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SAINT PAUL.
FiMhjr HmIBiJDMUBIMr 1« IBM.<
STATE PAPER.
PoMOoratto State Convention,
▲ Democratic State Convention will be held at the City
ef Saint Paul, (at a place In Mid City to be hereafter de
tegaated, and of which timely notice will be gleea.) on
THURSDAY, the TWELFTH DAT OF ) ANUABT next,
at TWELVE o’clock, X., for the purpose of electing
EIGHT DELEGATES to represent the Democracy of
Xinnesota in the Charleston Convention.
The Districts and Counties will be entitled to the fol
lowing representation :
First Diatrlet, WashingtonfCoonty—Five Delegates.
Second District, Ramsey Count-—Nine Delegates.
Third District. Dakota County—Seven Delegates.
Fourth District,.Hennepin County, West'Six Dele
gates.
FifUt District—Rice County—Five Delegates.
Sixth District, Goodhue County—Five Delegates
Seventh District, Scott County—Four Delegates.
Eighth District, Olmsted County—Six Delegates.
Ninth District, Fillmore County—Eight Delegates.
Tenth District, Houston County—Five Delegates.
Eleventh DlstrlcUWinooa County—Six Delegates.
Twelfth District, Wabsehaw County—Four Delegates.
Thirteenth District, Dodge and Mower Go unties—Five
Delegates (Dodge, 3 ; Mower, 2).
Fourteenth District, Freeborn and Faribault Counties—
our Delegates (2 each).
Fifteenth Dlstriot. Steele and Waseca Counties—Five
Delegates (Steele, 3 ; Waseca, 2).
Sixteenth District, Blue Earth and Le Sueur Counties—
District!* Nicollet and Brown Counties—
Four Delegates (2 each). . _
Eighteenth District, Sibley. McLeod and Renville—
Four Delegates (Sibley, 2; McLeod and Renville, 2.)
Nineteenth Dlstriot—Carver and Wright Counties—
Four Delegates (2 each). ,
Twentieth District, Stearns, Benton and Meeker Ceun
. ties—Four Delegates (Steams, 2 ; Benton and Meeker 1
6&Ch).
Twenty-First District, Morrison, Crow Wing and Mllle
Lae Counties—Two Delegates (Morrison, 1; Crow Wing
and Mllle Lao, 1).
Twenty-Second District, Cass, Pembina and Todd
Counties—Two Delegatee (Cass, 1; Pembina and Todd,].)
Twenty-Third Dlstriot, Hennepin County, East—Three
Delegates.
Twenty Fourth Dist. let, Anoka, Manomin and Sher
burne Counties—Two Delegates (Anoka, 1; Manomin
and Sherburne, 1).
Twenty-Fifth District, Chisago, Pine and Isanti Coun
ties—Two Delegates (Cnisago, 1; Pine and Isanti, 1.)
Twenty-Sixth District, Lake Superior Countiea—Two
Delegates.
Whole number of Delegatee, 117.
To remedy an evil which has heretofore been com
plained of, It is recommended that in cases where Dele
gates elected to the State Convention are unable to at
tend, they make substitution only of Democrats residing
within the limits of the Senatorial District which they
were chosen to represent.
EARLE S. GOODRICH,
Chairman Dem. State Cent. Com.
Wm. U. Coroorak, Secretary.
ST. Paul, December I, 1869.
National Convention.
The National Executive Democratic
committee met at Washington,at Willard’s
Hotel, on the Bth. All the States were
represented except Maryland, Georgia, Cal
ifornia and Alabama. After a free inter
change of opinion, Monday 23d of April
waa fixed for the time of meeting of the
Charleston Democratic Convention.
A resident committee was appointed to
superintend the printing and publication of
documents, Ac., consisting of the following:
Hon. O. L. Yallandighak. of Ohio, chair
man ; Hon. C. J. Faulkner, of Virginia;
Hon. John Cochrane, of New York;
Hon. John A. Logan, of Illinois; Hon.
Wm. Bigler, of Pennsylvania; Hon. Wm.
