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JANE Q. SWISSHELM. 8DIT0R Thursday, August 16th, I860. EDITORIAL CORRESPON DENCE. 1 A 1 PITTSBURG, August 3d, '60.1, DJCAB WILL:—I Manchester-. The Penn byteria— Churcw of• Fift.h Ward,, and was —«f w— uaw i.iu IIOIU uuu »ua popular preacher and I think a most excel- lent man and he has promised to visit St. Cloud next Summer, with the idea of by city labors, and his wife in poor health. I can but hope he will settle there to theCemetry, cars starting every ten P*trona^ which the refugees of apes minutes. I went out to Lawrenceville in as his services would be invaluable in our 8reat growing city. lie is a fine botanist and entomologist, and has a veryfinecollection of herbs and insects. He lectures next JANE G. SWISSHELM. That Communication. We, perhaps, owe an apology to our readers for the space taken up by the com munication from "A Democrat, &c."— When we agreed to publish it, we did not suppose it would occupy so much room by at least one column. Yet it may prove in teresting to many, and show the present position of our Stearns County Douglasitcs and the position they will doubtless occu py at the approaching election. It must not be understood that we endorse the communication or wish to take part with one side or the other. The entire caucus was a scene of confusion and disorder.— One man would call another a liar—asecond would slap his neighbor in the face, and so on to the end cf the chapter. We have no principles or personal interest at stake, and therefore no particular sympathy with either, and can freely and affectionately say to both factions, "go in lemons.*' «m Kidnapping. [This article was handed in for last week's paper, although too late for insertion. We publish it this week, hoping our readers will read it with care as the writer gives partic ular attention to the Pioneer"a main plea in ex tenuation of this outrage.—ED. DEM.] vant, a male slave who while there, took upon himself the responsibility of assert ing the righto of freedom as guaranteed to him by the Constitution of the State pi Minnesota, and took up his residence at the Farmer's Hotel in the suburbs of the town, Jjuweupon,the irreconcilable Mrs. Prince pve flie alarm, and her faithful vent to the Farmer's Hotel aforesaid, and forcibly took aud carried away the man, who had thrown himself upon the protec tion contemplated by our laws, and is ere thisgno doubt, realizing in some slave State the returned to the Smoky ^Gity on the lit, got my feet wet, was sick and could not lecture that evening' accord ing to appointment and want to feel quite well before setting another evening Pittsburg is greatly improved. There are street Railroads on Penn St. and Pennsyl vania Avenue, on Smithfleld from Fifth toBirmingham,and on St. Clair St. running to St.. RoaU runO 7 -. I I tilentia I one to make a visit at the Rev. A. Stew art's, lie is pastorof the Reformed Pros- Pushea' poverty that wc can afford to formerly settled in Chicago.—A man of ^uu'1 aspect due to our government, commandingpresence,firmaddress and un- °.uestM)n is simplv this: Can a case usual acquirements as a scholar. He is a of wnscquenccs^ of his aspirations for freedom. The only attempt made for the justifica tion of thb great outrage is placed upon the ground of our present pecuniary ne cessities, and the influence which a suc cessful escape might have in deterring Southerners from coming here during the summer months for the purpose of wasting their time end spending their money. We are poor enough, God knows, and need all su*c«ssful a a it an bon We see by the late exchanges that con siderable excitement prevails at St. Paul era to be thus engaged, but it is certainly at the present time, in relation to a case humiliating in the highest degree for free af kidpapping which has just occurred men thus to abase themselves. In the there. It seems that a Mrs. Prince, from South they have men whose depraved sen the State of Mississippi, recently came to sibilities aud enlarged experience in crime St Paul, bringing with her her body ser- capacitate them for the Slave hunt, and »—.» Ornate may be pleased to bestow upon us but we are uot yet quite so hard A A it A a A A *•-%. A.