The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-04
DAttI.Y OPIONEER
~ SAINT PAUL: vurT
Monday Morning, December 4, 1854.
Beautiful and Truthful Sentiments.

Beautiful and Truthful Sentiments.
At the banquet given to Senator DorG-
LAS, in Chicago, on the. 9th ultimo, that gen.
tleman delivered one Of the ablest speeches
we have ever read from his pen As dcliv-
cred, it appeared in the Chicago Times, and
We much regret that the crowded state Of
oar columns precludes the possibility Of our
laying it entire before our readers but we
can only find room for the peroration, which
we doabt not will find response from every
Democratic reader 1t is as follows:
In conclusion, my friends, permit me to
say. that there is nothing IN the result OF the
recent elections which should dampcn our ar,or
or induce us to relax our energies. Ills evi-
dent. from the returns in all the States where
elections have been recently held, that they are
the result of coalition between incongruous
and irreconcilablc elements which cannot long
be held together in harmonious action.
1t is an invariablc law OF political action
that coalitions, when once successful, cannot
IoId tooether in the next succeeding campaing.
Hostile factions like allied armies, may act In
concert in the face of common foe, but they
fall to pieces over the responsibilities, the spoils
of victory. o.. ,.
Thus it will be in Pennsylvania, Ohio, lndi-
ana and wherever else the allied forces Of abo-
litionism, whigism and Known othngism lave
Inv stratagem obtained a partial victory over
the Democratic party. They mnst now act
affirmatively, and by their united votes redeem
all the pledges that each faction has made, or
the coalition will be instantly dissolved. Will
they venture, in order to retain the support OF
the abolitionists, to repeal the fugitive slave
law--to a ,oish slavery in the District OF Col
umbia. and to prohibit the slave trade between
the States. or in order to retain the co-orcra-
ton of the Known othing cabal, will they alb
ol;sh the naturalization laws, and prescribe a
large portion of the American people, because
of religious faith or their place Of birth ? New
er. They dare not!
Hence, nv friends let us be of good cheer.
all is well. Though the heavens are partially
overcast, the clouds are passing away. The
prospect of glorious day was never brighter.
let us stand firm by our principles, they are
the principles of the constitution - OF Union,
Of that great Democratic party, which has so
long controlled the dtstinics OF the nation, and
which has so long conducted us to position
of greatness and power that challenges the adj
miration of every enlightened people, and whc,
cannot be abandoned without destroying the
last hope of the enslaved and dowu-trodden
masses throughout the world. Let there be nc
compromises with the enemy, for they arc the
enemies of the country-no concessions to the
pcrniciOus and hateful isms of the day: Let us
unfurl our banner to the battle and breeze
having inscribed upon its folds The COnstitu-
ton and the Union, State Rights and the right
Of the people to Self-Govcrnment' perfect re-
crican Citizens wherever born Let it float
proudly amidst the raging storms, for they wi I
IL as brief as furious. They may beat against
the rock of Democracy on which that ensign
Is plantet but it will not be moved Long NJ
fer the agitated waters have subsidized, it will
stan;l out in its invincibility, and no man need
fear for the Ship of State, while it Is anchored
lie o,.nrl. slin.r LaSn