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

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SAINT in their attempts to produce another
slavery agitation. and the whole catalogue
of crimes was examined to find one deep and
ldamuing enough With which to stamp this
act of unparalleled infamy," the continu-
ence of the principle OF nom intervention
with reference to slavery 10 the Territories,
approved by the county 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, a distinguished leader in
the Republican party, and yet we find that
the same gentleman in speech delivered in
Congress, in 1850, used the following Ian.
guage: ,
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 80 the
boundary line between slave and free Terri.
THE REPUBLICANS RENEW THE AGITATION.
: Other instances might be adduced to
show that as the clause in the Missouri
Constitution in relation to free persons OF
color, was seized upon by those opposed to
slavery, as presenting an opportunity OF
opposing her admission, 80 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 pe0-
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 ia in.
ducing the South to believe that there is no
security for their Institutions within the
Union, by intoxicating in the minds of the
credulous the belief that crusade against
that portion of the country would be right
and proper, and was inevitable. After en-
joying 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 un-
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.
TIE 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 fanatical agi-
tators and therefore ephemeral, mistake the
between opposing and enduring forces, it
means that the United States must and will
either sooner or later, become either entirely
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 la.
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, distinguished
Republican Senator, in letter dated July
10th, 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
no
The notorious Joshua r. Giddings, late a
Republican member of Congress, few
years since delivered speech, containing
the following sentiments: =
Sir, I would intimidate no one; but tell
You there is spirit in the North which will set
at defiance all the laws and unworthy machin-
ations of the Executive, and Of the minioDs of
it's power. When the contest shall come;
when the thunder shall roll and the lightning
shall flash; 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
truth that they are men, and entitled to the
rights which God has bestowed upon them;
when the slaves shall feel that and when
masters shall turn pale and tremble, when
sit on each countenance, then, sir, do
not say we will laugh at your calamity, and
mock when your fear cometh; but / do say,
when that time-shau come, the lovers Of our
soil will stand forth and exert the legitimate
powers of this governments for 5dedonh. We
shall then have constitutional pober - actgfor
the good Of onr conntry and 40. justice - the
slave. Then win we strike az fk6 5kackleS
from the lifhha Of the slaves. Tint viii be .
period whom the 9overnm6hf Wi have B6aer
20 act between slayery md fr6eipm md when
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