The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-16

From the Daily of Defenders
We doubt if our readers are fully &C
quainted with the political literature of our
state, in all its variety, beauty and force
1t comes within the province of our duty as
well as our pleasure to supply whatever
deficiency may exist in this line of our read.
ers' requirements. Quite number of the
country newspapers during the last few
weeks, furnish us abundant materials with
which to illustrate subject that has hith-
erto escaped even the lynx eyes of our friends
the Secretary of the Historical Society, and
the author of Minnesota and its Resources.
We regret that the arrangement of our files
forces US to omit many morceaur, with
which we would otherwise have garnished
the dish now offered for the digestion of our
readers; but, we have enough on hand to
accomplish our main purpose, in exhibiting
some of the more prominent and delightful
characteristics of the political literature of
our State. And our readers will observe,
without our reference, the charming cores
pondence which exists between the holy day
selected for this review and the sweet chart
tiles and gentle amenities which breathe
through and beautify the specimens we bring
forward for their admiration.
That we confne the illustrations of our
theme to single subject, and that subject
ourself, does not grow out of any sugges
ton of vanity, but because thepartiality
Of our country friends has not left us
anything else to employ in carrying out
our design. This much we have felt
bound to explain, in order that we might
be relieved from the imputation that we had
selected the topic embraced in the heading
of our article, as a mere feint under which
to crafty our egotism by reproduction of
the compliments showered down upon us by
our professional friends.
And not in the first place to reproduce
the finer sketches of portraiture with which
the files before us abound, we would inform
our readers that one of our contemporaries
applies to US the attractive designation of
assassin" and suggests that we strike
assassin blows and use in doing it, " an
assassin's weapon" 1t is limited, also, that
we are largely influenced, if not wholly con-
trolled, by a" greedy avarice that we are
not very reliable Democrat, but quite the
contrary that it is time for the Democ-
racy to understand the true character of this
covert enemy in their ranks" and L" that the
editor of the PIONEER lis, undoubtedly, ga
Republican at heart" 1t is prophecied
that the change of this chameleon is bound
to be Black; )" and it is asserted boldly,
that this pretended organ of the Democracy
has succeeded, under false colors, in giving
the State to the Republicans"
Another contemporary asserts that /" the
Pioneers twaddle y" is about as puerile an
ebullition of bad humor as ever lowered a
man of brains to the level of fool :" and
that we make statements which are /" libels
manufactured out of whole cloth, for wicked
purpose, and to crafty feeling of menda-
city ;" all which, it is affirmed, is {" fully
understood by the Democratic party of
Minnesota"
Another draws the conclusion that, "what.
ever purpose the oily-headed EARLE S.
GOODRICH may have to accomplish "in crit
icsing the acts of politicians, it is very GER
tain that such criticisms ''could only emanate
from the morbid brain of one who is bigoted
enough to believe that all the dignity, grace,
and talent of Minnesota, is snug y ensconsed
beneath his oily locks" And the same
individual says he has felt that the Pro.
NEER ought to be discarded as a central
organ of the Democracy of Minnesota"
And either this, or some other, flor we may
havegot the extracts mixed,) editor remarks
that /" such storm of terrible indignation
is pouring down upon the PIONEER as, we
venture to believe, EARLES S. Goodrich never
witnessed before in the whole of his edito-
rial career;" that no one has any sympathy
whatever for this traitor in our ranks" that
"EARLE S. GOODRICH stands entirely alone
with the mark of a political Cain stamped
indelib.y upon his brow" that be will
be, and remain. the Benedict arnold of the
Democracy of Minnesota, and no power on
earth can remove ths sigma from him "
and that such being Mr.. GooDR1cH's charac-
ter and position, " the leading Democrats B"
"must come promptly forward and assist
in ousting from the Democratic ranks, this
disorganizer and would.be Autocrat."
Another journal speaks of The PIONEER
AND DEMOCRAT as foul-mouthed, mis-
called Democratic Sheet" controlled by
"braiuless editors" who catch up i" filthy
blackguardism," which they d" remodel
| and after adding to it "their rancorous
falsehoods," they "send it forth again to
poison the minds of the people, and drive
them from the ranks of the Democracy to
| the support Of those whose mission It ia to