Barksdale, of Mississippi; Hon. Miles
Taylor, of Louisiana; and Hon. W. H.,
English, of Indiana.
The chairman and secretaries were author
ized to procure a suitable ball at Charleston
in which to hold the convention, to issue
tickets of admissions to said convention, and
to make such other arrangements as may
be necessary for the assembling and holding
of said convention.
A resolution was adopted with a view, if
possible, to correct telegraphic misrepresen
tations concerning the interests ot the Dem
ocratic party.
The Committee then adjonrned sine die.
The Non-Committal Scheme.
We notice that the non-committal dodge
is adopted by the Administration influence
all over the country, as a means for prevent
ing an expression of the Douglas sentimont
which pervades the masses of the Demo
cracy everywhere. It is a dodge which is
pretty thoroughly understood, however, and
so produces little or no injury. The masses
of the party, who prefer Douglas for the
Presidency, can’t appreciate the virtue of
this new idea of acting the part of dumb
men, and keeping their mouths closed, on a
subject of the most vital importance to the
country and the party ; and they see, natur
ally enough, through the flimsy veil which
the Buchananites hang before their eyes,
and discover their plea for harmony, is
only an indirect and cowardly stab at
the success of Douglas, and consequent
ly a stab at the success ol the Dem
ocracy in 1860. If the adherents of Bu
chanan don’t like Douglas, why don’t they
present a, better candidate, in a manly sort
of way 7 Show the manses of the party
any man who would make a better Presi
dent, and who wonld stand a better chance
of becoming President, if nominated, and
we’U all go in for him. But, until yon can
point to such a mao, don’t attempt to stifle
the voice of the people in the expression of
their preferences among the candidates now
before the country.
CeamMtoaAl--Kleetiom of Speaker.
On the 9tb, after a lengthy debate, in
which the Presidential question was broach
ed, and Douglas warmly commended, the
House proceeded to a third vote for
Speaker. The whole number of votes oast
was 231—necessary to a choice, 116. Mr.
Bhsbxan, Republican, received 110 votes ;
Mr. Bococx, Dem, 88 ; and the remaining
33 votes were scattered on American and
Mti-Lboompton taem tars. It J* evident do
Bepnbtypt can bp tkwtod Speeker, save
under the plurality rate.
Within the Itet tweoty jeers there have
been three instances of a long delay in the
organization of the House of Representa
tives at Washington. In 1839 and ’4O,
toward the dose of Mr. Van Bceen’s ad
ministration, the House, which met early in
December, did not sacbeed in choosing a
Speaker until about the Ist of January.
The choice then fell upon R. M.T. Hunter,
now a United States Senator from Vir
ginia, but then serving in the House of Rep
resentatives. It was his first session,
and he was entirely unknown to the coun
try. He was a Southern State-rights
Whig, and was elected by the Whigs and
the Democratic friends of Mr. Calhoun,
Before the session was over, Mr. Hunter
joined the Democratic party, and supported
Mr. Van Buren for President in the mem
orable “ Hard-cider ” contest of 18.40.
Again, in 1849 and ’SO, there was a long
delay in the organization. The candidates
for Speaker were R. 0. Winthbop, Whig,
of Masß&chußßetts, and Howell Cobb (
Democrat, of Georgia, now Secretary of the
Treasury.
After balloting for three weeks it was
found impossible to elect by majority, so a
rule was adopted declaring that the person
who had the highest number of votes should
be elected whether it was a majority of the
whole number of votes cast or not. Under
this rule Mr. Cobb, Democrat, of Georgia,
was elected.
But the mbst remarkable instances of
delay was in 1855 and 1856. The House
of Representatives, which convened in De
cember, 1855, did not succeed in electing a
Speaker until February, 1856, a period of
eleven or twelve weeks. Mr. Banks, Re
publican, of Massachusetts, was thenjkcted
under the plurality rnle, similar tw that
adopted in 1850. He received one hundred
aDd three votes to one hundred cast for Wm.
Aiken, Democrat, of South Carolina.
With these exceptions we believe there is
no instance in oar Congressional history
where the House failed to organize the first
week of the session.
