The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-11-27


nomination due Ia either the South or the Nortl
nor does he owe thanks 20 any II the pretend
era. 80 busy In your strvets. swithout whom,
~ thsy cackle "ho could not haye bea III,
choice OF the Cincipnali Coayeptioa," liz
looks first to the people, and then To his fellow
citixens Of Pennsylvania. who. from fra Il
last. have been true 10 him Ia tho recent con.
test.
II has been common remark III hate, tha,
Mr.. Buchanan was the sectional candidate III
the Soath. | have no doubt that he has hecu
sluecc In the itars he has expressed, that the
bitter kcline engendcred, both North and
South, by the slavery question. nenacc,l the
existence Of the Union but wonli stake my
life that the policy oi his Admihistrstiou viii
prove that partlsa1s VI extreme ucAsusrs ~.
srgrhfrs will I've checked by him, aud thar par.
tisans Of the school of Harrison and 1appan
will meet with no more severe rcbukc than that
Of the Nov ofleans Delta, TIM baltimore In
quirer, Governor Wise aud Jefferson Davis
In the course OF the late catnlalgn, Mr. Bu.
chanan has couvcr@d with profound emotion,
respecting the dangers VI c.trAuarmcnt he.
twen different sections oi the Republic but I
have not been able 10 put my ingcr upon q
sagt solitary fact which would pruvr him 20
have entertained icas IN onesldcd or part.
san spirit. On the contrary, | attribute the
anxiety with which he repudiaics tho protcucc
that he' Is srdu,teiy Sosthern candidate
and the frequency with which he has fallen
back upon the people. and, above nil. tho people
oil Pennsylvania Free Siafs--as the GROUND.
work u his own popularity, to an unalterably-
formed determination OF strict adherence 10
the Constitution as tho basis Of policy during
his administration.
In relation 10 Kansas, IL should iorm an
opinion, Il would certainly be that Mr.. Ba
chanan prefers, "a an individual. and citizen
that II should come Into the Union without
slavery. lie cntertains however the most ~
rious conviction that Congress has been long
enough the arena OF conflict. on the Slavery
question and that the only true aud consti.
tatioDal way to settle the difficulty, Ia TO. leave
each Territory, asking state privileges. 10 ar.
range is own institutions. lie draws the
distinctiou between the property Of tho Ter.
ritories and the people Of the Territory, which
forms the basis of the X kansas nebraska. aud
denies tho right Of Congress 10 Icgislate, hero.
ailcr, more than Is absolutely recquisile, rrs-
Pecting the latter. lh' hope, lbellcsc. to be
that the Kansas bill vail take such sbapo this
winter. and IN the spring. that u will be viz
tually decided before his administration hcgan,
II not. he will adhere strictly to tho lawful
decision Of the people OF kaDsas;---1'bat Ia. IL
they apply for admission. and Congress admits
them rs Free Stale, he will approve ofihe
bill II they dcsie 10 hold slaves and Congr~
sanctions their wish, be will not intcrposc We
TO- 10 n word. ba will look, neither 10 the
South, nor 10 'hr North, dui 10 Kan'as.
Mr. IaKkassa Ia emiaen.ly man who hais.
sri'ems,. When the fc,ieralist party bscame
rampant In its Capitalization progress, he abat-
doncd IL. lie has veercd away from oil asso.
Citations with which he hns ever bcen connected
nj the very moment when they have become too
Exaggerated jor what he has deemed tho later.
cst OF the country. uo Joes not believe that
the same medicine s good Tor all Diseases, nor
that the same policy b applicable at all times
and under all circumstances. Judging, there.
fore oi the fnturc by tbe past. have arrived
st the conviction that this acceasion to the
Presidential Chair will not endsnger the inter.
srts OF the country, aud that, while bis guondam
enemies will b. agreeably disappoiatsd by his
administration, bis ultra Southern ani flllbos.
tering friends will not receiyc from him the IN.
dor~ment OF their views which they now nn,ic.
ipate
CoI1RED Psnsoss MOI Cirizgss ~ rHs UsL
rsD SrATI,--Appllcation having been made
10 the State Department, for passports 10 n com
pany of colored niDstrels, about 10 visit Ea-
rope professionally. y. reply has bacn reoived
by Mr.. Rics, clerk a tie Superior Court of
New York, who made the application. 1'is
reply 10 from J. A. THosAs. Esq, Assistant
Secretary of STATE, who says thai Secretary
MARoY reiass the rsluess. Hm rCns~s ARE
.kes ct turlh
A passport Is a osrtacAts that las person W
whom II is granted " citizen Of the United
Siats, and Il can only b. issued upon proof oi
this TACT. In the pspsrs which accompany
your com nnbication there Ia moi satisfactory
evidence that the Irrsoos for whom you request
passports are of this description. They ars
represented ~ Jour letter ~ "coior,sl.' and de-
scribcJ In u'e affidavit as black, from which
statements IL may BE- fairly Inferred that they
are negrss. n This ia ~. there can bc M
doabt that they are not citizens of the United
States The question whether free negsos ara
nncl, ei,izeps ts not how presrDtsd Tor the first
time, but has repeatedly mri~rn IN the admins.
trstioD II the sssionsi and tstAts voverpsnemts. /.
In 1871 = eonrowusy afoss W 70 WHISTLER
free PERSONS of color were citlxens III tbs CDi,
tsi StAty, within the intent and meaning 81
tbe act. Of Congress regulating foreign and
cassttng is~d~ 10 ~ " b. disgaslifed 10 eom.
msbd vesSsis; and Mr.. Writ, Attosnsy General,
decided that they were not. aud moreover bsd
that the words "citixeps of the United Stats
were uspd 10 the scts ot Congress In the sama
sense rs in tbs Consultation. Thm view n slso
fslly Sustained 10 . recent opinion of the pres
cpt Atiorp<y General. .s. "a.
The Judicial decisions of the country are TO
the same eject. 10 Ke6t's ComDentafi y, vol
u, p. 215. II h stated thst in 1873 Chief Jus
tice DAgge,, u ConDeciicat, beld thai ftss
blscks ara not "citizenn." within tAe nsauina
Of the term ~ assd In the Consultation Of the
United states, and the Saprenc Court u Ten
bes~e. 10 the case of the State agaiDei Clsi
borpe. beid the .Ame DOCTRINE.
Hoct beiDg the construction u the Conati
tut,os in regard 70 irce p,rsons NJ color. II h
eoDceivri that they cannot be regarded, wleo
beyond the jorisdictioa VI this government, ~
entitissi 70 the fsn rights oi eitizens; bot tis
sscsetssy directs me 10 ssy. tina, tboosh us
D<psstseSt could fot certify that saeh perstsy.
are ei,zeos q the Cni,si States. ye. II salts
fed " the truth d the facts, !, would give
certificate thst they were horn In the Unltsd
s,sts. ard ire: and that the ysvernsSsnt tbSc
u you'd regard IL W b. its duty 10 project
them II vronged BY brrign goye.nmest. vhiIe
within It's Jurisdiction ior legal ADd proper
porp~e
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