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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

The Garrison abolitionists are in costa
cics over Stewards Rochester speech.
They regard it as emphatically announcing
their doctrines, especially their doctrine Of
the right Of intervention by the North to
abolish slavery in the South. The National
Amti- Slavery Standard which reproduces
it at length, says Of it:
The speech Of Senator Seward will arrest
the attention VI every one who IL accustomed
to watch the movements Of political parties
and mark the utterances Of their leaders. Il
is well understood In political circles that the
friends of Mr.. Seward are determined, II posi-
bic, to make him the Republican candidate for
President IN 1860 and We believe this address
was Intended to strike the key note Of the com
ing contest. We have reason to believe more.
over that 10 was designed to arrest and coun.
teract the movements Vi those members Of the
Republican party who are cunningly attempt
ing To aay anti slavery agitation AMI revive,
In some form. the dead issues OF the past,
"In the conflict between freedom and slave.
ry Mr.. Seward sees not an ephemeTal excite
ment upon temporary ISSUES. but grand mo.
raj and political battle, involving 10 lie result
the fate OF the whole country"
We npprehend the Standard is right,
that Mr.. SEWARD pronounced his Grafton
ut Rochester in view Of the Presidential
contest Of 1860, and that he designed to
strike the keynote Of the issues Of that con
test. He has so struck it as TO make sup
porters Of the Garrison men, whatever If.
feet it may have upon other classes of PEG.
pie. The Standard quotes the subjoined
passage from the speech to assure its read.
ers that it docs not mistake the tenor of the
performance
"Shall tell you what this collision means
They who think that 1t ia accidental unneces
sary, the work OF interested or fanatical agita-
tors. and therefore cphemeral, mistake the case
altogether. IL il an irrepressibe conflict be
tween opposing and enduring forces, and it
means that this Union must and will, sooner or
later. become entirely q slaveholding nation or
entirely u free labor nation. Either the cotton
and rice fields Of South Carolina and the sugar
pla9tations OF Louisiana will be ultimately TIL.
ed by free labor, and Charleston ard New Or
leans become marts for legitimate merchan-
disc alone, or clse the rye fields and wheat
fields Of Massachusetts and New York must
again be surrendered by their farmers 10 slave
culture and to the production OF slat rs, and
Boston and New York become once ~ ore mar
Nets Of trade TO the bodies and souls Of men.
IL IL the failure to apprehend this great truth
that induces so many unsuccessful attempts at
final compromise between the slave and free
states and Il il the existence Of this great fast
that renders all such pretended compromises,
when made, vain and ephemeraL"
The ultra aboitonists have reason to
congratulate themse that they have Sc
cured such leader as Mr. SEWARD. They
have hitherto lacked great captains who
were ready to carry Ere and sword into the
Southern States.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25


The Philadelphia Ledger remarks that
Mr.. SEwARD's speech, in which be declares
that the present political agitation is an
irreconcilable war between sectional inter.
es,s, which must end in the overthrow of
one or the other, is producing profound
sensation in the South. Southern states
men have the sagacity enough TO perceive
that the free States of the North can never
re-adopt slave institutions consequently. it
q war of determination between the respec.
tive social institutions OF the two sections is
commenced, it must end in the destruction
OF those Of the South. This feeling has
been growing up for years in the Southern
mind, till the value Of the Union has be-
come q subject OF calculation. The bold
avowal Of Mr. SEWARD that this is the end
Of the present contest, must necessarily add
to the alarm already felt 10 that quarter,
and tend still more to widen that unfortu-
nate breach already existing between the
two sections.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25
A P.ospsrous southern state.

The Macon Telegraph gives quite glow
ing account of the State of Georgia, her
position and resources. The picture ~
graphic, and is well calculated to excite a
laudable feeling Of State pride. Georgia is
represented to have over twelve hundred
miles Of railroad built and paid for. which
yields to the stockholders mere than an ave
rage of seventeen per cent. OF yearly div.
dcnds. Within the next yenr. two hundred
miles Of additional road will be completed,
and with prospects Of the most encouraging
kind. The cotton crop Of the present year
will bring 81 100000 and the grain crops
will yield quite that sum.
The State tax ia not quite ono twelfth Of
one per cent. The net Income Of the State
road will be three hundred thousand dollars.
The State debts amount to about two NH
hons, and tax of about one fifth Of one
per cent, would pay it in two years. Our
banks are solvent; our merchants u the
best Of credit, and the people generally out
OF debt. with full crops of corn, cottor, &c.
on band The country is healthy, with the
eyc,ption oil the epidemic in Savaonab.
We have six male colleges, aud colleges Tor
the far sex IN almos, every village coI'aIn-
ing five hundred inhabitants IN the state.
Looking, then, 10 this sta,emen, II stubborn
facts. W. asks there is State j, all
Chris:eadom in the enjoyment OF 50 many
of the material elements 1t comfort. BROS
prity. and success, rs the great Stae ot
hcorgia? II then. at this time, she Gcu'
pies so proud a position. villa, will sh, bc
wh,n all her projected lines Of railroad are
completed When the miu,s OF gold, and
copper, and coal that row liz deep in the
bosom OF her mountains, are opened, and
their rich deposits brought 10 market !
Which. instead Of bu, fourth, ns she now
has. Of her rich lands IN cultivation. the full
halt II the rich valleys Of the North shall
bear golden harvest. and the plairs OF the
South and West shall he white with the
kugIy staple. When that day shall come,
Geotgla viii not only he the Enpir State
Of the South, but tie Empire Stat. OF the
wull
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25
III. Indicted 0gcisis aud Ex-Dnieiais OF
New York