The Speaker is a very important political
officer, and is worth contending for. He
has the appointment of all the committees
of the House, and under the rules of Par
liamentary law in regard to the dispatch of
business, can, by his decision, have a most
potent influence in determining the charac
ter of the legislation of the country.
Partizunshlp Ran Mad.
From our Daily of Deo. 14th.
Hon. D. A. Secombe, of Saint Anthony,
introduced into the House, yesterday, a res
olution, directing the Judiciary Committee
of that body to inquire into the power and
expediency of the Honse preferring a bill of
impeachment against the Lieutenant Gov
ernor. The offences thus sought to be pun
ished by impeachment, were alleged to be
perpetrated by that officer iu his official
character as President of the Senate.
The animus of this resolution will be ap
preciated, when it is recollected that the
constitution and laws, while they provide
in this manner for the punishment of vari
ous State officials, fail anywhere to make
the Lieutenant Governor amenable to such
a proceeding. It is an attempt, therefore,
to override both the constitution and the
laws, in order to give Vent to Republican
spite against a Democratic officer.
The folly of the proceeding will be ac
knowledged, when it is considered wbat the
pretended offence is, which it thus proposed
to punish. The offence consisted in certain
rulings and orders of the President of the
Senate, npon matters exclusively connected
with that body, and touching its member
ship and organization. These are subjects
exclusively under the control of the Senate,
with which the House has no more right to
interfere than it has with the membership
and organization of the British Parliament.
The Senate, nnder the constitution, possesses
exclusive power to punish its own members,
for any infringement npon its rales, or any
usurpation of authority. The Lieutenant
Governor, as President of the Senate, is a
legislative officer, and as such, amenable to
that body, and to that alone, for any im
proper or corrupt practice. He is equally
the subject of impeachment with the Speaker
of the House far any violation of legislative
duty, nod not more so. The two persons, in
their legislative capacities, rights, duties, and
responsibilities, stand on precisely the same
footing, except that the President of the
Senate could not be liable, as the Speaker
might be, to expulsion from the body over
which be presides. v ,
These two tactß—that the officer in ques
tion is not amenable to impeachment,’and
that the offences complained ol are not the
subjects of impeachment—verify the conclu
sion, that the proceeding initiated in the
House was done solely for the purpose of
gratifying partisan spleen against an honor
able and accomplished Democratic official.
Tn King of Sardinia’s ex-bead cook
is employed in one of the Ban Francisco
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The Democrats of Indiana ere but a little
way behind their fellows of Ohio in their
open and avowed attachment to Stephen
A. Douglas. As a sample of this, we no
tice that in the Democrat!* Convention of
Parke county, a few days since, an effort
was made to instruct the delegates to the
State Convention to act in that convention
in favor of Gov. Joseph A. Weight, now
Minister to Berlin, for the Presidency. The
proposition was instantly voted down, and
the delegates were subsequently instructed
in favor of Douglas. This kind of actioo is
being taken throughout a large portion of the
State, in spite of the virulent opposition of
Senators Bright and FiycH, and of the paid
stipendiaries of the Federal Administration
A trotting match took place 07er the
Union Course, L. 1., a few days since,
between Flora Temple and Ethan Allen—
mile heats, best three in five, in harness.
Flora won, taking the second, third and
fourth heats. Time—2:27, 2:27}£, 2:26,
2:29.
In no State of the Union is so much
attention wasted on the local details of
physical economy and social science, as in
Minnesota; and in no other has so little
been done to organize and classify the facts
of our internal growth. In all European
countries, and in most of the States of this
Union, the study and generalization of sta
tistics is considered of the first importance,
and employs sonae of the leading minds of
every community. In a young State like
ours—whose resources are imperfectly
known, and which depend for their devel
opment mainly on being better known—the
authoritative exposition of the elements and
movements of our internal progress, is of
the very first importance.
We are, therefore, glad to see that Mr.
Joseph A. W heelock— whose taste and
education seem to point oat statistics as his
“specialty,” and who has done more, in
the course of his editorial career, than any
one else to bring order out of the chaos of
our public records—has undertaken to sup
ply a want which journalists feel more keen
ly, perhaps, than any other class. Mr.
