The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-02-17

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The Mammalian editor does occasional.
ly get Of good thing. lie is particularly
happy in the I'etrubcio vein:oi making black
white. His humor In this vein ia positively
cxhsastcss. We should not omit to say
that Il 10 also surprising. A few days ago
we charged him with forging certain words
at the CONCLUSION Of what ID callei the Anti
Tax Pledge Of sixty members Of the lAgis-
lature. lie replied in statement signoiby
Csc. W. MooRK and others, that tho words
werc In the original manuscript document in
his possession.
We answered that the forgery eonn'fe'im
tho psyy fact that those words we're there,
after the signers. in full caucus, had dis
claimed them rs part Of the OCCUR cnt they
had authorized to be published and had sent
. committee TO the printing oilicsa vsqusaiug
The povds 10 be erased The PIosxEs AND
DEMOCRAT and the Timo editors erased the
words M requested the editor Of the Mn
nesoi,an alone refused TO do IL. II IN sui.
fcient proof Of the intention Of tho sigucrs
that the document appeared wthoui the OBJ
noxious clause 10 the papers friendly to their
interest, while in the one journal whose IN.
scrupuous misrepresentation had called
forth the document in their own vindicntion
ii appears nth the rejected words.
II is q remarkable fact, too, M showing
tho col deliberatcness Of the fraud that
the document was not published In the Nm
ns,o,,aa I'LL the day otter II was published
in the other papers TO which version Of the
document the N,snssoi,on had beco requested
10 conform.
The expungcd words il will be rceollectcd
were. at the adjourned or any other session
Of the Legislature" intended to apply
10 any other session Of that Legislature
OF which the sigDcrs were members, and being
in reply to a specific charge Of the M,nnsso
tan that the Loan" members Of the legis.
lature at their next meeting intended to
levy = tax to pay the interest IN tho loan,
II was because they were apparently sus-
oeptible Of being construed to apply to the
sessions oil any future Legislature, that the
sgncrs, intending no such construction, re-
jectcd them in full caucus. The reason that
influenced the signcrs to reject them was the
very reason that determined the Minnesohdn
editor TO retain them. after they had ceased
by the formal and explicit dsavowal Of the
signors, to form part Of the doeumert
authorized 70 be- published. Such reten-
ton Of words rejected by the authors, was OF
course Nh offence Of the same kind as il they
had been originally inserted by the editor in
his own hand writing, The forgery con
sisted M, in writing but IN Publishing Ger.
tain words as the words OF parties who hao
formally rejected them.
This was our snswer to thu puerie tqa.
roqe OF the Minnoot,an editor that he did
not originally ,rrts the words in question
aud upon this answer which repeated and
rivrted upon him the charge oi forgery in It's
wors, possible light, he preiicates several
interesting remarks which under all the cir.
cunstanccs are really not bad Joke thus
So, then-the words "liar, fotgcr. thief,
which you applied To us 50 freely, you nov al
mi we're not true nor justly applied Wha,
think the community OF such All admission
We put IL TO dccsn, aud moderate men whether
the application Of such extreme epi,hets to u
citizen aud q brother editor 10 one who Is tn
ally acknowlcdxcd by them. though reluctaat
ly, because the proof IL irresistible, to have
been errsneously andfalsely 80 designated, Nc,
&c.
The hamor Of this consists in gravely cal.
ling black, white ana in the pathetic put.
ting i, to deccn, and moderate men .
that black Is white but IL is after oil a
broad Joke, which it required more nerve
than wit TO execute. But here is your fine,
ly hapor. joke Of ingenious construction
less 10 the vein OF rs,ruchio than OF Pick.
wick, and which really indicates talent OF a
certain kind
To no, multiply words, however. We proceed
10 respond TO Allegation No, |, by denying il
altogether, aud by defying the PIONEER to the
proof, that the words A, the adjourned or
any other session Of the Legislature were sro
In Auy authorised public way, expressly or
formally disa,owed by the sigucrs.' We al
lege that they never were, and call upon the
ftoassr TO make good is assertion by real evi.
dence, And mol by Anonymous oonman'c atoms
OF reckless editorials, Gnsus,aiued and uusup
ported
To allegation number 2, We also answer. by
,isrung ~ toto, that We we're re- requested b !
q Conniit", o. oih't~is-, 10 ease those
word. from the doeaIasni'
Now, unfortunately 'or the writer OF the
above, he is not famous ior that accuracy OF
assertion which would enI'Ile h.s denial OF