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 h's Lance
in Rest. r
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. DoUa-
LASS. He was particularly bitter on President
JOHNSON, IS will be seen from the extracts SUD-
Joined:
In this gospel OF forgiveness there is new
advocate. thought President Johnson S'U UD,
alone high above the New Testament. but
lately there has sprung up another preacher
in Brooklyn who seems to be equally In the
foroiynr and forgetting mood believe Chris
aanity to be liberal enough in this direction,
hnt Reecber Is more liberal than Christianity,
and so Is President johnson. In the Christian
religion we are required to forgive our enemies
seven times q day and seventy times seven, but
moon one condition. and this seems to be en-
tirely omitted in the present case If ye repent.
That is the condition. Applause. would
cherish spirit of forgiveness, but / demand
that the man that shall receive forgiveness OF
my hand shall repent the crime Of which he
asks forgiveness. But I am not bound to be-
lieve him If he Gays, I repent" and acts as
though he didn't / may require that ne shall
bring forth fruits meet for repentance. APP
plause. Until he does that he has no claim
upon me for forgiveness. cannot forgive tnas
in another which that other retains to himself.
As q mere mental process the thing Is imPos-
sible. cannot forgive you that feeling winch
you cherish in your heart for forgiveness Is 70
place Won as though you had not fallen-as
though the rebellion were ont OF you--as
though You had repented of your treason. The
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. IApplause.J 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
($2O,OOO 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.
! said at the beginning OF my remarks that
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 ito the con-
quered rebels, that we are on the. verge of
losing that tor which this war was waged, and
/ am inclined to think that we are to lose 1t,
if not through imbecility; through treachery
on the part of the very man that sits lat the
head ofthe government '1.SIz.sii&
Jefferson Davis Isl great criminal! Iwould
not say word In mitigation Of his crime or
extennation Of his punishment. Punishedi
he'll nc - be punished! No danger OF his be-
ing pun.s .ed-not the least In the world Hes
only waiting to come under the head OF the
go, 900 parden. he was q traitor, but he
played the role Of traitor fairly, openly and
honestly. He was q vol, but not wolf In
sleeps clothing, though be was found, be-
ieye, in aladys 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 % bessay II 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 his. {! 1
But what shall be said Of the man at Wash.
ington who was so loud and 90 furious few
months ago in his denunciati0ns of treason
and traitors, and slavery and aristocracy, and
every form of Glass 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, IT, after these profess
sious- protesting his determination to punish
traitors and make treason odious BY punish
hot troao IA a i'm N
not 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 securod-what
/, shall we think Of him after getting possession
of this government and this cause, Il be shall
finally betny it into the hands Of the men who
have tried to destroy it, If he shall select these
Who ne -ouilt;est Of this rebellion-th rich
men Of the South-if he shall select these men
who led the bloody host 70 destroy this csun-
try; what shall be said Of him he shall be-
tray rs BY giving the power 70 these slave
holders, taking &c away from our friends, by
giving tho elective franchise to these rebels and
taking il away from the brave black mes, VINO 2,
defence of our Nag at the south. Loud ap-
plause.l What shall be said OF Ibis man If he
shall thus betray Us, dem0rallzc the Repubh-
can party, deaden the u.oraf sentiment of the
North, and leave to our children another negro
question to breed war and dlssnruonce ID sne
future r. Why. We must Say Of !. bun. g me
that he had not been born; better that mill
stone be hanged about his neck and he cast
into the depths of the sea- than that he should
do this thing" laE g 6 aLa3'i E.
We abhor very properly Jefferson Davis
and Booth, but deeper and more dreadful ex-
ecration viii settle upon that mans name If he
shall sacrifice uA as his policy now evidently
aims TODD. Why, If were white man, after
this war, / shoald blush 70 my bones to look .
black man in the face and deny him The right
Of suffrage f ), - a5
Mexico and Bonaparse. 2.
The second volume Of the miscellaneous
writings of Louis Napoleon contains the fol-
lowing reply to Joseph, the elder brother of
Spanisrds, who waited upon him about forty
wears AGO during his Majesty's residence al