W heelock will be known to our citizens as
formerly the Editor of the St Paul Adver
tiser, and more recently as having been
connected with the unpolitical department
of this paper. His connection with this
journal, however, ceased sometime since;
he having withdrawn entirely from editorial
pursuits, partly for the purpose of recruiting
his health, but mostly for the sake of de
voting himself exclusively to statistical
studies—a department in which his taste
and talents pecnliarly fit him to excel.
From oar acquaintance with Mr. Whee
lock, and our knowledge of his habits and
acquirements, we shall look forward to the
appearance of The Minnesota Year Book,
with great interest. The time for its pub
lication, we regret to say, will be delayed
for a few weeks beyond that at first de
signed, on account of the loss of a portion
of the materials, at the late fire in this city.
The Official Canvass ot the Late
Election.
The Legislature, yesterday, was occupied
the entire day, in witnessing the canvassing
of the returns of the late election by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
assisted by the President of the Senate.
The totals of the canvass are given below :
GOVERNOR.
Alex. Ramsey. 21,33.5
Geo. L. Becker 17,582
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Ignatius Donnelly .20,917
Sylvanns B. Lowry 17,670
SECRETARY OF STATE.
J. H. Baker. 20,732
F. Baasen 18,039
TREASURER.
Chas. Scheffer ..21,335
S. B. Abbe 17,425
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Gordon E. Cole 21,186
Jno. B. Brisbin .17,630
HEbBEBS OF CONGRESS.
Cyrus Aldrich 21,360
Wm. Windom 21,016
James M. Cavanaugh 17,668
Chris. Graham 17,417
DeJcota Territory.
The result of the vote in the North part
of the Territory of Dakota, as we announced
a few weeks ago, indicated the election of
Hon. J. P. Kidder as the Delegate to
Congress. We are now enabled to say that
our prediction is verified by recent news di
rect from Sionx Palls City. The votes
having been returned from all parts of the
Territory, it appears that Gov. Kidder is
elected by a very large majority, be having
received an almost unanimous vote.
Approprtate, Very.
Under the heading “Government Adv’s,”
a late Winona Democrat published an ar
ticle highly eulogistic of Senator Rice, and
equally denunciatory of this paper. The
appropriateness of the heading, and the cor
respondence between that and the article
printed nnder it, were too striking, on the
one hand, to require comment, or, on the
other, to permit the fact to pass entirely
without notice. • • <5 !
INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE
Tear Book, and State
Register.
Ohls DelegatloM to Charleston.
The following is a full and complete list
pi tta Ohio delegates to the Charleston
Convention. Ia almost every instance tfae
co*V*Dtion selecting them instructed their
'VeJjjireKfctatlves by resolution, to vote for
Douglas:
Dbtrieta.
I. Henryß.Bowman .....Douglas.
' Charles Rules. do.
B. Wesley M. Cameron do.
Wm. I. Forrest do.
m. Hon. A. P. Miller.... do.
Hon. G. W. H0uck...... do.
i IV. B. Metcalf do.
Joshua Townsend do.
V. James B. Steedman do.
wm. Mungen do.
VI. J. R. Cockerill. do.
Perry Pee . ... do.
VII. J. Durbin Ward do.
Mathew Clark do.
VIII. George Spence. do.
B. E. Runkle. de.
IX. Abner M. Jackson do.
Edward P. Dickinson do.
X. Thomas McNally do.
Wells A. Hutchins. do.
XI. Lot M. Smith do.
E. T. Bingham do.
XIL George B. Smythe do.
Wayne Griswold ‘. do.
Xm. Dr. John Teft do.
Hon. Thos. W. Bartley do.
XIV. J. B. Young do.
J. P. Jeffrys do.
XV. J. G. Stuart do.
Colonel Nugent do.
XVI. 8. R. Hosmer..: do.
B. Linn do.
XVII. J. S. Way do.
William Eaton do.
