The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-15

Resolutions made the following report:
Resolved, That for the suppression of the
greatest armed rebellion ever waged in the
world against liberal principles, the rights Of
mankind and the republic, and for the great
boons of peace and prosperity which we now
enjoy, our profoundest gratitude is due to AL
mighty God and under Him to the wisdom,
perseverance,, courage and devotion fthe loyal
people of the United States. -
Resolved, That while we recognize the dis.
persion of the armed forces Of the rebellion,
we cannot shat our eyes to the fact that the
local feelings and the pernicious principles
which eliminated in rebellion still exist in the
South to . great extent and that it is now the
such wife and prudent measures of statesman
ship az shall complete the glorious work Ofour
armies, and such precautions as may be neees-
sary to the future safety and the lasting and
perpetual peace of the nation.
Resolved, That having at all times deneunc-
ed the dark spirit Of human slavery, and hav-
ing throughout the late war lent our hearty
to its suppression, we now hail its extinction
with aunfeigned satisfaction" and with the
conviction that we have been instrumental in
cleansing the nation of this foul blot; and we
furthermore pledge ourselves never to permit
it to be revived in any portion of the No
tional domain, under any new name or I'M
der any cunning pretense; determined that
not only slavery shall perish, but that all its
forms, appliances, and theories shall perish
with it.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the existing
remnant Of the so-ealled Democratic party is
aspiring to thrust its ceunsels upon the people
in the questions arising out of the close Of the
war; and inasmuch as it is: just and right that
that party should be held fast to the RESPONSE
bility of its past record, we therefore charge
upon it, -r--
1. That by q course OF servility extending
through thirty years, it accustomed the south
ern people to govern. inspired them with con.
tempt for the North, and prepared them for
that day when the falling any longer to consti.
tutionally govern the nation, they should set
up the banner Of revolt.
2. That through their leaders they encourag-
ed the outbreak of the rebellion assuring the
insurgents that for eyery regiment sent bv the
North against the South, one should be sent in
its behalf and that the streets of Northern cities
should run red with blood before the South
should be subiugated.
8. That BY denial Of the right of the general
Government to coefce State into Obedience.
"a denial resting upon the authority of the
last of the Democratic Presidents nal
sled the arm Of the Government IN the early
days of the struggle and gave time for the
reasonable conspiracy to organize and arm
lbSou
4. That at every stage of the great contest
their sympathy was upon the side of the re-
bellion; and that to this end they organized
secret societies for traitorous purposes Oh.
posed every decisive measure Of the general
government; resisted directly or indirectly the
enforcement of the draft; melted riots in the
great cities; filled the people with gloom and
dependency, aud finally, in the critical mo-
ment of the struggle, declared that the war
was failure, that the nation was unable to
suppress the rebellion, and clamored for meas
ures which, If carried out, could only have re-
suited in the division and destruction of the
nation.
5. That 1t is now the intention of the Dem
ocratic party, by working on the prejudices of
race, and with q view to their own re-estab-
lishment in power, TO preserve the causes of
the rebellion BY retaining the black men of the
South in condition Of peonage and serfdom,
as an ignorant and oppressed class, cut off
from all hope OF future improvement, source
Of constant danger to the white population of
the South, and reproach TO the the humanity
and civilization OF the entire nation.
Resolved, That the spirit Of our institutions
requires that the measure Of mans political
rights shall be neither his religion, his birth
place, his race, his color, nor any merely
physical characteristic; and that it would be
subversive OF both the form and spirit Of our
institutions to permit any portion Of our p0pu-
lation to remain degraded and subject caste,
taxed to support and compelled 70 obey gov.
eminent In which they have no voice, and
whose whole machinery may be directed to
their destruction.
Resolved, That IN the cruel murder Of the