The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-16


Later events, however, compel rs TO be-
lieye that this recantation OF the President
was not honestly made. We are forced to
believe that twas only intended to serve
temporary purpose-to save bis Administra-
ton from the disgrace Of total defeat and
annihilation--and not designed TO give an
assurance Of future devotion to cardinal
doctrine Of the party. The action Of the
President 10 regard to the canvas Of ILL
nois, furnishes the ground for this belief.
For we hold the position to be sound one,
that the principles which party applies to
the organization and government Of COM
munity, should be applied also, 80 far as
circumstances will permit, to the government
Of itself II the President holds to
the doctrine Of Popular Sovereignty, as
enunciated 10 the Kansas Nebraska bill,
as affirmed by the Cincinnati Platform,
and as endorsed by the general judgment Of
the country, which leaves the people Of the
States and Territories perfectly free to reg.
ulate their own domestic affairs In their own
way, be must also hold to the analogous doc
trine Of Party Sovereignty, which leaves
the Democracy Of the States and Territories
perfectly free to regulate their own party
affairs In their own way. For the President
cannot hold that in respect Of the political
rights Of the people Of any State they shall!
be lett to the free exercise OF their own will,
uninauenced by outside interference or con.
troll, and at the same deny that In respect
Of party rights, the Democracy Of the same
State shall be allowed to exercise like de-
gree Of freedom, without submitting himself
to grave and unanswerable charge Of in.
consistency. If the President, therefore,
adheres to the doctrine Of popnlar soyer-
eighty, in its true significance, bis Interior
ence in the affairs Of the Illinois Democracy
is not only grossly wrong in itself, but 1t
does violence TO his own principles. II,
however, the President still chDgs to the
doctrines OF the Lecompton measure, which
sought to force upon an unwilling people q
Constitution abhorrent in it's provisions, and
10 the manner Of its enactment, then the at
tempt, in which he is engaged, to deprive
the Democracy Of Illinois Of the right and
opportunity to regulate their orn affairs in
their own way, and the further attempt, by
the coercion Of political power and patron.
age, to regulate their affairs for them In the
Administration way, is perfectly consistent,
thoroughly Lecomptonish, totally ur Demo
cratic, and essentially villainous,
We believe, therefore, In view Of these
facts, that President BUCHANAN has formal
ly in his heart, as he has indirectly In bis
conduct, apostatized from the faith upon
which he was elected by the National De-
mocracy. His persistence In this lines Of
conduct--his further attempts to override
the Democracy Of Illinois, or any oter
State, to prevent the free exercise Of tbcir
own will, and TO concentrate at Washington
and in bis own hands, the power which the
safety OF the country and the welfare Of the
party both require shall remain undiv9ted
in the hands Of the people, must awaken in
dignation among the Democratic masses,
which will not be slow in finding expression
within the very walls Of the White Huese,
to the dismay Of ministers and councillors,
and TO the confusion Of the President him
self