Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-05-21

The Pioneer and Democrat is very much
opposed to the resolution which passed the
Common Council, requiring CITY Orders to be
| drawn for the full amounts of the claims
against the City:-the effect of which. it
thinks, viii be to prevent the CITY Scrip or
treasury Orders, circulating as currency-
1t is difficult to reconcile this opposition with
the recent stand the Pioneer took AGAINST the
small orders issued by the City which were
redeemable in par funds.
Perhaps the Pioneer man is not tak;no
Railroad money as mach as he scas!
SHINpLAsrEE.
Our correspondent shouldn't be 50 un-
merciful in his licks at our contemporary
de should consider that "the case being alter
ed, alters the case" The Pioneer folks are
like the sailor on ship-board who was being
whipped by the boatsman's mate at the gang
way. The sufferer roared out at the first
lashes, "strike lower r. He was accommodate
ed. "Strike higher" again he shrieked. The
Lash followed his wish once more but with no
better success in pleasing him, for he again
demanded another change in the direction of the
blows The mate at this got out of patience
and ripped out Blast your eyes-there's S no
pleasing you, strike where Twill"
year ago, the Pioneer was in the receipt
OF large amount of City Orders, for work
done for the city. Great was its solicitude to
keep them at par, and vehement its denunci-
atoms OF any banker or other person who
would venture to discount them. Last win
ter the City Scrip was raised to par by an ar
rangement with PEAsE & Co. This time, the
Pioneer was interested in the success of the
Railroad Banking currency, for work done
and services rendered" also; and it preach
ed long and loud against Alderman BRANCH,
and against everybody else, for favoring the
circulation of City Orders as currency.
The arrangement however saved thousands
OF dollars to the city, enabled it to pay her in
terest promptly, and accommodated all her
creditors. But nevertheless, the Pioneer de-
nounced it as illegal, in conflict with the Shin
plaster law, violently abused Mr. BRANcH, and
urged prosecution of all who had a hand in
putting the Scripin circulation.
The secret of it's course that time was. the
fear lest currency so safe and so well secur-
ed, might obtain the preference over the not
so we'll secured nor so safe Railroad currency
The principal object of Mr. BRANCH and
the City Council-the payment of the inter-
est on City Bonds--having been fully attain
cd by the temporary arrangement with PEAsE
X Co., and the currency so issued being now
pretty much all redeemed, Mr.. BRANCH and
the City Council, having the fear of the Shin
plaster law and of the Pioneer aforesaid be-
fore their eyes seek now to prevent the circu-
lation of City Orders as currency, so as to
give the State Banking issues fair field all
to themselves, besides keeping to the letter of
the law, which the Pioneer last winter held
up before their eyes as the meet punishment
of their offence. They have determined to
sin no more-at least in that way-but 10
still the Pioneer is not satisfied Strike where
Mr.. BRANCH will, the official organ is never
ontent 1t now charges hun again with be-
ng the tool of the bankers and brokers, just
Us it id before. when he pursued the eractly
opposite course.
Can't our contmporary manage to preserve
something like a decent consistency in its
course ?-or is the discharge of its personal
venum at Mr. BRANCH, so stvong necessity
Of its nature for the preservation of life that no
matter what Alderman B. may do, and
strike where he will, there is no satisfying its
conductors. and they must ahrS" him or die ?
1t seems so.