- 1 becomle accessorieas to crime, or to relen. kidnappiug be justified under he S a of thia State If the man he most certainly was—he ad riiiht to is settling there if he likes it. His principal JresPa88ed «P°n these rights are criminal object would be health. He is much worn in de freedom, and those who 6«* as if he had been a free- et as a W of acc«S9d, Northern soci- hewtofore sustained any too a re Put*tian in respect to the honor- motives. We have b%„ and justly too, of the influence ha* Tuesday evening before the Western Penn- conscience, tod in making dishonors sylvania Teacher's Association, in Greens burg, on entomology. He is anxious to get a specimen of our migrating grasshop per. I shall leave no stone unturned to get him settled in St. Cbud But about the city improvements. The old Alleghe ny Bridge has been replaced by a fine suspension bridge, with rails for the horse ca crossing it and there has been a great number of valuable blocks of buildings put up in different parts of the city. Fifth Street is almost entirely built up with splendid blocks and the city appears strange to me. If it were net for the kind faces I meet, I should feel like Rip Van Winkle. But I have quite got over my regret about- coal. 1 used to think I never could live without a bright coal fire, but since seeing the smoke again I shall go back to our wood stoves with a genuine en joyment. Neither shall I mourn for the old Pennsylvania hills but feel with a re newed sense of their value, the beautiful utility of our prairie lands, and sparkling lakes. How easy it is to make superb homes in the West compared to the dig ging, and mauling, and grading which is demanded here aud our natural, unmade roads are in many places superior to their street Railroads. Minnesotians are not fully aware of the advantages of their po sition, much as they are thought to over estimate them. I expect to lecture on "The North-West" before returning to it •and try to convince some of our Eastern tillers of the existence of a 'better land." ^pon. tis in persuading We concessions. Southern capital has been taken North and invested in North ern public opinion, and in most instances has proved both profitable and effective. Northern States whuse normal political condition was thoroughly anti-Slavery, have first become conservative and then meanly servile. The South understand the artful appliances most effective in ac complishing its designs. Does any one suppose that the people of the State of Mississippi, where Mrs. Prince resides, would for an instant toler ate a violation of their laws by citizens from the North? Would they consent that the institutions ot Northern States should exist there in violation of their Statutes Of course they would not, and the opinion of the world would justity them in resenting such an outrage. Now freedom of speech is one of the boasts of Northern society. Suppose a Minnesotian should go where Mrs. Prince came from and undertake to illustrate that right, he would very soon find himself clad in a coat of tar and feathers, homeward bound. The Southern States are constantly leg islating against freedom, and they see that their enactments are rigidly enforced. The spirit of their laws is constantly exceeded by the strictness of their interpretation. More especially is this the case when a Northern man happens to be the aggressor Mrs. Prince well knew when she brought her slave here that he would be free un der our laws, if he asserted his claims to freedom. She took the risk, and had her slave successfully escaped, she should not have complained. Slaves are contraband articles in the free States of the North It is true they may be smuggled through without loss to the owner, but if they 1iap pen to lose them it is but a hazard inci dent to the trade. Minnesota could not for all the wealth of the Southern States, afford to refuse to extend her Constitution al protection over the humblest of God's people, when that protection is sought for in a legitimate way. What! shall we be come a nation of kidnappers and consent to the commission of crime, for the few dollars they may leave with us during the summer months Is it possible that North ern newspapers will sustain a case of kid napping upon such a flimsy pretext that they will even dare to hint at the advan tages to be derived from Southern custom in such a connection We would rather never see another Southerner, than that the most insignificant law should be viola ted without punishment. It is not a ques tion of dollars and cents. It is a question of honor, in which every citizen of Min nesota should feel interested. But the worst feature of this case is the zeal which the citizens of St. Paul mani fested in developing this horrible outrage It is bad enough for men whose birth and education have fitted them for slave oatch- Slave whipping and cruelties of every grade necessary for subjugating slaves But hereat the North are found mon mean enough to volunteer, without recompense, and in violation of law, to assist in forcing a freeman bark into Slavery! We are pleased with theetewd^heJftn nesotian hat taken in ihb matter. ,',&\ E A 1 A 9 S N A SPRINGFIELD. in LINCOLN AT HOME. 75,000 Freemen in Counoil! IMMENSEJ S I A S LINCOLN SPEAKS! SPRINGFISLH, 111,, Aug. 8.