XVIII. S. Lahm do.
S. D. Harris do.
XIX. Hon. H. B. Payne do.
J. W. Gray do.
XX. Hon. David Todd do.
Dr. D. S. Woods do.
XXI. Thomas Woods do.
B. P. Potts do.
Helper’s “Impending Crisis.”
On the first day of the session Mr. Clark,
a member of Congress from Missouri, in
troduced the following resolution:
Whereas, Certain members of this House,
now in nomination for Speaker, did endorse and
recommend the hook hereinafter named; there
fore.
Resolved, That the doctrines and sentiments
of a certain book called “The Impending Crisis
of the Sooth, and How to Meet It,” purporting
to have been written by H. R. Helper, are in
cendiary and hostile to the domestic peace and
tranquility of the country, and that no member
of this House who recommended or endorsed
it or the compend, is fit to be Speaker of the
House.
The book in question, was written by
Hinton Rowan Helper, a native of North
Carolina, and is unquestionably of the most
incendiary character. It lays down the
programme of a combined servile and agra
rian insurrection in the South ; and as the
first step thereto, proposes a union between
the non-slaveholding whites and negroes—
contemplates a servile revolt, the expulsion
of the dominant class, and the confiscation
of their property. Helper, proposes the
following plan of operations :
1. Thorough organization and independent
Eolitical action on the part of the non slave
olding whites of the South.
2. Ineligibility of pro-slavery slaveholders ;
never another vote to any one who advocates
the retention and perpetuation of haman slave
ry-
8. No co-operation with pro-slavery politi
cians ; no fellowship with them in religion; no
affiliation with them in society.
4. No patronage to pro slavery merchants;
no gnestship in slave-waiting hotels; no fees to
pro-slavery lawyers; no employment of pro
slavery physicians; no audience to pro slavery
parsons.
5. No more hiring of slaves by non-slave
holders.
6. Abrupt discontinuance of subscription to
pro-slavery newspapers.
7. The greatest possible encouragement to
free white labor.
It was proposed last March, by certain
New York Republicans, headed by Weed
and Greeley, to circulate 100,000 copies
of this work in the South gratuitously ;
and to carry out the scheme, a circular was
issued, endorsing the work, recommending
its circulation, and soliciting contributions.
This circular was signed by stxty-eight Re
publican members of the present House
comprising every prominent Republican
representative.
The adoption of the resolution of Mr.
Clark, therefore, will have a peculiar sig
nificance ; and we believe it will be adopted
by the votes of the combined Democratic
and American members. The House, on
the 7th, refused to lay it on the table by a
close vote.
All Sorts of Items.
A party of the Winnebago Indians, vari
ously estimated as numbering from 75 to
400 persons, have re-crossed the Mississippi
to take up their old quarters a few miles
from Genesee, in Henry county, 111. They
take the example of the settlers who drove
them fiom their homes, and entering dwel
ling bouses, appropriate bedding and what
ever articles of clothing suit their fancy.
Poultry-yards aro not exempt from their
depredations.
Thr Crystal Palace in Amsterdam ia to
be completed and opened in the year 186 L
It is to be built, like the building in London,
entirely of iron and glass. It will be four
hundred feet in length, and two hundred in
width, and the dome at the center will be
two hundred ieet in height.
A Nun who had been six years in the
Newry Convent, Ireland, and whose ancle
was a Romira Catholic priest, and the most
frequent visitor, being disgusted with nun
nery life, escaped by scaling a wall,engaged
herself as a servant at Armagh, and has
been converted at a retival meeting, one of
which she has addressed, expressing her
determination to remain a Protestant.
It Appears that large discoveries of an
tique gold articles have been made in Ire
land. A great gold find ia the neighborhood
of Athlone, realized over £27.000. Mr. E.
Clibborn, of the Royal Irish Academy, in
speaking of these discoveries, states that
these articles are weekly finding their way
to the melting pots in London. It seems a
pity that a portion, at least, should not be
rescued from such a fate, for preservation.