A Wholesale indictment has been found
against a number Of olIici4ls and ex officials
of the city Of New York, charging them with
divers and Sundry dereIictions OF Official duty,
most Of them Of most trivial character.
Tx Mayor WooD is among the number Of
the indicted, and the following remarks made
by him at preliminary hearing before the
court, Indicate that the prosecutions ARE in
stigated by both political ard sectarian in
ilueuces. Ills remarks are sensible and to
the point;
81 am informed that the Grand Inquest
has presented to this court a bill of indict-
ment against me Tor approving, while Mayor
Of this city, an ordinance Of the Common
Council proposing to lease to the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum certain lands then
in use by that institution, as site for Its
building. | demand an immediate trial.
"A the act for which an thus publicly
cenaured was among the best performed by
me- when Mayor, for the public good, !
am dcsirous that the District Attorney, under
whose advice, | nm told, the the Oil has been
found, may have an opportunity to assall
that act Of mine. am now ready for trial,
and shall show to your Honor aud to the
public that the lease referred to was not
only in strict conformity to law and prccc-
dent, but that it is dc'ensblc on the ground
Of public economy and justice, and really
liable TO no objection except that which big.
otcd fdnatici,m always discovers in every
act of iberai,y or justice to the followers of
the Roman Catholic faith. As in this coun-
try the theory Of our institutions, which pro-
scribes religious intolerance. covers the courts
Of law as well IA the balls Of government,
ON anxious that this trst attempt to prosti-
tu,c them for 80 base and SO dangerous a
purpose may be met and put down at the
earliest moment.
The He,aid says that these indictments
cannot be sustained.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

object OF which may be gathered from the
spirit Of the resolutions reported. They De.
clare tina. lrea negroism and slavery are 10.
compatible with each other, and should not
be permitted longer to exist 10 their present
relations, and recommended the calling Of d
general convention Of the State, to meet 10
Baltimore, in June next, to devise some sys.
tom 10 he presented TO the Legislature for
the better regulation Of the negro popuia.
ton o! the State.
The Herald concludes:
Wilton, undertaking to say how far the &C
sion and object OF this convention meet the ap.
proyal OF the people Of Maryland generally,
We canno, Disguise from ourselves the provo
cation which all the slaycholiiog States Of the
Union have received from the ab0ltionist, Of
the North. aud particularly from the leader Of
the abolition movement in thIs State. Sew
ards manifesto could not have failed TO pro-
duce this effect and We may expect 10 see the
issue which he has laid down met by the
people Of the Soutbern states, in the same
manner as It has been met in Maryland. Such
are the natural results Of encouraging abol-
ton and disunion agitators nj the North.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25
larger than hers

GooD.-The Chicago Journal, in speak
ing of q class of papers "who serve up to
their readers news from the words end,.
in the form Of cold hash, but seldom think
OF local character" thus speaks of the
press Of Minnesota
The Minnesota papers have been remark
able since the hour OF their establishment,
Tor practical adherence to the doctrine that
:" charity begins at home !" and we believe
that those very papers have done for that
State quite az much as wealth. Indeed,
they have directed tbither the current OF
wealth and enterprise. which rendered that
region to 30 many eyes desirable as sec
ond Canaan.
We used in the early days of the Terri
tory, to be faithful readers of those trans.
cripts of the border. and We should hard y
have known more OF the land o. the Laugh
ing Water and the Saints, had We been an
actual resident. We had not TO turn the
papers over and over, as We do some Of our
exchanges to discover where they belong.
tor Minnesota was so woven all through
the editorials, an unbrok,n, home made
thread"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