—The crowd here is immense. Delegations by railroads and from the country are still arriving I he proct ssion now, as viewed froufth& Dome of tho State House,. reaches over four miles in length, and all of the streets leading to the rear of the procession are thronged with teams waiting to form in line. 204 cars have armved on both roads up to this time. Every street and avenue is filled with footmen. The entire procession to-day was about six miles long. At three o'clock Mr Lin coln appeared on the grounds accompanied by a few friends. This was the wgnal for indescribable uproar. Six speakers were addressing the people at different stands when his carriage drove in, but the people broke away simultaneously and surrounded him by thousands, shouting frantically.— He was taken from the carriage and borne to the platform, where he spoke as follows amid deafening cheers: My fellow Citizens'.— I appear among you upon this occasion with uo intention of making a speech. It is my purpose, since I have been placed in my present position to make no speeches. A h»o assembly having been drawn together at the place of my residence, it appeared to be the wish of those consituting this vast assembly to see me, and it certainly is my wish to see all of you. I appear upon, the ground here at tMs time only for the pur pose of ottering myself the best opportuni ty of seeing you and enabling you to see me. I confess, with gratitude be it un derstood that I.did not suppose my ap pearance amongst you, would create the tu mult which I now witness. 1 am pro foundly grateful for thia nanifestalion of your feelings. I am grateful because it is a tribute such as can be paid to no man as a man. It is the evidence that four years from this time you will give like manifes tations to the new man who is to be the representative of the truth on the questions that now agitate the public mind and it because you will then fight for this cause as you now do, or with even greater ardor than now, though I be dead and gone. I most profoundly and sincerely thank you. Having said thus much allow me now to say that it is my wish that you will hear this public discussion by others of our friends who are present for the purpose of addressing you, and that you will kindly let me be silent. LATKST, 9 P. M.—The Wide Awake torch-light display this evening is impos ing beyond description. They have been marching around the State House and thence to Mr. Lincoln's residence for an hour and a half, and "the cry is still they come." The Douglasites here have been taken with a distressing colic. A Live Little Republican County The little County of Douglas, some eighty miles North-Wc3t of here is a pat tern county. She contains only about one hundred inhabitants, but four fifths of them are true blue Republicans. A Club was organized at the town of Alexandria early in the winter, and has been the means of distributing a large amount of sound Re publican documents among the frontiers men, and have pretty thoroughly canvass ed the entire upper country as far as Pem bina. Not an emigrant passes through but his political faith is learned, and duly recorded along with his destination. A Lincoln and Hamlin Pole was raised by the Club at Alexandria a few days ago, and a flag beautifully wrought by the hands of the lady residents, decorates its peak. "LINCOLN AND HAMLIN, FREE MEN AND FREE HOMES" is emblazoned upon the streamer. Songs original with the Club were sung, and speeches made on the occasion. At a Convention held on the 6th inst M. COLONEY, the Secreta- ry of the Club was unanimously chosen delegate to represent the County at the State Convention, and not being well pro vided with funds Mr. Colony resolutely footed it the entire distance. With plenty of such men in the party as are to be found in this brave little County, our success is certain. Mr. Coloney represents the crops of his vicinity as excellent, and every one in the best of spirits Glorious News FRAN BlwiFELECTED! We learn that the gallant Erank Blair, of Missouri, has been reelected to Congress for both the long and short terms. It was at first supposed he had been elected for the long one only but the latest dispatch, essay he is also elected for the short term by 66 majority. His majority for the long term is about 2,000. Good far Missouri! Hon. Wm. H. Seward will speak in St. Paul on the 15th of September. Delega tions from all portions of the State will be esent to hear him. & Kentucky has gone for the Bell faction by a large majority over both the Breckin ridgo and Douglas wia§s. ••'.:.}• „_ ..