The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-24
A Third Attempt to Bring one or two
Simple Facts to Governor Ramsey,s
Apprehension. ---

A Third Attempt to Bring one or two
Simple Facts to Governor Ramsev,s
Apprehension. ,.r r.-r .
The skull of the gorilla, and the hide of
the rhinoceros, stand as superlative repre-
sentatives Of mental perception and physical
insensibility. Nothing approaching human
shape equals the gorilla's skull 10 thickness.
and no animal wears so tough hide as the
rhinoceros. These are the popular notions,
and we believe them to accord with the sci.
entifc facts. That is, they did accord with
such facts until we brought forward Gov
ernor RAMSEY as subject for experiment :;
since which, it must be confessed, the cor.
lila stands in comparison bright, and the
rhinoceros tender.
What we have tried to do, and what we
have evidently thus far failed in doing, has
been, an attempt to bring to the apprehen.
sion of ALEXANDER RAMSEY, that when,
during the State canvass of 1859, he stated
in his political barangues on the stump, as
illustrative of the extravaganza of the pre-.
cediDg Administration, that the expenses
for the public printing of the year 1858,
had been $4,000, be stated that which was
not true; that, by thus stating that which
was not true he lied; and that, therefore,
be, as ALEXANDER RAMSEY, the man, had
publicly lied in order to secure political ad.
vantage to himself. This is the first fact
which we have twice tried to make ALEX
AMBER RAMSEY comprehend. Y
The isecond fact is, that when, as Cover
nor RAMSEY, the Executive of the State, he
repeated in his message to the present Leg
islature the same statement, aud added to
it the further statement that the public
printing Tor the year 1861 was only
seventh part of the public printing for the
year 1858, he officially stated that which
was and is officially false; that by thus
officially stating an official falseho;d, he
officially lied and that, therefore, he, Gov
ernor RAMSEY, the Executive, whose official
statements are made under an official oath,
had committed moral perjury before the
Legislature and the people Of the State.
L. In our second and last attempt to bring
these facts to his apprehension, we suggested
to the Governor the propriety Of taking our
files, his message. and the official records of
the State, and of laying them all out before
him in the Governors room, and with these
helps to see if be could not bring his intel,
lect to comprehend the fact that be had, in
the manner and form suggested, committed
the lying and perjury of which we had been
at the pains to inform him. We are as.
sured that the Governor applied himself to
the task, as we had suggested but the ar.
ticle in his organ of the day following
showed that the Governor totally failed to
take in the points which we had presented.
He continues eloquent in his abuse OF
MIR. GOODRICH but he don't allude to, or
attempt to palliate, the fact that, on the
stump, in 1859, he uttered to the people the
gross lie that the public printing of the
year before had reached the extravaganza
sum of $4,000 and that, out of that sum,
fortune had been squandered on the pub
lie printer for that year..
He INDUCES, as heretofore, in ridicule of
Mr.. GOODRICH /; but he neither acknowl-
edges nor excuses the fact that in his late
message be officially lied, and so lied to the
length of plain perjury, when be reiterated
his lie of the stump, and added to it the
further lie that the printing of 1858 was
seven times greater than the printing OF
1861.
We perceive that the task of penetrating
the gorillian skull of the Governor seems
almost a hopeless one. His is case of
obfuscatiOn which has no parallel within the
lines of our observation. But, if Governor
RAMSEY will call at cur sanctum, we will
devote half day TO clearing up the clouds
which seem to have settled on bis brain.
We will do this the more readily, because,
as citizen of Minnesota, we do not like to
contemplate the fact that we have Gov
ernor so stupid that be don't know when he
lies, or so basely obstinate that he wont ac-
knowledge the fact, when such lying is pat
ent and was predetermined.
The Advance MaXemenf