The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-01
VOL. XV.-NO. SO

From Chicago Post, WAR Dem.

From Chicago Post, WAR Dem
The Philadelphia Age in very earnest
and emphatically expressed article appeals
TO the democratic masses" TO ''organize"
for the coming campaign, and expresses
deep regret that the people should evince
so little interest in the mighty events now
occurring, and the terrific dangers that
now threaten them The philosophic ed
itor of the Cincinnati Enquirer pro-
nounces this appeal to be all nonsense and
asserts that the people are organized. The
Enquirer declares:
1t is amusing and instructive to witness the
imperturabty of the people, under the ur-
gency of some fourth corporal in politics, who
takes upon himself the airs of Major Gen.
eral and tells them that unless they do thus
and thus. and that instantly, they will come to
grief. They know better. The people are
eternal They feel their eternity. All the
rights are theirs, invariably; and they know it.
They do not even take the trouble to thank
their anxious little friend for this trouble he
borrows in their behalf. They look upon him
rs children upon pantomime, and are amused
The apparent insensibili'y of the people
to the excited appeals of partisans, is one
of the best signs of the future redemption
of the country from its perls. The Amer
lean people are not Indifferent to the dan
gers ind perils which environ them. But
they are Indifferent to mere party appeals
and party haran3 ues. The political cam
pagn can hardly be said to have opened
yet; the public meetings, the speeches of
contesting candidates, and the parade and
hustle of an excited canvass have not yet
taken place, nevertheless the people are as
prepared to vote to-day as they will be in
November next. We do not mean to say
that every man who to-day proposes
to vote for Lincoln or against Lincoln will
adhere to that purpose and so vote in No.
vember. There will be changes and great
changes o. public sentiment in that time,
but what we mean to say is that the peo-
pie will not change their opinion or their
intended votes at the bidding of party
clamor, or party haranguers, or be deter
red from changing by the crack of the
party whip.
The election this fall will result in the
choice of President in favor of presecut-
ing this war to a conclusion that will pre-
serve the territorial integrity of the Union,
and the suppression OF every possible armed
resistance to the authority of the Federal
verdict is beyond all question; no man of
any party can hope tor even iecent
show of hands either by the people or in
the electoral college, who is not known to
the people to be, beyond all cavil or dis
pute, devoted to the prosecution of this
war until the rebellion has been crushed,
the south brought willingly or unwillingly
back to its allegiance to the constitution.
The only question open for discussion is
which of the candidates who may be run
! ming, will, if elected, best carry out and
accomplish this result. Will Lincoln do
so? Lincoln has had four years of oppor-
tunity to crush the rebellion he had the
resources of the land unlimited supply
of men and money. He has exhausted one
million of troops, and spent two thousand
millions of dollars; he has proclaimed the
slaves to be free, and three millions of them
rebellion; the rebellion still lives, and be-
sides the exhaustion Of their means and
| credit aud of their resources, the Confed-
eracy still is as defiant as it was when it
fired on Sumter. We honestly believe
that three-tOurths OF the people, men,
women and children, out of Office, would
vote tomorrow to displace Lincoln and
put another in his place, if they had con-
tidence that that other would carry on
the war to speedy and conclusive ex-
tinguishment of the rebellion, and re-es-
tablishment of the Federal Union. All
that is required to defeat Lincoln and elect
another person, is the confidence of the
people that the opposing candidate will
honestly carry out the wishes of the coun-
try by striking this rebellion as it should
have been struck in the beginning, deadly
and crushing blows that he will give up
all schemes civil and military for his own
reelection, and devote his whole energies
to the cause of his country
To say that the people are not organ
| lied for the approaching election is an ab-
surdty. Never in the history of the
country has there been frner and more
fixed pur )ose on the part OF the people
than at the present time. They have
made up their mind as to the kind of mar
they want, and when the time comes fol
voting, they will vote for that candidate
who approaches nearest to what they
think he should be. The Democratic par
! ty have the field before them. They have
TIN their power to nominate candidate
VINO Will defeat Mr. Lincoln. That can
uiuate must be man in whom the people
nave 1nll confidence that at heart he Ii
disposed and mentally capable Of devils
lng ana executing the suppression of thu
reoelllon by force, and the re- establish
meht OF the authority of the Union over
the Wiling and unwilling people now in
rebellion. The nomination of such can,
dldate with full assurances that he will
be sustained by his party in executing
these purposes and ends, will swim,
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