The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-11
The Pstes Away, with unrelentng power,
Our hopes belle;
And - the bud Ii blooming into flower,
We PIHs and die ."-1nesswf Monodu.

II President BUCHANAN did not, in the
anguish Of bis soul, recite the quatrain
above quoted, when be received news Of the
result in Illinois, il must have been not from
any want Of appropriateness, but because
his limited acquaintance with poetical liter
sture had left him oblivious Of its existence.
For, II ever principal bad occasion to be
Disguised with the incompetency and folly
Of an agent, the President has suffered il In
bis experience with Mr.. CHAKLEs N.
PWE, editor Of the Chicago Herald. What
ever was lacking 10 the Illinois bolt Of
BUCHANAN TO render II ridiculous and con-
temptible in the eyes Of the country, was
amply supplied by the man whom the Presi
dent placed at its nominal head in Chicago
We don't propose TO blame the President
too harshIy for selecting blockhead as the
engineer OF his Infamous crusade, and o.
the apologist Of his more Infamous treason.
We know he experienced great difficulty In.
procuring any person TO occupy the dis
graceful position. The ha UNITS and purlieus
Of Chicago were industriously searched, but
they failed to yield forth any man, Of even
nominal Democracy so lost to all sense Of
manhood, and 50 reckless Of party obliga-
tions, that be could be prevailed upon to
accept the traitorous Office. Resort was
therefore had to the country; and Mr.
CHARLES N. PINE was found in 40 obscure
town Of back district, glad to sell himself
for an Office, and whose vanity was tickled
with the idea Of being called editor Of city
paper.
We do not reproach the editor Of the
Chicago Herald with neglecting to fll his
part Of the contract with the Administra-
ton, as q general thing, according to the
best Of bis ability. SO far a. political
treacbery is concerned, misrepresentation,
vilifcation, lying, we cannot say that he has
failed TO exhibit most rare and compre-
hensive capacity. The work in which he
was engaged required the exercise Of these
faculties TO an unusual degree, and bis
adeptness in their use places him, In this re-
spect, above our contempt. But we do
blame him for disgracing the Admnistra-
ton by bis folly, to an unnecessary and un-
reasonable extent There was enough in
the intrinsic infamy Of the BUCHANAN
movement to ruin the Administration, even
when carried out TO It's end with an appear.
ance Of honesty, and show OF consistency,
But when the editor Of the Chicago Herald
acknowledges that the BUCHANAN men in
Chicago used their organization as mere
sham to catch and hold those who could be
influenced by appeals on behalf Of the Ma
tional Administration, while the mass de-
serted it and voted with the Black Repub-
leans, he deprives the Administration Of
the only ground upon which it could be sus
tanned, and verifes its trsachery not only
to the Democratic party, but to itself
This is an act Of folly on the part Of the
editor which could not have been anticipa-
ted by the President; and it is one placing
him and his administration in 30 damaging
q light that its perpetrator should be sum
marily and severely rebukcd. The fact of
voting Tor Black Republicans was venial
offence on the part Of BUCHANAN men in
Illinois but proper sense Of seIfrespect
should induce the President to treat its ae-
knoplsdgmsn, a. an objectionable sin.
Ov Course. A telegraph despatch dated