The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-09

him, he will easily achieve the nomination ];
if not, not. H
ARKANsAs.-Hon T. s. DREW, member of
Congress from Arkansas, has written q letter
in favor of DOUGLAS, basing his advocacy of
him, not upon personal grounds, but on the
belief that the sectional contest on the negro
question must be fought on the soil of the
free states, and that Democrats of the slave
holding states owe to their brethren in the
North full margin of living principles"
On the other hand, Mr.. BoNHAM, member of
Congress from South Carolina, thinks it
would be an insult to the South to insist
on bis nomination.
LOOK OUT GENTLEMEN.-The editor of
the Rochester Union writes to his paper
from Washington, as follows:
The President is represented as resolutely
determined to fight Douglas to the bitter
end. He is said to have intimated pretty
distinctly that there will be terrible day
of reckoning with such of his officials as fail
to exert themselves to the utmost, to the
end of the struggle. and in all possible ways,
to effect the defeat Of the ''Little Giant"
Those who think they will be permitted to
slide along for the balance of his term, even
though they look forward rather acquies.
Gently to Douglass nomination, he has
broadly limited will be undeceived-at a
very early day after the adjournment of the
Charleston Convention. On this point the
President is said to be exceedingly explicit
and determined.
Mr.. Douglas is represented by his friends
as very confident in respect to the result at
Charleston. He is certainly not going into
spasms on the subj ct of the nomination, like
some other people. The prevalent opinion
seems to be that Douglas is gaining ground
at the SOuth-as we all know be is at the
North. If his friends at the West and in
New England stand firm, and he himself
stand firm, as be unquestionably will, it is
difficult to conceive how his nomination can
be prevented. But still it may be. We
shall see.
The impression produced by a day or
twos sojourn in this political atmosphere, is
this: that Douglas aUiN get the Democratic;
and that Seward will not get the Republi.
Suu uOuIIldJlOus ouu l. uny ICudIh Ju6b
here, that with Douglas as our candidate,
and any body but Seward as the Republic
can candidate, the vote of New York for
the former would be generally regarded as
certain, the moment the two candidates
were in the field. That very fact would
exert powerful, if not decisive, influence
upon the campaign.
A RICH SCENE IN CONGRESS-" IOn," a
Washington correspondent of the Dubuque
Times, gives the following account of a rich
scene in the House, during the last ballot for
Speaker, which we have not seen published
before
During the progress of the ballot many
ludicrous scenes transpired. One, in par
ticular, will mention, which excited
great deal of mirth. AS Barksdale was
urging all the Opposition elements to unite
on McClernand, a lady in one of the front
seats in the gallery was observed to become
very much excited. She coughed, made
signs, and by other means attempted to at
tract the attention of the members below.
Not succeeding, she leaned far over the
balcony, and in an audible whisper ex-
claimed david David /! change your
vote, you booby!" The honorable member
looked up, recognized bis better half color
ed, hesitated, stammered, and then instantly
changed his-seat. A small, delicate fist
was shaken at him from the gallery, amid
the suppressed mirth of the spectators.
The VICE PREs1DENcY.-Amopg the
good men and true who are spoken of for
the Vice Presidency of 1860, the name of
Hon. WARREN W1NsLow, of North Caro-
lima, is mentioned. This gentleman has
been prominent leader in the House of
Representatives during the recent struggle
for the Speakership, and is popular both in
Congress and at home.
Mr.. HoUsToN, of Alabama, is also spoken
of as a most suitable man for this position.
Either Of these gentlemen would be accept
able to the Democracy. They are men Of
pure, conservative views, and whom the
country is willing to trust with their most
important interests. With either of them,
the National Democracy can put the Oppo-
sition to rout.
SPORT TO You, BUT DEATH TO Us.-The
following is an extract of letter from
Boston boot and shoe dealer, to friend
in Concord, New Hampshire. The shoe
begins to pinch:
The great depression in the shoe trade at
this time Obliges US to curtail our business
as much as possible. If it continues much
longer | hardly know what we shall do, and
l don't know where it will end. The usual
fluctuations of the trade are probably, to
some extent, the cause of it; but the great
cause is something else. Our great market,
the Sonth, is, for the present, nearly lost to
us. Our former large customers there now
either decline to make any purchase, or buy
very sparlngly. The reason is the state Of
feeling there caused by recent events to-
wards the North. This agitation of the
slavery question may be sport or profit to
the politicians, but fear that unless it
ceases 50 as to allow change of feeling there
soon it will be death to US, so far as our
trade is concerned.