The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-04

The geiilsr. u the Pioneer and Democrat.

abuse, bravado, and baldcrdash. which has
accompanied the report, we gather the iol-
lowing: Mr.. KNIT, Of South Carolina, on
the night Of the 9Th inst, during q pro-
trac,ed sitting Of the House, being. II ap-
pears, somewhat excited by liquor and poll
tics, made an assault upon Mr.. Grow. Of
Pennsylvania, which was promptly and spir'
iteo ely resented by that gentleman. The al
fair, occurring within the halls Of our Ma
tional Legislature, was disgraceiul one
and will DO regarded by all good men with
feelings Of pain and modification. Mr..
KErrr was ashamed by his conduct, and did
al that lay in an ample apology to atone
for il. We are sure that Mr.. kKIrr's con
stituents share in the humiliation Of their
Representative.
With the stamp Of public disapprobation
upon this affair, charity and good sense will
concur in allowing II to be forgotten. Not
no, however, the Republican press, which
has no charity, and instead Of good senHe, a
most evil ingenuity, which IL constantly tax
ed TO misreprcsnt the faults and follies Of
the South, and TO cultivate and strengthen
the prejudices Of the North. By the Re
publican press, the entire South il made re-
sponsible for the drunken net OF one ndi.
yiduai. and the occasion Is taken TOR fresh
obloquy upon Southern institutions. and
frcsh insult 10 Southern men
Whether through design or ignorance, the
course pursued by the Tribune and It's mi-
tators IL. beyond nil doubt. the most eilica-
cious that human ingenuity or devilish in
stinct could dcvi1 for the destruction Of the
Government Of this Union. Men who
know nothing more Of the South than Of
Utopia men who know that the extinc-
ton Of southern slavery must be the up
roofing and destruction ofSouthern society,
through ignorance and Inalignity, vie with
each other In abusing, outraging, and esas
pcrating Southern feeling; and when il has
cxploded---,ls Is natural it should do--in oc-
casional fits Of fury, il has been with new
abuse, outrage and evaporation. The con
sequence has been inevitable, and might
easily have becn foresecn by an honest re-
ilectiug mind. The assailcd have hurled
back the weapons Of the asailants wrong
has bcgotten wrong aud hate hate, until
all unity Of national feeling has been dis
solved, and wo are, ut this time. II nation
only in name.
We will refer 10 one or two examples of
this miserable policy and It's consequence.
When Mr. BRooKs assaulted the Massachu.
setts Senator in his seat, the silent Judgment
Of the senate condemned the act. Though
IL unhesitatlngly rejected the wretchod doe
trine that the privilege OF debate is attended
by the privilege Of insult. Southern men
were disposed not 70 concern themselves in
tho matter. but to lcnvc 1t 10 the partes
themselves and the law of tho land. Il was
not until his party hnd been embodied IN
Mr.. SUMNER aud the whole South asailcd
through the person Of Mr.. BHooNs, that
demonstration was made In his favor, From
a personal difficulty, the Republicans crca-
ted national quarrel, and the South lie.
fended itself In whatever manner il could.
Public meetings on one side called for pub
lie meetings on the other resolutions were
opposed by counter resolutions, and dis
tempered public feeling at the north. begot
a dlstemperod public feeling at the south.
The Kansas emigration from the South. inr
the purpose OF establishing slavery in that
Territory. was induced in great measure
by the operations oi the Northern Emigrant
Aid Society Had th,rr been no organized
attempt to exclude slavery from Kansas, We
honestly believe that there would have BEEN
no organized attempt 10 establish il there
and that the Territory would have been SIT
tied naturally and without the bloslshcd
and violence which has marked its history.
We have said that Mr. kurns consti,a.
en,s will condemn his conduct in the Repre-.
sentative Hall. They will do so IL allowed
TO think and act dispasoionately. They viii
not, however do SO IL driven TO madness and
folly by insul, and accusation. In this cast
there will naturally bc cbulitiou Of seling,
which will doubtless bc noted by the Repub-
lican press Is fresh manifestation of slave
holding insolenc and barharity lnsrl, and
wrath continually produce each other II
is on this principle that GREnrY and bis
coadjutors are constantly progressing in
their work OF sectional division Of this
Union.
l, is not a difference OF opinion couccrn-
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