*'. [COMMUNICATED.] The Proceedings of the Demo* oratio Caucus on Last Satur day Night. The cause of truth and the good of the Demecratic party require that a correct statement should be made, for public in formation, of the proceedings at the Dem ocratic caucus which was held at St. Cloud on Saturday evening, August 11th. The caucus was called to choose six del egates to attend the District Convention at Little Falls, to nominate one Senator and three Representatives, and six dele gates to attend the County Convention at St. Joseph, to be held on the 16th instant. Some interest bad been felt in regard to the result of the caucus a few days before it met, as it was understood an attempt would be made on the part of a few pergon al opponents ot Mr. Andrews to smuggle in delegates to Little Falls who were op posed to his renomination to the Senate. These men—whom it is unnecessary to name—had for weeks been actively en gaged in misrepresenting Mr. A., bo*h as regards his support of Douglas, and other wise, and at the same time had recommen ded the nomination of W. S. Moore in op nosition to Mr Andrews. The adherents of Mr. Moore had concluded before the caucus to pursue a secret method of pro curing delegates in his favor, and therefore for a few days before the caucus was held they took pains to state openly that there would be no opposition to Mr. Andrews in the caucus, and that no attempt would be made to choose delegates in favor of Moore. Those who know the state of public senti ment CUM lcadily porppivft that it was nat ural they should have given up the idea of nominating Mr. Moore, and that they might by such statements deceive the pub lic and beguile the friends of Mr. Andrews with a feeling of security and an expecta tion of fairness and harmony in the caucus. Had it hot been for this deception many more Democrats of St. Cloud would have been present at the caucus and witnessed for themselves the unfairness and irregu larity of the proceedings. The meeting was called to order by J. C. Shepley (law partner of W. S. Moore) and nominations were then made for a per manent Chairman. A gentleman who sat near where Mr. Shepley stood, nominated Mr. Fowler as Chairman immediately af terwards J. W. Read nominated J. Shepley as Chairman. Mr. Shepley it would seem did not hear the nomination of Mr. Fowler, as he immediately submit ted his uwn name to the Convention, and after the vote declared himself to be chos en. This little circumstance began to ex cite suspicion that matters had been "cut and dried." Mr. J. H. Place was then unanimously chosen Secretary. Joseph Edelbrock then immediately moved a committee be appointed to report a list of delegates to attend the District Convention and the Chair appointed as such Committee, Joseph Eddlcbrock, Jno. L.- Wilson and Charles Luey. The Com mittee reported for delegates, to both Con ventions, J.C. Shepley,J. W. Read, Peter Kramar, C. Luey, L. Robbersand C. Ketch am, all of whom except Mr. Ketcham were the especial adherents of Mr. Moore. Mr. Moore immediately rose and moved that the report of the Committee be accepted and the list of delegates be adopted by the meeting. The Chair hastened to put the question, when Mr. Andrews rose tospeak. He said those of his friends who were pres ent were unaccustomed to caucus manage mentor to public speaking, and he was compelled reluctantly to say a few words himself. As bis name had been mention tioned in connection with one of the Leg islative nominations he wished the meeting to understand that the delegates reported by the Committee were nearly all of them particularly zealous opponents of him.— Some of them had been misrepresenting him and personally and politically defam ing him for the past six weeks, and if they were chosen he could not expect the ma jority of them to act impartially for the good of the party. He said he made no demand for any office whatever but as a matter of party usage and fairness, a coun ty would sustain its representative and pre fer him to serve out his term, if he had discharged his duty to his best ability.— Whatever the result might be at Little Fails, it would not be denied that if Stearns County sent delegates there in favor of some other man to fill out his term in the Senate, it would be construed as a repudi ation of his course and of himself. The meeting had the right to choose such del egates as it pleased. He would submit with deference to the voice of the majori ty. He only desired that they might vote understanding^, and that if they chose delegates personally unfriendly to nim that they might know they were so doing.