The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-10-28
The Presidential Canvass.

When has there been canvass in which there
few issues made up out Of party principles,
as the present! The question of national bank is
consigned to the noles aud bats the tariff is only IA
q,lesii III of detail wit: whether higher or lower
should be put certain articles; questions
Of annexation Of territory are before us; none, of
qmrrels with foreign nations; none, Of the disposal
OF the public domain; distinct Of internal I'M
provemens-aIl parties being agreed upon harbor and
river impfoy enents to a high degrec-,hcrc has in
fine, been bat littc talk about, but some mnateral
matters which are of no further importance than as
they affect the e>pectants Of Office ana the eyoecs
Of party names.
Gen. Pierce fell of his horse and h,u, his knee.
aai Gen. Scott feared attack in the rear General
Pierce a they had not all seen and therefore
h. probably tall enough for President; Gen.
Scott man they had seen, and that satisfied
them that he the iii man; Gen. Pierce had
not been able to control the New Hampshire Puran-
ism, and therefore, he was opposed to the Catholics /;
Gcn. Scott had once been of the Native American
party, he need not set up claim for Irish votes
Gen. Pierce drank champagne and was a bad man
Ounce enough to talk with his mouth iu; Gen.
Pierce had advocated the peculiar institution of the
South, and the same time had winke,i at the free
solism OF the North Gen. Scott had pretended to be
for the sovereignty Of the States vet had made him
self the caspaw of Seward that arch aholitioni>t Of
the North
So it appears that the issues have been mcrci, up
personal qualifications.
Well the Democrats have no objections to that
IL proves good issue to candidate and we will
not complain. We are merely amused with the fact
We are reminded of a canvass we once heard of in
Tennessee. Two candidates for Congress in the
same district were of the politics. When on
the stump, they troubled for texts Their dis
rict was in mountainous region where a large Dor
ton Of their electors gained livelihood by the gath
erng ofg'nsens, there, in short parncc called san
Wealthy owners of land, suffered the ga;hcrcrs Of
sang TO dig in their woods 'sand welcome too''
First candidate addresses the people thus: "Fc!-
low citizens, am poor man and own no lands but
my opponent is a nabob; he has mountains OF sang.
and when YOU and your wives and children in a lau-
able ambition to save yourselves from want and to
earn an honest subsistence by the sweat of the brow,
90 upon his lands to dig sang, what does he do fell
low citizens but have the M anncss to drive Won
away, and compel yoa to leave without the fruits that
God and Nature had given you! Is that republican,
is 1t constitutional. Will you vote for man to
represent this glorious old republican district in the
Halls OF Congress who denies you heavens boon,
and the Common property Of all, sang,
The case in Illustration is parallel however with
the probable result Of the present campaign onl, in
respect; that is the nsignicance of the issues
the man who raised the cry Of sang got elected. But
we think we shall that the party who raised the
insignificant issue, OF falling off horse and the lying
issue Of Mr.. Pierces uniendlness to the Catholics
will not succeed and OF that ''we put ourselves upon
the country