The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-02
BosroS, May Ia, 1859.

turon AMI the Democratic Party, &c.
To Ne Editors 9f tbs Ptosser aad Ds,4ocra..
BosroS, May Ia, 1859.
l left Oft in nay last letter with Carr.
SCHURz, who came here from Wisconsin on
the invitation Of the Republicans, snd made
. long, windy and perjurious speech on the
18th ult. HENRY WILSON, the notorious
Know-Nothing U. S. Senator, was chair.
man of the meeting, and the audience con.
sisted OF mixture OF Abolitionists OF the
rankest stripe, and Republicans and Know
Nothings OF allstripes--a motley group, sui,
hcient to about halt cover tie floor Of old
Faneuil Hall, in which the meeting was
held. 1t is supposed here that SoauRz was
invited to speak before this crowd of people
by way of soothing the conscenees Of the
Republicans for having passed the UPRIGHT
eous Know Nothing two year probation
law; as if they should say, q" see how liberal
we are--we do not wish TO prescribe for
eigners--behold We are listening to the
speech of man, who has not been natural.
lied long enough TO be voter in Massa.
chusetts p But Mr.. CARL saw no trick
about it, and SO he became their willing
tool. Poor man think his political
race is nearly ended.
He began with Boosting that he was an
American citizen, and America and true
Americanism, as be called it, was the bur
den OF bis speech. :" too" said be, am
an American citizen" We shall see pres.
emily, whether he is ,oorthy citizen or not.
l will for this purpose make an extract from
the speech aforesaid, as reported in the n.
Y. Tribune:
"Ihave already called your attention 10 the
| despotic tendency of the sayehoiding system.
need not enlarge upon IT /; need not describe
| how the existence Of Slavery in the South af.
fected and dem0ralized even the political life
Of the Free States how they attempted to
press US, you and me, into the posse Of the
| slave catcher how that abomlnable act, which
is worse than the "Alen and sedition Laws,
still disgraces our statute book how the rul.
ing party, which has devoted itself TO the ser.
vice OF that despotic interest, shrinks from no
violation OF good faith, from no aduiteration OF
the constitutional compact, from no encroach
ment upon natural right, from no treacherous
abandonment Of fundamental principles. And
do not hesitate to prophesy, that If the theo.
ries engendered By the Institution OF slavery
be suffered to outgrow the equalizing tendency
Of true democracy, the American Republic will
at no distant day crumbe down under the bur
den OF the laws and measures which The ruling
interest will demand for its protection; aud its
I name will be added to the sad catalogue OF the
broken hopes of humsnity.
There is one specimen Of his true Ameri-
canism. A man who says he is an Ameri.
/ can citizen, goes before an audience in
Boston with the oath OF newly made citi-
zen still fresh in mind and torswears and
execrates an act which is transcript OF the
Constitution he has sworn to support and
defend, and calls it an abominable act
worse than the A lien and Seditiou laws
and saws that it "stil disgraces our Statute
books :" What he means by the word
our" in that sense is more than can tell
but the abominable act" 10 which be al
ludes i the " Fugitive Slave law, aud II
GAIL should ever read the Constitution OF
the United States he will find in Art. 4
Sec 2, the following words
mo person held to service or labor IN one
State under the laws thereof. escaping INTO All.
other, shall. in consequence o' any Jaw OF reg
ulatjon therein De sc hzrged from such service
or labor but sh.I be dsIicsTed up on clam " The
party 10 tchom ,ueh ssrriee OF Labor may be due.
This is the clause on which the Fugitive
Slave Law is founded, aud the law itsei Is
q mere transcript thereof. Ii was part
of the Constitution when ] was made a citi
zen, aud il CARL did not happen to see 1t
before be took the oath OF citizenship, that
plea will no, avail him nor relieve him from
the solemn obligation be entered into to
support the Constitution however abom-
inabie' it may appear to him now lnat
Constitution became the supreme law OF the
Republic on the 18th day OF September
1857. and was signed by Virginia gentle
man. who was somewhat popular IL the
south a, that time, and indeed 10 Boston
r>Grox, aud his residence al a place called
Mount Vernon which is somewhere IN the
aboininable' State Of Virginia bat Is not
denoted on any Of the large maps Of tie
| Uaiied States, believe.
II Mr. WAsHISsros bad thought OF
drea,ned that Carl scIUa the great ex.
FOUNDER Of" irW Americanism would have
run the risk OF being pressed Into the
pose of the slave catcher" uhrougA tn ope-
ration y. that ella sc, II may be thai te voa d
NJ, have sigued il. What IL done, however
canno. De unlone in time to benea; Carl
and if h. shos.d te elected 10 some othce "A
Wisconsin. be viii be obliged to swear to
sappor, that aboninssIe' elunse e9a'" or