The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-02
Gov. Stewards Revolutionary speech.

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cent speech, and evidently desires to enter
the contest Of 1860, under bis adroit and
INSCRIPTIONS leadership. Wehaye no doubt
the same sentiment prevails largely among
the opposition politicians Of the State We
can assure the Time, Individually, and the
politicians collectively, that all the aid
and comfort" VIC can give them, 10 bring
about SEwaRD's nomination by the opposi-
ton in 1860, will be cheerfuly furnished.
The Times thinks that Mr.. SEWARD as-
serted nothing new, in declaring that free
and slave States cannot exist together
that they must be either all free or all slave.
Mr.. GgRRirr SMru, comedies with the
Times in this view, because, TO use GEaRfr's
language, ait tthe speech cspoused our old
aboia,0" dodynt, that in the end all the
States must be blessed with freedom or
cursed with slavery" Mr.. WmLiAs LoYD
GARRISON, the smiablc gentleman who cele-
brated the fourth Of July, a few years since,
by publicly burning in the presence OF
crowd Of runaway negroes and crazy he and
she aboitionats, the Constitution Of the
United States, also sees nothing new" in
Stewards speech. The patriotic GARRISON,
in his Anii slavery Standard, says he " has
reason to believe that it was designed TO
arrest and counteract the movements OF those
members OF the Republican party who are
cunoingly attempting to allay anti slavery
agitation" "AIlay antislavery agitation "
~nAt terrible calamity yet we believe
more prayers earnest sincere and hearty
suppIications--wll go up to Heaven this
Thanksgiving day, to allay slavery agitation,
than Of thanks for bounteous barvcsts, and
overlooking grannerics. Mr.. SEwARDs
friend GARRISON, also declares that
"In tho con,es. between freedom and slave.
~, Mr.. Seward sees not m ephmcral excite.
meut upon temporary issues, bu, grand NOR
al and political battle, involving in its result
the Iate OF Tue Whoie couaVy.
So Mr.. SswARp's crusade involves the
fate Of the whole country" according to the
gospel ~ cxpounded by St laoYD. II the
States cannot be made oil slave or oil Tree,
we will have the abolition millennium when
tho blessed doctrines Of freedom will be car
ricd to our southern kinsmen, In the same
manner IA MonAMMED converted the gen.
tiles in his day with the sword in one hand
and the X oran in the ether We confess
with the Tunes, there is nothing new in
SxwAnD's programme Tor 1860. II is the
old abolition doctrine--it IL u doctrine in
voving disunion and civil war, and the des-
tructiou Of the iairest aud best fabric OF
government ever constructed.
The Times ia also mistaken in asserting
that Stewards speech has struck u re-
sponsive chord in the heart OF every free
man North aud South" il it means 10y this
somewhat muddy classification to include the
Republican party. Many Republican jour
mails have denounced the speech, and in the
following article from the Cincinnati Com
muc,ai--a leading Republican paTer and
the immediate organ Of Gov. CuAss-we
have in q briei form. the clearcst and most
succiuct criticism and exposure Of the incou-
- -. Ill
State doctrise, VIC have have seen in any
paper, Democratic or Republican
The argument Of Mr. SEWARD Ia based upon
ono or two fundamental fallacies. which may
be detected without difficulty, and which, for
the purpose Of detection. we will bring into the
following proposition, made up Of his own
words Our country a hsairs of i'ro radical
" d,fs's"f and ,nco.g,uo.s pohi,cai systems
that cannot sr,si permanently together.
The frs, fallacy Of Mr.. SEWARD, consists in
confounding family with . political condition.
Tasrs are not tr'o radically different roLirIcA Al
systems IN t.s tn,isd Mates.
The difference between the States OF the
North and those Of the South. 10 not political
or civil. or governmental; 1t is simply domes
tic. The idea that In q governmental point OF
! view, the people Of New Hampshire have any
concern in respect to Who II 10 that performs
the common labor, or Of what materials fam
| lily is constituted in Louisiana, or ries rU,a, IL
absurd. Neither the negroes OF the North MOI
the negroes Of the South are, in any sense
except a. they are permitted, not by any means