The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-06-06

! TnE DHMocRArlc GaouxD The Dem
ocratic party Of the United States fought
the battle on the slavery question, during
the last presidential compaign, on the
ground that the subject Of the existence or
| non-existence Of slavery, in the new states
that were to be, should be loft to the people
thereof This was what was commonly
called the Cass doctrine, General Cass hav-
ing been the first Of our eminent men who
gave to it the sanction Of his name and rep
utsrion. Throughout the whole republic
| the democratic party took this position, and
maintained it to the last. II was their bat
ile-cry in Texas as well AZ in Maine, in
Pennsylvania as in Mississippi. Ii any
member Of the party dissensed from it, 70
had the grace to remain silent, following the
sound democratic rule Of deferring to the
immense majority Of bis fellows. with whom
he fully agreed on all other subjects. The
other great party, the Taylor wings, had no
fixed principles On the slavery question. In
the north. General Taylor was held up as \
far better anti-slavery, abolition. and slave
ry detestin2 candidate than could have been
found anyw here in the nation; while at the
sonth he was the leader of the slavery ex-
tensionists, and regarded as such by all tha
'uItras' Of that region, for the plain and CO.
gent reason that he had quarter Of mill
lion in slaves and plantations, and therefore
was no, likely TO be unfriendly to tho vel.
fare Of the peculiar institution Ihe third
party, which started into existence as a FREQ
! soil party, dcgenerated in q few weeks into
| a Van Buren faction, having no other object
| in view then the defeat Of the democracy,
| General Cass being in particular manner
| an object Of hate to its leading men. 1t had
no definite ideas on the slavery question:,
| perhaps because its leaders only aimed at
temporary end, ofa destructive.character,
and therefore did not think it worth their
while to trouble themselves about anything
so nif1ing as matter Of principle. Thus
was the battle fought, the one party clearly
end distinctly avowing its ideas on the most
momentous Of questions, and the two
branches of the other party giving forth
| nothing but vague response, mystic as Del.
phic oracuar words, and quite AZ capabls
Of any Interpretation that il might thereafter
suit political knaves to put upon them. Il
suited the people to reject our candidate
aud our po.icy--the north going again for q
! southern man. and no small portion Of the
south, in the most base and cowardIy man
ner, deserting at its extremity the party that
| had 80 long stood between il and the ravinG
abolition wolves. As was the duty of good
democrats we submitted, with tolerable
degree Of philosophy, to the popular verdict.
/ consoled by the reflection that We had done
! our best to make it Of different character,
and happy in the knowledge that in few
short years we should have an opportunity
to effect reversal oft.
Well, more than year has passed away
since the people declared they would not
have our plan for the settlement Of tho dis
pute about slavery; and what has, even IN
so short lapse Of time, come to pass e
7 ~ 4 "a ~ hnJ n
! free solers and abolitionists, are fast step
ping Oh to the democratic platform, and
proposing to settle the dispute that was con-
vuIs,ng the nation substantially az it would
bave been settled had General Ca.s been
chosen president. The members Of the ad-
ministration were among the first "a assume
the Cass ground; and now Mr.. Webster
himself, who supported q nomination not
fit to be made.' according to bis own declar-
alton, rather than permit the triumph Of so
arch hereto as GenerelCass. and who de-
clared that tho Wilmo: Proviso was his
thunder, which the free soilers had stolen
right out--even Mr.. Webster, We say now
steps ON 10 the democratic platform, and
finds that the solid oak Of which it was con-
structed does not tremble at his gigantic
tread. Boston Post.
FATAL CAsvALrY. - Patrick Mcclure
and Arthur Sheridan were killed yesterday
by damps, in the diggings of Philips. Buel
&, Co., near the Sinsinawa mound. The
shaft was IS feet deep. A blast bad been
put off the night before, for the purpose' OF
blowing into q cave below. Mcclure went
down about 90 minutes after the blast had
exploded and was being hoistcd out. When
!. about fifteens feet from the bottom he
suffocated and fell from the rope. Sheridan
| went down about ten minutes after, and
when about twenty FIVE feet from the top of
the shaft. he also became suffocated and
fell. There were then some ten or twelve
buckets Of water sprinkled in the shaft,
which destroy ed the damps, and in twenty
minutes they were taken out lifeless.
A poor woman, residing at Pittsburg who
depended for living on making pantAloons
for 10 3-4 cents pair, s. ent her little girl
few weeks since, with receipted bill 10 her
employer for her hard earned wages. which
the latter took from the child, kept it, and
refused to pay the money. The man who
wonld be guilty of an act like this deserves
to be chased through the world BY rattle
snakes.
| The LAST DARKEyIsM.-Ad dandy black
entered booksto and with very cOnse-
quentiai air, inquired: 'Hab you few
quires Of letter paper. OF the very best ratio.
! for u person to write iub letters on! 'Yes,'
was tho reply, how many will you have.'
4 .'spose,' said he, my stay at the springs
will be two or three weeks. Glib me 'ncugh
uuires to write four letters
PATENT Hoops--- HAVE oua CooPERs
1HiED Ir.-A machine has lately been in
vented for hoops which bids fair to do away
with the necessity Of growing hoop poles
hereafter. Any tough, straight grained tim
Der will answer the purpose. Il 10 first saw.
ed into square strips, the width desired for
the hoop: the strips are next turned round,
like hoo handle, and then sIit through the
bentry. Each strip thus makes two round
hoops. They are then steamed and bent.
Casks hooped with them present an exta
neat appearance. The whole work is done
by machinery. just previous to setting
then, it is necessary to wet them in cold wa
ter. A specimen Of these hoops was ex-
hibited at the last New York State Agricui-
tural show at Syracuse.
HIeH RsvERs.-We learn from friend
who has just been on the Bigbee and war
rior rivers, that the flood 10 getting alarm
| insly high. The lands contiguous to both
4 these rivers arc completely submerged, and
the plantations have been entirely abandon
ed. The stands Of cotton short time
since were very fine and the prospects OF
good crop cheering. These prospects arc
now blasted, for the cotton plants are en-
tirely ruined, and it is too late for repisnt-
inc. These rivers are still ou The rise. N.
q. Bailetip.