this qu,si State Legislature
We have said, that all The "a in the House,
and all Of the in the Senate who cast their
votes against the accursed Thieving Bill, were
unbouglt! This is self-evident-it needs no
argument to make their purity transparent to
the whole People. History will record their
names as those of pure men, beyond doubt
beyond question But will it write the
same record, for all the supporters of the
bill? We think not, and if it did, everybody
would pronouce it lying history
We do not say every man who sustained
the rscality was purchased. Local inter.
ests-party drilI-perverse views-doubiless
influenced the votes of some. We know thai
others, against their better udsment, honest
ly yielded to heavy outside pressure, and
voted for the bill under the specious but
mistaken plea, that it was only leaving it
to the people-it was only trusting the peo-
pie But there is large margin of voters,
whose affirmative voices were doubtless in
fuenced by similar consde atoms to those
which swayed majority of the members of
the last Territorial legislature in the dispo-
sition of the Land Grants
The same men, in part, were in the
lobby, urging it-men who dlsbelieve in
public virtue and who act upon the axiom,
that every man has his price" Do we ex.
pect grapes from thorns, or figs from this
ties ?
The Pioneer thinks the motives of those
who urge public measure through the legis.
lature have nothing to do, legitimately, with
the propriety of the measure itself. We diff
fer from its dictum on this point. We think
it has great deal to do with the expediency
of any measure, involving confidence on the
part Of the State and the disposition of the
public money, to know, that the recipients Of
the confidence and the money, are reasonably
honest men, whose antecedents do not show
corruption, and who may be safely trusted
not to steal the funds entrusted to their care
With the recent 'light" the Pioneer has
discovered on the subject, it doubtless thinks
the contrary of this; but all who live in f.
nancial darkness, as the people and our hum
BILE self do, can't see with its optics.
We said at the commencement of this ar
ticle, that the Pioneer yesterday overfowed
with dignity. We sometime ago cautioned
the public as to the "dignlied and impair
tial' role the Pioneer had been engaged to
play. While the Times did the part of cog
ging knave, it was to be walking gentleman
on the stage, and then at the finale come in
as a conquering hero before whose mighty
nod, the earth should quake 1t reminds us
wildly Of militia field officer at Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer Encampment. In rides
Colonel PLUCK upon the fieli Of parade,
all glittering in new uniform with the
brightest of gilt buttons and epaucts-boots
blacked-head Observation-Disclosures streaming gal
!antly in the Withdrawing like Mars the
god Of war-swelling with dignity and con-
sequence unutterable Around he Frances
on his war-horse, upsetting the apple women
threading on the corns of the crowd-and
exciting the admiration of the ladies, who all
cry {" la! what fine, noble, digniied 10 king
officer Col. PLUCK is But 10 suddenly the
sky lowers-the clouds gather-the lightning
hlashes-the thunder roars-and down come
a shower-good to make the corn gr,w-but
whiting to the ColOneIs mignficcncs and ia
king the starch out of him in a most com
ulete and thOrOuph ST ylp AMI nresentip,, b,,u
to an after-dinner crowd, as be lrasgled jest
for their sport and mpckery. There WILL b.
a wet shower upon the Pioneer, before this
fight is over; and the public will see it for
get its dignity and curse like very drab, as
it tries to dodge the drops of its unwelcome
shower bath.
The Pioneer has the impudence to talk
to us about personalities! Suppose its editor