The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-13

water.
5. Finally there is the L" ontological and
supersensuous speciality" Of the establishment
"who gets his ideas from the Westminster
Review,"--fattering, to the Westminster
Review and his " words from the diction-
ary," in which respect he differs from the
excellent doctor, most Of whose words are
not to be found in the Dictionary.
10 these FIVE propositions lie all the law
and the prophets of the doctors faith. They
are in the nature Of the repetend in
decimal fractions, which recur in infinite
evolution as the staple of every discussion.
Pertinacious repetition gives them sort Of
immortality. They constitute the doctors
entire system of moral and political philos-
ply, of which Poodle-dog," Rotary"
and Specially" are the nomenclature.
They are sort of algebraic symbols which
in their endless combinations constitute
formula, capable of being applied to the
solution Of the most knotty problems.
BY the adrot use OF this universal solvent
the doctor has proved conclusively, for
example, that Honi soft, &c, is not French
but, angels guard US -" Norman" that
LOUIS PHILIPPE who died in lS49, revoked
the Edct of Nantes in 1868, and similar
useful facts. BY the same abracada bra,
too, he obviates the labor of discussing any
public measure upon its merits. 1t is his
Alpha and Omega, his ritual, his matin
song and vesper hymn, his reason for every.
thing, and nothing. iIe has apparently
vowed to live and die by it, and devote
himself to it for the rest OF his days. A
harmless vocation certainly, in which we
hope he will make his fortune.
1t seems TO us that the ritiabe spectacle
Of the mental weakness developed in this
species Of blatant parrotsm, ought to dis.
arm the resentments and dispel the fears Of
those who look upon the M,nnesot,an as .
dangerous enemy to the prosperity of the
State.
The man who could write, week after
week, the stuff which has filled the columns
of the M'nnssot,an, without any suspicion
that he was making fool of himself, and
then cOnsummate the unconscious self expo
sure in such abominable doggerel, can GER
tainly be dangerous to no one but himself.
The public have seen with some astonish-
ment the M'nneSotian openly leagued
with all the external enemies of the State,
and as assiduously bent on the ruin of the
public credit. as if it were printed on for.
eign soil, as it certainly IS printed in for
eign language-and people have been at
loss to comprehend the key OF a policy as
disastrous to the owners of the N nnesot an
as to the rest of the community. The mis-
take is in supposiDg the Mianesot,an editor
capable OF policy at all-of proposing or
pursuing simply public object for it's own
sake. His reckless dstraction of the State,
is simply iortuitous development of the
splenetlc and insane egotsm, which prompts
the Shingles impertinences of his local pas
quinades. He assalls the public interests,
not from calculation but from prurient
impulse OF sensation making to abuse some
body or something and from a coBstitu.
tional mental dulness, which makes il i'm
possible for him TO distinguish between a
measure and man who happens to es.
pouse it. 1t is enough, for instance, that
Gov. SHELLEY 'avors particular policy Of
State Development, to secure beforehand
the infinite blessing Of FosrrRs opposition
SiBLsY is rank poison 10 him. A single
drop Of SIBLgY will incarnardine an ocean of
other men in bis dislavor, He turns pale at
the mere mention OF SIBLEY's name. 1t has
the effect Of an incarnation on him. It
intoxlcates him and pluuges him into de.
drum trnmtns Of "moccasins' and "Indian
''''''' ~ oN'o bpsuiiS ItE lUt tIUc
being in Heaven or Earth or peradyenture
in He'll but " moccasns " and Indian
Traders. They swarm aud crawl all over
him, lie picks minute moccasins, in live
condition from bis hair His sensitive skin
itches-under flannel none TOO cean-with
little saliaiory Indian traders 10 black, who
elnde hl, yindictive assaults, to carry dis.
may TO the bosoms Of nervous washerwomen.
Moccasins and Indian traders constitute
his idtaI universe, and the senior-Heaven
save the mark is the tortoise who bears it
on MS back theory Of physics which &C.
connt' perhaps for its being such a vile
world Moccasins indeed are an old and
rooted passion Of his The fragrance Of an
ancient fascination fingers round the dear
integumen, Of feet that wouldn't STAY. and
h..l t,ota a. ~.