The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-07-21

WAS not q CAutluote lyI INC rAIrfsSiDu. Dub nc
said Martin Van Barren" 10 the Baltimore
Convention, and Van Baren II was. And 60
though Mr.. Buchanan will not assume the night
In 1850 TO dictate the candidate u the party,
he may Yightfully exercise his influence In the
nominating convention just ~ he may think
best. That he will do so cannot be doubted
but IL IL very doubtful whether either Wise or
Douglas will thus secure the nomination. They
are certainly counting without their host 10 ig.
noring Mr.. Buchsnsn's administration. and
should the Convention attempt the same folly
il will inevitably end In fatal eXp lOsion. mas
much ~ there can bs no basis VI reunion ex.
cept upon the broad. liberal, practical nstiona!
policy Of the administration.
A CAUCUS Of leading Americans lately
convened In New York City. at which il
was determined to organize at once for 1860.
They propose to run . ticket this fall, in
New York, which they think will command
one hundred and twenty thousand votes.
Upon adjournment, the different persons
present exchanged their private views US TO
who would be their best Presidential cand.
dates. Most Of them thought Judge NJ.
LsAs would be the man, II he was not quite
30 Old. Others thought CRirrxsDEs, BELL
or BATES, with BAsxs rs Vice President,
the best ticket that could be brought tor
ward. BATES and BANKS were considered
probably as the strongest team. This eau.
Gus, although small one, was composed Of
some Of the ablcst IN mbcrs Of the American
party 10 the State and, 10 It's result, SEW
ARD and his right-hand man tWExD) will
find no little trouble, for it will throw many
barriers IN the way Of their carrying GU,
their nice plans.
Tux Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald says Judge DouGL.s
Is here and intends 10 remain month or so
He, with lew Of his friends, are quietly
arranging a programme for the Charleston
Convention His friends look upon biz nom.
nation as foregone conclusion"
! Hoy. ERAsxus ID. Beach, who was for
four successive years the Democratic cand.
date for Governor OF Massachusetts,, has got
tired OF the fun OF being beaten, and in let
ter published In the Boston papers, declines
| the honor Of another nomination.
VIZ quote the following extract from the
recent speech OF Hon. A. II. STEPHENS, Of
Ga, delivered to his constituents at Augusta,
few weeks since
NON INTERVENTION IN TERRITORIES.
A greater and fearful crisis arose-that
was tho question Of the power Of Congress
over Observation-Disclosures new slave States
should be admitted, or whether the South
should never expand or enlarge; whether
our institutions should be starved out ;
whether the South should submit TO degra.
dation. lie would not give the history Of
those times, but simply say, in regard TO the
path be took, Il is past; what be did is
done, but whether right or wrong the record
Is made up The South was successful :
she asked nothing wrong from the North
and got only what VIA right. lie was
perfectly willing to remain in the Union,
but simply said. stay the hand OF oppression.
! Asmuch a. he loved and admired the Union,
| IL the South was to be he,nmed and hcdged
| 10, he was for resistance sooner than SUB.
mat 10 EsNi,edi OF theoretical questions Of
| rrong, he was for resistance. lle believed
truth would triumph; all the South wants
is decision, union, patriotism. lie believed
\ in the power and omnipotencc Of truth, and
would ask for nothing wrong. The great
principh to BIZ carried out is expansion
the right Of the people OF the south to 20
TO the territories with tb.s slave property,
protected by the constitution, on platform
OF equal rights The question was fully
settled as principle that Congress should
make no discrimination in regard 10 sees IN.
a rights in the territories, but that the
people OF each territory, when af at to form
constitution as State, should decide for
themselves whether they should come into
the Union as free or slave State. The
Missouri compromise doctrine, the Texas
doctrine. the territorial doctrioe II Rufus
King IN 1877, have all been abandoned Ia
the admission OF this principle, II was not
triumph OF the South. but a triumph Of
justice. truth AMI right. The settlement
was fully up TO the demands OF the South.
NHc uNNPt a>ks uut ipt Wbak u tlSHt- ut
prluciplc il now settled that Congress shall
abstain from oil legislation on the subject Of
slavery in the territories, whether rs to the
North or the south nd The territories are
now open 10 Az sections, and have the priyi.
lcge u adopting slavery or not, a. the peo-
pIc may cheese when they come 10 torn
constitution These measures. however did
not 90 as fir ~ ac wished 10 uuuid 4ar,
C0Ugr,0 10 gaze protection % Kate propotg
~ fis psth. domain a, tong as a rsmInei
10 isrrriHtai condition. A majority of
the South dilsred with h,m--pot more than
twenty i've mcu IA tuugrss agreed with
him-ha, be- finally yielded 10 the doctrine
OF nou intervcuuon. because !, was not AZ.
gn.ssivc; aud because IL secured for al,
practical Purposes VIVA, We wanted. II
climate and soil do 10, favor slavery, i; vi.
no, 20 into the territories Many though,
all the discussion on thu slavery question
had moth ing in IL, slavery wouldn't 60 10
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