The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
What Lincoln win do with tho Slavery
Question.

We are afraid that MIR. ABRAHAM LIN.
COLIN, in the exercise Of his duties as Presi'
dent of the United States, will be compelled
to disappoint the expectations of one Of the
two sections into which his party is divided
We refer to the ultra and the conservative
Republicans who, although united in op-
position to the Democracy, yet differ as to
the objects sought to be attained by the
Republican party, about as widely as the
supporters of JEFF. DAVIS and STEPHEN A
DOUGLAS do in expounding the Democratic
creed. In other words, Mr.. LINCOLN will
not be able to come up to the anti'slavery
standard of SUMNER, G1DD1Nas, HALE, LOVE
JOY, SEWARD, and the Tribune. and at the
same time, retain the support of such
conservatives as BATES, CoRwIN, EWING
LANE, and CURTIN. We think the Re-
publican party, numerically, is about equal
~ divided between the ultra and con-
sentative wings; but to the first class must
be accredited the most fearless and energetic
leaders, and the zeal Of men engaged in wa
ging what they believe to be moral, as well
as political, warfare.
In looking over L1NcoLN's published
speeches, we find few general declarations
thrown out to appease the Abolition whale,
but no specific pledges. He has said the
country cannot exist half slave and half
Free" yet be explains this by saying that
be has neither " the right or the inclination
to interfere with slavery where it exists. ~
He has said the people are the Masters of
Supreme Courts, Of Presidents and Of Sem
ates-a truism, out of which the Abolition.
lists have extracted considerable comfort,
but yet which pledges LINCOLN to nothing.
But while Mr.. LINCOLN has been compelled
to throw out these glittering generalities"
to retain his Adolf ton supporters deelara.
tions which pledge him to no course Of
action-he has made specific pledges to win
the votes of conservative men, particularly
of the class known as Clay and Webster
Wings These pledges he cannot evade in
his administrative acts, without shameless
reputation of his plighted faith.
Take the Fugitive Slave Law for in>
stance. Mr.. LINCOLN says, in the Freeport
debate with DOUGLAS:
have never hesitated to say, and do not
now hesitate to say, that l think, under the
Constitution of the United States, the people
of the Southern States are entitled to Con.
gressional Fugitive Slave Law. Having said
existing Fugitive Slave law. further than that
think it should have been framed so as to be
free from some of the objections that pertain
to it, sOithout lessening its efficiency.
When, under the administration Of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the streets of Boston
are guarded by Federal soldiery, to return
some unfortunate ANTONY BURNS to sla>
very, who will receive the maledictions OF
tie people of Massachusetts? Yet Mr..
LINCOLN is pledged to oppose the repeal Of
the Fugitive Slave law, or to any modifca.
ton "lessening its efficiency" and as Presi.
dent it will be his sworn duty to faithfully
execute the laws"
Then, as to the admission OF Slave States,
he says:
Ishould be exceedingly glad to know that
there would never be another Slave State ad-
mitted into the Union but must add, that il
Slavery shall be kept out of the Territories
during the territorial existence of any one Civ.
en- territory, and then the people shall, having
fair chance and clear field, when they come
to adopt the Constitution, do such an extraor.
binary thing as to adopt Slave Constitution,
uninfuenced by the actual presence of the in.
stitution among them, see no alternative, il
we own the country, but to admit them into
the Union.
The experience of every Territory and
State in the Union, shows that no power
but the power of the people of the Terri.
tories, can exclude or maintain slavery. So
therefore, when New Mexico applies fol
admission into the Union, with Slave Con.
stitution, Mr.. LINCOLN can see no alter.
native" but to admit her "into the Union.
Is this what you have been fighting fer, oh
GIDDINas, and SUMNER, and SEWARD?
And only on the following conditions will
Mr.. LINCOLN permit slavery to be abolished
in the District of Columbia
should not, ,oith my present vie,cs, be in fauos
of endeauoring to abolish Slavery in the Dtstric
Of Columbia, unless 1t toOuld be upon these condi
tions: First, that the abolition should be grad
ual. Second. that it should be on q vote of the
majority of the qualified veters in the District
and third, that compensation should be made
to unwilling owners.
Mr.. WINDOW, our brilliant Congressman
is in favor Of abolishing the Interstate
slave trade. Yet Mr.. LINCOLN in his Free
port speech, said be had never considered
the constitutionality Of that subject, but ir
any event, be would not favor such {
measure unless with the consent of thu
people interested.
No one judicial or legislative act in oul
history, has received such unmeasurei
abuse as the bred Scott decision, which
declares negsoes not to be citizens of tht
United States. Mr.. LINCOLN, in his speech
at Charleston, ILL.,, Sept. Is, 1858, said
"Itsu him (Judge Douglas) very frankly tia
am not in fauor OF negro citizenship
My opinion is that the different States have thu
| power to make q negro citizen under thu
Constitution of the United States If they