The Drvogcs Laws or IsDiAsA-Re.
form Needed The people and press Of In
diana are earnestly demanding q change in
the divorce laws OF that State. Their ef
forts at present are directed mainly to the
purpose Of protecting themselves against the
shameless horde Of married adventurous from
other States. 1t appears that among the
slight grounds for divorce allowed by the
laws Of that State, are, LIST. Abandonment
for one year. %. Amy other cause for
which the court may deem it proper that
divorce should be granted. These two
clauses Of the law most certainly require
modification. The Evansville indy Journal
says:
Our laws regulating divorce are the sub
ject Of comment all over the country, and
are becoming reproach TO the State The
do ke,s in every judicial circuit are burden.
ed with applications for divorces, u large
portion Of which are made by persons who
were never seen IN the State till week before
the sitting OF the courts, and who disappear
within twenty four hours after the DEGREES
10 their cases are recorded. The docket at
the present term oil the court in this county,
contains twenty two petitions for divorce,
some Of the parties being entirely unknown
here. These cases occupy great deal Of
the time Of the court, TO the delay OF other
causes and to the serious injury oil other lii.
giants, ctlz ofour State, for whose bene-
tit our courts are established and supported.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25
An i.r,lo,ssnlsnt,


Some OF the black republican sheets tried
to make themselves believe that MArrEsoS
had gone over TO the Democratic party
because he opposed the election of CoSS
LING, the Black Republican nominee, as bis
successor in Congress. /, should oe no
cause Of surprise that they wish Ia rid them.
selves Of him. Senator SEWARD, however.
is no, willing to lose Inn, inIamoas US he
has become. In BIS late speech a, Rome,
he no, only endorsd MArrEsoN's political
carver, bu, finely approved Of bis conduct 10
tina, very transaction for which be was
driven ANONYMOUSLY IRON Corgrrss. Here
is Senator Stewards vindication OF the model
Black Republican;
lib ar in sbehiif. willingly ard gratefully.
the testimony that al Washirg on, at 81 tlv',',
aud under a cYcsustIHcss, IA mas been Jaihts!,
"lNrt GO ful the- aud declare Ihai, b Us ac
qsal ted t,siA The fact, and euc rrsilreCs 81 the
vote OF cebsurs which sas passed upon bm 10
the Hon>y of Representatives, il ~as my con.
v,etioa at the time. aud u e NV coaStcron nov,
that the vote Ma unsasisiged BY any adequate
evidence, Vas uaJHa a "a pHiI, pot,'el. asd
part,,as. ard G,cisfsd BY iht hot ID, 81 O, STARE
isisr,a ~ r'.A'3ss, JJT ths ,,go,os' ard success
f.i ',-si.Hes TO that interest," whlsk he had
made"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25
French Com meree.

The important exports Of France for the
year 1857, amounted in the aggregate to
ten hundred and sixty.fve millions Of dol
lars. 10 lS47, ten years before, under the
government Of LOUIS PHIIPrE, they amount.
ed only to four hundred and sixty eight mil
lions. The increase has been five hundred
and nnety-seven millions, or one hundred
aud twentyeght per cent. The increase in
population has been small The foreign
trade of France has qaadrupled in ten years
Of NAroLEo,'s reign. Daring the seven
teen years Of LOUIS PuILIrrEs reign it only
trebled. French commerce, which few
years ago was far behind ours, now consid.
erably exceeds it 10 value. Our foreign i'm.
ports aud exports in 1851 were only eight
hundred and twenty.three millions Of dollars
The commerce Of France, however, is car
ricd on largely in foreign ships. The ton
mage Of the United States is three times
larger than hers.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

The y. Y. HsraM Of the 9th, says that
the natural aud inevitable rsuit Of the bra
tai aud bloody programme LAID down by
WIN. II SswArp in his Rochester srccch
has already commenced TO he be made ap,
parent, For tue past three days there have
been in session convention OF Shareholders
OF the Eastern Shore Of Maryland, in which
Eve coan,ies-Tabo,, Caroline. Dorchester.
Somerset and Worces,er--w were represented
The aggregate slave population Of these
Eve counties, a. given in the census of
1880, is Is, 256, or little over one-fIth OF the
slave population OF the whol1 State. Some
OF the mos. prominent public men Of tina,
portion Of Maryland have taken part 10 the
proceedings OF the eouvcu.lon, the ,one and
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

DEMOCRATIC GAINS. - In Illinois the
Democrats have made large gains over their
vote of two years ago, and, although the
Black Republicans have carried their State
ticket, yet it is by u beggearly majority.
In 1856 the vote for FRgxoSr and Full
MORE together, was 25,235 more than for
BucH,SAS. Now, when the whole oppos.
ton are united, their majority is but $500
over the Democratic vote, showing n gain of
about twenty five thousand for the Democ
racy in two years. Surely, Back Repub-
Iicanism in Illinois has but little upon which
to congratulate itself.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

