The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-07-31
For the Pioneer.


How tai aclouS are the arguments that at
tetoii 10 controyert the true spirit of De-
mocracy The very name of Democrat
seems 10 spread halo upon all tina. is en-
eircisd within lis domain. The adversely
Of .he WI ig party for long period was
partiv owing TO the emancipation Of its
ureerlts 20 The HEARTFELT principles of the
t.egrle aud can there be wonder at such
ne. Ill : Harmed at the long period Of pro
Bation aad The longer future that was APP
parent ne Wing party assumed the bap-
iisuai pollution Of democratic Wings"
So shat hey might borrow, or rather pilier
portion If their opposition to neutraIi2
ns lar a could I've practicable, the formula
he nsaie &c their antagonists. Ii argues
iittle in tins world, under what peculiar
name. a natter may exist; but link the name
or 'fosn" with that of "Ioppy"-cIass the
poisonous weed with the wholesome herb,
and reason and consistency are ut once AT
fsult Tor there is, within the very PROPOSE
ton, a conclusion so absurd aud meta 'hor-
zeal, that he conunones; Of the earth's crea-
tures, de- alma at once against it. SO is it
with tue Democratic Whigs"-uh irrec-
oncilabls cpupiet upon its first u,;erance. -
The ,rsI ,hoek the Democratic party sus-
tanned. aud which subsequently gave rise to
a division Of the party in the State of New
York, WAS the ''singiHg into the Presiden-
tial CHAIR" Gen. Harrison, Of Ohio. Many
nen who ciainne.I Democracy refused to
support Martin Van Buren,, for the reason
q LACK o.; conf lence, aud IN preference sung
,he hard cider" songs of the campaign, as
"A GergieTe resorte. The hero of our from
Tier wars, finding the transition so great,
sfon the iife of comparative quiet, to the
ia rut
eripg the fatigues and responsibilities Of
nauoual President, much more severe than
the ,errors and contentious of national
warrior suddenly awakng to the startling,
hat 40 less truthful development, that the
canon Of Washington life is more deadly
thar lte artillery of warfare,-hc rose,
quailed, staggered. and finally gave way be-
fore Ihe shock, and was received into the
arms of "Him that made mankind" Peace
be 20 MS ashes Mistaken, deceived and
faied man dearly he paid the penalty Of
snoriinste ambition. DE ntortuis nal nisi
peFun "Of the dead say nothing but wha,
- true :" How painful and yet how pro
verbal he lesson ! John Tyler brcame
'esiient--(that Is TO say, $50 callcd,") and
u Is no hyperbole to exclain, his was the
reign of terror I" There was nothing SO
Ie!gitie ~ his administration thar could pale
The cheek Of an American, but per contra,
there was much TO redilen the blush that
rose for our countrymsn, and much TO add
10 tbe chagrn thar necessarily existed in the
ad,en, 9f such an Executive. He was n
President without a party-and the parties
we're without a President; ceres il is,
seisher Party claimed, neither sought his
leadership. The transactions of his admin
JstratIon may be safely passed by for the
sun that set upon the house Of Tyler, beam
e. with smiling radiance, as it dawned upon
the successive administration Of James X.
Polk. lings assumed a cheerful aspect !;
hoI.es, almost crushed, rose again; the glad
den;nS shout of the poinilace rose high Into
the etherial regious, and the Democratic
parry, iiks Richard, "was itself again !"--
Nor was the party deceived for tempered
vita the sage cOnnsels Of Lewis Cas-. w.
l.. Marcy, Daniel S. Dickinson, George NJ.
Dallas, aud other veteran Democrats, the
graad measures Of the Democracy were
pro Jer'y consum.nared and that, too, with
u spirit Of magnanimiry far aside Of the geu-
eral usages OF party prescription. The an
rexaiiop Of Texas was one OF the impor-
sant objects Of Democracy, gloriously
achieved uoder the auspices of Mr.. Polk
and Ni'h its history the glorious success of
the Mexican war is closely allied. Let a
br.s. ,rview of the manifest destiny Of that
era sutiee. Upon the hlooiy fields OF car
r1ge, Taylor, Scott. Shields, Wool and
8orIh each secured their share of glory.
The success of war, pointed TO Gen. Fay
Tor as ,hr future candidate for the Presi-
'iency. F'he Wing party eagerly seized up
on h'. Derson, as the only means to retrieve
shci- ng hopes, and profiting by the very
gl2-y ;hat seemed SO distasteiul to them,
"hiie le;:islating in Congress upon the ques-
tons 0t that war, nominated anL whirled
b'm INTO office, despite the opposition of the
Obj setlrln Cass, and the Abolition candi-
datr ior. he Presidency. Mark the sequel.
As lo-r.son's career closed, so did Taylor's
both lie beneath the sod of the grave of
aubiuon. But what cared the Wings =
Noushl BY the decease of Gen. Taylor,
they exc hanged n iuke-warm Wing for Md
hard Fillmore, a jealous Whig-.a dasiicr-
a,um much to their taste, and more promis-
ing 10 heir prospects. California, that
bright j6wel, nOurished into existence by the
tUElering care of the administration Of Polk,
becomes a valued property under the dy-
na-iY Of Fillmore. But it cannot now be
helpod-it may lie in 50. As the scythe of
Time tnows down our months, the day of
t'H tAN iDh - toSt oHts odCuiuS- auolUcE
year IS he brief space allotted for the reign
Of Wh'ggery. Already their leading jour
nais proclaim the name Of Scott for their
candijaie. infatuated mortals Of military
reaoWp, are ye not satisfied with the career
OF Harrison and Tsylori Think you to
"fiieard -drum'' another military man into
the White House. the more sooner to ire
Fefss-oSder" him to his grave. Take good
care to nominate an efficient Nice-Pres-
ds'iI, SO that, in the rather unproniising
event Of success, you may not regret his ac-
oession 20 the chair. But there Is no doubt
thai be Wing party, like Sir Giles Over
reach viii, in this crisis, overreach itself
Like The gay butterfly, the Democratic par
q wit emerge from its chry sails, TO be led
On 20 ,he triumph Of principles. The empty
vauat OF military renown, the single recon-
mendaton of proves in arms. are not sufli
cient IL inspire the confidence OF The people
the srttering array Of military apparel al
las. will be at fault--fOr the sovereign peo
pls fna day by day, that all is not geld tina
gli,iers--all are not men that wear the hu.
man form. The pagean, has passed it.
glory IS among the things that were. Whom
sill The Democrats nominate ! Already thu
names "a Douglass, Cass, Houston, Foote
Benton, Dickinson ard Dallas, are favora