The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-09-04

cause Il Il good. Il II necessarily immortal that
10 will thrive without cAw; that anything cra
tod hy mans will is above or stronger than his
will. that lscaasn the rAson and virtues oi oui
agr Of rason aud virtue could build il. the pas
s'cns and stimulations of day o. frNxy cannot
pull u down til such there are among yoa, Il
them a.idr~s yourselves with all the earnest
neS and oil the sloQuonce OF men who ttvl thai
some greater interest is at stake ani some nigh.
tier eaus in hearing than ever yct tongue has
pleaded ~ trumpet proclaimed lfsnch minds
aud hearts Arc reached. oil Is safe. hut how
Spacious anil how manifold ART the sophisms by
which they arr courtci
They hear anil they pud much riiiculc Of
tho~ who E~r that geographical party does
endangcr tho llnion lIut can they hrget that
our grvatest, wis~t, and most hoIclul states
men have always I,l,, and have all. in one Form
or another, len on wcorl their own kar Of such
n partyY The Judgments of Washington. Mad
ison, Clay. Webster. on the dangers Of the
American Unlon,--sc they worth nothing 20
u conscientious love Of ~ What they dreaded
as remote and improbable contingency ,ha,
against which they cautioned NJ they thought
distant generations that which they were so
happy ~ 10 die without seng Is upon US Sc
And YET some men would have us go on laugh,
Ing AMI singing, Ike the traveller IN the saiiro.
with his pockets empty, at prcscnt peril, the
merc apprehension of which. a. u distant aud
bArr possibility, could sad,lsn tho heart of the
Father Of his Country, and dictnt, the grave
and grand warning Of the Farewell Address.
They hear men way that such party ougfI
nat To eaianpcr the Union that. although IL
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@s''"h "'S"' ca" l"S.'"'y w'n w. I" accept
o'nc' e""', ""noo' "a"'y /" h"'"' "'h""Sh
uor'o.e' i" s'uFhu"as s"'H"h'."u"n, pf"'
"ra,y '" '"H' power WI" "oh"' una ","' rhn'e
y, ,"e government ,r"" our ""o'n m"n,y o'
o""~' a". "N'ow .n'"' s"'s,Anoa"y' u" w
on .'o an'aR"hN' a'"'y au"usn '"' "o'
u'm~ q, human i'gh,s, "hleh |" gamers on' o'
W" pe,'af"'ion o' 'udeI"ohene'-thh,pa paS''""'
ave "''u c.oqaen. h'an"s'o " ie'"n,''o"Aiy
"" a'e' ""oI'ta ~ "s '"""",'''"'a' "'"'' "'
nonnoe 70 any So"thesn apprehension eruhahe
o' government agnlns' slavery TAR ~ithoa' a"'
ryohu haisas a'thouRh the slh'h nh,' ~n'
ieney oi ns e'octioneefing Appeals ~ whole
IN pfoae and verse The Trading articles o' i'H
papers. and The speeches OF ita otators, arr to
excite contempt and hate. or lear OF our entire
geographical section, aud hate. or dread or coo.
tempt, is the natural impression II leaves On
the Northern mind and heart yet, that no
body anywhere onghi to be angry or ought 10 be
frightened that the majority must govern, and
that tho Norti, is majority tbht II n ten Ia
one nothing viii hapPn that. II wort comes
to worst, the south knows u |" wholly 10 blame
and needs The u mon more than We do. aud viii
~ quiet accordingly.
but do they VINO hold this language iorget
that the question Ia not what ought TO endan'
ger Tue oh'on bu' what WIZ DO sh man
~ he ought to b., or man aa he IN that we must
Ijyo with ot live alopey In pppr,rintiuy the
Influences which may disturb political system.
and eapccinlly one like ours. do yo,, make no
allowance ior paaaions. ior pr ,e ior ini,miy. ior
the burning sense Of even imaginary wrong :
DO you assume that all men or all maaga oI
men in oil aectiona. uniformly obey reason and
uniformly wisely seo and calmly seek their tfus
interests, Where on earth il such fool
Paradise M that 10 DO found Concc,liDg "a
tho peoplr of tho Glteen States the ordinary
and average human nature. liz good aud its
evil, its wowkpezs and It's strength. !. for one.
dare mol say that tho triumph oi such . party
ought not 10 be expected naturally and proba
bly, 10 dimnitr the States. With my undouht
Ing convictions, ! know that u woall be- folly
aud imn,orniity In men IN wish IL There are
In all sectons and In all States thoss who love
tho Union, under the actual Constitution, ~
Washington did. as jay Hamilton and Mali
sUp lid as jackson NJ ('lay NJ Webster loved