A letter from Mr. Joseph Holt, Post
master General of the United States, covers
a decision of an interesting question. A
husband, who bad been separated from his
wife, demanded that his tillage postmaster
should deliver her letters to him and threat
ened a suit at law if his demand was not
complied with. The wife, on the other
hand, forbad the delivery of her letters to
the hasband. In these circumstances the
postmaster appealed to Mr. Holt for
instructions. That gentleman pronounces
the claim advanced by the husband too
preposterous to be seriously refuted ; indeed,
he says, it is abhorrent to law as it is to the
Christian civilization of the age.
A peculiar case of desertion by a wife
occurred in Toronto. A young man
married a pretty girl of sixteen, about
three months since, and soon after marriage
met with an accident by which be lost the
use of his eyes. From this time the wife’s
affections began to wane, and a few weeks
ago she left him, taking with her some
money and other valuables. The detectives
are on her track.
They are about to dedicate a colossal
statue of Franklin, for the Franklin
Market, in Philadelphia. It is from the
chisel of Mr. J. A. Bailly, and is hewn
from an immense slab of Liver rock, of a
grayish-drab color, from the coast of the
Bay of Fundy. The figure is ten feet in
height, and measures five feet across, from the
extreme right of the drapery to the left
hand, which rests upon a pedestal of books.
The resignation of Garibaldi, as com
mander of the army iu Central Italy, is of
evil import. It looks as Victor Emanuel,
the King of Sardinia,* had been coerced, by
the outside pressure of France and Austria,
into a change of policy, and that the exiled
Pjrinces are to be forced upon their unwilling
subjects. It is, undoubtedly, at the dicta
tion of Napoleon that the heroic patriot,
Garibaldi, retires from the services of his
countrymen in Central Italy.
As an indication to the reader of the
character of the Helper book, we add here
two brief eentiments from it. Helper bad
left the State of North Carolina before
publishing it :
No man can be a true patriot without first
becoming an abolitionist! * * *
Henceforth, sirs, we are demandants not
suppliants. We demand our rights—uothiDg
more, nothing less. It is for you to decide
whether we are to have justice peaceably or
by violence ; tor, whatever consequences may
follow, we are determined to have it one wsy
or the other.
An election was held in Kansas, on the
6th instant, for a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Superintendent of Public In
struction, Attorney General, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, one Associate Jus
tice for the term of four years, and one for
the term of two years, together with five
District Juflges, one Representative in Con
gress, a Probate Judge, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court, and Superintendent of Public
Instruction in each organized county, and
members of the State Senate and House of
Representatives in the various election dis
tricts.
The Legislature of Virginia met at Rich
mond on the 15th ult. The Message of the
Governor will be looked for with much
interest, and judging from the signs of the
times, the coming session will be an exciting
one.
The Princess Mary, of Russia, Grand
Duchess of Lanchtenberg, recently arrived
in Paris on a “ flying visit ” to the French
Emperor. She traveled very quietly, her
business being brief, though doubtless im
portant, and therefore took with her but five
servants and one hundred and ten pieces of
baggage. Think of that, ye annual Sara
togians, and swell with envy.
Tub Cincinnati Gazette, ultra Republican,
states that Mr. John Martin, of Clark
county, Kentucky, recently received a letter
from a negro in Canada, whilom his slave,
stating that he was in destitute circumstan
ces, and if “ Massa ” would send him some
of the needful, he would return to the bosom
of slavery and work henceforth contentedly.
Mr. Mabtin pot the letter into the hands
of a United States Marshal. The money
will probably be sent.
A tew days before his death, Mr. Irving
visited his mother’s grave in the cemetery,
and, while weeping over it, asked the super
intendent when he died to bury him by her
side. He had selected this spot long ago.
The Richmond Whig says that John A.
Pizeini, of Company F, of the Richmond
Military, is the name of the soldier who, as
sentinel on guard, retimed to let Gov. Wise
paw the lines at Charlestown because be
could not give the countersign. In response
to the remark, “ This is the Governor,” his
answer was, “ Well, unless he gives the
countersign he will not be the Governor
very long.”
Legislature.
are Pioneer and Democrat.
