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

Never was there period In the annals OF
our country, when fair understanding. be.
tween the members Of the great Democratic
organization was more imperatively demand.
ed than at the present moment.
The minds Of men are 10 different, that
perfect taanimity OF sentiment can never be
reasonably expected. Each one, therefore,
should bc willing TO conccdc something, In
order TO effect thorough and solid consol.
dation upon general principles.
Individual oaprices aud private interpre-
tation should give way 10 practical re
suits Of the greatest good. Al sincere and
honest men are inclined to stand firm by the
organization Of their party. The Demo
cratic party 10 an ancient and sublime con.
fcderation--its principles arc an clear as
light. Its laws are 40 simple that child
need not mistake them. The object which
Il aims 10 accomplish Is no less than tho
elevation OF the people, upon the substan.
tial basis Of Justice and equal rights.
II IL truo that divisions have often occur
red In tho Democratic camp. II Is true
moreover that these divisions have In many
instances secured the inglorious triumph OF
our adyersaries. Hence the necessity OF
fairly understanding each other, land "
there are any serious variations Of opinionD
the Importance Of exercising spirit Of mod
Grafton and good temper for the better o.
tablishment Of harmony and democratic
unity
Men will quarrel and change and diiier.
Principles arc the only eternal things In the
universe. While we follow men, We are o..
ways liable 10 10 led astrsy--whilc We I'D
here 10 principles, which experience has
demonstrated 10 be sound, VIC will ever be
consistent and right.
A the stars which shone . thousand
years ago, will shine tho same thousand
years hence, 10 has Il been and will Il ever
be-, with the divine principles Of justice, up
on which the Democratic party has its I'm
mortal foundation.
Upon principle, therefore, We have no
grounds OF quarrel. We breath the same
vital ar--we inhale the same breath OF
universal liberty we acknowledge mutually
the fraternity Of man and tho dignity ana
equality Of tho race.
There Is one question, however, that has
given US much trouble, and II not quoted,
win create much more. II IL the only ques.
ton upon which We have had any serious
misunderstanding. II 10 an Internal bomb.
shell which has been thrown among IN by
our artfuI adyersaries who have watched the
consequences Of its explosion, with . grim
degree Of satisfaction and delight. allnde,
Of course, TO the bugaboo Of Slavery
Who fayors slavery Certainly sUsry
Northern man regards the institution with
horror and detestation. Even the honest
men Of the South have ceased 10 defend
their peculiar institution upon the ground Of
principle. They regard II IN IN evil, fasten.
ed upou them M q custom, and sanctioned
by iinmemorial usage, the remedy for which
they cannot zee. The sudden freedom OF
this foreign nation, living 10 our midst,
would undoubtedly give rise 10 greater
degree OF suffering apd distress, than II IL
possible the human imagination To conceive.
What could be done with the Blacks .
hyss millions Of negroes = this is problem
TO which the wisest philantbropists have
never been able 10 give satisfactory reply.
Until il il an.usrd, abOiiion,sm can never
expect to win any other honors, than those
Of discord among ourselves and feelings Of
alienation and unkipdness towards our
Southern brethren These are the only
laurel. OF the aboiai0a,st, who much more
than the eouthern planter, Is the enemy OF
he siaa and traitor 10 The ConhHWion o.
Il Z, country
:i,pon The principle d slavery We are
4 =. II a Gflv
r.aaal:td t.i tpltical management Of this
dfIipp daestion That We have ever differed.
We h5uh tndeayor 10 stife such unneces-
gary differences for the future. IecSmpton
and antiIecompton Democrats tat least In
the Northern States) are equally opposed 70
the story and practice u slavery. How
absurd then, TO allow any idle, dreaming
abstraction TO impair our unity and distract
our powers.
Whether Kansas was admitted under the
IeconptOn Constitution or not, the result
would have been the same, Kansas would
have been q free State. All the power OF
the Abolitiouists OF the North, united TO
that Of the shareholders Of the South, eorid
Md haze made Kansas q slave State, even
had they combined for that purpose we
have ben fighting shadows, therefore. The
whole matter his concerned imaginary
darkies and real demagogues, more than
il has conc1 rDed either the actual welfare OF
the slave VI the great interests Of the Demo
cratic party and national confederacy.
Popu Sovereignty Is base upon which
ve can all stand, both President BrcHAsAs
who Is not DESTROYS Of extending slavery
and Senator DoUGLAs, (wbo 70 not an Abo-
litiooi,t nor even RepablicaD)!