Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-07-09
The Lying Pioneer.

The Pioneer, of yesterday, referring to the
publication by the Minneapolis Attas OF the
Anti-Tax Pledge of the Sixty Loan Members
of the Legislature, says:
The Tribune correspondent Mr.: King OF tne
atlas, says they the Railroad Bonds VIII 1e de-
undated and to give color to his statement, de-
liberately adds to the pledge made by the members
of the last Legislature, that they would not, aS
that session. levy tax to pay the interest," % En rme
IS 900 900 loan, the words "eltner a1 'ne W.
ed or uny other session Of the LegisIature: we
xonld not trust man, who would resort to such
a contemplate forgery as this, with abiank check.
1t has not the merit OF orgnality even, ~.
Ninnesotian, months ago, attempted TO perpe'ra'e
the same disreputable trick.
There is scarcely a week goes py III
which we do not detect the Pioneer in some
gross falsehood or other. There, for instance
lately, was its attempt to shirk Mr.. SIBLEY
out of participation in the "Pease currency
Arrangement" when We proved that the man.
uscript containing the stipulations OF that Ar
rangement was drawn up by Mr.. SIBLEY hlm-
self in his own handwriting, and was still
extant and could be produced, if necessary
Today, also, we publish the card of General
SHIELDS and j. w. NORTH, convicting the
Pioneer of deliberately telling another false
hood, upon Mr.. NORTH. The persistence OF
the Pioneer, as shown by it in the above ex-
tract, in the exploded falsehood OK last winter
that there was concluding sentence or parI
of sentence interpolated or added to ths
| Anti-Tax Pledge as originally published oy
the M1NNEsoTIAN, is therefore but the exhlbl'
ton of its characteristic mendaclty. Inc
Pioneer seemingly believes in the adage' tna'
a lie well stuck to is is as good as the truth.
Now. it is well known we have in our pos
session the Original Manuscript of the Pledgt
of the Sixty, with the original signatures at
tached. Three honest and credible men las
winter examined and compared the printed
with the written document, and they unitet
in giving the statement to the Public in regart
to it, which we copy from the DAILY MINNEso
rIAN of Feb. 7th last, as follows:
From the Daily Minnesotian of Feb.7.
To THE PuPL1c.-The undersigned, at the in
stance of DIR. Foster have carefully examined tn
document referred to by the Pioneer and Uen'oeral
generally called the Anti-Tax Pledge OF the "olx
fy." as It was published recently in the M1NNEso
. TAN. and on comparison, find it to be the sam
document that was FIRST published IN the DAlL
MINNEsorIAN of March 10, 1885,:
We have, moreover, carefully examined an
compared the document as printed, with the Orle
inal Autograph Manuscript thereof, now IN D'
| Fosters possession; and find that the words
the adjourned or any other session OF the Leglsi'
ture" do now, and did originally comprise pal
thereof. .
, G.. w. MOORE, Publisher of Mnnesotan.
J. FLETCHER WILLIAMS, Local
A. D. MARTIN, Foreman
"The above, we presume, will be accepte
by all honest and fair men, as concluslv
. refutation of the Pioneers charge"
We assure the Pioreer, that its disrepr
table attempt to ease off the full bearing
the Anti-Tax Pledge. by endeavoring to gal
BILE it's sentences, or leave out a portion OF on
!. of them, will not succeed. The public inten
: to hold those men to the full extent of the
n pledge-no taxation to pay the interest on tt
e Railroad Bonds, (until after foreclosure an
: forfeiture of the Railroad charters, lands an
J., franchises,) at "any future session OF tt
= Legislature"
r BY the way, is not this present effort to 6
n rid of this shirt of Nessus, but the prelude
f the reported Extra Session for Idzation pu
$ poses about to be called by Mr.. SIsLEY as IL
y only means of saving the Cedar Valley Ra
;. road from bankruptcy?