The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-02-26
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The speaker declared, moreover. that he
was opposed 10 infringing IN the rlghts Of the
people a. he was ian advocate Or squatter
soysteant,l" lie also declared that the oh.
leet " the friends 81 thi. bli IN urging It's i'm.
mediate passage, was IA ferssiaH the action ~
Congress -pt. Ab,a~ Speech on the Removal
" tho Capital
The Black Republican party Of this Ter.
riiory. Is Ia M extremely unfortunate and
disastrous prcdieauen'. through the action Of
H. chosen representatives, in the present
Legislature. Ia cnd,a,oring Ia avoid the
Scylh Of Popular Sovereignty, they have
been wrecked upon tho Char, I,lis of squat.
tar Sovereignty The utnu4, lemnraliza-
ton prevails in the rank Of the party; the
sworn political brethren, Of the ms, cam
paign, are now bitterly Livid,,l AMI. strange
to relate, arr divided upon the identical
principle lahi down b, The Philadelphia
Convention, a. the corner stone at their Pc
litical cred, and received and eudorss,i ss
SUCH by the faithful throughou, the North.
In Minnesota, "Squatter Sovereignty Ia
now the watch word Of the black Rcpabli-
cans AS il was in Kansas. when thu Topeka
! Constitution. and I,vr and RtrpsR and
IRogIso> donlsh,d
In the present Legislature, majoriiy of
the so-call@l Republicans IN both branches.
stand forth rs thu aynwcd adv"cn,es Of an
limited Sovereignty in the lscI,lc II the Ter.
riIorts. They fidicule Popular sovereignty
as ba, q halfway step; AMI contend tia,
the right {" nullily Congressional enact
meuis, dispose IT the public domain in such
manner ~ ~sup' proper, and 'fon~iall the
action OF Congress. IL Inherent in tho pcople'
Nha, chanr-r from thu dismal hnwlings VI
thu hast canvass. in WierHV 10 the rn,irc
dtrrt!ra,r Of the pNopIe Of the rrrr,,orics
upon Congress. and ,be unlim,ls,l power Ut
tle latter body, to legishte tnr the people
resident in Territories, upon al snbfrtS
Then, the right WAS inherent IN Congress.
now Il "a in the people. Such ar III" 'aga
rie. II Black Rcpuhicanism
III. mput'ncr II msmbcrs ai this party
N pr,sam,ng to sivo,pt.' The rights III the
rSple ii the Territories, after their action
in ghe rc~en, Presidential canvas il truly
marvellous In that campaign. their poli,i
cal action, emitting all mri'tion of blvd
iue Kansas. ant.Inpr,, and an'i-rum,
WAS hased upnu III" entire ds'pendancr Of thu
pcple II the TERRITORIES on Cougr>.
Their orators, pfc>sS. aai platforms. d..
clnrj TN, thu iSSae The political struggle
was fought ursp this issue AMI the radcr~'
usnt by the roplc 81 the Democrats NON
imNs, was 'hciarot All sppro'al Ut the prin-
e,ple cf Popular Sovereignty. N which eur
candral,>. WV thu rNp"ocn,s, and y n'pudi
ation Il thu joc,rinc II Congressional inter.
sen,sa advocated hs the opposition,
The warning u,ir,- II the rrms.. Nsas-
staa ~, Au,hcny RTshI,a.h. and thu
cH,'ru IN NinncApnlIs, sem b" hs,s ,-Nn
~,thoa, .,i'sr, apon the Republicans IT the
lrgtsla,ur' in diyer,inx them fsrm political
shipwrNk Notwithstanding the protests
of ,hs~s -en'ineis tho very platform apou
which III. n,e,ntcrs wcr esccts,l, has t.sn
rvpaiisiel hy them AMI with an ry,vs' vt
s'sl NJ, unusual enons converts, They ~
eSrp further than the ncmeracy IN deny
f,g aay power "a Consp~s, whste,~r 10 IN
,sricr with the ~Spls 81 thu Territories
/ u w. cunh t~isc,e ,h,ss' prn.sssiou, hnt',
e>,; AMI L W id uoj svl ,NSsicn, tha,
aoo,hsr r-nhilcsl .sasis ,qsal to thu, s.
temptei las, fah WAS contemplated. ne
nigh, tai uss,,er Es rJoicns IN The partial
Nn,ersi,n ~ lsm~ratic d,Srlp>. II y,
ars~ ngmtsr N Republican, wprssnia
,,vs. Thur ssssrtscn. however Of thu row
- vt tls rr'pl~ II 'hs TERRITORIES. lsr,akes
morc ~ ,hr r,oa,.oosasy anal h"s,'cal dss'
truss II Rsspss. i.,>x. and thar a-ss-.
s,cs, than IT ,hosr statesman ~h,~s v~ws
have rsNawNi Tia aPprossl N ,hr rNps Il
ths olgniry
Ia ,As meaas,as, 80 asasi Nsr ;isr p.>,-
pl'' Of the rrn'Os, to tn s'''oo u ,hsdr
Representatives, etc,,Ni o. Tho csp.sriai ~,
rSot NJ thu hag>,ss Nebrssas Bill Thy
hsw s5osa the.s-i,ys snSrr ealoSss ,haa