St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-05-17
BUNCOMBE.

onthe s0th ut, Hon, I, Donuelly tele-:
graphed to the St. Paul Press. that bill
had passed the House Of Representatives
for the survey Of the cannon. and Zumhro
rivers and the Mississippi above St. Paul,
With, . view TO- the Improvement thereof.
Whsreppop, Che Press, under the head Of
"Buncomte,'' indulgedsin about column
of remarks concerning the bill and Mr..
Dounelly which w:uld have been play fully
severe, as they were intended, had they not
been SO unmitigatedly senseless. The
whole thing was so vapid and wishy washy
that We did not, at the time, consider it wor-
thy Of comment. But some Of our cotempo-
raries, published in the localities which
the bill introduced BY Mr.. 1Donnelly was
intended to benefit, have. dignifed the arr
i ticle BY : notice. The Wabashaw Herald
copisa portion Of the Press comments and
says: y s7-,4 a., -: .a;t< ......::; -, ]
The ass-tute scribbler who gets off the
above lament, makes mistake in not sign
ing '.Buncombe" to his wailine, instead Of
using it as header, for no more appropri-
ate epithet could be- applied to q writer, SO
stupidity iguorant of the geography of his
State. The Zumbro q tr@ut stream! why
my dear Buaoombe, it has been navigable
for the largest steamers during the last
month, aud even now it would float the en-
tire Press Office and material with the lead
en- weight Of its editorial department on
top. The Press seems to have been indulg-
ing in quiet nap and wakes. only to Won
der that the rest Of the world has not been
asleep too. Go to sleep again Rip. and We
will show you o splendid water pow er in
Wabashaw when you wake again, which
will give you another. fine opportunity to
display your righteousness and ignorance
of geography. 49, .2'-n. -.
The Press labors under two insuperatle
difficulties to ever acquiring any influence
outside Of it's own office. First. 1t lacks
good common sense, a quality most essen
tial to the proper conduct Of a newspaper.
Its editors seem to have brains, or some
thing that in these days passes current ~
such, but they are Of so uncertain a kind
and so erratic, 50 completely out of oil bal
:
anee, that they arc positiye injury to
their possessors: <.a:> ..-,.. .-.~.fs.
Second. II has heavy pressure of est.
Paul. ON its mental faculties Any meas
ure projected for the benefit Of any portion
ofthe State outside the incorporate limits
Of st. Paul, fails Of the support. if it do not
meet the opposition of that paper. 1t is
this selfish, narrowi-minded course, more
than anything else, .thathas made the Pres.
SO unpopular throughout the State. St.
Paul is fine city, with energetic, live bus
mess men and requires no such illiberal pol
icy as that which would deny all advanta-
ges to ether points rot tributary to it. We
believe it will flourish in spite Of the Press.
We further believe that the Zumbro and
Cannon will follow their natural channels,
as heretofore !; that the trout will continue
to lave their tiny sides il the waters of those
streams and, in short, that there will be
no special commissions in the natural OF
pisca torial world on account Of the unkind
remarks of the Press. gE.,..
And we are further inclined to the belief
that Mr.. Donnelly will still indulge in his
regular meals and that he will pursue the
even tenor Of his way, introducing such
bills and urging such measures as he thinks
viii most benefit his district, and the State
he represents. -: - ,... 49,. 49,.