The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-05
Needless and Unjust Assaults upon the
Democratic Party.


Democratic Party.
The Press, in its intense partizan bit.
terness, forgetting the lesson the war should
teach it, loses no opportunity to malign the
Democracy of the North. 1t generally
does it in a mean and sneaking way, and
for the we'll ascertained purpose of creating
that division and bitterness of feeling, which
will pave the way for its cherished partizan
contests this fall. For instance, in Sum
days issue, it asks us:
"What do you think of the ghostly remains
of your party in the Luzelne district of the
same State (Pennsylvania) when it thought it
had the power to elect, and initiated the party
movement by nominating Democrat as a
Democrat, who has just been beaten by Henry
B. Wright"
1t makes little difference whether this is
an inte ntional falsehood, or the result of
ignorance. HENDR1cK B. WRIGHT, life
long Dem ocrat, was nominated for Con-
gress by conference between the Repub-
lican and Democratic Congressional Com.
mittees of the District. All past party is
sues-the Chicago platform included-were
ignored in making the nomination, and Mr..
WRIGHT was elected on the simple pledge
to sustain the Administration in an ener-
getic prosecution of the war. We quote
the Press again:
hot nf
cratic brethren, who also took the initiative in
calling party convention, Gf We are not en-
tirely at faulty 2"
You are certainly at fault. The Demo-
cratic State Convention in Iowa was not
called until after the Republicans had
called their Convention. We do not be-
lieve the people of Iowa sympathize with
either call. They both emanate from poll
ticians.
Compare with these and other attempts
of the Press to excite at the North parti-
san strife, the thrilling words of STEPHEN A.
DOUGLAS, when standing in the halls of his
own State capital, he declared, almost with
his dying breath:
So long as there was hope of a peaceful
solution, l prayed and implOred for cOmpro.
mise. can appeal to my countrymen with
confidence that l have spared no effort, omit
ted no opportunity, to secure peaceful selu.
tion of all these troubles, and thus restore
peace, happiness and fraternity to this coun-
try. When all propositions of peace fail, and
a war of aggression is proclaimed, there is but
one course left for the patriot, and that is to
rally under that flag which has waved over the
Capitol from the days of Washington, and
around the government established by Wash.
ingtOn, Madison, and their c0mpeers.
appeal to you, my countrymen-meno of all
parties-not to allow yOur passions to get the
better of your judgments. Do not allow your
vengeance upon the authors of this great in.
iquity to lead you into rash, and cruel, and
desperate acts upon loyal citizens who may
differ with you in opinion. Let the spirit of
moderation and of justice prevail. You can
not expect, within so few weeks after an excl
ted political canvass, that every man can rise
to the high level of forgetting his partisan pre-.
JUDGE and sacrifice everything upon the altar
of his country; but allow me to say to you,
whom l have opposed and warred against with
an energy you will respect, allow me to say to
you, you will not be true to your country if
you ever attempt to manufacture partisan cap.
ital out of the misfOrtunes of your country.
When calling upon Democrats to rally to the
tented field, leaving wife, child, father and
mother behind them to rush to the rescue of
the President that you have elected, do not
make tcGr upon them and try to manu- dcture
partisan capital at their expense out Of a strug.
gle in ,chich they are engaged from the hottest
and purest Of motires.
Iappeal to you, my own Democratic friends
those men that have never failed to rally un-
der the glorious banner of the country, when
ever an enemy at home or abroad has dared to
QScQil it-fO wit vUh hoc ol, hoo
my pride to act-do not let the modification,
growing out of defeat in a partisan struggle,
and the elevation of party to power that we
firmly believed to be dangerous to the country
do not let that convert you from patriots in
to traitors to your native land.