The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-09-20
ANOTHER GREAT SPEECH.
DANIEL s. DICKINSON ON THE MRS.
CUNNINGHAM DEMOCRACY"
EXTRACTS FROM MR.. DICKINsONS SPEECH AT
ITHACA, SEPTEMBER IN

NOW, VIC dtC toiu ny Jul III iSuu VIII udS
just spoken, that there has lately been a
convention called a Democratic party con-
vention. / do not 80 understand it, and |
take all the papers. A voiee-"You do
not take The Daily News Fl No. do
not take The Meas. do not agree with
my friend entirely. l understand him to
object to The Daily Neacs. l think rebel
secessionists ought to have moose daily,
until disposed Of Great laughter. Now,
lately. heard of it. But | do not call it
Democratic. And l will tell you why. For,
although it was called to order by Peter
Cagger, and managed by Dean Richmond,
and the resolutions were offered by Sanford
f. Church, it was not presided over by
VIM. B. Ludlow and that is necessary to
its regularity. Laughter. Therefore, l
say it is not binding on this party. 10 be
sure, it was presided over by very re-
spectacle gentleman, who made speech
upon the occasion. And was exceedingly
glad-for he is highly esteemed-to hear
that he was true on Gen. Jackson's May
vile road veto-that his opinion Of the tar
iff of 1880 was sound-that he was in favor
of the removal of the deposits by General
Jackson to the Sub-Treasury of Mr. Van
Buren's Administration. And if he had
given his views on the discovery of the art
of prip ting, the invention of gunpowder,
the application of steam, and the telegraph,
he wou d have pleased me more, for these
matters were quite as material and appllca-
bic. Laughter. Now, as to the conven-
ton. The managers would not accede to
the proposition made by the Republicans to
hold joint convention and ignore all party
during the war. Although they called ev>
erybody that would come in and meet with
them, of all political shades, they refused it
on the ground of principle. You must
know that these managers never depart from
principle except for interest, and are
greatly concerned about principle. |
do not believe one of them slept one wink
that night after the Republican PROPOSE
ton, fearing the loss of principle! And
l would not have joined had been there,
because it might we'll be that, if they should
ever get in with Republicans, especially the
Abolition wing, they never would know
themselves again so as to get out. They
never could have assorted themselves again
when once we'll mixed. Cheers and laugh
ter. 1t has been inquired in some seces.
sion quarters why |, in my speeches, do not
abuse Abolitonists and Republicans more.
II is this First, in meetings without dis
tinction of party, where all members meet,
think it in bad taste. In the next place,
l cannot talk against Abolitionists without
hitting Cagger, Church, Richmond, (the
Quirk, Cannon & Snap of New York pol,
itics) and others that were at the Buffalo
Convention in 1913 and am afraid they
would deem it personal, and as aimed at
them if l should speak of Abolitionists.
Laughter am not going to abuse the
Democratic leaders, though bogus, for | Go
not think it would be in taste. For, though
am now 10 for union of the masses, l
cannot talk where it hits those who assume
to run the spurious Democratic machine. |
am not going to hurt their feelings, as they
are very sensitive upon political subjects.
Let US look at their resolutions The State
Committee few days since Illuminated a
kind of decree to the faithful what they
call in Russia a ukase; what the Pope, |
suppose, would call bull. Laughter.
And this committee is great on principle,
saying that while they were in favor of the
war ard in favor of the Union, and were
great big Union men, too, that you must
always carry wherever you 60, and hold out
to armed rebellion, liberal propositions OF
peace. You might point bayonet at
rebel, but you must put proposition of
peace on the end of it. And if you fired a
cartridge, you must at least wad your gun
with tempting proposition of peace, and
so ram it down. That was, indeed, their
great principle-they must stand upon that
principle, and they therefore could not meet
the Republicans, nor any other interest, IN
general convention, nor lay aside all party,
and so on, and prosecute this war, unless it
was at all times accompanied with liberal
propos; lions of peace. What should the
convention at Syracuse be called? l call
it the Mrs. Cunning CHAM convention
Laughter and chee:s Its managers want
| TO inherit the estate of the Democratic
party; Mrs. Cunningham wanted to inherit
the estate of DR.. Burdell, and in due time,
to enable her to inherit, produced bogus
baby--and so has the convention. Up
roarious laughter, and cries of THAT was a
good one." They went before the people
on that issue OF propositions of peace
their own people mean-iew and far
between, for there were some people who
were about as far behind the times as the
President of that convention, who supposed
these men were so near honesty that if
honesty had the small pox they might posi-
bly, be exposed. And here they were mis-
taken. So the little big men went all
all around into their county caucuses, shut
themselves up in close rooms, where none
could see in, showing they were ashamed OF
themselves. They passed pattern resolu
tions for peace, according to those rules
and regulations OF the State Commute, and
went to Syracuse to prove their fealty.
When they got there change came over
the spirit of their leaders dreams. Those
liberal propositions of peace that had been
so material few weeks-yes, few days
and hours-before were all begging.
And they undertook to take the fence posi-.
ton of a rooster in windy day, trying to
keep balance, and doubling on which side
to fall off, if either. Their liberal PROPOSE
lions of peace seemed to have oozed out
suddenly, like Bob Across valor. Do any
of you know where they got the medicine
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