The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-07-20
las Democrats with Buchanan
Collars on their Necks.

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las Democrats with Buchanan
Collars on their Necks.
We are not of those who believe that q
federal of6ce-holder must be, by virtue of
that fact, ahypocrite and a cheat. We do,
however, know that every effort of BUcHAN-
ANS administration is now being employed
to defeat DOUGLASS election by the people,
just as every effort was employed to defeat
his nomination at the National Convention;
and that BUCHANAN relies on his official
agents to do his dirty work throughout the
canvass, just as he relied on them, and sue.
cessfully, at its initiation. The means
used to defeat DOUGLAS at Charleston ard
Baltimore, covered everything that could
be imagined in tie way of corruption,
official and private, secret and undisguised.
Every appliance was used which promised
to attain the disgraceful end; and when, at
last, the effort failed, the agents Of BUCHAN-
AN organized an open bolt from the Demo
cratic party, and perfected their treachery
by open apostacy from the Democratic
creed.
1t is not reasonable to suppose that
crusade, thus persistently pursued, will be
suddenly abandoned at time when its lead
er-whose ignorance of public sentiment
has served to render his Administration
scorn and byword to the nation-stupidly
believes that his long cherished hatred of
DOUGLAS can at last be gratiied in bis
defeat for the Presidency This idea is neg
atived by the moving passions which control
all men of BUCHANAN's cast-the passion of
vanity and the passion of revenge. These
two passions have influenced the Presi-
dent, during these last three years, in all
matters relating to the domestic pol.
icy of his Administration. To compass
their qualification, he has required the aid
not merely of his Cabinet, but also of all
appointees, without regard to grade or loca-
ton. Persecution of DOUGLAS has been,
now, for nearly three years, the ground on
which the public Offices have been filed.
Incumbents have been removed, and para
sites rewarded, according as they have, in
either case, shown attachment or hostility
to DOUGLAS. This rule has not merely been
adhered to, but, since the Baltimore CONVEX
ton, it has been enforced with double rigor-
Few men do, or can, hold an Office under
BUCHANAN, undisturbed, who do not, either
openly or secretly, carry out the hostility Of
the Administration against the nominee of
the National Democracy. The majority Of
federal ofice-holders are, therefore, regard
less OF their professions, proper subjects of
suspicion on the part of the genuine Democ-
racy who sustain DOUGLAS and JOHNSON.
We remind our friends of this fact, at the
present, because very many Of the govern.
ment officials are just now particularly sweet
on Judge DOUGLAS. Some of them, we
have the charity to believe, are honest 10
their professions of support. But the great
majority assume this friendly attitude
Just as BECKER assumed it at our January
convention, solely for the purpose of getting
into position where they can do DOUGLAS
and his cause the greatest possible harm by
their perfdy. As with BECKER then, so it
will be with many federal officers now-they
will be profuse in professions of attachment
to DOUGLAS, and will ask of the Democracy
to elect them delegates to conventions, where
they can have opportunity in public way
to demonstrate such professions to be hon.
est, and such attachment to be unselfsh.
And, in nine cases out of ten, if their re-
quests are granted, they will turn out just