The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-02-03

leaders of the Republican party were inces.
SAINT in their attempts to produce another
slavery agitation, and the whole catalogue
of crimes was examined to find one deep and
damning enough with which to stamp this
act of unparalleled infamy," the continu-
ence of the principle of non. intervention
with reference to slavery in the Territories,
approved by the country in 1850. Among
those most reckless in charging upon the
the Democratic party violation of faith in
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, was
Mr.. John P. Hale, distinguished leader in
the Republican party, and yet we find that
the same gentleman in speech delivered in
Congress, in 1850, used the following lam
guage:
l will content myself with saying that never
will, by vote or speech, admit or submit to
anything that may bind the action Of our legis-
lation here to make the parallel of &c. 80 the
boundary line between slave and free Terri.
tory.
THE REPUBLICANS RENEW THE AGITATION.
Other instances might be adduced to
show that as the clause in the Missouri
Constitution 10 relation to free persons OF
color, was seized upon by those opposed to
slavery, as presenting an opportunity OF
opposing her admission, so the Repeal of
the Missouri Compromise was deemed fair
opportunity by the present Republican
leaders, of renewing throughout the country
an exciting agitation upon slavery. "In
civil broils the worst of men may rise" was
once wisely said, and the remark seems not
to have been lost upon them they COM
menced the agitation then, they have cons
tinued it since, until the feelings of the PEG.
pie have become much alienated from one
another, and each section begins to look up
on the other with suspicion rather than
trust; they have nearly succeeded in in.
ducing the South to believe that there is no
security for their institutions within the
Union, by intoxicating in the minds of the
that portion of the country would be right
and proper, and was inevitable. After en-
Toying in common the benefits of the Union
for three quarters of century, Mr.. Seward
has discovered that such happy state can
no longer exist, but that the Institutions
of the North and South are so dissimilar
that conflict must ensue, and continue I'M
til one or the other succumbs. The spirit
of compromise and concilialition which we
have shown to have existed during the time
of our sires, must be banished from the
halls of legislation, and "slavery can and
must be abolished" Lest we might be
charged with stating the case too strongly
against the Republican party, we propose
to allow the distinguished favorites of that
party to speak for themselves.
THE IRREPREssIBLE CONFLICT"
Mr.. Seward in his celebrated Rochester
speech, after abiding to the necessary
collision between the Institutions of different
sections of the country, proceeds:
Shall tell you what this collision means
They who think that it is accidental, unneces-
sary, the work of interested and fanatcal ag-
tatOrs, and therefore ephemeral, mistake the
case altogether. 1t is an irrepressible conflict
between opposing and enduring forces, it
means that the United States must and will,
either sooner or later, become either entirely
a slaveholding nation, or entirely free labor
nation. Either the cotton and rice fields of
South Carolina, and the sugar plantations of
Louisiana, will ultimately be titled by free Ia
Dor, and Charleston and New Orleans become
marts for legitimate merchandise alone, or
else the rye and wheat fields of Massachusetts
and New York must again be surrendered by
their farmers to slave culture, and Boston and
New York become once more markets for trade
in the bodies and souls of men.
Mr.. Henry Wilson, also, a distinguished
Republican Senator, in letter dated July
Goth, 1855, wrote:
Let US remember that more than three mil
lion of bondsmen, grooming under nameless
woes, demand that we shall reprove each
other, and that we labor for their deliverance.
And again:
tell you here tonight that the agitation of
this question of human slavery will continue
while the foot of slave presses the soil of
the American Republic.
The notorious Joshua r. Giddings, late a
Republican member of Congress, a few
years since delivered a speech, containing
the following sentiments
Sir, 1 would intimidate no one; but tell
you there is a spirit in the North which will set
at defiance all the laws and unworthy machin-
atoms of the Executive, and of the minions of
when the thunder shall roll and the lightning
shall fash; when the slaves shall rise in the
South; when, in imitation of the Cuban bond
men, the slaves of the South shall feel that they
are men; when they feel the stirring emotions
of immortality. and recognise the stirring
rights which God has bestowed upon them;
when the slaves shall feel that, and when
masters shall turn pale and tremble, when
their dwellings, shall smoke, and dismay
sit on each countenance, then, sir, 1 do
not say we will laugh at your calamity, and
mock when your fear cometh; but do say,
when that times hall come, the lovers of our
soil will stand forth and exert the legitimate
powers of this government for freedom. We
shall then have constitutional power to act for
the good of our country and do Justice to the
slave. Then will we strike off the shackles
from the limbs Of the slaves. That will be q
period when the government will have power
to act between slavery and freedom and when
it can make peace by, giving freedom to the
slaves. And let me tell you, Mr.. Speaker,
that that time hastens. It is rolling forward.
The President is exerting power that will
hasten it, though not intended by him. hail
itas / do the approaching dawn Of that politi.
cal and moral millennium which am well as
sured will soon dawn upon the world.
At meeting held by some opponents Of
the Democratic, party. in Massa chusetts, in
1855, the following resolution was passed
&c Resolued, That we should rejoice in a sue
cessful slave Insured ton in the South, and that
in killing STAKEHOLDER to obtain freedom. the
slave is not guilty of any crime; that the slave.
holder should be made to dream of death in his
sleep, and to apprehend death in his dish and
tea pot; that fire should meet him in his bed
and poison should meet him at the table,"
Following in the wake of these, and
deeming it, we suppose, an honor to follow