Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-08-30

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The CRY of tbs Buchanan men is, that Tho Re-
publicans are secessionists, disunionists. II is
false, Of course, and Is designed only to cover
their own friends who are secessionists and dis
unionistsas Lat US call the roll. Hunter and Ma.
son, of Va, Butler and Evans, of s. c., Toombs
and Ivsfs6n, Of Ga, Jefferson Davis and Quit
uiap, of Miss, Sebastian and johnson, of Ar
kansas, Clay, of Ala.,--who are those Lead
ers Of the Slave Democracy, and one and all of
them disunionists and secessonists. Now name
i've, name three, name two, so standing on the
Republican side, who are not Union men. Aye,
one.
The great Southern States Rights party, stand,
III theory, on dsunion ground. South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, by resolution
declare 1t to DO the true, the only safe position.
Their doctrine IS, GA United States South.''--
Indeed, taking tho last Southern Convention as u
test, Tennessee was the only Slave State, not
ready to endorse and adopt it.
But 60 further, and take as u sample the mes
sages of the Governors of the Slave Planting
States. They breathe the same spirit. They are
all defiant of the Union and for secession. Look
further, at the resolutions of the Legislatures of
these States. They respond to their Governors.
They, too, were ready Tor disunon. As sam.
pie of both, as of all, let us quote the language
Of Gen. (then Governor) Quitman, in his mes.
sage to the Legislature of Mississippi, years ago
Acquiescenee, even, with the declaration that
further aggression will not be tolerated, regard
as ineHfably base and cowardly. The crisis must
be looked in the face. Mississippi must not sub
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to the people of the nom Slaveholding States, to
remedy the wrong, SO far rs it may be in the
| power of Congress tO do so, by obtaining, from
California concessions south of So deg, 80 min,
| or otherwise; and to consent to such amendments
| of the Federal Constitution as shall hereafter
amply secure the rights of Slayeholding States
| from demonstration and farther aggression. In
the event Of such concessions not being obtained,
recommend peaceable secessiOa!!''
| Yet, in the National Democratic Convention,
this same Gen. Quitman, on the first ballot re-
ceived the highest vote for the Vice Presidency,
Aaron V. Brown, a member of the National
Convention. tren!y-nins ballots, and benjamin.
| Fitzpatrick. of Ala, who endorsed and signed
MIR. Calhoun's secession manifesto, eleren.
How dare any recreant charge Republicans,
then, with disunion! How can any honest man
deny that the voting secessionists and disunion-
lists are all on the side Of the Sham d democracy
Fling back the charge into their teeth, friends,
and prove it upon them. lsE
Avoid Slang Words.
There is no wit, says the author Of the beha-
yior book, in lady saying ''snooze" instead of
| sleep-in calling pautaloons 'pants," gentlemen
'sgents"--and saying of man whose dress is
old that he looks 'sseedy"-and in abiding to an
amusing anecdote or diverting incident, to say it
is ''rich." All the slang words are detestable
from the lips of ladies. We are always sorry to
hear young lady say such word as 'polking,"
when she tells us of having engaged in certain
dance, too fashionable not long since, but happily
now going out, and almost banished from tile
best society.
We have little federation for young ladies, who,
having in reality neither wit nor humor, set up
for both, and having nothing of the right
stock to so upon, substitute coarseness and imper
tinence and try to excite laughter, and attract she
attention Of the gentlemen by talking slang.
Where do they pick it up? From low newspapers
or vulgar books--surely not from low COM
panioas. We heard one of these ladies when her
collar happened to be pinned awry, say that it
was pinned on. drunk. When disconnected she
was foored. When submitting to things unwil-
lngly, she was brought to the scratch. Some
times she did things son the sly" She talked of
a certain great vocalist singing s'like beast"
She believed it very smart and piquant to use
these vile expressions.-It is true when at parties
she always had half a dozen about her, their GU
rosity being excited as to what she would say
next. And yet she was woman of many good
qualities, and boosted Of always having lived in
the best society.