The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-07-31
SAINT PAUL.
The Malign influence of the HoWiing
DemagOgues. $3.50 et3


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The Malign influence Of the HoWiing
DemagOgues. $3.50 @taf
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THuRIow WEEDS letter to the editor of
the New York Times, published in the,
PIONEER of yesterday, on the "malign
influence /" of the "howling demagogues -
of the Republican party, tells truths which
should be kept before the loyal people OF
the country We, therefore, reproduce
the following extract:
For the persecution Of TIE negro there is
mel, to Africans is unworthy of men who them
selves seek and tind in America, an asylum
from oppression. Yet this hostility would not
culminate in murder and arson, but for the
stimulants applied by fanatics. Journalists
who infame and exasperate the ignorant and
lawless, against the negro, are morally respon-
sible for these outrages. But what cares Wen
dell Phillips how many negroes are murdered
if their blood furnishes material for agitation?
There is abundant occasion for the public
adherence of mob violence. But when all
the circumstances have been reviewed, the
popular condemnation of those who, while
the nation is struggling for existence, thrust
the unffending negro forward as a target for
infuriated mObs, will become general and en-
phatic. Ultra AbOlitionists were hailed, in
the rebel State of South Carolina, as the
.'best friends of Secession. Practically, they
are the worst enemies of the cOlored man. But
for the S'malign influence" of these hoWling
Abolitionists in Congress aud with the Presi-
dent rebellion would not, in the beginning,
have assumed such formidable proportions;
nor in its progress would the North have been
divided, or the Government crippled.
Mr.. WEED will not be charged with par
tisan hostility to the national administra-
ton, or to the Republican party. He is
not ''copperhead democrat" but has
long been distinguished and able oppo-
nent of the democratic party. He was
one of the founders of the Republican par
tv-one of the most influential partisans
of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, but to his honor, he
has refused to unite with the extreme
abolition wing of that party in the prose-
cution of their mad and destructive de-
signs. He has persisted in refusing to aid
the republican administration-which has
repudiated the Chicago platform-in its
efforts to suspend, repudiate and abolish
also the constitution Of the United States.
He is too old a man, has too many rec
elections of the better days Of the Repub-
lie, to seek the attainment Of self-aggran-
dizements by the ruin of his country.
We earnestly commend his truthful
words, his just estimate of the ''howling
demagogues," to the serious attention OF
every intelligent and loyal republican.
Mr.. WEED tells truly who are the men,
that are "morally responsible for the per-
secution of the negro" and for the "form-
liable proportions of the rebellion
"The bowling demagogues" so justly
exposed by him to popular execration,
lave faithful exponent in the Press OF
this city, the organ of the Republican
leaders of the State.
We have seen in the columns of that
journal the quality OF the I" "stimulants' in
which the bowling demagogues so large
ly indulge.
But what cares the Press, any more
than WENDELL PHILLIPS or HORACE GREE
LEY, how many negroes or white men may
be slaughtered, so long as their blood fur
nishes material; and tumult, rapne and
war afford opportunity, for political capital
and party advantage. 4
As Mr.. WEED in substance admits and
asserts, these bowling abolition demago-
pues have successfully Influenced Congress
and the President to adopt their mad and
wicked policy, which has greatly increased
the magnitude of the rebellion, divided the
people of the North, and crippled the
Government. And, by so doing, they
have caused the slaughter-the murder
of thousands, aye, many tens of thousands
of our brave soldiers; they have filed the
land with mourning, and overwhelmed the
country with debt. But what care they,
so long as they can by such means, retain
power, and coin fortunes out OF the hearts
blood of the people! That our nationality
survives the wounds inflicted upon it by
these showling demagogues," proves that
it possesses greater tenacity OF life than
any other nation that has ever existed.
The conclusion fairly deduced from MIR.
WEEDS estimate of the "malign influence
Of the "howling demagogues," Is, that
they have done vastly more mischief,
caused the death of more Union soldiers,
and have been the ministers of more havoc
and ruin, than the whole host OF rebeldom
combined.