The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-10
THE WAR ON The PRESIDENT.
Fred. Douglass Sets bis Lance
in Rest.

Fred. Douglass Sets bis Lance
in Rest.
Andrew johnson a Greater Crimi-
nal than JEFF. Davis.
MILK FOR THE BOSTON BABES
The second lecture of the fraternity course
WAS delivered at Masonic Hall on the evening
of the Gath, by the negro orator. FRED DOUG
LASS. He was particularly bitter on President
JOHNSON. "A will be seen from the extracts SUBJ
joined: .,v
advocate. thought President johnson STOOD
alone high above the New Testament But
lately there has sprung up another preacher
in Brooklyn who seems to De equany IN Inc
forgiyinr and forgetting mood believe Chris
tianitv to be liberal enough in this direction,
lint Beecher is more liberal than Christianity,
and go ia President johnson. In the Christian
religion we are required to forgive our enemies
and forgive them that trespass against us, even
seven times day and seventy times seven, but
moon one condition, and this seems to be en-
tirely omitted in the present case If ye repent.
1Q3L - LILO COuNAsAOus I&ARPA1NCOsl - WS~As
cherish a spirit of forgiveness, but demand
that the man that shall receive forgiveness at
my hand shall repent the crime of which he
asks forgiveness. But am not bound to De-.
lieve him if he says, 81 repent" and acts as
though he didn't. may require that ne snal
bring forth fruits meet for repentance. APP
plause. Until he does that he has no claim
upon me for forgiveness. cannot forgive that
in another which that other retains to himself.
As mere mental process the thing Is imPos-
sble. / cannot forgive you that feellng wMcn
you cherish In your heart, Tor forgiveness 10
place you as though you had not iailen-as
though the rebellion were out OF you-.as
though you had repented OF your treason: Ihe
only repentance the South gives proof of hav-
ing is the repentance which the burglar feels
when the strong hand of the officer is on his
collar. Applause He isn't sorry he COM
United the burglary; he is only sorry he didn't
succeed. And that is what Gov. Perry says
he isn't sorry for the crime; he only laments
the bad success that attends it. And these are
the men-these murderers of our sons, bro
theirs and fathers-these are the men who In
their heart of hearts regret the failure of the
war; these are the men whose plantations
100000 men) are being restored to them
from which the freedmen are being driven !;
these are the men to whom the reins of gov
eminent in these States are given, and who are
to make laws for the South.
l Sau d. TIC Ocs1uul1S VI Iuy EcuIiNhb tuht
the year now drawing to o close was marked
by certain features, and that it might still take
upon itself another feature, darker and more
to be regretted than their rebellion or assassin.
alton. believe that we are on the verge,
my friends, of being surrendered TO the con-
quered rebels, thar we are on the verge Of
losing that for which this war was waged, and
if not through imbecility, through treachery
on the part Of the very man that sits at the
head ofthe government 81 sts~
jefferson Davis is a great criminal! Iwould
not say word in mitigation OF his crime or
extenuation of his punishment. Punished!
he'll nc - be punished! No danger of his be-
ing pun .ed-not the least in the world. He's
only waiting to come under the head OF tho
go, 900 pardon. He was . traitor, but he
played the role of . traitor fairly, openly and
honestly. He was wolf, but not Q wolf in
sleeps clothing, though he was found, I be-
Heye, in q ladys dress. Laughter. Whate.
yer else may be said of him, he did not steal
the FURNISHED livery of the great heavens TO
to serve the devil in. He did not by loud and
furious devotion to this rebel cause get himself
placed at the head of 1t merely to betsay it and
destroy it. Whatever else may haunt bis con-
science In his cell yooder at Fortress Monroe
whatever else, the thought can never como to
him there that he betrayed the friends who
trusted him with power. He did what he
could, and whatever consolation can be derived
from devotion to q bad cause, must be bis.
: But what shall be said of the man at Wash.
ington who was so loud and so furious . few
months ago in his denunciati0ns of treason
and traitors, and slavery and aristocracy, and
every form of class legislation; who was only
impatient with our good President Lincoln be-
cause he was too lenient to the traitors; what
shall we think of him, if after these profess
sions-professing his determination to punish
traitors and make treason OdiOus by punish
ment, declaring that treason is crime and
not q difference OF opinion, that traitors must
be punished not pardOned, that slavery In every
root and fibre must be destroyed, that the lib
critics of the negro must be secured-what
shall we think Of him after getting possession
finally betrsy it into the hands of the men who
have tried to destroy it, If he shall select these
who are, ,guiltiest of this rebellion-the rich
men of the South-if he shall select these men
who led the bloody host TO destroy this ceun-
try; what shau be said OF him II he shall be-
tray rs BY giving the power 70 these slave
holders tak,ng away ~ , S rsssls any ny
taking it away from the brave black men, who.
with iron arms and steel ingers stood up In
defence of our nag at the South. Loud ap-
plause. What shall be said Of his man he
shall thus betray Us, demorallzc the KepuDI-
can party, deaden the Horai sentiment OF the
North, and leave to our children another negro
question to breed war and disturbance In ehe
future? Why, We must say Of him q the
scripture hath it-"Better were II for that man
that he had not been born; better that mill
stone be hanged about bis neck and he cast
into the depths of the sea, than that he should
do this thing" 1919 q 9Laa" ''
We abhor very properly Jefferson Davis
and Booth, but deeper aud more dreadful ex-
ecration viii settle upon that mans name If he
shall sacrifice us as his policy now evidently
aims to do. Why, If were white man, after
this war, I shoald blush TO my bones to look q
black man in the face and deny him the right
of suffrage. .a
Mexico and Bonaparle.
The second volume Of the miscellaneous
writings of Louis Napoleon contains the fol.
lowing reply to Joseph, the elder brother Of
the first Napoleon, to dsputation of Mexican
Spaniards, who waited upon him about forty
years ago, during his Majesty's residence q,
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