The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-13
Political News.


LANE, and pulling down DOUGLAS. The
caliber of the editor is not sufficient for the
task. In the last number of the paper, il
is boldly stated that not single Democratic
journal in Pennsylvania supports DOUGLAS
for the nomination, and that he has not one
friend in the delegation to Charleston. This
is very summary way of disposing of the
question. We receive about a dozen Penn.
sylvania exchanges, old line Democratic
papers too, every one of which supports
DOUGLAS, and we know of twenty more in
the State occupying the same position. AS
to the delegation to Charleston, one-third
of the number are ardent DOUGLAS men. 1t
is sufficient to meet the charge, that not one
Of the delegates support DOUGLAS, by quot
ing the following from the congressional
proceedings Of the goth:
Mr.. Montgomery, of Penn, made speech
in favor of the Douglas view of slavery in
the territories. He advocated his nomina-
ton for the presidency, and said that if he
was selected be- would carry every Southern
State. There was not disunionist North
or South who is the advocate of Douglas.
His friends will meet the cry of disunion at
Charleston.
The Mr.. MONTGOMERY referred to, is one
of the delegates at large from Pennsylvania
to Charleston, and with Senator BIGLER,
heads the delegation. Major BROWN should
employ an editor who reads the papers.
KANSAS makes eight Western States, with
sixty-nine electoral votes, that have in
structed for Senator DOUGLAS for President.
She may not vote in the u Charleston Con-
vention; but there is every probability she
will be in the Union, and vote on the presi
Dental question in November. No two
States have instructed for any other presi-
dental aspirant.
The following table shows the ages Of the
Republican candidates for the Presidency:
VIM. 81. Seward was born in Florida,
New York, May l6, 1901, and is therefore
SO years old.
Salmon P. Chase was born in Cornish,
New Hampshire, on the 18th of January,
1903, and is 50 years old.
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, was born
in Hardin county, Kentucky, on the 18th of
February, 1909. He is 81 years old.
John G. Fremont is reputed to be Al
years old. His birthplace is said to be
South Carolina, in 1913.
Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts,, is
A years old. He was born in Waltham,
in that state, on the 30th of January, 1916.
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, was
born in Lancaster, in that state, in 1899.
He is 81 years old.
Edward Bates, of Missouri, is 81 years
old. He was born in Goochland county,
Virginia, on the 18th of September, 1898.
VIM. P. Fessenden, of Maine, is 81 years
old. His birthplace was Boscaren, New
Hampshire, on the 18th of October, 1906.
old. He was born in New Jersey, in 1876.
He was a member of the cabinet of Presi.
dent Monroe, in 1921, which is Al years ago.
The Cleveland Plaindealer complies an
interesting table of figures from the latest
election returns, to show the relative strength
of the party in the several divisions of the
Union with reference to geographical claim
to the Democratic nomination for President.
By these, we find
Aggregate vote of the whole Union. a, l27, 900
Whole Democratic vote. q 096, 900
Democratic vote of the Northeast, in.
Guiding all the free states east of the
Onlo river. ................".... 746,OOO
Northwest Democratic. .............. 70l, 900
Southern Democratic vote. .......... 900
Following the same division of the Union
as above
The South have had the Presidency. .577 months
Inc Northeast. .2o7
Inc NOrtnWest. ................... L
This one month of Presidential service
was by an opposition President. The South,
with less than one-third of the Democratic
voters, has had the Presidency over three
6fths of time, while the Democracy of the
Northwest, with now more than one.third of
the Democratic voters, have had no Presi.
dent at all.
HE washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune states that President
BUCHANAN was lately greatly disappointed
on discovering that HENDR1cK B. WRIGHT,
one of the delegates from Pennsylvania to
Charleston, was in favor of the nomination
of Senator DOUGLAS for the Presidency.
Mr.. WRIGHT is one of the most prominent
politicians of the state, and was President
of the National Convention in 1874, which
nominated JAMES K. Polk. He has been
strongly for the Administration hitherto.
Mr.. WRIGHT is not the only one of the
Pennsylvania delegates who will 90 for Mr..
DOUGLAS that has been set down against
him in the calculations.
Groundless Apprehension.
Our Washington correspondent expresses
annrehensions based unOn articles in tho