Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-01-01
,eRrlsERs SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE
MINNEsOuAN HAS DAILY CIRCULATION
GREATER THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN SAINr
PAUL
The Trap set by the Pioneer tnst c"uSa'
the Times-.-EdiiOrisl Traps ana lie
surese k3aits therefor.

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suress k3aits therefor.
The Pioneer d Democrat of Friday, the
oath, contained long article, purportinS to
be editorial, under the title Of 1.-THE Fnan-
cial Credit of Minnesota" 1t is comment
on the same paragraphs in the New York
Tribune of the 18th, which furnished occa-
sion for some remarks in the MINNEsoTIAN,
also of Friday morning.
The idea running through the article in the
Pioneer, is evidently to prepare the minds OF
the People and property holders of Minneso-
IA, to consent to levying State tar with the
view of giving the Railroad State Bonds
higher credit in the New York money market
than they now appear to possess-though the
people of this State were solemnly pledged,
before, the Loan Election, that no such tax
would ever be asked for or required.
Wen-in the Pioneer article referred to,
5lunder is made of confounding the 8 per
cent,bonds of the State-her legitimate debt
with the per cent Railroad State Bonds,
which are merely her loan Of credit to the
Railroads.
In reference to this blunder, the Pioneer OF
Saturday makes the 'digni6ed' statement, that
in grave article relative to the credit OF Min
nesota, and conceived for so serious purpose
as inflicting a further burden of taxation on
an already over-taxed people, the boyishness
of setting trap" for contemporary was
resorted to. But to let our readers see exact.
ly the ''digni6ed" manner in which the organ
of the State administration treats momentous
State financial questions, Eve copy the whole
article, as follows:
CAUGHT You THAT TME.-We have the exquis
ite felicity of informing the "posteriorial yymno-
sophist -! of the Ninnesotian that we really had
no serious intention yesterday to mlsappy the
rates of interest the different classes of Mime
sofa bonds, or to call the Minnesota per cents
rs, OF the Minnesota sevens Ss. On the contrary,
we were merely setting the beautiful little trap for
the "posteriorality" of the "Gym-n -sophist, In
which he is, of course, wriggling this morning
to our infinite amusement
Caught you that time, young mani!
Isn't the above most ridiculous get-off ?
No wonder the friends of the " organ" express
themselves ashamed of it, and offer as their
only excuse that the political editor had moth
ing whatever to do with it-alleging that it is
solely the production of the boyish literary %
editor. This we think is probable. The ar
ticle itself affords Intrinsic evidence that such
is its paternity No one but the literary gen.
tleman who habitually plagiarises ideas and
even language from books and Recieos, could
have exhibited such extreme poverty of in
yention as it displays. The other day, The
MINNEsoTIAN-a little in the WHEELoCKIAN
vein, to be sure-appled the term 'posterior-
ial gymnosophist" to the editorial staff of the
Pioneer, as being highly descriptive of the as
SHINE exhibitions of themselves visible lately
ito the naked eye," in their numerous blum
ders, follies and stupidities. The public uni
versally have recognized the peculiar appro-
priateness Of the designation. The literary
gymnosphist, however, attempts to reply: and
unable to originate even name to retort upon
us, he resorts as usual to plagiarism-stea!-
ing the conceptions of another-and in
the above quoted article acts like his COM
peers in juvenility, the school boys do,
when in their petty contests one of them finds
himself used-up and cornered, and gasps out
the last refuge of inanity-" You re another -
If the inventive faculties of the Pioneer editors
cannot do better than this, we would suggest
holding an essence vial under GooDRI Cn's nose
"A dose of California brandy for MILLs-or a
new edition of a "Norman-French" Dictionary
to be administered whole to WHEELoCK-as
stimulants to excite the dormant originality of
the whole concern. Try them. The remedies
are of the infallible kind!
But there is anotho, more Objectionable fea-
.,r. of tb;. article. We allude to it's acknowl-
esement of having deliberately perpetrated a
falsehood upon the public. Either the Pioneer
lies in saying that it deliberately told its read
ers that which it admits itself was not true in
statistical article, merely ito set trap for the
MINNEsor1AN," or else its blunder was made
on purpose to deceive the public, and by falsi-
fying the truth, make amore favorable impress
sion for its arguments. Our contemporary
can select either horn of the dilemma on which
to rest-neither, we suppose, being bed Of
roses!
But the best of the joke-if it is a joke
where falsehood is the staple Of the wits yet
to come. The MINSEsorrAN did not on Satur-
day morning go into the beautiful little trap"
but instead, the most cruel spectacle was eX-
hibited of its fondly and dearly beloved broth
er in "posteriorial gymnosophsim who pre-
sides over the Daily Times, " wriggling in it
to the intense amusement of the outsiders -
Quoth the Times of Saturday morning, thus:
"The Pioneer Of yesterday, in an article upon
the finances of Minnesota, which is well timed and
aimed in the right direction. falls into most eg
regious blunder with its figures, by having in the
first place set down the State Railroad Bonds
eight per cent bonds instead Of seven.
Our neighbors should be more careful. 1t is
bad enough to have the enemies of the State
credit engaged in the work of wilful misrepresen-
tation. The friends of the measure should take
pains no, to help them along by carelessness."
The "dignifed" seriousness of that last
piece of fatherly advice, taking in the whole
picture in all its side-lights, is most intensely
ludicrous.
We trust the Pioneer will hereafter, when
ever it designs trap especially for The
MrxxEsorIAS, previously give its aged and un-
sophisticated friend of the Times due warning
of its whereabouts, so it will not toddle into it
in some of its obfuscations. There is law
against cruelty to animals
Talking of setting traps for editors, We will
mention to the public the most attractive bats
that will catch our contemporaries everytime,
equal to anise seed oil for rats
Lmprinis-To catch WusELocK, bait with
the larg st, longest, attest and most incom-