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

The name of BERTRAND BARERE is mo-
torious in France, and wherever French
politics and literature are known, as belong.
ing to one of the most audacious, and among
the most successful, liars that the world has
seen. BARERE died just at the time that
ALEXANDER RAMSEY entered upon public
life. The mantle OF BARERE seems to have
fallen upon RAMSEY; for he can lie with
equal audacity, and if be does not lie with
equal success, it results from lack of talent
rather than lack of inclination.
Now, we are distressed that man who
shows such apti.udes and dispositions for
lying, should fail in performance from want
of knowledge as to what is essential to.
success in his art. System is as necessary
to perfection 10 lying, as it is in any other
art, fine or coarse; and BARERE had sys.
TEN. He wrought the principles of lying
into max ms, which are valuable, because
they are the results of bis own experience.
One of these maxims, and on which he
himself set great store, was, Ne0er to modi.
ty a statement except 1t be to enlarge 1t.
We commend this maxim to the atten~
ton of Governor RAMSEY for it is evident
he has not incorporated it into bis system
of lying, and without it no lying can be re
lied upon for its full and desired effect. To
illustrate Governor RAMSEY coined the
lie, in 1859, that the public printing for the
year 1858, amounted to $88. 1000; and that
Mr.. E. s. Goodrich, as the public printer
for that year, had fraudulently realized for
tune out of such printing. This lie was
substantially repeated in the late message of
the Governors; and its repetition was
meritorious, in so far as it revealed cO0sis,
tency of lying. But we are panied on the
Governors account. to notice, that, in his
organ, of the 26th instant, the Governor
modifes his original lie to the extent OF
$4,000; making the amount drawn by Mr..
GOODRICH, in 1858, only $4,000. This,
according to the Barerrian maxim, is fatal
blunder. Instead of lessening, the Cover
nor should have held to his original lie, or
else enlarged it. An increase of $4,000, Or
$4,000, so that the gross amount would
foot up the round sum of 100000, would
have been legitimate, and in accordance
with the highest known lying standard.
For the sake of bis reputation, in which we
take an interest, We hope the Governor will
correct this unfortunate slip of his pen,
and at once restore bis pet lie to its original
dimensions.
We find, since the above was written,
that we have done Governor RAMSEY very
great, though quite unintentional, wrong
The Governor is not, as we had supposed,
ignorant of the maxim of his great French
master. Some fortnight since, be stated
through bis organ, that, out of the $4,000,
there was an amount of $4,000 which we
had fraudulently received, and which we
ought to be made to disgorge to the State
In Sundays Press, however, the Governor
enlarges this picayune sum to the more re.
spectacle figure OF 100000; which, be says,
"was taken out of the treasury for work ne
yer done. Forty thousand dollars obtained
on false pretences." That's the true BAR.
ERRIAN style. We crave the Governors
pardon for harboring a doubt of bis prof.
cheney in lying. He thoroughly ccmpre>
bends the true system. He shows himself
not only the equal of his prototype, but, in
the slang phrase of the sporting gentry,
"He sees BARERE, and goes him better !"
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