Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-05-21
The German Democratic Press on the
Municipal Elections IN st. Louis.

The German Democratic Press on the
Municipal Elections I'm st. Louis.
We invite the attention of every man into whose
hand this paper shall fall, to the following article
from the Philadelphia Democrat, as introduced and
commented on by the ST. Louis Democrat Of the
18th. This last named paper says:
1t is a noteworthy fact that the German Demo-
cratic papers all over the Union, with very few ex-
ceptions, heartily sympathize with the emancipation
movement in Missouri, ard are very much gratfed
with the result of the late municipal contest in this
city, regarding ihe UictOry of the free labor party
as a truly Democratic triumph As proof of what
we say we may be allowed to cite the following
ticls from the Philadelphia Democrat, the leading
German Buchanan newspaper an the State Of Penn.
Syluanta and of the ablest journals on the side
of that party in the country. The Democrat says:
"The city of st. Louis, by a brilliant majority,
declared for gradual emancipation in Missouri This
was easier to be done in the city of st. Louis than
in most of the counties of the State According
to the census of 1856, St. Louis only has 4, 223
slaves to 1879, 479 white men. For the year 1851,
it had G, 967 slaves to co. 96 white men. Indeed,
the great commercial industrial and manufacturing
cities in the slave States are, if may be allowed
the expression the islands of free labor where the
practical opposition and colonization of free labor,
against slave labor, finds its centre and "pOint d
oTpu'."
1t ought not to be supposed however, that the
Democratic emancipation party has brought out e.
nal, definite plans for that purpose. They salts
fed to declare that they for emancipation, leav
ing the working out of emancipation to the advance
and progress of free white labor, the immigration
whereof they intend TO promote by all means in
their power. This position explained by Mr.
B. Gralz Brown, in ais mastery speech in the Mis-
souri, Legislature, to which we will recur again in
few days.
There is no doubt that the emancipation party of
Missouri have the full sympathy aud acknowledg.
ment Of the Democracy of the central and northern
States, and especially OF the Democracy of Penn
sylvania. 1t should always be kept in mind, that
the Democracy Of Pennsylvania nominated Buchan-
an as reH against the pro-sldUery fandtieian Of the
South as the a6oiitiorism Of the North, aud that,
by the outside pressure of the people, Buchanan
nominated on those grounds against the will of
wire-pulling egotstical politicians. The Democra-
cy of Pennsylvania protested against the charge Of
of iavOrng the extension Of slavery ana urged that
Just by the election Of Buchanan, the development
of the slave States would be favored and protected.
And that the Democracy OF Pennsylvania will sym
pithize with the emancipation party of Missouri,
whose cause is that Of the entire free white emera-
ton, and consequently our own, so long thst
party act with the practical earnestness and that
moderation which is to be seen in the excellent
speech OF Mr.. Brown.