The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-04

other journal in the country. During that
exciting and eventful epoch the President
had no more able and efficientally supporter
than his lately dismissed postmaster.
Late last spring, his business affairs re-
quired that Mr.. Faran should vacate the
editorship of the Enquirer, the direction Of
which he could no longer control the pre-
ponderating interest being in other hands.
AT this period was invited to take charge
of the paper, and since that time have been
its sole editor, and solely responsible for its
political course. During my management,
Mr.. Faran has had no more to do with the
conduct of the Enquirer than Mr.. Blu.
chanan himself.
1t will not, presume, be charged that
the removal of Mr.. Faran was dictated by
any want Of attention to his official duties.
BY common consent, no more vigllant, en-
ergetic and faithful Postmaster ever dis
charged the functions of the Office. Always
at bis post. he was almost slave to the
responsibilities of the situation, and that he
made model officer, even his enemies will
attest.
WY be was removed, perhaps the Senate
will inquire when it acts on the confirmation
OF his successor. 1t is sufficient now to say,
that tie only ground alleged is the course
OF the Enquirer, in which he has proprie
tary interest. What that course has been
may be briefly stated; while supporting the
administration of Mr.. Buchanan, it has
indicated Mr.. Douglas as probably, in view
OF all the circumstances of the times, the
best selection the Charleston Convention
can make for our standard bearer in 1860.
If Mr.. Faran is in favor of Mr.. Douglas
as first choice, it is proper to add he has
never told me so. l have always understood
him to favor the pretensions Of MIR. Brock
inridge. 1t is equally proper to state, that
he made but one request, when vacating his
editorial control of the Enquirer, which was
that 1t should support Mr.. Buchanan's Gd-
min1Sration, as far as it could consistently,
and should in no case attack it-a request
readily acceded to and faithfully observed.
A. D. BANKS.
The Enquirer has an editorial upon the
subject, from which we quote:
What especial service or act of friendship
euO n SoCuC AuCuuUCut las pCiIOImCu III UC-
half of the President of the United States,
that he should receive this fattering notice
at his hands, or what act of disfavor his
successor has perpetrated, is is not easy to
divine but as under the present Admins
tration, rewards are said to be in something
like an inverse ratio to the services rendered,
the present act is not perhaps much out of
character.
We do not learn that Mr.. Faran is likely
to be seriously disturbed or greatly damaged
by the rather unusual notice Executive
clemency has taken of his services. In a
pecuniary point of view the loss will be
scarcely appreciate and as it regards the
honor, it is probable that quite as much is
contained in the notice to quit, as in that to
enter and occupy. 1t is some time since Mr..
Faran ceased to feel the effects of Executive
proscription-the reasons by which it is
dictated, being too inscrutable to render the
act injurious to the reputation of the sufferer
either as man or partizan. The motive,
in the present case, is doubtless of personal
Misunderstanding reference to some scheme
intended to operate upon the selection of
candidates for the coming Presidential cleo.
ton.
All this means that Mr.. Buchanan is a
candidate for renomination--he still believ-
ing he is popular whereas he could not
carry single county in the whole North.