The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-07-13

Your friend and fellow citizen.
S. A. DOUGLAS.
Hon. VIM. b. Ludlow, of New York; R. P.
Dick, of North Carolina R. C. Wickliffe, of
Louisiana, and others of the committee.
From the Albany Atlas, June Is.
For many years the heat and burden of
sustaining the democratic side of the issue
in our national political conflicts has fallen
upon the Democrats of the North. In all
the fierce contests connected with the SUBJ
ject of slavery, we of the northern democra-
cy have stood in the thickest part of the
fight, and received the brunt of the on
slaught, and defended at many sacrifices the
constitutional rights of our southern breth-
rem. By our devotion to their interests, as
involved in the political issues of the day,
we have lost the power and patronage of
our State governments and been torn under
the harrow of republicsnism.
We have met these reverses cheerfully,
and borne up bravely and manfully in con-
test full of the gravest discouragements, and
involving selfdenying, persistent and ex-
hausting labors. We of the northern de-
mocracy believed that, in thus standing
shoulder to shoulder with southern demo-
Gratis, we were upholding the constitution
and battling for rights secured them by that
instrument. Solong as our southern friends
only demanded what the constitution COM
cedes, northern democrats we're prepared to
encounter every peril and resist every temp
tation in their defence, and to make common
cause with them. We were ready to face
even the lannon's month to secure for them
perfect equality of rights with us, both of
person and property, in every part of the
jurisdiction of the Union.
But, in an evil hour, our southern breth-
rem have refused to be content with mere
equality. They have made an impractical
BILE issue-one at which the manhood and
selfrespect of the North revolts. They de-
mand that the Federal government shall
assume the special occupation of watching
their negroes in the Territories. We are
willing that their property shall stand upon
the same footing, receive precisely the same
protection, and be surrounded in all respects
by the same guarantees, as our own but
we are not willing to assume the special &C.
cupation of overseers, and cast upon Con-
gress the invidious duty of protecting slave
property and enacting slave codes, while ex-
Guiding all other property in the Terrific
ries from its guardianship, and while, iu-
deed, no other property demands its inter-
position.
Our southern brethren have asked the
Democrats of the nation to 60 one step too
far, and they have deliberately, in national
convention assembled; refused to take that
step. For this refusal, portion of the
ultra men of the South have bolted-sece>
ded from the national convention, and set up
disorganizing ticket, in opposition to the
regular Democratic nominees. Of course,
this unreasonable movement to enforce an
unreasonable demand will meet with sub
stantially no encouragement among the
Democrats of the North. They will act
with nearly perfect unanimity in support of
the nominees of the regular national con.
vention, and find themselves standing on
platform which will enable them, now and
hereafter, to fight brave battle, and win
success in their own localities, and to have
power and position at home.
The venue of the conflict is changed.
The struggle for self.preservation and sue,
cess at home under the pressure of the cur.
rent national issues, has been transferred
from the north to the south. The entire
justice and reasonableness of the national
Democratic platform of non.intervention
will command the approval and support of
moderate and conservative men at the South.
They will rally upon it, and the seceders
will have quite enough to do to take care
of themselves at home, and are very likely
in due time to have a better appreciation of
the trials which the northern Democracy
have for many years encountered.
In no State in the Union will there be a
fercer conflict in behalf of Douglas and
johnson and intervention than in those
extreme southern States, Louisiana, Ala
bama and Georgia. They will be sustained
by many Of the ablest men of those States,
discussed n the stump and through the
press, and are very likely to triumph.
And in all the southern States the plat
form and candidates of the regular national
Democracy will find vigorous and deter
mined support-such as will triumphantly
vindicate them from the charge of section
alism. Indeed, the platform of non-inter-
vention is the only one upon which a ma
tional party can ever hereafter exist. The
idea Of founding such a party upon the
platform of Congressional protection of
slavery is absurd, and will never find cur.
rency outside of the most ultra and fanatical
slave States.
Let, therefore, the friends of national
Democracy party which shall gather
within its embrace men of all the States
and encircle with its affections the whole
Union-raise on high the banner of Doug
las and nOn.intervention, follow firmly its
lead and fight bravely in its defence and
when the campaign shall have closed, they
will find emblazoned upon its folds, " Vic.
tory now, and sound, prosperous national
Democracy hereafter"
THE stone from "Prairie Quarry" in the
western suburbs of Chicago, has just now
been found to yield, under the action of heat,
gas equally brilliant as the same volume oil
coal gas, and the burned stone is found to
contain fifty per cent. Of pure sulphur, the
residue being excellent lime. The Second
Presbyterian Church in Chicago is built Of
this stone, and is noted for its antique and
venerable appearance. West Lake Street is
macadamized with this stone. It ia tboupht