The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-13
GEN. FRANK BLAIR ON TIE
RADICALS.
Serenade and Speech at Saint
Louis.
The Radicals Refuse to Fight
but Hold the Offices.
What They Would Do if They had
the Power.

the Power.
General FRANK BLAIR had magnificent
serenade last Saturday evening at st. Louis
There was large turn out and a fine display
of Chinese lanterns, rockets, etc. The band
played the Star Spangled Banner. after which
loud calls were made for the General He was
then introduced by Mr.. P. L. FoY, and as soon
as the applause and the firing of the rockets
had in measure subsidized, made long speech.
Omitting many personalities which were highly
relished by the audience we give few of his
pointed thrusts at the radicals. He commenced
by abiding to his alleged whisky speculation,
and said the people of st. Louis knew he
s. liked whisky too well to speculate in it,
and then spoke of the
JACOBINS AND RADICALS.
60 back, my friends, to where think my
duty calls mel go back to maintain the
Union, as far as in me lies, in that neld where
/ think it must be maintained, If anywhere.
believe these Jacobns and Radicals who are
making so many complaints, and whose devo-
ton to the Union consists only in the assever-
alton of their Union sentiments, and hostility
to the President, do not allow by their works
that they are in favor of a vigorous prOsecu-
ton of the war. l have endeavored to show
by my acts that l am in favor OF q vigorous
prosecution of the war by putting down the
rebellion. Cheers. believe l was among
the first to take up arms for the Government
|. believe took up arms ut time when the
many JacObnS who now denOunce me as
Copperhead, and as unfaithful, were shivering
with terror, and were overcome with fear OF
violence at the hands of the rebels, and dared
not lift up their hands in favor Of maintaining
our Government. But, when the rebels were
driven by our armies below the Arkansas line
then you can hear of a man by the name OF Nc
I,1,a fy-YNn
my friends, of this whole race of Jacobins.
He has become a JacObin from being pro-
slavery man. He has become q Radical from
having been protected and defended by those
who. anterior to this war, were in favor OF
emancipation 10 this State. He, and others
like him, have become JacObns and Radicals
after the enemy has been driven afar OIL, and
when they are now no longer in danger. But
the men who repealed the first blows which
were levelled at the Governmcnt-those who
rushed to arms at the beginning-are not rad
ical enough for those jealous patriots now.
ICheers.
Now, it was mentioned in Congress the other
day, by gentleman who was lifelong sup
porter of Col Benton, q refer to Governor
King), that this same man McClurg, when he
was ordered to follow the enemy with his reg
iment, would not cross the Arkansas line in
pursuit of them-that he, being Colonel of q
militia regiment, looked most sedulously for
the Arkansas line, and when he came across it
would not 60 beyond. TLauphter1 He is a
sample of this devoted Unionism-this immac-
ulate and devoted Unfonism. They will not
admit that any man is in favor of the Union
unless he stays at home and sits in some place
of security and safety, and yells and shouts for
the Union, and denOunccs the men who are
fighting for the Union. Cheers. Now, Iam
content, for my part, to accept any man as
Union nan who will fight for the Union.
think he must needs stand unspotted before
;~ of
this Government, and believe that no other
criterion of UniOnism ought to be asked or
demanded but, fOrsOOth those who are I'M
willing to stake their lives in defence of the
Union are not willing to admit that the man
who does this is a Union man!
Gentlemen, can tell you it needs something
else besides talk to maintain our Government.
| This Government of so much value to us all is
threatened as we all know by most serious
danger, and this danger our people must over
come if they desire to maintain the institutions
which have blessed them and which they hope
to have preserved to bless their .pOsterity. 1t
is Government worthy to be commended for.
1t is Government for which any man of pa
triotism ought to be willing to lay down his
life. to secure its maintenance. 1t is Govern
ment my friends, such as never existed before,
and if it is destroyed by this rebellion, fear
such another beneficent Government will never
be constituted again, cheersl Therefore,
say my friends, that it is worthy of all we can
dO-that We should lay down our property
cheerfully-that we should surrender all our
interests that we should yield up the posses
sion of our rights in its defense and there should
be no hesitation in doing so.
DESIGNS OF THE RADICALS.
My friends. trust you will excuse me from
| further speaking. (Cries of ''gO ahead give
the radicals hell!O don't think it is worth
while to give the Radicals much hell-they
have got hell already: (Applause.) think.
hat tho do IF l. for,
these people. Ifthey get the power and sway
| in this country we should see some highly per-
| fumed young gentlemen, with boquet in his
hand step forward in Congress and play the
Robespierre, demanding the erection of tie
| guillotine, upon which all men shall be exc
cuted. That is the spirit that animates these
| people. They are of the Red Republican
French Revolutionary stamp. (Cries of"good!"
| and cheers.) They are men like the old Direc.
tory-like the despOts Danton, Robespierre,
| Marat, who cared not to face the enemies of
France but ensanguined the streets of Paris
with the blood of its best citizens. Cheers
These are the people now striving to obtain
| possession of this National and State Govern
| ment-these are they who are contending
against the President-who are, in that no more
| nor less than Northern Secessionists.
In Congress l have heard them utter the
same sentiments which came from the seces-
sionists at the South. Ihave heard Thad Ste
vens say that the South had vindicated its in
dependence by force of arms, and was in effect
foreign nation; and know that Mr. Chase
was in favor of separation and letting the
South go in peace, and cutting our country in
twain. know their project is to annihilate
the Southern States and reduce them to Terri
torres and then by congressional legislation,
such as they hope for, they will enfranchise the
negro and disfranchise the white men of that
country. Voices, Never. never!"l Never !!
Well. that is their design, my friends-that is
what they are seeking to do, and then they
will use the negro just as the STAKEHOLDER used
him in former times. They will use the votes
of the negro as basis by which they can ele-
vaie themselves to power, and he will sustain
the same relation to them that he has sustained
to the slavehOlder in years past T.'That's SO. -
and cheers. There would then be serfdom
instituted over this race on the cotton planta-
lions; the negroes looking to these men in the
North for their rights of suffrage-looking to
be maintained against the white population of
4 the South in opposition to equality-these
/ Northern politicians would use the negro "a a
pedestal to power, just precisely as the slave
holding oIigarchy had used him before. I'sNo
doubt Of it" and cheers. This is their plan :.