The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-10-05

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principle Congress may acquire an empire
outside of the organized States, over which
it may exercise unlimited power, govern,
ing as the Roman Senate did their con-
quered provinces.
"How do you propose to prevent the
Inauguration of Black Republican Presi-
dent, should such an Ole be unfortunately
elected? Will you come to this city with
an armed force, and attempt to prevent an
inauguration by violence? In that event
force would be met by force, and there
would be instant civil war, in which the
country and the world would declare the
South to be the aggressor.
"He would be inaugurated here or else
where in spite of you. Well, suppose you
then attempt to secede from the Union, and
resist the execution of the laws? Every
lawyer in the South knows that every citi-
zen of every State is as much bound by the
laws of the United States, constitutionaly
enacted, as by the laws of his own State,
and that it is as impossible for the State to
relieve its citizens from allegiance to the
United States as it is for the latter to re.
lieve them from allegiance to their own
State. And it is the sworn duty of the
President to take care that the laws of the
United States shall be faithfully executed
upon every citizen of every State, and as
long as we have faithful President they
will be so executed, if the courts, the mar
shals, the army and the navy remain faith
full to their respective trusts.
I" know that much has been said in the
South about reserved rights of notification,
secession, and not coercing a Sovereign
State, ETC., when, in fact, the conventions
representing the people of the several States
which adopted the Constitution made no
such reservations, but bound their constit.
uents, one and ALL to allegiance to the Con.
stitution of the United States as firmly as
similar conventions bound them to the State
constitutions.
of the South. The cry of disunion comes
not from those who suffer most from
northern outrage, but from those who suffer
least. 1t comes from South Carolina. and
Georgia, and Alabama, and Mississippi,
whose slave property is rendered compare
lively secure by the Intervention of other
slaveholding States between them and the
free States, and not from Delaware, and
Maryland, and Virginia, and Kentucky, and
Tennessee, and Missouri, which lose hun
dred slaves by abolition thieves where the
first-named States lose one. Why are not
the States that suffer most loudest in their
cry for disunion?
"They prefer to fight the abolitionists, if
fight they must, within the Union, where
their adversaries are somewhat restrained
by constitutional and legal obligations. No,
sir; Delaware, Maryland and Virginia do
not intend to become the theatre of desc.
lating wars between the North and the
South ; Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri
do not intend that their peaceful channels
of commerce shall become rivers of blood
to crafty the ambition of South Carolina
and Alabama, who, at remote distance
from present danger, cry out disunion.
Had the present administration cut
loose from the disunionists, instead of vir-
tually administering to their designs, and
planted itself firmly on Union ground, the
secessions at Charleston and Baltimore
would never have occurred, the Constitu-
tional Union party would have been an i'm
possibility, the Democracy would have re-
covered its ascendaDcy in the North, and
an united party, embracing two.thirds of the
North and South, would now have been
marching to certain victory next Novem-
Der.
"What ought to have been the prevent
i've, must now be the remedy. Should
Lincoln in November next secure MAORI
ty OF the electors, patriotic men North and
South, without waiting for his Inaugural
ton, irrespective of party lines, and throw
ing aside all minor considerations, must
band together for the triple purpose of
preventing any attempt to break up the
Union, checking the Republican party while
in the ascendant and expeling them from
power at the next election. Let the toast
of Gen. Jackson, The Federal Union-It
must be preserved become the motto of
the party, while strict construction of the
Constitution and a jealous regard for the
rights of the States shall be its distinguish
ing principle and unwavering practice"
A BuffaIo Hunt.
The Nor Wester, published in the Red
River settlement, says of the last buffalo
hunt
In the Summer buffalo hunt, there were
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horses, 300 oxen and $50 carts. The buffalo
first appeared in sight in the neighborhood
Of Bad Hill, about sixty miles from the
boundary line, and in run in which 220
hunters were engaged, 1000 buffaloes were
shot. The camp then moved southwards,
by the Sand Hills, until they came within
FIVE miles of the Little Souris river, and at
this place they killed over 1000. Here
they stayed awhile to dry their meat and
manufacture pemican, and while the were
thus employed, herd of $50 came by at Q
trot, running their last race, they were all
brought down and converted into pemican.
After that and up to the latest time intelli-
gence came from the camp, three small
herds-one of eighty, another of thirty and
a third of fifteen-were destroyed and con.
sumed on the plains. Buffalo growing
scarce, the expedition moved back to Dew
IFS Lake, where the more serious business of
buffalo shooting was relived by bear,
beaver and deer hunt. This sport over
and good sport it was, several grizzly bears
and variety of lesser animals being made
to bite the dust-a counsel was bald and a
resolution passed to 60 to the Couteau de
la Prairie to hunt the buffalo which was
still wanting to fill the carts. MIR. Chaplin,
gentlemen from Philadelphia, and Lieut..
Whyte, r. G. R., accompanied the party,