PIGE's Pax GoLD MISEs-PsoRABLs
TRurH-lhe Western Border Star gives
the following as the result Of the observs-
tions OF reliable man. who was sent out to
the mines with special view TO their ex.
animation:
He says that gold is found in small oman
titles over a considerable extent Of country,
bu, that the most prolific region is between
Fixes Peak and the MedicInc Gold Noun
taips. A good many scattering parties
were al work, or prospecting. but most Of
them were not successful owing TO lack Of
cxpr ence and the want of suitable impe
menis 10 work with. The only company
that was provided with suitable tools, and
who seem.d 10 know what they we're about,
was a company OF Georgidns, and they were
realizing from FIVE 20 sixteen dollars per
day pr man, AMI prospecting at the same
time.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

Ok Monday last, a meeting OF the MGR
chiuts ard business men OF Boston VS. held
a, the Merchants Exchange. 10 take meas
urcs 10 procure Eiropcaa uews direct from
HALIFAX instead Of via New York, by means
Of submarine cable 10 b, laid tstweeu
Boston and Nova Scotia.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

Ma aud Mrs Jrsrls RILEY, Of Hing
BAN, Mass. the former aged IS, aud the lat
20, celebrated their go'deu wedding on Mon
day last. Seven OF their children lsix With
their wives and eleven grandchildren were
preen. The aged couple bad each pre-
sen,ci TO them a pair OF gold bowed spec.
tacles and some other tokens
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

Tux great suit against the American
Transportation Company for sl25 600 dam
ages, arising out Of the burning Of ware
house and contents, which toos Are from the
eompanys propeller Falcon burning at the
dock, has been decided a. Chicago 10 favor
Of the company
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

Tue RvisRs oF NV loEK.-The New
York Herald, in speaking OF the governing
power OF New York. says that the power
vi the mob Is supreme, and this million OF
people rcmb.es before few ;b5as4Cd SCUM
dr,ls who ought 10 be IN the peni,entIary,
There precious rulers may be eiassed as fol-
lnWs
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-25

;. E"rAs " I.etscr.ur On the l2tb,
4 !atgt ::ai.l: .a't'sasl.c meeting OF the
'botoL.s ,pewocJes.waa.Laa I:Ncs LA.
%a', Coda i;s.: csoi~,i.: ti,:.ided.
assisted iy n;ci,, Vie Presidents aud two
Secretaries
j A. McM,srsRs, editor Of the New
York Fi,sman', Jopn made strong and
able speech in support OF the position OF
Judge DorGLAs. congra,ula,ing the country
upon hIs rohic triumph lie commented
very severity upon the conduct OF the Ma.
tional Administration.
Resolutions embodyiug the abovc sent.
ment. wec unanimously adopted. after
which JAMES GAlIAGHsR. a delegate to the
Cincinnati Convention, male an eloquent
speth in supper, Of the resolutions
The meeting then journei with nine
cheers for SrsrutS A. pouGiAs
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-07-23

The man who stands on his own soil
who feels that by the laws of the land
in which he livcs-by the law of civ
illzca natiors-hc is the rightful and
exclusive owner Of the soil ho tills, is
by tho constitution Of our nature un.
der wholesome influence not easily
by any other source. He fcele
other things being equal, more strong
ly than another, the character of man
as q lord of tho. inanimate world, Of
this great wonderful sphere which fash
Toned by the hand of God, and upheld
by his power, is rolling through the
heavens, n part of his from the CEN
tire to tho sky. 1t is the space on
which the generation moved in its round
of duties, and he fools himself connect
cd by link with those who follow him
and to whom he is to transmit home.
Perhaps q farm has come down to him
from his fathers. They have gone to
their last home I! bat he can trace their
footsteps over the scenes of his daily
labors. The roof which shelters him
was reared by those to whom he owes
his being. Some interesting tradition
is connected with every enclosure
The faylrito tree was plaated by his
fathers hand. lie sported in boyhood
beside tho brook which winds through
the meadow. Through the field lies
the path to tho village school Of earli-
cr DAYS. He still heors FROM, Tho ono,,
window the voice of the Sabbath bell
which called his father to the House
of God; and near at hand is the place
where his parents laid down to rest,
and where when his time shall come.
he shall bc laid by his children. These
arc the feelings Of the owners of the
soil. Words cannot paint them; they
flow out of the deepest fountain of the
hoars;-they arc the life-spring of n
fresh, healthy and general national
charncter.-Edya;:d EvcreG.