The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-10
TiEACHERy most FOUL.
,Princes what grief hath set the jaundice
on your cheeks ?"-SHAKsPEAR.

Princes what grief hath set the jaundice
According to shakspear. when
the Greeks lay encamped before
the walls Of Troy, Agamenon fear.
ing the detection into which his
followers had fallen addressed
these immortal words to them.
Like all of the immortal bard's
wonderful passages, it Is one Of
general application. It would
seem that in these modern DAYS
passions of some sort or another
may jaundice the cheeks, not Of
princes, but Of petty men.
We have in our minds eye GER
tain creatures, whose only evi-
aence Of manhood, is an inert
physical courage and the power 81
speech. Encompassed by The
shades of "green and yellow mel
oncholy,' they pervert the doc,
trine of patience smiling at
grief, and rival BY their actions
Thersites the scurrilous Grecian.
We had hoped that these mod
ern Thersites had learned the
lesson of patience, and would have
manifested the same by a whole
some scepticism Of venemous re-
port, at least to have stayed judg-
ment before giving vent to opin-
ion Of things in which there is no
particle of truth. To say that we
are Disguised is but mild form of
speech.
Is there to be no ending to the
undetermined stabs at character !?
Is it possible that men can be so
lost to the sense Of shame that
they continue to allow the baser
passions to influence their cen
duct? Within a short time past
our publisher has been placed in
the position Of one whose official
conduct Gas deputy U. S. marshal)
required investigation. That in
vestigation has ensued, and we
have every reason to believe. with
the result of completely exhonera-
ting him.
We do not deny the right of any
one to call a public servant to ac-
count, but we do deny the right of
any individual to trump up char
ges, and beyond this we despise
the moral cowardise of those who
are afraid to let their names !, be
known with anything which really
ought to be of a public nature,
since it belongs to public affairs.
To make things more ineligible
to our readers, we will say that
gentleman from Washington,
was directed by the Department
of Justice to join Mr.. Campbell,
U. S. Marshal of this district 60
inquire faithfully and searching-
ly,'' and with the view of arriving
at the truth or falsity of the
charge "that Gus. H. Beaulieu,, a
Deputy Marshal, permitted and
encouraged Indian witnesses while
in his charge to obtain liquor, and
drink to intoxication.'' Credible
testimony given in St. Paul, as
near as we can obtain information,
found the falsity of these charges.
The committee proceeded to White
Earth, and as might be expected,
none there were found who could
prove the charges, and even those
whose greatest am bition it has
been to bring about the overthrow
of MIR. Beaulieu could say and do
no more than cringe in shame and
say that it was the general be-
lief And this statement, reeking
with the acrid breath of falsehood
and SANDER, we beg leave to hurl
back at agent Sheehan and the
Rev. J. A. Gilfllan without the
envelopes Of gilt paper and silken.
cords. 7
We wish to say to these two
worthless that they knew better,
and were influenced alone by NAL
ice, and with a morbid desire to
ihjure. Our relations with these
two Individuals is not nnknown