The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-28


You have witnessed the rise, elimination and
overthrow of rebellion, in all respects, the
most astonishing in the worlds history; as.
tonishing because of the numbers engaged, the
resources 1t so suddenly improvised, and the
duration and intensity of: the conflict. It was
only less astonishing than the numbers and re-
sources 1t encountered. It has ended as all re-
bellions must end when opposed by greatly
superior resources and numbers. The rebellion
lover. It, leaders are captives, exiles. or sup
plicants for pardon Its armed adherents have
friends throughsnt the South have yielded the
contest. Their submission. has been graceful,
unAninouA, and In al apparent good faith.
Not IN armed confederate y to be found within
the limits q the etato. The Federal goyern.
ment pro1ssssd 10 draw the sword OH. f1r the
authority wherever IL was opposed; il Il this
day supreme within the limits Of the United
States. No opposition u anywhere attempted;
Dor, indeed, can any be organized. Why, then.
al, are No threatened With . despotism q
rebellions Why are free elections denied to
the Union men and qualified voters Of the Slater
Why have non-residente and loungers around
Federal camps. without your knowledge and
consent and IN defiance Of Jour protests and
appeals, been permitted to usurp the high and
responsible places Of power, and to declare
themselves your 0ppreeeors and ,masters-aud
this. too, IN contempt of those declarations of
rights, whose sacred principles are inviolable,
and, BY your constitution, excepted ont Of
the general powers Of government? ?" Why
are Offensive rulers being set over the loyal
people Of the State BY those who are jointly
responsible for the war; Why are bands Of
armed negroes permitted to roam over the
country, plundering and insulting the timid
and defencelessa And more than these. why
are you end ], whose souls are sustained BY
treason, compelled to drain thie cup of shame
ct the hands Of those who were the original
insti9ators Of the rebellion 2" IT
1 beg leave to assure your excellency
that, in using the words "original instiga-
tors of the rebellion, !" alluded to you !;
further, that ! spoke, in no Pickwickian
sense. And now that I may invoke your
clemency, not for myself, but for those who
listened to my remarks, frankly confess
that I submitted certain proofs of the truth
Of my charges. ! told the people that the
first time / ever saw you, You were har-
arguing the multitude to prove me an abo-
litionist; that it was q somewhat ssraw
and gusty day" and that your -yehemence
ia the open air caused You to contract a
throat disease, from which, unfortunately
for the country, you profess not to have
recovered. / alluded to your early speeches
in Congress, in which you resorted to the
bitterest personal abuse of John Quincy
Adams because Of his religious anti-sla-
very opinions; to your reverentid confess
zion that God had killed of Gen. Harrison
because he was an abolitionist. / also told
the people that You had, in 1855, in the
state OF Tennessee, proposed that every
Southern man ehould "join in one frater-
nal hug and plunge into rebellion, if FIRE.
mont and Dayton were elected In addi-
ton to this, l informed the audience that
| beard you, in the Senate, in Decembee,
1859, denounoe Mr.. Seward and the Re-
publican party q wholly responsible for
the murderous raid of " this old man
Brown" whom you then. stigmatized as
nothing more than murderer, robber,
q thief and traitor" I said, also, that
Jon not only supported Breckinridge, the
candidate Of the avowed disunionisfs' but
that after the election Of Lincoln, after the
meeting Of Congress In Deoember, 1850.
and only one day before the assembling
Of the Convention which declared
South Carolina out Of the Union. you had.
in the Senate Of the United States, made .
lAbored speech. embracing q part Of two
days, in which Jon positively pledged your
SELF in q contingency which has long since
happened, to join these same rebels, to
"perish in the last BREACH" to "burn
every blade Of grass" and to make your
grave in "the Lat intrenchments " Of
rebel freedom. I told the people that I
heard this speech during the delivery Of
which Jefferson Davis offered yoa . most
unprovoked insult The eject Of which
win not now attempt 70 state), and that