The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-10-10

The modern Sham Democracy possesses a
versatility that would make the fortune of
any ordinary rogue. 1t becomes ''all things
to all men," hoping thereby to ''gain some."
Thus it endorses in its platform "squatter
sovereignty" and the opposite doctrine Of
estate rights" 1t swallows Buchanan and
his Connecticut letter, which holds that sla-
very exists by virtue of the Constitution in
all the Territories even against the will of
the people. And it also relishes the contrary
idea that the people of the Territories can
prohibit or establish slavery, polygamy or
other domestic institutions" Surely every
body believes the people hare power over
Slavery, or else haze not, and consistent de-
mocracy asserts both. The CAss animal and
the CALHOUN quadluped are entered for this
heat, and the same jockies ride both.
Since the campaign opened, the Demo-
cratic newspapers have teemed with false
and slanderous imputations against the Re-
publican party, and individuals of tEat party.
| They have exhumed old effete lies and inven-
ted new ones, such as that BREsLTN, the
Ohio Democratic Treasurer, who stole the
peoples money, was Republican. And q
great many of these falsehoods like that
about BREsLIN-whOm Gov. CHASE wished
to get irom Canada, to undergo trial; but
Gen. CAss said it wasn't to be done-are
about men out of the Territory, into whose
private character we have no pressing occa-
sion to inquire. But no sooner do we turn
attention to tie scrutiny of the character Of
those presented to us as candidates for office
seow our hands and proclaim them to be, as
we find them to be; some, pensioners on the
Public Treasury, treacherous to their own
friends, unscrupulous and double faced po-
litical tricksters, men of little ability and
less honesty, embezzlers of the public mo-
ney, defaulting POstmasters, runaway city
Democratic editors feel so sorry and so shock
cd and SO indignant that any one will induly &c
in personalities Yet all this virtue don't
prevent the qucrulous, old, tea drinking, cdi-
torial females in breeches from saying that
they shall continue to SANDER Republicans
as soon as they decide which fabrication will
be most useful to themselves See Pioneer
of yesterday.
Everybody knows how the Democratic
Party has of late years attacked the Clergy,
and the almost entire religious community
because they favored the principles of civil
liberty and the Republican Party That
was done hoping to get the votes of all ex-
cept the proessedly pious. 1t did drive into
the Democracy all the violent haters of prac-
teal Christianity. But the leaders find these
men don't form majority; and now Harle-
quin takes new dress, and the horrid Re-
publicans, who little while ago were all
Clergymen, all religious fanatics, who had no
business to meddlc with "drty politics D
dirtied by Democratic scavengers-now are
d" infdels," }" atheists" and everything that is
bad. Here again, they stand on both sides
of the question; and surely earnest men on
each side, will trust such party, don't you
think so?
And SO, on all hands, Modern Democracy
lodges, equivocates, doubles in its course,
turns about, whines, scolds, brags, begs,
drives, lashes, coaxes and cuts all manner OF
capers for votes, in manner utterly laugh
able, if it were not degrading.