The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-03-13

ois iSiS w uiCu sceulS W Iuc Wotehs "a
notice as one the signs of the times. The
Democrat is we'll known as the able and
fearless advocate, in the Slave State of MIS-
souri,, of the emancipation movement. IN
der its leadership the great commercial CITY
of ST. Louis has chosen an Anti-olaVerv
Mayor. and the Congressional District OF
which it is part, has sent an Emancipa-
ticnist-Francis P Blair, Jr.,-to Congress.
Referring TO a recent declaration by Hon.
" II Seward. in the u. ). Senate, that the
reat battle between Freedom and Slavery
is over" inasmuch as the free States will
soon stand 10 the slave States as nineteen to
fifteen and TO Il remark made by Senator
ressenden (Which indeed has often been re-
-ierated by Republican leaders,, disavowing
anv intention or desire to interfere with sla,
very in the States where it now exists, the
D-uorrlt comments as follows:
1t with deep regret chronicle the use of such
era,, by men in whose public conduct We have seen
'1-h admire heretofore, and must deplore the ten
,ens which betrays itself in certain quarters give
great cause purely SECTIONAL aspect. If Mr. Seward
,es ~ preponderance Of Northern States in the
crelracy, he may well say the battle is over and if
Mr. fesSenden desires TO confne the benefits Of free
W labor 70 the section holds he may that
he does not intend 10 interfere with slavery in the slave
states, hut all must that such positions whether
intended or not sectional selfish, and recreant
human progress. Partzans and plaacemen may be
content 10 the honors they have but the peo
Pc VII not satisfied with the delights of any such
caprice To day struggling here in Missouri, a
slave State give all its valleys cultivation
by free white citizens, relieved from slavery COMPETE
tion and told that such effort endorse
A. the hands Of who have heretofore held to
broad faith in the progress of free institutions. Very
we'll let il be We shall so forward, nevertheless,
and may say with Nelson when sighted by admiralty
dispatches, "some day shall have gazette of our
own" We struggling and here, not for a theo
re,c preponlerance of free states in the federal gov
eminent, for Territorial liberties to guarantee
free labor expansion hut also reclaim Missouri from
the disadvantages of slave system that is paralyzng
A,- energies and Gripping her advance.
And We make bold say, furthermore that SYM
-athy snd our service is not confined within the line
aha. separates State from adjacent States but that
all efforts TO confer like benefit upon other common
eah-to elevate and encourage and protect the labor
working citizens against the depression of
sryie toll will ever meet with Jealous cooperation
n Kentucky in Tennessee, in Virginia, in Maryland
the movement in behalf of free SOIL for the free
labor of free yeomanry is transpiring, and hail ii
wf.h emphatic congratulation.
I'VE know that it will be said in behalf of the posi-
Ions assumed by Senator's that Congress and the FEEDER
al Government have right to interfere in such work
and that the Republican party has mission to
strain the expansion Of free principles in slave States
tbs in part true but it does fully meet the case
Practically. Congress is determining the existence
or n0uexstence of slavery in Kansas under the shad-
Of dominant party, of administration and Of a
supreme Court that do recognize the power of Con-
the question of Slavery in the Territories. II
the influence. the patronage, the moral weight the
rat-ctiou OF the Federal Government that affects the
sdtec in the absence of direct Intervention. 1,
has been so in Kansas; il is in Missouri All these
thrown into the scale against free ebor and for
labor Moreovert is the role of political crgani
-aiors nationa, and otherwise 10 formulate distinct
r7'.ies give momentum 10 great truths, to achieve
everywhere in behalfo of the right. To this end
extinction of slavery in the central grain-growing
Save one of the first steps in the path of pro-
step that is to be accomplished through the in
=trumentaity of their swelling populations doing
-'-.Fri-re and sustained in doing by embodied
i.r scatiment throughout the nation call it party or
1atryrr suits. that will cheer and uphold their
advancement 1t is idle for leaders in their isolation
10 gnore such manifest outgrowths.
Let rs hope that the words have commented upor
re hasv expressions which the speakers, seeing the al
ue they place them in, will be the first to retract OF
-Splan. II not, we shall write with deep regret the
.irawal ON the coming field of future victory, bu
go abandonment by parties politicians shall induce u
trail the banner that has been unfured in this STATE
. Missouri shall be possessed in funess and entirely
Tx free white labor"
These thoughts, coming from the quarter
vheuce they do, are worthy at least Of earnest
and candid attention, and the writer hereo
NAV add, meet his most hearty assent anc
concurrence. 1t has for years seemed to mt
hat our Northern politicians were too mucl
IN tie habit OF utterlng uncalled-for disclam
crs As to their ultimate ends and purpose
with reference to slavery in the States whert
IL exists-a habit discreditable either to theii
sincerity or to their craftsmanship. Sine,
the development of the policy of the pro-sla
very oligarchy to prostitute every department
Of the federal government to the eXtensio!
and perpetuation of their pet system, and thu
demonstration of the truth, clear to the per
ceptions Of every thinking and reflectin9
man, that the agitation and convulsion.
which we now suffer from this question vii
end only with The adoption Of efficient measure
for tie orerttro1o of slacay in the States uher
Z crisis, the day for disclaimers and hal
way policy is past. An army can be veto
rious only by being aggressive. This ha
heretofore been the policy under which tn,
slavery propaganda have achieved their tri
umphs. Let it now be ours. The whole
question resolves itself into the issue, whe
tler the Southern system of chattel SLAYER,
be an institution promotive of human pro
gress and welfare, and in harmony with tn
principles Of our government, or whether
Is destructive of all these. If the former, thei
let US cease our opposition to its extension
and recognise it as good, if not " the best
form Of society" If the latter, let US pre-
pare to render effective the declared purpos
Of the Constitution, 90 to establish justice, t.
promote the general welfare and to secur
the blessings Of liberty" to all parts of GU
common country.
What the powers are, if any, of the gene
raj government in its organized capacity, owe
this subject, I do not propose now to inquire
Grant that it has none. But, that true Ia
tional party, pledged to freedom, when Or
canized in the slave States must war agains
TIE system in its strongholds and that tn
federal administration can and does rende
itself potent in determining such questions
tie article of the Democrat, above quoted
renders sufficiently luminous. That articl
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