The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-31

be l natural, and Is this Nova
Scotia man more than ordinary smart or
is it oisey Jersey? or how?" Which I
didn't take vote on it then, but adjourned
the question over till after the next meet
ing.
While am always. honOred Sir,
Your most humble, Obedient servant
ZEBULON SAWYER.
LETTER THREE.
SAwYERsvILLE, Dec. %, 1861.
To Mr.. GOODRICH Printer Of the Pioneer and Democrat;
HoNoRED SIR When we got together
the next Saturday night, to take another
pull at Mr.. Wheelock's book about "Minne
sofa its Place among the States" which
the Legislature paid him thousand dollars
to get it up in writing, and several hundred
dollars more to get it out in printing, with
speckled cover, and green leather back,
and feathers on the corners TO make it last,
which Was sensible, and ought to be follow.
ed in getting up all kinds of books, and
more especially those books such as have a
particular value on account of their " sta>
tistics," and of standing US instead of
biographies, by telling of US where we are
"placed among the States" which is valua-
BILE information, more especially to the
growing crop Of young sprouts, both male
and female, on whom, and on their shoulders,
rests the future hopes and destination of our
infant Minnesota, when it gets growed up
into a full-sized State, and can walk up
proudly along side of old York, or Pennsyl>
vania, or Ohio, or any of them, and tell
them to their face to "just knock that chip
of of our shoulders If THEY DARE w-
l was saying, when we got together again
as whole committee on the state of that
book, we took it up at exactly where we
quit it at, at the other meeting.
The schoolmaster said he'd commence
the services of the evening by informing of
US from page Z, number 4, about the 60 in
tsuence OF the great basin," which, the
schoolmaster remarked, !" bad been herein.
before particularly described to an extent
that left oothing more to be desired" APP
pears to me, by the way, that that basin
rests rather heavy on MIR. Wheelock's
stomach which, perhaps, he hasn't been
accustomed to that kind of article, and
that tin,ware is scarce, down in Nova
Scotia; which is different from the descrip-
tion as given by Mr.. Jonathan Slick about
that country, in them highly interesting
pamphlets OF his After something about
heterogeneous peoples" the schoolmaster
went on to read as follows:
Conformably to these emphatic geographic
cal facts, which have governed all empires in
all ages, diversity and incoherence, which mean
War, characterize the societies and institu-
tions of the old aOorld unity, which means
Peace. is the ldw of american civilization. Ac-
cordingly, the history Of this continent is con-
tnued illustration of the dominating influence
of the simple and grand forms of it's ply
steal structure upon the development of
American nationality
The old Squire (which is Justice of the
Peace, and which seemed on such account
to be proper kind of person to PROFOUND
on this subject) here observed, that he
wasn't particularly acquainted with the
sold world" having never journeyed in fore
eign parts, nor never been attached to
diplomatic legatee. But be did presume to
set himself up as knowing something about
matters and things that has come of, first
and last, on this side the water. His father
was in the Revolution; and he'd like to know
what be was doing there, if "the history
OF this continent is continued illustration"
of "Peace"? So far as I'm concerned,
myself,-said the Squirrel handled fife,
in my own proprietor personally, at Lundy's
Lane, lodging of bullets between every
foot; and I'd like to have Mr.. Wheelock to
tell me what l was doing there, if "the
history of this continent is continued il
lustration" of"Peace"?
The schoolmaster here interrupted the
Squire, and observed that Mr.. Wbeelock,
being a native of, and having passed the
period Of bis adolescence in, the Province of
Nova Scotia, and having, by reason of that
circumstance, been ushered into being as
subject of Her Britannia Majesty, Queen
Victoria, it was certainly natural, and, he
hOped,it might be considered pardonable, if
he had exhibited an inclination to avoid
any allusion, which might be construed into
an intimation of reference, to any differ
ences that had at any time unhappily ex
isted between the country OF his birth and
the country of his adoption.
That may do for you,-replied the Squire,