The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-06

again legalixing that institution In tahe South
a. would be TO its introductioa into the Nor
them States.
i am in favor of the return Of the Southern
States, and think the day is not far diatant
when the same nag viii float over Us al. ma
when that happy day shall arrive hope that
the rights We enjoy will be freely accorded to
them. and no more. They could purchase
slaves we cannot. Tn. had more represen-
tatives In Congress. accnrs- 10 their voting
population, than we had
Under the last census Sots N Carolina had
291, 900 whites She was entisled to ak MEM
bers of Congress. Connecticut had 451 600
whites but was entitled to but four members
Of Congress. Alabama had seven members,
with 226, 600 whites. Iowa had only six, with
673. 600. Mississippi had five members, with
354, 600. California, with 856 .001, Lad only
three When the Southern States return
shall be IN favor of their voting population
being equally represented with our own. and
When the Southern armies are conquered
peace viii follow and the non-slavehOld
portion Of the Southern inhabitants viii be ct q
loss to account for their having taken up arms
IN favor Of . cause that was so steadily and
surely working their ruin-for under the sys.
tenn OF slave labor the poor white mans
wages in the South are controlled by the
price of slaves, and the value Of slaves was
controlled by few men Of wealth. Can any
laboring man believe that wages In the South
do not have an influence upon wages at the
North? 1t is said that If the slaves are set
rec their labor will come In competition with
white labor. That IS not 50, for Under q free
government nothing human can control labor
lit is only controlled where desp0tism reigns
In the old world and in the Slave STATES.
Hereafter, as heretofore, all win find enough
to do--and after peace, labor will be In
greater demand than ever, for new enter
prises, new fields viii be opened, the power
that has 60 long clogged enterprise, will be
when all other of Mr.. Lincoln's acts shall be
forgotten, his Emancipation Proclamation will
adorn history's brightest page. am opposed
to slavery for the reason that 4 am IN tdUor of
tie largest human liberty and cannot under
stand why some of our fellow citizens who
came here that they might be free, can deny
freedom to Others. .,, Il .stfsf, 49,,
peace, let them make it known, then it win be
time for patriots at the North to listen. Think
it lily becomes those who took up arms to de-
fend their homes. their country, yea Nbertyi
to mnke overtures TO armed rebellion. / be-
lieve that by vigorous prosecution of the
war peace viii soon come our liberties viii
be secured forever. and that prosperity viii
follow. ~ - .,,a, - -. 80, Z
Union with slavery will be only temporary
cheat, and canno; last. Dissolution win bring
ruin, anarchy, and an endless effusion of
blood and none, ~, Il, .,.fse,s, ~
Your obedieni servant and friend, ~. -
ssefit HENRY NJ RICE
To Captain R Blakely and Hon. John Nc
Kusick. ~ .
Comments OF the Press on the above Letter.
LETTER FROM HON. H. M. RICE.
The letter which we publish this morning
from Hon. Henry NJ. Rice will be read with
profound interes,-not only in Minnesota. but
all over the land. Long the acknowledged
leader of the Democratic party In this State,
the influence Of his name, still undiminished
among the masses of that party, will command
attention In quarters but little disposed to re-
ceive advice from less influential sources, and
give weight to patriotic inculcations but sell
dom heard in thu councils Of the Democratic
party. .sl Il
He gives his support unreservedly for Mr..
Lincoln, and warmly endorses those leading
features of his war policy, which are the spe-
cial objects of Copperhead denuncistion. II
does not detract from the value of theae patri.
the intimate and warm personal friend of Gen.
Mcclellan, and that his personal proposes
sions would, probably, have constrained him
to give Mcclellan his support, If he could have
done so without violence to his convictions of
duty. For months he has been publicly
clalmcQ Dy the COpperneaQ6 as 3 If1enQ Oh NC.
Clellan. They will now learn that If he is q
friend 10 Mcclellan, he is not friend of Trea-
son, and that if he does not love Mcclellan less
he loves his country more. Mr.. Rice's rspudi-
alton of Mcclellan will have an immense infu-
ence In fixing the wavering determination of
numbers of War Democrats, now hesitating
between Party ami Country, on the side of the
Union and Freedom. s4e ees
A Manly letter from Senator DoOlis.