The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-10

the statement or inferential suggestion Of
indebtedness is libellous, and especially as
applied to him, whose normal financial re.
lation may be said to be that of debtor.
Now, whether there were elements of
fraud in this Indebtedness of Mr.. DonNx1-
LYs, we do not know Any person ao-
quainted with Mr.. DoNNvrLY can judge of
that, a. well as ourselt. And, whether
the fact that Mr.. DoNsEILY seldom or new
or visited Pennsylvania, from the time of
his leaving, until his return there in po-
sition to plead "hia constitutional privi-
lege, " is suggestive Of fraudulent circum-
stances, is point on which other people
can make up their minds as well as We
can We say nothing on this head; and,
really, we should not have had very grave
suspicious against Mr.. DesNELLY, If hehad
not interpolated the suggestion Of crime
in his complaint. So, if such suspicious
have been aroused, in our mind, or that of
others, we cannot see that he can charge
anybody with fault, besides bis ssinins
self,-as we have already observed. a2 y
It is clear that Mr.. DoNNEILY has COM
menced an action for libel on wordswhich
have no libellous significance. In doing
30, he has shown himself to be an Ass in
point of Fact; he has vindicated the pub
lie estimate of him; and illustrated, salts
factorily, the first branch Of our general
proposition. -' ~. ~ ~ ,5oE
en- Mr.. DoNNnLY revealed himself an Ass
in point of Style, by the manner in which
he commenced his action. He was out on
q campaigning tour, having appointments
to meet which had been made for him by
the Republican State Committee. In
stead of meeting these appointments, as
man Of sense and dignity would have done,
he forfeits them, rushes to the telegraph
Office, and dispatches word to the public
that a proper regard for his character
compels him to proceed to st. Paul, to in
stitute proceedings against the atrocious
P1oNEKR. The statute gave him two years
in which to commence bis action; but he
was fearful lest the tender flower Of his
reputation would wither before two days,
even, had expired. And, knowing him
self better than we can pretend to know
him, perhaps he was right in his fears.
But, he acted very little as grown-up men
are in the habit of acting. We have seen
overgr own, lubberly schoolboys, whose
conduct, in analogous cases, might have
been taken by him as precedents, and in
the following of which he could not have
displayed closer fidelity than he has al
ready shown. ' $685. at I -l9l# 81
We need not elaborate further to con.
vince Mr.. DoNNELLY that the public judg-
ment is right when it classes him as an
Ass in point Of Style. "a .ra ,I5ar tb
Now, we dislike to see manifest failures
attend the efforts Of so enterprising q
young man as Mr.. DosxE1LY is. He is
evidently anxious to bring an action of
libel against the PIoNKER And, that being
bis desire, he as evidently wants to bring
an action which is not, on it,, face, farci-
cal. He has demonstrated that he lacks
the legal knowledge and common sense
necessary to know when he has got q fair
case, OF how to commence bis action With
out exposing himself to public ridicule.
Let Mr.. DossEzLY come to our Office. We
viii 60 over with him the files Of the Pro-
NKER for the past two years, and point out
to him scores of assertions and charges
all of which are more damaging to his
character than the extract on which he
bases bis present action, and any one Of
which would form the subject Of valid
suit, were it not for the sbrogstion Of the
good old rple, dear to all the asinins tribe,
that the greater the truth, the greater the
libel, But, in spite Of this, let Mr.. DoN-
NELLY call; and we will do our utmost to
put him in way of proving in court that
he has got character-hard, socver, as
that may be. -s,.f..srea;I.. ..
Population OF ,.e Principal Cities In
: i45as the t"sted states. g-aI
The question tre 4r,ently arises in familiar dis
cushions, and generally at times and places
when the official data for its solution Is not at
hand, IS to the relative population and rank of
the chief cities of the Union. We append be-
low, for the information of our numerous
readers, who have not access to the census vo-
lumes, the population Of the cities having over
fifty thousand inhabitants, As shown by data
which we find at the Department of the Int
rior, in the order in which they stand, toge-
ther with the percentage of foreign nativities
in each: "a el5 lHo1-
-t-.ee1 Percentage Of
Population. Foreign Nafivities.
New York. ....... $3.50 -. 1852