Much for wool or woe to Minnesota de
pends upon the action of the present Legis
lature. For the past two years we have
suffered under great embarrassments. Mach
is to be attributed to bad legislation and bad
management in the conduct of our local
affairs. Wise legislation will do much to
remedy the evil. The Republican party
have now the power of the State, and it is
to be hoped that guided by the experience
of the past, its members will calmly and
wisely proceed in the work of reform. Oar
taxes have been to the present time oppres
sive, affecting greatly the valbe of our real
estate, one of the great resources by which
we must expect to relieve ourselves from the
heavy burden of debt under which we groan.
Their reduction will greatly enhance the
value of property and increase oar resources.
Mach of the prodigality in the past has pro
ceeded from the peculiar state of the times.
Everything bore an inflated value. The
expenses of living have been enormous, and
those who served the public in official capa
cities had necessarily to be paid such salaries
and fees as bore a proximate proportion to
the profits derived from other pursuits.
Whichever party had come into power at
the present time would have felt constrained
to advocate and accomplish reform. Mem
bers of both parties alike have felt the
weight of the burden, and would have in
sisted upon a course of rigid economy. Our
opponents have now the power and are
pledged to reform. Should they conscien
tiously proceed to redeem their pledges, it
is to be hoped that no factions opposition
will be made by onr friends—such a course
wonld not only be unjust but impolitic.
Let no embarrassments be thrown in the
way ; but shonld our opponents falter, let
them be reminded of their pledges and
warmly urged to redeem them. Gives.
Delegates to tile State Convention
To the Editort of the Pioneer and Democrat.
Allow me through the medium of your
columns to call the attention of the Demo
cracy of Minnesota to a subject, at this
time, of much importance: namely, the
selection of Delegates to the National Con
vention to be held at Charleston.
The Democratic party at the present
time is the Conservative party of the coun
try, and the friend par excellence of the
Union of the States.
Slavery is repugnant to the feelißgs ot
the great mass of Northern men of both
parties. Its further spread is deprecated.
Our Southern brethren entertain different
views in regard to the question. This ex
citing subject can only be settled by com
promise. People of both sections must be
prepared to yield something for the public
good. In this spirit the Democracy gener
ally endorse the views of Senator Douglas
in regard to Popular Sovereignty. To a
greater extent they cannot go, and the
leaders of tha party cannot induce the
masses to march a point beyond. Our
Southern friends, I believe, are generally
prepared to meet us upon this ground, con
sidering, however, that they, too, are yield
ing something of strict right in the spirit of
compromise.
Unfortunately, many entertaining ex.
treme views are to be found in both sec
tions of the country—men who would be
gratified to see the Union dissolved, in
order to advance their own selfish ends.
Among those entertaining conservative
views, scarcely a dissenting opinion exists as
to the candidate to be put forward at
Charleston. Senator Douglas is their de-
cided choice, and if nominated will be elected.
I, for one believe,no other Democrat can be.
It cannot be denied that the Administration
is opposed to him, and its influence will be
strongly exerted to procure his defeat.
Those holding office under it, generally men
of influence, energy, and great political in
fluence and sagacity, will leave no stone un
turned to accomplish their purpose. There
are many such within oar own state, who
are silently bat energetically at work.
Every means which their ingenuity can de
vise, will be brought to bear in order to
carry their ends. We must not rely too
much on our numerical strength. Our
frieDds must be vigilant. None should be
elected as delegates to the State Conven
tion, in January, who are not known to be
decided friends of Mr. Douglas. Those
holding office under the Administration
should be excluded, and their suggestions
even when professing friendly views, should
be looked upon with suspicion. It is to be
hoped that every friend of the Union will
make it a point, whatever the sacrifice, to
attend the primary meetings, and sec that
none but true men Bhall be selected for the
convention. The Union is in greater peril
than it has ever been.
Should the Republican party, led on as
it will be at the coming election, by the
promulgation of the “Higher Law” and
‘‘lrrepressible Conflict” doctrine, the Union
will, in all human possibility, be forcibly
dissolved, and the country become the thea
tre oi a bloody civil war, to cease, God alone
knows when. A hti* Lecompton.