The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-08
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

he attempt his utmost to carry 1T into effect.
And to carry it out was the purpose of his
visit to the State during the last autumn.
Policy required the Senator to compass the
subversion of the will of the party by secret
and unsupported means. He, therefore, pub.
licly assumed an air of indiffe renee regard
ing the selection of delegates from Mime.
sofa, while be privately plotted, with the
aid of his ofice-holding agents, for the re-
turn of anti>DoUGLAs delegates to the State
Convention. The exposure, by this journal,
of the Senator's double. dealing, led to the
defeat of his scheme by the aroused and
honest masses Of the Democracy. Out of
the eight delegates which the Senator had
pledged in advance to the service of the
President, but three were secured and
those only through the sacrifice of their
personal honor in the practice of the grossest
deceit.
The failure of Senator RICE to redeem
his pledges to the Administration, by the
return of an anti>DoUGLAs delegation to
Charleston, led to the imposition of new
demands upon him by the President. As
the canvass for delegates progressed through
out the country, it became evident that the
Democratic masses were stronger than the
Democratic politicians, and that the will of
the former would find its true expression in
favor of DOUGLAS at the National Conven-
ton. To prevent the consummation of this
will by his nomination, it was determined to
commit the party to platform of princi-
Piles upon which DOUGLAS could not stand
without sacrifice of his personal and poll
teal honor. To this end the resolutions of
General DAVIS were introduced into the fed.
eral Senate, denying all political power to
the people of the Territories over the SUBJ
ject of slavery within their limits, and
pledging the Democratic party to the
enactment of Congressional slave code for
such Territories, whenever it should become
necessary for the full protection Of slave
property therein. 1t was to propositions of
this kind, repugnant as they are to the pro-
LESSONS of all National Democrats, and
abhorrent as they must always be to the
instincts of all Northern minds, that Sena>
tor RICE was required to give bis approval,
as condition of his continued receipt of the
Administration favor. His honor, which
by this time had acquired fatal facility
for falling, once more Frustrated itself and,
as our record of Congressional proceedings
has already shown, the Senator again out
ragged the political sense of the people by
uniting with the secessionists of the South
in their reasonable attacks against both
the Democracy and the Union. Repre-
senting constituency, all classes of whom
abhcr the peculiar doctrines of the DAVIS
resolves, Senator RICE yet gave those re-
solves the endorsement of his cordial and of.
fetal sanction. Elected to the Senate by
the Democracy of Minnesota, he represents
in that body the ire.eaters of Mississippi.
If the Senator would only transfer his resi-
denee with his allegiance, the benefits fol-
lowing his repatriation might compensate
the party and the people for his treachery
to both.
I'VE had intended to present at this
time, the official record of Senator R1cE's
apostacy. This, however, must be deferred
to future occasion.