The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-08-07

wnuAx sWosr
"The old suhism of federal and wpablIcah
thscatceed ncthlne. 6ecaae u sxlstcd 10 every
Stase ssd uaits1 them togsthsr By ths fsatse
aal I'm u party. Hat thu colpcidence u Z
marked principle. moral and political, with I
geographical line, once coacaivcd. teArcsl
would nevsr more BE- obliterAted iru0 The mind,
that u vouh he rseusstng On every sosaaiea,
end rsacwiag iritations. until u wusld kindls
| sucA nutunl and mortal hatred a 10 rvedss
sspasAtion pssis1bie 70 eternal dkrctd. !
Asve been anonE the nsast sanguinc 10 bellev'
lag that cor UsIsa wsuid b q losg dssasiss
I nov doubt Il much, and 80 that svVnt st nc
great distance. end tho direct consequences ol
this question; not BY The linc which has been
. ccnhdently counted od--ths laws of nature
control thls--bst by The Potomac, the OAtA
and hiasesri. o. morr prSbsbly the Ainisaip
pi upvaris to our nortAcra boundary. Ny
oaly comfort and confidence 10, that shall not
live TO ssc this; and envy not the ptcssut grn.
sration tho glory OF throwing away the fruits
n tbelc .!sshess sAcri0eqs q lie and tortnnc'
end Of rendering dsspseate the experiment
Which Vas " deoide sltinAtsly whsther man 10
capable Of seli-govcmmsnt. This treason
against human hops viii sIgnallse their epoch
IN future histcry, ~ the counterpart of the
| model Of their prSiccc~ors.
Tmoa Jsyvxasos.o
Mr.. lios.sas. of Maine. sssaher oi Coagrsa.
s.idrc~sd Jyvxssos lettss, which dnw from,
him The following remarkable reply;
"Monrscxilo. April %. 1870.
II thank you. dear sir. fos ~ copy you have
besu - hind 10 seod ne ef IN lcttsr 70 your
constituents 90 tho Missouri question, II s q
perfect Qualification 10 them.
II had for long time cssssd TO rod news.
paprrs, o. psy any sttsntlos 10 public aflnirn,
conadcnt they wsrs In good hands, and cosie u
10 be passenger In our bark 10 The shore from
which an not ar distant. hut THE momen.
t0as qusstisn. liks Asv bell In the ul4 4ht, sws-
keaed end lliled mo with tesvos. ! comidess'l
Il q oscs ths ksell oftle Uuiun. 10 h husAsd,
indsed. tos ths moucat. bat Mis- h . repsicve
only. noa Aaal sautrncs. A geogsapAicsl
liue. coiaeidng with marked psinoipls. moral
and politiral, ooce cosceivcd snd held up 70 The
angry passions sf mcn. will nrvrr In oblitssa-
ted, end every new isritAtioa will ssask Il dep.
cr end dsepes. ! can say. with eouscioss
trwth, thai there 10 no man ~ earth. WIN woud
sacrifice more than would 10 rclisse ~ from
thk Aesvy rspressh, 10 any prscticsbls way.
The cessioa of that kind oi peersrty tfor Il Ia
70 misaas@D 10 bagatslls which wosld not
cssss me second thought. n, In that way.
csssrul smsacipation ssd szyzfvsafsm wssd be
ehcctei, aed gradually. sad with ase sacsiA-
ces. think Il might he. but ~ u ID. wehsvs
the Woif by tle earn. and can nsithr hold him
nor saicly lst him 20. Justice ID In one ssslc
end seiftsoesvatiou 10 The other. ~ oee
thing en- curtain. that - thu passags u thu
slaves from ous stats 20 anothsr would not
make slave Of human teing who would not
be 20 without II, so theis di66slou over grea.
ter surface would unkc them Iudividually hap-
pier. aod psopostioaslly facilitate the sceom.
pishucnt Of their emancipation, By dividing
the burth~n on greater number of onadja-
tors I
"As shstinsncs, toe. from this ed Of power.
