The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-08-08
Again, Jefferson's Manual, page

When motion has been made, it is not to be put to
question or de bate until is seconded it is them and
lot till then, III possession Of the house,
Now, l understand motion is not before
! body at all for action, until it has been
seconded. Now, will this gentleman who
made the motion, and will the Chairman who
vas governed by strict parliamentary usage,
lare to say that the motion to adjourn was
seconded? They would not dare to do it,
Then there was no motion before the House
It all, and he had no right to put it. IF he
lid it was in violation of every parliamentary
Usage. at is then, and not till then, in DOS
session Of the House." Until seconded it is
not before the assembly, and it was absolute
y null and void.
Now it is said that some mems memories
are short. 1t is astonishing that they, being
such strict rarliame.. tarians, and intending to
rely upon such strict parliamentary usage, to
sustain them in the act they perpetrated, did
not think to get some man to swear that he
seconded the motion. They will in all nrob.
ability plead in excuse of that, that they had
not time. But they have seen fit to rest
their case upon the broad foundation that
everything they did was strictly parliament
tary. and that the question was properly put
at the proper time, and properly carried.
have now at empted to show that their
acts, when they came in here, contradict the
the Ex-Governor made. Now let
me introduce piece of evidence from the
speech Of Mr.. Sibley He saws:
When they went into that Convention, knowing that
several Democratic Delegates absent they desired
to adjourn but if they had been voted down. unjust
should have considered the conduct of the opposition
for one, should have submitted.
Here Mr. Sibley says that when they came
in here they desired to adjourn, aid If they
had been voted down, he, for one, would have
submitted. Here Mr.. Sibley is corroborated
by the facts. German is contradicted by
Sibley, and contradicted by the facts as they
occurred. Which shall we believe? Shall
we believe German, when he attempts to send
out his statement of facts to the world, and
which he wishes to be relied upon, or shall
we believe Sibley, who is corrobor ted by
the facts themselves According to Sibley,
they came in here for the purpose ofadjourn-
ing. That is what they attempted to do
when they did come in. Therefore, say
that the remarks of Sibley prove that Cor
mans remarks were untrue, and the facts
prove them so.
Well, Ex-Gov. German goes on to tell us
of the principles of the Democratic party
L propose to bestOw few moments attention
to that, and then conclude He SAYS:
Does the Democratic party propose to extend the in
stituton of Slavery? Not single member sitting in
this Constitutional Convention but that would rejoice to
the voice of the people stop the progress of slavery
where it is. The Democratic party is not pro-savery
party, in the Northern States
l want gentlemen to notice that particular
expression-"the Northern States"-because
before | get through, intend to show what
the Democratic party is in the Southern
States. "The Democratic party is not a
pro -slavelry party in the Northern States."-
No North, no South, no East, no West, but
a Union party!
They are in favor of having free territory wherever it
pressed voice of the people. Our doctrine here is
and We will embrace 1t by unanimous vote of the
Convention that neither slavery Involuntary serv-
tude shall exist within the limits of Minnesota except
for crime whereof the party has been duly convicted by
jury of his countrymen We will give the fasehood
the declaration, promulgated by their presses and their
speakers all over the country, that pro-savery
party, by putting the seal of condemnation their
brow in the Constitution that will be framed by this
Convention.
Now here we have the sentiments of the
Democratic party, as expressed by member
of that party IN the North. They occupy
pretty much the same position as the Repub-
lican party occupy, when their views are cx-
pressed by their own speakers at the North.
They are opposed t, the extension of Slave
~, only they will put in that peculiar word,
''const,tutionally." That is the only differ
ence. They are decidedly and distinctly op-
posed to the introduction of Slavery into the
Northern States. But what are their acts in
Congress Who was it that introduced,
who was it that sustained, who was it that
passed the Kansas Nebraska bill which intro
duced Slavery into Kansas ? Was it not tie
Democratic party of the North, which the
gentleman says is opposed to the extension
of Slavery? Then do not they preach up
free soil, and free territory, when at home,
and do they not when they get to Congress,
and when they vote. for President, throw
their influence continually with the pro slave
ry party?
If that is the sentiment of the Democracy
of the North, let Us try for moment to as
certain how it is that this party in the North
entertalns the opinion which he there en-
presses. Either the Democracy at the
North, or the Democracy at the South
is dishonest for they cannot pull together as
they do in the Congress of the United States
without sacrifice of principle upon the one
side or the other, and l know it is not the
Democracy OF the South that is dishonest Tor
they still promuleate their principles right
straight ahead. 1t is well that the gentle
man put in his words "the Democratic Party
are not pro-slavery party at the North
He showed great deal of ingenuity upon
that point, which ingenuity will be pretty
Well expressed when come to read from the
Pioneer 9. Democrat. will read declara-
ton of sentiment by the Hon. NJ. Keitt, a
leading democratic member of Congress from
South Carolina, He says:
The fountains of the great deep Of the North seems to
me- to be broken up, and the abolition food rises higher
ard higher every day Little subaltern municipal cleo
tOns and the control of roads, which the oppO-
nents of Black Repubiicanism have in some
torn from them, are not noticeable wrecks upon the
wat RS. They have the legislative, judicial and execu-
tive power and this is all that South are
cerned about. believe from the signs that the De-
mocracy will be defeated in 1907" and while enter
tain this belief shall not conceal 1t. believe that the
safety OF the South is only in herself The Fed
era honors should not be her rights, should
betrayal and treachery be the passport Federal
solute-confdence in the National Democratic party,
and keep her powder dry. The latter is much more
likely to save her than the former.
Now that is the sentiment of portion of
the party with which the northern Democra-
cy continually act. Then it is we'll for the
gentleman to put in the "Democra " at the
North" There is a Southern Democratic
party with which the gentleman acts, and
which is advising to ''deep their powder
dry because that is the last resort, having
greater reliance upon that than upon the De-
mocracy of the nation.
Woll Mr. Proci,topt 70 cbory fba cont;
ment of that party South, let us read few
sentiments as taken from the Charleston
Mercury given at celebration of the 4th of
July,-a day which ought to be held sacred
to every American day when politics,
when party, when everything calculated in
its nature and tendency to harrass the feel
ings of one seation of country towards an
other, ought to be left entirely out of View !;
4 day on winch, above all others, citizens Of
all portions of the Union ought to meet to.
gether as brethren, and lay aside all politica
preferences, and spend, as it were, a iubiIeel
But what did they say upon that day?
Southern Confsderacy The only reliable and GER.
tain security Of our Southern rights.
What will the democracy Of the North, who
are always harping upon being union savers
say to that?
Las Casas and Wil5ertorce: The Spanish priest was
Statesman--the British statesman a charlatan.
The Year 1850: May toll the death-knell of these
United States-an union of States but of hearts,
There is sentiment of the Democracy of
the South. How will the Union-saving De-
mocracy of the North relish that 4? There
is the sentiment of the party with which
gentlemen at the other end of the Capitol are
hat 1c