The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-02-10

Falsebo0d is q word 10 freely banded
in newspaper controversies, that it has al
most come to be divested Of any force or
meaning. As easily mouthed by the liar as
by his accuser, the public rarely take the
trouble TO discriminate between the parties
10 its use, and nothing but the most signal
and startling proofs Of depravity, can arrest
public attention 10 the merits OF the case, or
fix the guilt in its full measure where il be-
longs. We were glad then the other day,
to give the M,nnesottan editor an opportu-
nifty TO fix for him the standard Of veracity
which governs his statements, and to pursue
his bent Of pertnacious repetition of the
same falsehOOd till he had riyeted the lie in
an indissolub.e knot Of scorpions around his
own neck and fixed the impression OF his
utter want Of principle permanently in the
public mind. And with that we thought
We had got TO the bottom Of him and that
We might henceforth leave him turned inside
out to the contempt Of the public. But d" in
this lowest deep there is a lower deep"
We confess with the Developments
now before as, that the standard by
which we took the measure Of his mo-
rality in former instance was not grad
mated to register such degree Of in.
fanny as We have 10 record now. 1t ex-
hausts any known scale Of moral measure
nent outside the pententiary, and not fifty
years ago better men have swung upon the
gibbet for just such crimes rs this in name,
but legs atrocious in design, and less mean
in execution. The Mnnssot,an has taken
every occasion to produce, when It's produc-
ton was likely to give rise to any injurious
Misrepresentation, or do any harm 10 the
credit Of the State, an elcctioneering docu-
ment, signed by sixty members Of the last
Legislature, last March. the occasion OF
which was furnished by the following state
mcnt Of the M,nnssotian of March 18th:
1--WE assert It as a fact. that Il Ia the purpose
and intention OF the friends Of the loan bill 10
pass law authorizing tax TO meet the inter
est at least, II not an additional one to create .
sinking fund to meet the principal, immediately
| upon the rs-asstmbiing Of The Ltg,siatu,s in
June 1--WE assert farther. upon the best gu.
thority, that the MAN, the moving object, for
which an adjourned session has been de ter min
cd upon, Is in the event of the proposed loan,
to pass q law lsyying such tax
The document in question then went on
to define the securities upon which the loan
Of credit was authorized, and thus replied to
the above statement of the Mnnesotian, that
upon the re-assemblipg Of the Legislature
in june" the members intended to levy a
tax as above stated.
The undersigned. therefore. take this Occa.
, sion to deny that they had, or now have. any
We moreover pledge ourselves Individually
| and collectively. to vote against any PROPOSE
ton TO levy tax either for the interest or prin.
cipal Of the proposed loan Of State credit. We
claim to have removed all probable chance Of
taxation, by our legislature At this session: and
We shall resist, ss one man, any proposition Of
the Kind.
And here follow the names Of the sign.
ers
Now, il will be seen that this refers ex.
plicitly to the proposition of the Mnns'o.
t,d,, and replies to the charge Of an inten-
ton to levy tax at the extra session Of
June.
As that stood, il it WAS not polite or
proper document. il at least ceased 10 be
harmless with the occasion TO which it ap-
piled. As il stood there it could not be
used to injure the credit Of the State; but
the black hearted villainy which has never
halted for an eYpciient to carry on its work
Of treason to the State, did not hesitate to
FORGE A cLAuss at the end Of this docu.
ment which altered It's whole in,en, and
scope. and seemed TO commit these sixty
members to absolute and unconditional re-.
pudistion in any event at any future time.
After the words
I'VE will resist a. one man any proposition
u the Kind -
-FcrER has in,crpola;ed in his recent
version Of the document
-" At rHs ,nicURsSp or iSv orusR SESSION
oF rHE LssisLArURs
which he has always taken care to pro-
due a. above, in large capitals Of cumula-
tive intensity Of emphasis. In the version
therefore, which Foster has printed for cir
s,ion in New York, the pledge of the mem.
bcrs which referred in the original TO the
particular session indicated in the statement
TO which it replied. is made to read thus:
The Undersigned, therefore. take this oeca.
sion to deny that N have had, or nov have,
any Intention or object" sabove charged;
and We moreover pledge ourselves individu
ally and collectively, 90 vote against any pro
position 10 levy tax either for the interest or
principal Of the proposed losn 81 State credit
We clam 10 have removed all probable chances
Of taxation, BY our legislation at this sess on.
Ill