would roinoye the tsalouy excited b. In un
destskisg of ConGrs@ 70 regulate slss condition
u thu diifsront deserip(ious 0 men coapouing
. Siatr. This CERTAINLY 10 tho exclusive rgks
Al tbs State, which nsthie9 Ia ths Ccssaitaisos
laS taken from them, and given - The GssasAl
Govmnmsst. COsh Congrsm. for example.
sHy, thst tho son-frsemsn a Coassetlcut shall
,,s iresmen, " that they ahall not smigssts 70
sny otbes Staic Nd t-ai
fVBfNh hont 9U uot w ~ w 49, uEtnrfy
that the usrIesa sAcriHcs of thsmselve~ by the
generation oi l77s, 70 scqairs ssll-government
and happiness 10 their eoaptry, h 10 bc thrown
swsy By the unwiss and unworthy passlnss Of
thsif sons, and that my consolation 10 10 BE-,
that live not 10 weep over H. II they would
but dlspassionatsly weigh the blessings uey
will throw swsy. against an sl~trsct principle
more lissly 10 ie stkctai BY union tisss sssss
sion, they would pauss before they pespetssts
this dresdfs sct oi ssicide 90 ihsaselss@. and
a tfrssoa against the koyes Of tho world To
your,eli. o. the faithful sdvocste of the Union.
] tcndn the o6sr Of my high estsrn spd 70
spsct. Jmos. JUyks-os."
tie wrote ipecesnbrr 20, 1870. 4
Nothing has ever presented 70 threstening
M aspect ~ what b caiIsd thu Mlssoud ques
tIou. The ie,srslists, completely pat down. spd
despsiring o ever rising agsin uDdtr whIg and
tory nsmss, dsvised . nsw one. Of slsveboliing
spd on-slsyehoiding States, which. whic Il
hsd u semblaDee Of being novsl. was st The
ssns tims geographical, and esleulstsd 10 give
th-m s.srndancy BY debsuchIng their Old oppo
irpts TO coalition with them. Moral ife
question ccrtsinIy u not bes1nse tbr rsfpovsl
~ slaves from one 5tak 10 another, no Boee
than their removal IRON ope country 10 another.
would never make slsse of one human being
who would not h. 20 without IL Ipdeod. II
tbers bc any morality In the question. II b On
The ethef sds i,~esssc BY spvusdiog then ovss
issge soriksr. tbe,r hsppise~s would 10 b.
crsassd snd tbe burjrp Of theif future iibess-
tiou Iigbtso>d by bringing grestsr number u
sbouIder under H. However, II sreused 10
throw dust into the eyes of tbs psopIe. end 10
fsnasicise them, whiIe IN the knowing dnes II
gave geographical and preponderating line "
ihe Potomac and fbc Ohio, throwing fourtssn
States u the North and Fast, and Ten 10 the
sosth and West Win these, tberefpve, II IL
merely qss-t.cs a power. I:at wish tk
grogpphiesl minority II Is . question Of esist-
encs if II Congress Docs goes oct n The Coo.
sai,ution Ia srroyHte tn hight of reguissinK the
o1sditios of ti~ isknbitasis a ths entss, lie
majority msys svd Wo6ab,y vill. dsslase that
The condition n 81 vithis ihe UnitsA Statss
shall be that II ffsenss IN which cass sn the
Whites sputh of tn Potomac and the OAio 1sst
evsessis tbstv StAts.. ssd mo=t Sbssposss tbnss
vks esa do 10 nrve."
lie vspAs Dsssnhes 20. is3o. To LAsAr-
FITS
With % thisgs s~ eossg ssIl Tk soss
tesoss ss Al libsriy, iDissd, is sevo vithout .
vsve ssd that irvp Missouri h Dov rolling
towards N. bat we shsIi rids over 4 ~ ws
hnvs tons over sa sshsu. u n nse sessi
QUESTION. bot or msssly a pswss. lt ostct
e TO rs,~ . ssogrspSss.i princspk ir ths
skoscs d PresAsns, ssA ~ noiss wiil b
hsps ~ sstii thsi b sGkcesd"