The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-27
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

acy, Dy the MBuWonS presented Dy Cn(
Secretary Of State under the direction o
the President Secretary SEWARD, in hi
letter Of instruction to Mr.. DAYroN, on,
Minister to France, (A6ridgm,e,st of Mes
sage and Documents, u S. s., 1861-62
page 1857 uses the following language:
Ineed not further elaborate the proposition
that the revolution is without cause; it has
not even pretext. s-.--
1t is just as clear that it is without an object.
Moral and physical causes have determined in
! texibly the character of each one of the Terri
tories over which the dispute has arisen, and
both parties after the election harmoniously
agreed ON all the federal laws required for their
| organization. The Territories will remain In
ali respects the same, whether the revolution
shall succeed or shall fail. The condition OF
slavery in the several States will remain Just the
same, whether it succeed or fail. There is not
even pretext for the complaint that the disaf-
fected States are to be conquered by the United
States if the revolution fail for the rights of
the States, and the condition of every human
being in them, will remain subject to exactly
the same laws and forms of administration,
| whether the revolution shall succeed or whe-
Their it shall fail. In the one case, the States
would be federally connected with the new
cOnfederacy in the other, they would, as now,
be members of the United States; but their
constitutions and laws, customs, habits and in
situations in either case will remain the same.
1t is hardly necessary to add to this incOntest-
ible statement the further fact that the new
President, as well as the citizens through whose
suffrages he has come into the administration,
has always repudiated all designs whatever and
wherever imputed to him and them of disturb
ing the system of slavery as it is existing under
the constitution and laws. The case, however,
would not be fully presented if were to omit
to say that any such effort on his part soould be
unconstitutional and all his actions in that dircc-
ton scouLd be prevented by the Judicial authority,
even though they aoere Gssented to By Congress and
tie people.
On page 200, Secretary SEWARD closes
the argument on this point, as follows:
have thus, under the Presidents direction,
placed before you a simple, unexaggerated and
dispassiOnate statement of the origin, ma
ture, and purposes of the contest in which
the United States are now involved. l have
done SO only for the purpose of deducing from
it the arguments you will find it necessary to
called Confederate States to the government of
his Majesty the Emperor for q recognition of
its independence and sovereignty.
That this was once the policy of the Pres
ident LINCOLN, and as represented to foreign
governments; endorsed by Republican
Congress declared and carried out in the
field by our Generals; acquiescedin and ap-
proved by the conservative men of all par
ties; no one can successfully deny. On the
22d day of September last, this policy was
overturned. The President, then, claim
ing for himself the right to discharge the
Legislative, judicial, and Executive func-
tons combined of the Government, by one
dash of the pen declared emancipation to
the slave, and an alliance with them, on
the part of the United States, offensive
and defensive, against their former mas
ters
Those who are incapable ofsudden tram
sition at the present day occupy an unen-
viable position; for to change as often and
rapidly as the President and his followers,
is now the Radical test of loyalty; and
any old fogy who should SO far forget him
self as to quote an opinion that was re-
garded as orthodox a year ago, or to assert
in public the views of the Executive and
his officials of as late date, or to endorse
the official instructions to our Ministers at
foreign courts, or even to whisper that this
war is not prosecuted upon the principles
declared to the country by unanimous re-
solutions of Republican Congress, few
months ago, would pointed at as "cop-
perhead and TRAITOR by every Adolf
Zionist in the land. And, the unfortu-
nate General who should read and act upon
some letter of instructions, dated a few
months back, from the Commander. in
Chief of the Army" would be at once &C
cused of "disloyal practices" and dis
missed from the service.
The influence of this vacillating course
of the President is seen in the unfortunate
division in Northern sentiment, now so
painfully manifest in almost every State.
While, above all times, the present calls
most for the hearty sympathy and concert
of Government and People, the Admins
tration, by throwing itself into the hands
Of the extremists of the Republican stamp,
has arrayed against itself the extremists of
the Democratic stamp, and given these
latter an influence and power for evil
which they could otherwise have never OBJ
tanned. By niggerizing the Government,
the President has furnished the opportu-
nifty to reckless demagogues, of which they
are greedily availing themselves, to trait
orize whole classes and even communities
throughout the North. What the end may
be, no man can foretel; but the duty re-
mains, clearly imposed upon every loyal
citizen, and now more clearly and strongly
than ever, to oppose the diabolic intrigues
of the Radicals of both classes; to try and
retrieve the Administration from it's false
position and, to stand by the country, and
its unity, under any and all circumstances,
whether the President is right or whether
he is wrong.