The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-09-14

The GALLANT STEPHENS ON THE urr,,,

THE GALLANT STEPHENS ON THE sruMp
Alexander II. Stephens made bis first
speech during the present canvass, in adyo-
cacy Of the election of Judge Douglas, at
Crawfordville, TaIaferro county, Georgia,
on the 9th. The Augusta Constitut,onoiist
Says that Mr.. Stephens, +" for more than one
hour, enchanted the audience, by bis match
less eloquence, in defense of the blessings we
now enjoy under the best government on
earth-and showing the evils which he Sc
riously apprehended from sectionalism and
the disorganizing tendency of the seceders
at Charleston. He said
Stephen A. Douglas has shown more moral
courage in defending his convictions of right,
against prejudice and fanaticism at home, than
and the war now waged against him by office.
holders and seekers, from envy and malice, re-
minded him of wolves bounding to death a
lOrdly buffalo and knowing that Stephen A.
Douglas has stood side by side, and voted with
the South in her perils and trials, he believed
him true, honorable, and the most powerful
frind the South ever had. He would not stand
tempting to defend him; and for one, though he
should stand alone, he would raise his voice to
cheer on the good men of the North who were
striving to defeat Lincoln and save the Union.
If sectionalism should prevail, and all should
be lost-if the Union and peace and all should
go down together-yet he would raise aloft
with all his strength the banner on which is in.
scribed mon Intervention. and a firm adhe-
renee to our plighted faith" He closed with
a most eloquent appeal to the conservative
feelings of his audience to stand by the Union
and the Constitution of our fathers.
MEN we publish the above for the ben
eft of those Breckenridge papers in this
State who have recently asserted that Mr..
Stephens had come out for the Secession
candidate.
MULTUM IN PARvO.
The Richmond Inder gives the following
despatch to the Douglas State Convention,
sent by Judge Hopkins, late NJ. c., and one
of the most able men in the State. We
think it would be difficult for any man to
give, in the same space, clearer or more
satisfactory definition of his political posi-
ton. His reasons for the support of Doug
las address themselves with powerful force
to every conservative mind
am for Douglas with all my heart-I am
for him as the nominee of the National Con-
ventiOn. | am for him to defeat Lincoln. am
for him to defeat all attempts to dissolve the
Union for any existing cause. l am for him
because have full faith that he would honest
ly perform the duties of President to every
nf no lilo md do oil afriat
ought, to restore harmony to our Union.
G. W. HOPKINS.
REPUBLICAN TACTICS.
The chief weapons of the Republicans in
this campaign are misrepresentation and
detraction. They have little or nothing to
say i'll favor of their own candidates. While
Mr.. Douglas and the Democracy are max
ing positive, bold fight on the issues in
volved, marching straight ahead and knock
ing aside right and left the Ultraists of the
North and the Disunionists of the South,
the friends of Lincoln content themselves by
following in the rear, carping and malign-
ing, instead of taking stand in front and
fighting the battle fairly and honorably.
FOR DOUGLAS.
Hon. j. JOHNSON, of Columbus, Georgia,
leading lawyer, and one of the opposition
leaders in that State, has addressed letter
to the Mobile Register, in which he says
81 have come to the conclusion that it is
my duty to vote for Douglas In my opin
ion, his positions are those only which will
mete out full justice to each section of the
Union and preserve its peace and harmony.
l consider him bold, generous, truthful
man, using all bis powers to stay the tide of
fonaticism that threatens to submerge US.
He is the advocate of each people regulat-
ing the question of slavery for themselves,
subject to the limitations of the Constitu-
ton. This has been the position of the
whole South, and in my opinion ought to
be so now.
JUST so.
Says the Louisville Journal: "Look at
the Lincoln and Hamlin papers everywhere,
and you will see them protecting and nour-
ishing the Breckinr idge men as busily and
oficiously as ever respectable old hen
guarded and fed a brood of helpless young
chickens. 1t is really curiosity, an ano-
maly, to see one political party fostering
another political party which swears it will
dissolve the Union in the event of the FORM
er's success. And yet the whole philosophy
of the thing is palpable to all mems minds"
HARD ON YANCEY.
Mr.. w. L. Yancey having published
card saying that his son had caned the senior
editor Of the Montgomery (Ala.) Contedera-
tion, the senior editor replies with card of
his own, in which occurs the following
courteous paragraph:
This mana convicted felon, the recipient of
Executive clemency, who is more familiar with
the walls of Jail than with truth or honor
revenges an insult offered him, not by acts but
WORDS, and advertises himself as q poltr DON
and coward, by publishing that zoe "are not to
be treated as gentlemen" He has saved US
the necessity of publishing him as coward, by
advertising it himself in advance.
We can hardly conceive the vast amount
of wealth comprised in New York City. At
a late meeting of the Board of Supervisors
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