The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1860-06-01
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Whatever may be the motives of any
class of politicians, the mass of the people
support the Democratic party, because they
believe in its principles and general policy,
and their estimate of men, holding high
positions in the party, is the result of conf.
dence in their prudence, ability, usefulness
and sincerity.
The people will not respect the political
character of any man when they see and
know that he is mere trading politician,
whose conduct is governed only by calcula-
tions of private advantage or personal inter-
ests. 1t was for this reason that Senator
RICE went down in his Ship-of- State letter,
all his previous popularity disappearing be-
meath the waves of indignant public
opinion. He's had plainly sold himself for
administration patronage, and also, for what
is Of infinitely more Importance to him,
influence in the Departments at Washing
ton. This reward in spoils and patronage,
deprived him of The confidence of the Democ-
racy OF the State, but bound to him by
closer ties, and higher admiration, circle
of fast friends, who enjoy his reflected pat
ronage, and share in the spoils, the reward
of their subserviency and the compensation
for their dishonor.
These fast friends of II. NJ. RICE consti.
tute his privy council and body guard, and
are, at all times, properly submissive to his
will and direction. They have organized, in
this State, a secret junto, and are the trusty
implements of all his sinister schemes of
public plunder and selfish intrigue. Rely
ing upon the efficiency of these sworn con-
spirators, be expected, long before our last
State Convention, to secure an anti-DOUGLAs
delegation to the Charleston Convention.
But with all his cunning, Senator RICE is
not truly shrewd. Excessive vanity exposes
his schemes to many mishaps. He is too
fond of intimating bis ownership of men,
and by oracular revelations OF what will be
done through bis influence, is constantly be-
traying bis secret plans.
And so it was, that last summer, Mr..
Rice, having, as he supposed, sold the De-
mocracy of this State to Mr.. BUCHANAN,
frequently announced that Minnesota would
send anti DOUGLAS men to Charleston. His
fraternity of Office holders and subsidized
politicians, plotted day and night for months
to accomplish fulfilment of this prediction.
But on the assembling of the State Ccnven-
tioD, it was evident that he and they had
failed. They could not prevent sending
DOUGLAS delegates to the Charleston Con-
vention. A large majority Of the delegates
to st. Paul were for DOUGLAS, despite al
the efforts of the Office holders to cheat the
Democracy of the State out of an expression
of their will.
No man opposed to the nomination of
DOUGLAS had the remotest chance of going
to Charleston. Many of the secret allies of
the junto, who had been elected as opposed
to them, we're afraid to join the RICE Office
holders against DOUGLAS, and opposed in
structions only as impolitic and calculated
to iDjure the prospects of DOUGLAS. One man
only, in the whole Convention, was avow.
edly opposed to his nomination, and to the
endorsement of the great doctrine of Popu-
lar Sovereignty, of which he is the dlstin-
guished champion. That man was JOSEPH
r. Brown, and he even, could not withhold
bis vote from the following resolutions, which
met the unanimous approval of the Conven.
ton
Resoloed, That Stephen A. Douglas, of ILL.
nois, is the first choice of the Democratic party
of the State OF Minnesota for the Presidency in
1860.
RESOLVED, That our delegates to Charleston
are expected, as an expression of the will of
such b long as such support may prove avail
able to him and for the general interests of the
Democratic party.
And yet, Notwithstanding these resolu.
tions asserting the will Of the Democracy oi
Minnesota, which our delegates were sec
peeted" to reAect-never supposing that any
among them could become traitors-Messrs
FR1DLEY and EDGERroN, alone of the THREE
HUNDRED AND FIVE DELEGATES who cas-
their votes for DOUGLAS, pretend to have dis
covered at Charleston, that just when DouG
LAS was about to receive majority Of th
Electoral College, that their votes would no
then and there eafter "prove available to hir