The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-07-20
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

the great body of the conservatives, and
lead them to similar course" Old Abe
will have all his Presidential aspirations
summarily " squelched" by the union Of the
conservative men Of New York upon
Douglas. A dispatch from New York city
says that. on Friday night last, meeting
was held at the house of Watts Sherman,
the millionaire, and an enthusiastic Douglas
man, to arrange fusion between the Tam
many and Mozart Hall Democrats. Many
leading men were present, including Mayor
Wood, Erastus Corning, John A. Dix, Dean
Richmond. and Daniel E. Sickles. The
Albany Argus and Atlas, in a late issue,
under the head of "New York for Douglas -
says:
We believe the electoral vote of this state
will be cast for Stephen A. Douglas. All the
signs of the times indicate such result There
never was any doubt in regard to the prefer.
ence of the Democratic masses of the state
for the Illinois Senator !; nor was it at any time
doubted that New York could be carried for
him in the Presidential contest. This was the
calculation of Democrats even with the strong
name of VIM. 81. Seward in the field against
them. The withdrawal of that name has sub.
tracted from the Republican strength many
tens of thousands. r Our friends in
New York City, and along the river, promise to
send up the electoral ticket to Albany with
fifty thousand majority; and this without
counting Albany, Rensselaer, and the interior
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jorities for the Little Giant. = = We have not
rushed precipitately to this conclusion of a
Democratic victory in this state. We have not
assumed it rashly. We start with Democratic
majority as shown in the last election. We
can count accessions to the party by tens of
thousands. We meet an enemy demon allied
by change of leaders, and by inherent division
and distrust.
ABE LINcoLN's CRAFTSMANSHIP.
The only legislative enactment which
ever found its origin in the brain Of A.
Lincoln was law passed by the Legisla-
ture of Illinois, in 1884, when Abe was q
Representative from Sangamon county, to
authorize Samuel Musick to construct q
toll-bridge over Salt Greek. The toll
bridge was built, but it is said that Mr..
Musick never collected the first red cent of
toll, for the simple reason that everybody
could ford the creek. Old Abe can pre-
side at horse race, pitch quoits, mix cock
tails and whiskey skins, and that's about all
there is of him. He is infinitely, in point
of talent and experience of craftsmanship,
far below the other seven candidates for
President and Vice President, even Joe
Lane, Notwithstanding he spells God with a
little ], is better man than Lincoln, for
President.
WHAT HE PROMISED.
Occasional states in the Philadelphia
Press that, previous to the Baltimore Con-
vention, Mr.. Breckenridge assured the
friends of Mr.. Douglas, in the most positive
terms, that be would take the stump for
that gentleman in every northwestern State,
should he be nominated.
HOW STANDS MISSOURI.
Under this head, the Missouri Republican
points to the fact that NOEL, Phelps, Clark
and Craig, members of the present Con-
gress; Henderson, Norton, Reid, candidates
for the next Congress, in addition to NOEL,
Phelps and Clark G. F. Jackson and I.
G. Reynolds, candidates for Governor and
Lieut.. Governor, and leading men of the
Democratic party throughout the State, are
all in favor of regular nominations, and the
nomination of Douglas and Johnson" We
commend this intelligence to the Minneso-
tan, the Buchanan organ, which has stated
the contrary.
TENNESSEE.
The Nashville Banner, referring to the
advocacy of the Hon. George w. Jones, Of
that State, for Douglas and Johnson, sa5s {:
George W. Jones is probably the most inAu.
entail, and certainly one of the ablest, Demo-
Gratis in Tennessee. He was President of the
last Democratic State Convention, which sent
delegates to Charleston. His voice will be
more potent with the Democratic masses in
Tennessee than those of any half dozen who
may attempt to defend the Yancey. Disunion
uChet. dIs OWu county \OlO LlncOln) mas
long been the Democratic stronghold in Ten.
nessee, rolling up its twenty-five hundred ma.
jority for that party.
All of which is true, and no man in Ten
nessee will exercise greater influence on
the politics of that State than Mr.. Jones.
The Douglas ratification meetings at Mems
phis and Nashville, were imposing demon
STATIONS. Carroll, the Postmaster at Mem
phis, who was removed for remaining in the
National Convention, after Yancey, Cush-
ing, Butler, Becker, and other disunionists
and spoils-seekers had seeded, is a son
of General Carroll, the military asso-
ciate of General jackson, in his cam
paigns in Florida and Louisiana. The blood
of such martyrs is the seed of the church.
Gov. Foote, of Memphis, is stumpipg the
State for Douglas.
OCEAN STEAMERs.-The steamship traffic
between New York and the ports of Great
Britain has attained such marvellous de-
velopment that already we may be said to
have daily line Of steamers crossing the
Atlantic. In the eight days from the 23d
to the Both of june inclusive. M less than