— The position of the delegates reported and the manner in which they were roported, convinced him that it was the purpose of a few interested persona to carry every thing in tho caucus to suit themselves, Why not choose the delegates by single nomina tion as had been usual before? Let them choose any fair minded impartial Demo crats who would carry out the voice of the people. He did not wish them to choose men who were committed to him but men who were unpledged and unbiased. He would remind them that the good of the party depended much on the fairness and justice of the proceedings in primary meet ings. Mr. Andrews further said that who ever should be nominated at the District Convention in accordance with the will of the majority as expressed through dele cates rightfully chosen would receive his cordial support. W. S. Moore then spoke in favor of the delegates reported. Healsoadvocated the soundness of his political position and en deavored by an innuendo style of argument to create the impression that he was a bet ter Douglas Democrat than Mr. Andrews. He used the language that "his support of Douglas did not manifest itself by that blatant zeal which characterized early con verts." (For those who are curious to know the politics of Moore, it will not be out of place here to state, that while acting in a Democratic Convention at Little Falls two years ago, he was publicly charged with being a Republicin and did not deny the charge. That he was urged last fall to come out an 1 make a Democratic speech, but positively declined doing so, and that till very recently he has been an advocate of Bell and Everett on the street, and de clared that he should prefer to vote for those candidates if an electoral ticket could be formed in the State) JohnL. Wilson also spoke in favor of the list of delegates, and stated that he did not understand there was opposition to Mr. Andrews and that the delegates were not selected as oppo nents of his. Wilson made two other speeches afterwards, and revealed the gross deception he had employed in this state ment, by exhibiting his opposition to Mr. A. He said they needed a sharper man in the Legislature, one who was good at tricks that if they had been represented by a sharp, cunning man, the Legislature never would have put Stearns County into so large a district. Mr. Andrews replied that he considered it unjust to be held ac countable for the action of the Republi can majority in the Legislature and that he believed the people would prefer to send honest men to the Legislature instead of sharp and tricky men. A vote was soon after taken and a di vision called for on adopting the list of delegates'. J. Edelbrock, J. W. Read and J. F. Bradford were appointed tellers.— Mr. Bradford reported 37 in the negative to 34 in the affirmative. Edelbrock and Read reported the vote to be carried in the affirmative and the Chair so decided. But several others besides the tellers made the count and found Mr. Bradford to be correct. It was also discovered that a few persons not legal voters stood on the affir mative side and probably had been count ed. There was a general expression of dissatisfaction at the manifest unfairness of tho decision. A motion was then made to reconsider the vote, but the Chairman took no notice of the motion. Some oth er motions were made, one of which was for adjournment, but not put Mr. J. W. Tenvoorde, who had not taken part in the meeting, then came forward and forcibly denounced the unfairness of the proceed ings and moved that a vote be taken by ballot for Andrews or Moore to test the sense of the meeting on the question of delegates. Moore immediately got up and opposed the proposition, and the Chairman did not submit it to the meeting. After some further talk and considerable confusion (during which one of the Moore delegates committed a violent assault on a voter on the negative side by striking him in the face drawing blood), Joseph Edelbrock moved that another vote be ta ken on the adoption *•/the list of delegates. The Chairman then appointed a new set of tellers, consisting of David Smith, H. Fowler and B. Rcsenberger. The lead ing Moore men were then seen to pass up the hall along the right'hand side, saying •'those for the delegates on thb (the right hand) side." It was fully understood that the vote was on the adoption of the dele gates. To show conclusively that thb was the understanding it is only necessary to state that the Chairman himself left hb seat and made a speech in favor of choos ing the celegates—himself among the nutubei. The tellers then counted three times, each going round together, and fi nally reported alike—39 tn the negative to 37 tn the affirmative. Here wasa clear and decbive decbion against adopting the delegates. But instead of declaring the vote, the Chairman waited about fifteen minutes to consult with hb friends