The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02
An Indian Agents Head in Danger
--JOe Browns Profession of Faith
in February, 1860.

From the Henderson Democrat, Feb. Is, 1860.
YELLOW MEDICINE, Feb. Is, 1860.
Mr.. " ENQUIRER" Mcleod Co., Mini
You appear to "want more light" upon
the question of difference between the
Republicans and Douglas Democrats on the
Territorial question:" Allow me to sug
gest that if you ever ciphered out the diff
ference between tweedledum and tweedle-
dee," you can easily CIPHER out the difference
between the two parties you mention, npon
the " territorial question:" by adhering
strictly to the same rules of arithmetic.
The Republicans have but one idea, and
that is Niger" They profess to believe
that Congress can pass law that will pros
hibit slavery in the territories, and make
every descendant of Ham who goes into a
territory free and undisputed-" niger"
Fred Douglas is recognized as the embodi.
ment of this principle.
The Douglas anti-Lecompton Democrats
have but another idea, and that is Niger
too. They profess to believe that Congress,
in itself, has no control over the freedom and
independence of the "nigger," but that it
has power to prescribe the number and quail.
ifications of members of an assembly, said
members to be paid by Congress, and be
vested by Congress with authority, through
"unfriendly legislation" to control the whole
niger question of territory. Stephen
A. Douglas gave form and vitality to this
principles
The '' niger" question thus is shown
In the two parties nearly even,
But as yet it is not clearly known
Which is the greatest, Fred or Stephen.
Yours suggestively, j. R. B.
JOE BROWN IN SEPTEMBER, 1857.
At the first Democratic State Conventions,
held in Minnesota, in September, 1857,
JOSEPH R. BROWN, voted for and supported
the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That the people of the Territories
through their Legislative assemblies and con.
stitutonal conventions, shall haze and exercise
full and exclusive poacer to legislate upon all
domestic questions, including the relation Of
master and servant.
JOE BROWN IN AUGUST, 1859.
At the second Democratic State Conven-
ton, held in St. Paul, in August, 1859,
Major BROWN was member of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, and reported, advo-
Gated, and voted for the following explicit
declaration on the subject of slavery in the
Territories
RESOLVED, That the institution of
slavery under the Constitution of the United
States, can only become pertinent political
question within the State or Territory where it
is proposed to establish, retain, or abolish it;
that the citizens of such State or Territory,
respectively, have e1clusiUe jurisdiction of the
subject matter ,cithin its oicn limits: and that,
therefore, Congress has no power to establish
or protect slavery in, or to exclude slavery
from, any of the Territories of the United
States.
The difference between the Juggler of
l857>'59 and the Juggler of 1861 is dem
onstrated above. And, as 81, 800 per an
mum, is the salary of an Indian Agent, any
one acquainted with the amount of stealings
pertaining to the Office, in the way offraud-
ulent annuities, bogus contracts, ETC., can
"cypher to penny, the reasons which
have produced the change, and how power
fully the fear Of losing these stealings has
operated on man like Brown, to make his
change Of sentiments public. 1t will be
seen that, in the communication which we
copy above from the Henderson paper, Ma
jor BROWN goes long way beyond Presi-
dent BucHANAN's Attorney General, in his
expressions of contempt for the Demo
cratic doctrine of Popular Sovereignty.
On this point, will the Major permit us to
IL
wise?-
We've read of weak men turning gray in night.
When dashed to fears torturing rack;
But Joe's is the first case on record, of fright
Turning Brotcn to hues blacker than Black
A MAN named VIM ScHwEITzER, residing
10 the Eleventh Ward of Newark, N. j.,
was a few days ago, seriously injured by
otoh from h;s owp father who intoxicated