The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-07-21

sted pay ~ the names Of me-, ,sho had long
been dead. of men who had been killed m
has orn aghi four Years betoye et Seie,mooy;
that there were twenty such names in one
troop: that there were thirty.six in An.
other
lord Macaulav cites his authority sor the
charge in the latter mart of this paragraph
as follows:
.See the Dear Rsrcain. n ,Jscob;,e nam.
phlet clandestinely printed in $780,
The Blackvood writer hunts up and hun,s
down this authority as follows.
We searched the rich store Of the British
Museum ; we applied 10 friends noted all
over the world for their extensive knowledge
in by.na,hs Of history we souph, the as.
sistance of those whose business il Is 10 col.
lect and yepd scarce tracts and namnhle,s--
all in vain, The Dear Bargain eluded our
search At las, we discovered ,ba, we had
made our cast too wide. We hi, or the
seen, in the Advocates Library. and ran
into our fox in ,hicket OF phample,s. No.
I93.E.7. l.AAA7, l.. which cabalis.
tic numbers We here transcribe for the ben.
eit OF future inquirers.
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uouo'e eo'u"'n' "l'"ou, ''''e'Paee VI "a,e'
V, ''o n"''ic % 'ne auno,' I.""u VI '.'
place ~heIe u was prin'ea' us Us scurt,1-
Gus Us anu 'iol. s'up'' ,9 anu; .le seneral''
0, sueh puo'Ga''ons ;,'inm ~ Aef ,ai"
" ooh',N'le 'he .e", " n,s I.ns;'s so''' ~.
} DN HttulUg ttltIl W VI Nutlutl dtlu
esse III H""nu' WHY '"u au'"o' sayo'
you n''en' see 'neu ,P'"".hs ~ pa'"H,
anu s1oan'ng u"ue' '"e uouoe gi'Ps VI
'ue,r po"eis anu ''.1' ,"p'oe"',e' ~ o,ue'
'.'a' 'ne nuen' .e DAnes an' NY ",
e'gnefs ma! poss w. ~ w, county. wa Is
q" u"s."'o'u' 'u''a "','.9 20. !,
o"rous n".'o"s' e,A"'a""'e S",''""y'
anu a',,'ng heI ocas,s "'e' 'ne nos VI nv,
.eau .a'h',' Nhu''n"' ""u"' "''
aannaI'on 'a'nes Is nins lrai, our m
ia"'u' N'"e, VINO ".s s"o", n'"'so,' upon a'
occasions Low, VI nS pcople' am ,.. r1.eoar'
age, u iraue' p's''II VI ''ae ,oerty !"
'enaer consc"ne's' an i'a.er VI ~, "'Ius''ee'
III" u ''"e r"'"e' W n'' 'ou""y
Lord MAcAuLAY Is used thus ruthlessly TO
slaughter his own authority:
sucb il the Dear Baryain VIII Lord
vacouIav ;ndo,se the testimony of h;s own
witness We hardly think he will. Yet il
ia mon this ,es,imony oloo, tina, he makes
en- iaul n charge TIe words of the nam
nbl.., arn !. JJe excellad in giving G,Ise mus
ier.rolIs even twenty in,ne ,roop. md thirty
s;v in another nnt,;ng in names some
killed in Nonmouih's Rebellion Others dead
in England since. and alive NJ this day on,
Of aII service the lists nj which have heen
shown IN mo " The n;c,nresoue addition
that tbes. men who According 10 the name.
less and unoramnat,cal author were both
d.od and o,,ve AMI heen al lied !, Maj
horonob's o,,o ooh, four yoor, he,oro n,
Sedge,noor y il n creation NJ lord M.c.u.
lay's oyn s,rong ;,vent;vo, Cac,l,;os ubo
an,bor ol tho Dear BARGAIN drons a naked
nomeLss misheco,ien c,lumnv in The streets
whore !, lie. fnroo,,en lor a c,n,urv AMI a
halt and would have perisbc]. os i, deserv.
ed /. but Lord Macaulay picks up the found.
ling dresses il decks il out. introduces il 10
the world. adopts il, gives il hi, own name
and the sanction ofbis character. and il NAV.
in all rsobsh ~ i've ami flourish ma long n,
the English language lasts. Does lord
Macaulsv think that the historian has no
higher duty. no deeper responsibiIi,y than
,hIsy Would he r,se in his place in fine
Uouse of oris. and break the s,ranye al
fence which has unclaimed bis eIooueni and
;mnas.,oned tongue 40 long. nv br;nging
sucb an accusation. on smcb ,estimonv
,.aips, .rv on,. of the gcoernls who are a,
,b;a moment leading onr ,roo,s in I,d;aS
II mo-, by what proc.ss Of reasoning can he
,econcil. il IN b;x conscience IN record mi.
CHARGE on tablets far more lasting Than
Hon,ord or the Time, ugaips, the memory
of a man who has been dead a bu,dre,I and
Gnv vears--who canno, denouncc the cal.
nmnv.-who canno, disp,oye the cb.,vs
wbo canno, cali The slanderer N accom-,
Lord Macaulav cannot MEAD ignorance oi
the infamous character Of bis witness. In.
on another occasion. where he addr.saes
himself IN the task Of attemptinv "a clear
William from the iplumy attaching 10 him
from The massacre Of Glecooe. he s,ys
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