as to mm. what should be done. During toi* time there were repeated calb for the tellers' teport. In response to these calb, the Chairman said that as "long as he was Chairman he calculated to manage the meeting exactly to suit himself:1 The disgust at hb paltry and unfair conduct had now become intense. He could no longer avoid yielding to the demands of the meeting for the tellers' report. Few, however, were prepared for the unblushing manner in which he skulked *he real de cision. He declared that the vote had been on a quest on reconsideration of a for mer vote, The majority saw that thb was a palpable piece of trickery and scoun drelism to defeat their will and they im mediately determined on having anew or ganisation, that they might proceed fairly to choose delegates. One of the Moore faction—John L. Wilson—then moved an adjournment, but the majority voted it down. Wilson then proceeded to make a long speech. Another motion to adjourn was made from the same side, and it was voted down by the majority. Shepley, however, declared the meeting adjourned and left the ohair. Tho majority then proposed to organize, and requested the Moore faction to preserve order or leave the hall. Shepley (who had blown out part of the lights) then mounted a bench and declared that he had hired the hall of John L. Wilson for the night and that nobody else should use it. If he had any motives than those of a good Democrat, would he have objected to the majority using the hall It by a resort to force and fraud that wrong doers moat often ex pose themselves. The majority of the meeting—it being after ten o'clock—then adjourned to the Willis Hou-e where they organized by the choice of H. J. Fowler as Chairman and C. Grandelmyer as Secretary. The meeting then proceeded unanimously to choose the following delegates by seperate nominations To the Senatorial and Rep resentative District Convention, to be held at Little Falls on the 30th inst., viz: Jo seph Broker, Charles Taylor, Anton Smith, Louis Clark, C. Grandelmyer and B. Ov erbeck. To the County Convention: Phillip Beaupre, M. Mickley, N. Lahr, J. E. Ten voorde, F. Hartman and Joseph Howard. The meeting at the Willis House was an adjourned meeting of the majority, aud their proceedings will not fail to meet the sanction of every fair-minded Demo crat. At the meeting over which Shep ley presided no delegates were chosen.— The unanimous report of three tellersshows that a majority of the meeting were against the delegates Is the majority to be over ridden by Shepley's tricks as Chairman Furthermore, it should be stated that du ring the meeting in Wilson's Hall, one of the Mooie delegates (the one who commit ted the assault) stood at the door apart of the time and prevented persons from com ing in unless they were supporters of Moore And yet these fellows who have disgraced their town and perhaps reriously injured the Democratic party, will attempt to bolster themselves up With the plea of having had the regular organization, and claiming that the majority were irregular. This will be just as plausible and consis tent as it would be for a pick-pocket to complain of a man for breach of the peace who should knock him down while in the act of stealing hb pocket book. There generally away of remedying the mischief of force and fraud, and the most direct way of remedying it will be most approv ed. The objection to caucuses and Con ventions becoming almost universal be cause of the packing process carried on in them and their failure to express the popular will. While they exercise so much influence over the party, the welfare of the party as well as the public of course requires that they should he conducted with fairness. The saying that "all fair in politics" is an atrocious and infamous sentiment, and can find no support except among dishonest men. And Democrats will render a good service to their party and the community in which they live, by fearlessly exposing and opposing the chi canery of political tricksters who-resort to the grab game policy to effect their per sonal aggrandisement. If it asked what motive tempted Sheplev to use such unfair means to secure the appointment of himself and the other delegates committed to hb partner Moore, a satisfactory answer can be given. It well known that Oscar Taylor, the Land Officer at Otter Tail City, was in St, Cloud a few weeks ago laying the wires for for Moore's nomination. JSe promised Moor* that if he would obtain delegat* in his favor at St. Cloud and one or two other townships in Steams county he should receive the nomination for the Sen ate! Hence the deception usedby Moore" friends in creating the impression before the caucus that there was no opposition to