The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-23
BosroS, June 7, 1853.

BOSTON, June Z, 1852
70 Ae Editor. Of IA. Pieseer s.d Ds~sers
Perhaps you may think | sAa Il never have
done with Meister KARL SEIZURE and were
l to follow him through all his wicked and
treasonous sayings, as contained in bis Fan.
euil Hall speech, your apprehension would
be well founded. shall not, however, 20
entirely through that effort OF his, and would
not have noticed it at all, had ScHuRz been Q
nat,re Abolitionist, or Know Nothing !;
but as be is nsturalized citizen and pre-
tends to be great man among his German
brethren and his Holland cousins, and pre-.
sumes to lead them by the magic Of bis elo.
quence and the fervor OF his temperament,
by means Of which he makes sincerity OF
profession apparent to the unthinking,
have but little charity for him.
Some American born Abolitionists think
and say that they, who, on account of their
being natives, have never taken the oath of
allegiance, can resist constitutional enact.
ment without risk Of anything except the
paying of the penalty in such cases made
and provided-fne, Imprisonment and so
forth; to which may be added the iniamy
always attendant thereon. If these inaic.
tions follow the natirs ~ his attempt to obey
the teachings OF the Republican doctors,
whose theory is that there is A HI0HkR
law than the Constitution" how can the
adopted citizen hope to escape greater
damnation,' seeing he has SWORN to support
the Constitution as the very highest OF all
earthly laws.
Let no citizen of foreign birth jelude
himself with the idea that he can advocate
higher law than the supreme law of the
republic and be guiltless man and loyal
citizen for it is impossible The first ar.
ticle in the creed of the Republican party is
resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law" We
have seen the effect OF this idea when carried
out. The rescue Of fugitive from the Gus
tody of an officer OF the United States. sub
Jects the rescuer to fine and Imprisonment,
with their cOncomitants, such as being dam.
aged or shot dead in the melee while the at.
tempt is being made. What creed OPP.
position to the laws Of the land, violence,
bloodshed, murder, insurrection, and infamy.
the result Of reducing the theory OF the first
article Of it TO practice To thoroughly
carly out the principles. of the Republican
party would be to plunge the country into
civil war. IT is horrible to contemplate;
and yet how many adopted citizens there
are who vote the ticket OF that party with. /
out considering where their conduct would
lead them If Republican principle should
actually be carried out to the letter!
In my first letter to you, Mr.. Editor,
which ! see you have published, and the
second also has been printed, took the
ground that an adopted citizen could not |
sustain the republican party without COM
hitting perjury because il he resists the
laws OF the nation and violates the Constitu.
ton, he violates has oath Of citizenship! The
Republicans pretend that the fugitive slave
law is unconstitutional, notwithstanding the
decision of the Supreme Court OF the United
States and acting on this traitorous pre-
tence, the Republican zealots Of Oberlin,
Ohio, lately undertook to resist it by at.
tempting to rescue fugitive from z. S..
officer, for which they were fined and i'm.
prisoned. From this decision they appeal.
ed to the Supreme Court Of the State of
Ohio, with the expectation that Republican
Judges would give Republican decisiou--
pronounce the fugitive slave law unconsti.
tutlnnal and set them all at liberty but
how the judges Of a State conrt could
set aside the decision OF the United States
Supreme Court, the fanatics did not take
time 10 consider.
However. the case went before the
Supreme Court Of Ohio, and the decision
OF three upright and learned judges was
~. That the provisions Of article I, section
Of the Constitution Of the United States
(which see aud read) guarantee to the owner
OF an escaped slave the right Of reclamation -
and
80. That a citizen who knowingly and in.
tentonally interferes with. for the purpose Of
rescue. or rssc ues from the owner, az escaped
slave - gtafy Of a uiuatiyn If As Consiiiui,oa
0ffths United States. whether the acts OF 1883 and
is'o. commonly called the fugitive slave laws.
are Constitutional or not.
As expressed myself 10 your paper some
time before this decision was made. 40 have
always thought; that I, az an adopted
citizen cannot vote the Republican ticket
with out violating the Great Charter which
solemnly swore 70 support when made a
citizen and, a. a necessary consequence.
laying perjury on my soul
j would therefore, have all adopted ci,i.
zens TO ponder on the~e things and weigh
them wen and. when they have rejected
deeply 90 the consequences Of the sIightes,
departure from the path Of political rec,i.
tlde they will be convinced that 70 vote The
Republican ticket il divergence from tia,
path which they will all their lives have
cause 70 repent. They viii learn. pprhaps.
after while, that the Republican party j.
viper that will sting them 70 death alter
they have given j, sufficient warmth and
vitality az YET them bevare. Iest they learn