The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-09-28
POLITICAL NEWS.
OLD BUCKS SIS DAY CANDIDATE.


to run as an Administration candidate for
Congress, against the regular Democratic
nominee, entered into an arrangement last
week with Window, the Republican candi-
date for Congress, by which the latter "ac-
ceptedwith pleasure" (of course he did, apro-
position to permit Taylor to divide time with
him and Gilman, during their joint discus
sions. 1t was just what the Republicans
wanted, and we have no doubt Taylor, in
the event of the acceptance of the PROPOSE
tion by Gilman, could have justly claimed
a reasonable compensation from the Blacks,
in addition to the SIS per day Old Buck
pays him. But Mr.. Gilman was not so
blind as to be led by the allied forces, into
any such one sided arrangement. Here is
his letter in response to the United States
Special Agents request, and truthful and
pointed it is:
ST. PAUL, Sept. 10, 1860.
Mr.. j. W. TAYLoR-Sv; Your line is just re.
ceived, proposing to take part in the discussion
between Mr.. Window and myself. If your pro-
position was accepted no good reason could
be given for declining a similar one coming
from any other source, and in this way the OBJ
jects of our meetings might be defeated. Your
candor will at once admit that your PROPOSE
ton, however disguised, is unfair towards me,
inasmuch as it would be allowing the support
ers of Mr.. Lincoln two speeches, to one on the
Democratic side. If you will avow openly
your efforts to defeat the Democratic party,
and elect Mr.. Lincoln, | should be as happy to
meet you as any other person the Republicans
will put forward as their representative, in
honorable discussion. Eut until your utilization
with that party is openly avowed, cannot re.
cognize your claims to consideration, and can
only regard your modest request as an attempt
to secure your recognition as candidate which
might otherwise have been forgotten.
Respectfully yours, JIM. GILMAN.
Wewould recommend James W. Taylor to
take the stump, and discuss with james w.
Taylor of 1857, the political issues now be-
fore the country.
JOHN FORSYTH ON THE DISSOLUTION OF THE
UNION.
VIM. F. Sanford, pestiferous fire eating
leader of Alaba has written letter to
John Forsyth, editor of the Mobile Register,
the leading Democratic paper in that State,
inquiring of him what he will do if Lincoln
is chosen President. Mr.. Forsyth responds
as follows:
1t is briefly this If Black President should
be elected by purely sectional vote, the South
resisting and the Northerners uniting against
US, this is no Union for shareholders to live in.
l should Ego" with Mr.. Yancey for its disrup-
ton, chatter or no chatter" But, if in spite
of the loyal efforts of million and half of
Northern Democrats, who staud fast to the re-
gular nominees of the National Democracy
against the Chicago nominees, the latter are
elected through the deliberate boiling and
treachery of the men at the South who claim to
be it's champions par excellence, then say the
case not only does not justify rebellion, but
these ''champions,'' as the authors of the Ca
lamity, should be held as traitors first to the
South, in comprising this election, and second
as traitors to the Government, for taking ad-
vantage of their own wrong" they rebel: and
in both cases should deserve to be hung as high
as Haman.
am, respectfully, your fellow citizen,
JOHN FORSYTH.
THE MILK IN THE COCOANUT.
Isaac 1. Stevens, late Governor of Wash
ington Territory, is the Chairman of the
Breckenridge Yancey National Committee,
and has distinguished himself by his abusive
addresses against Mr.. Douglas, and by his
extraordinary zeal for the Administration.
The cause of it has lately been explained.
Money is at the bottom of it. Read the
following:
TREAsURER's Dept, CoNTROLLER'sl
OFFICE, Feb. 8, 1860.
SIR: have the honor to transmit herewith a
list of the balances due United States remain
ing unsettled for more than three years; and al
so list of said balances unsettled for more
than one year, as required of me by the second
section of the act approved March 3, 1909, and
the thirteenth section of the act approved
Very respectfully your obedient serv't,
W. MEDILL, Controller.
Hon. VIM. Pennington, Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
We End on page %,
l. I. Stevens, Gov. Wash. Territory, slO,l42 ~
Page Sc,
!. l. Stevens, late Governor, 30,940 80
Total Buck Breck principles, s4l, 0S2 SO
1t seems be has been owing the United
States for some three years, and probably,
in consideration of his support of Breckin-
ridge. the Government has made the claim
easy for him Mr.. Stevens was one of the
seceders from the Baltimore Convention, as
was natural, after the secession of the $780,.
600 from the National Treasury, of which
he appears to be the cause.
We always thought that Fridley was the
best paid man who seeded from the Balti-
more Convention, taking into consideration
bis actual value. He got $4,000.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .s
Eli Thayer has been thrown overheard
by the Republicans of the ninth Massachu-
sets district, and G. F. Bailey nominated
in his stead. Thayer favored the Popular
Sovereignty principle.
The Bell, Douglas and Houston men Of
Texas have united on common electoral
ticket. This will insure the defeat of the
seceders in that State.
Leslie Combs is stumping Ohio for Bell
and Everett. Tn Vallandipham,s district