The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-21

The second resolution condemns the uncOn-
stitutional acts of President Lincoln and the
policy of his administration and in that con-
demnation instructs the standard bearers not
to violate the Constitution, nor do anything
the platform condemns and not to rely alone
upon war. which had hitherto failed, but to
lender the Constitution, with all its guarantees,
through convention of all the States. There
vas not and ought not to have been threat of
That would be done if the rebelliOus States re-
Ised peace with the Constitution and all its
guarantees. The platform contained not only
a reversal Of the Administrations action as to
the Constitution ana the policy that existed,
and declaration of contrary policy, but also
proposition ;fe~ socracy and the con-
servatves for peace &Sh the basis of the
UniCn of all the States under the Constitution
with all its guarantees, and the assurance of
confirmed and renewed guarantees, if required
by a convention Of all the States, as provided
in tne Constitution itself
4 treat of further declaration would have
been ut of place in the opening proposition,
for restored Union and peace. Gen. McClel
lans letter OF acceptance places him upon the
platform OF opposition to the reelection of
Lincoln and the continuance of his policy and
as there were already two constructions upon
it, he placed himself upon the only fair one
that could be made, and one which nurtures
an unwavering adherence to the Union of all
the States to be the rule Of action of the de-
mocracy and the conservatives of the nation.
The platform of the democracy and the con-
serratives is right, and Gen. NcClellans letter
of acceptance is right. IL there any good
cause of reason why all democrats and conser-
vatives should not sustain Mcclellan and PEN
dleton by their votes: Is here any good rea-
son why all peace men should not prefer the
policy indicated by the democratic party to Mr..
Lincoln and his policy of sub jugatiOn, contisca-
ton and determination to IN executive and
party that set themselves aoove the Constitu-
ton and the laws and stc' free speech, and a
free press. and do not { bic flen to prevent
free elections, but require them to do so Can
there be one Outsid, OF Il abolition ranks who
will not vote for Mcclellan and Pendleton? Is
there any good reason why the free States
should vote for Mr. Lincoln and his policy ?
Do they want to subjugata the Southern States2
Do they want to ccntiscate the lands? Do
they want to e1terlninate ard drive out the
people. and repeople the land with the officers
and soldiers OF the arnic5? DO they want to
hire the freed slaves, and force them, UNI or
the whip and fear of starvation, to raise col on
until they become cotton lOr1S with princely
revenues: Or do they want them to emigrate
- til free States, with the right to vote. and
all the rights of citizens in a tree country?
The freed slaves will not stay South with
their own consent. They will go North, where
they expect equal political rights and equal So
cial positions. They can be kept on Southern
plantations, after they are freed, only by the
strong arm of despOtic power.
What have the free States determined upon
in this matter? Why should Pennsylvania
vote to continue President Lincoln and his pc
icy for four years more? The wealth OF Pc =
sylyania is in her iron and coal mines, her oil
wells. timber lands, fertile soil, ard an honest,
intelligent industrious, persevering, and en-
terprising population. Pennsylvania, the Key
Stnfn do oil no lotto
in the Union under the Constitution, and a uni
form currency of equal value with that of 9TH
er productive countries. She wants no Separa-
ton of the States, no subjugated States, no
wasted and devastated States, and no freed
slaves for the rural districts, or for the alleys
and bye-places of her growing cities. She
wants no deprecated currency. She wants no
discrimination against her iron and coal by
government purchasers abroad, or by the re-
mission of duties to favOrite contractors who
purchase abroad whilst she is required to pay
excise duties on her productions at home. She
wants free trade with all the States, and q fair
field for action Has she had it under the ad-
ministratiOn of Mr.. Lincoln? If the war con-
tinues, she wants the necessary and proper
military precautions taken to prevent the plum
dering Of her fields, mountains and valleys,
and the dcsolation of her people, SO manifestlv
neglected in the past and that, too, against
the advice of our able standard bearer himself,
neglected by MIR. Lincoln and his administra-
ton. Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri are
wasted bv the armies of the COnfederates, and
also by the armies Of the Union; their fields
desolated. houses burned, citizens conscripted
into the Confederate armies, and plundered by
Federal soldiers; their people arrested without
warrant, imprisoned and banished without trial
or the specification of charges, or shot by the
arbitrary mandate of the military, without even
the Intervention of drum-head court martial.
AWhat will become of these States if Mr.. Lin
coin be reelected and his policy continued for
tour more years? The destiny of these States.
for good or for evil, is in the hands of the peo-
pie of the free States. This administration and
its policy establish the place of constitutional
liberty, equal laws, and equal rights. The pre-
servation of the Constitution, the Union of the
States, and the preservation of the liberties of
free people now rest upon the votes of the
citizens of the free States. My earnest hopes.
in these saddest days of the republic, rest upon
them. Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland can
not elect President and change the policy of
the administration. Respectfully.
JAMES GUTHRIE.