The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-23

united vote Of the Illinois Democracy, but
by the united sympathy Of the party through
out the Union.
The only exception to this general and
enthusiastic endorsement d Judge DouGLAs,
came from q single class. The appointees
Of the President, assuming to represent his
wishes, and TO be guided by bis direction,
repudiated the action Of the party, called
another convention, and nominated an oppo-
sition tisket. The action Of these agents
has since been repeatedly sanctioned BY
President BUCHANAN. II0 has encouraged
the boiling conduct Of his official subordi.
mates in the most open and notorious man
ner. No democrat d good sense and fair
information pretepds to doubt the TACT Of
the Presidents completely with the Illinois
traitors. Nor should any Democrat Of com
mon honesty hesitate to visit upon the Pres
ident the same opprobrum which is every
where visited upon the hIrelings whom he
employs.
No satisfactory apology has been given for
the reasonable course Of President b.
CuAsAs. The pretence that the Illinois
Democratic State Convention was animated
by iactious spirit, and was governed by
the desire and the design TO break down the
National Administration, is amply dispro, ed
by It's records Among its resolutions,
which were all adopted without dissenting
voice from any one Of the five hundred and
twenty delegates, was one endorsing the
Administration in the following language:
Rssoipsd, That In all things wherein the Ma.
tional Administration sustain and carry out the
principles Of the Democratic party "a express
cd In the Cincinnati Platform, and affirmed In
their resolutions, II Is entitled TO and will re.
oeive our hearty support.
No honest Democratic Administration
could reasonably ask for more hearty and
thorough endorsement than this. That Con-
vcntion resolved TO sustain TIE Administra-
ton in oil things wherein the Administra-
ton sustained the Democratic party. Has
any Democratic Administration any
right to ask anything more from the
representatives Of loyal Democratic State ?
We may hereafter allude TO the causes
which have led President BUCHANAN TO q
course OF conduct which Is unworthy OF his
past fame and Of bis present position. We
will now, however, only add word as to its
practical effects. Nothing can be more ev.
idcnt than this--that when the nominal
head Of any party openly violates its funda-
mental usagcs, decentralization and destruc-
ton must follow. When every Democratic
voter in the land can point to Democratic
President, who should, beyond all other
Democrats act IA the conservator OF Demo
cratic discipline when he can be pointed to
as stepping aside from his legitimate du-
ties, and openly and shamelessly prostituting
the patronage OF the government for the
purpose of ovcrthrowng the Democracy
Of great State in the exercise Of its lcgit.
mate rights and functions when the Chief
Magistrate of the country becomes Chief Boz
ter of She Democratic party, what else than
decentralization, disruption, aud defeat, can be
expected to follow That such IL the logi-
cal sequence Of the Presidents interference
in Illinois, no sensible man can deny On
him rest the responsibility They who
take the sword shall perish by the sword"