The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
A Political Letter from q Minnesotian
in New York.
NEW YORK, April 8, 1860.

NEW YORK, April s, 1860.
To the Editors ofthe Pioneer and Democrat.
On Monday last, the I'd instant, the war
whoop was sounded on the Connecticut
plains. The opening of the campaign re-
suited in one of the hardest fought battles
that was ever known among 1.-THE 4" Nut
megs." The Black Republicans were con-
fdent of an easy and overwhelming VIC
tory. Considering that in 1859 they swept
the state by 1900 majority, it seemed like
hoping against hope to cope against such
formidable adversaries. According to
the Tribune of March 81, Hartford gen.
tleman, L" we'll versed" in politics, predict
ed an increase from the said 1900 of last
year to from $500 to 1000 Republican ma
jority on Monday last and the Tribune
itself was sure of clear thousand, if not
more. But the conservative Democracy
rallied in determined manner, and driving
the " heather into the one-horse towns,
succeeded in laying low 1900 votes, as the
Republicans, in spite of their pulling and
hauling, could not show more than bare
600 ahead. And it is believed that had
conservative speakers gone into the interior,
among those settlers who never see paper
once in four years but Tribune, that the
Republicans would have failed even to elect.
As it is, however, the falling off is so great
that already fears are being entertained by
the " worshipers of losing the State next
November. Following close on this great
repulse by the followers of Washington,
Jefferson, Jackson and Clay, of the MERGE
nary hirelings of Seward, Greeley, Helper
and Brown, the defenders of the Union, and
maintainers of the law, showed their valor
and patriotism by routing the "Hessians
from the fields of Little Rhody. On Wed
nesday last, the 4th instant, VIM. Sprague,
Democrat, was elected Governor by some
1900 majority, and the Legislature also
went against the Republicans. While these
conflicts were raging so fercely in the East,
a sound thrashing was administered to the
unmerciful Tories" by the Brooklyn
Eagles, on Tuesday last, Sd inst, who COM
pletey routed the enemy, and planted upon
the Heights of Long Island the victorious
banner of Democracy and Union. The re-
suit of these preliminary affairs cannot but
be encouraging to all true Democrats. The
very fact of driving the enemy back with
such great loss in their strOngholds, is but
the foreranner of the total defeat and ami
hlation of the Black Republican party on
the final battle dav next fall
l have strong hopes that the Western
States, and especially Minnesota, will shake
off the shackles of niggerism, and redeem
themselves from such curse, in November
next. Rhode Island and Connecticut, in
the east, with Minnesota, Indiana and Hi
nois, in the west, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey (if not New York;, besides the entire
Southern States, California, and Oregon
are enough to elect, and will elect, the
Charleston nominees, without a doubt.
Therefore, the necessity of the Democracy
of the West in preparing for action tor the
struggle will be arduous and terrific; and if
you would sustain the principles of your
great and illustrous predecessors-if you
would sustain the constitution and the laws
of the land, 60 forth to the battle field de-
termined to conquer, as the enemy shows no
quarter.
see by the New Y ork 1ribune's St. Paul
correspondence that the Democratic party of
Minnesota has according to the writer, A.
B. Webber) proven itself to be pro-slavery
party; and the reasons stated are, that
bill was introduced into the Senate of Min
nesota, on the 5th of March last, by a "Dem-
ocratic member" for an "Act to promote
the social intercourse and to protect the
rights of citizens of the United States while
temporarily sojourning in the state of Min
nesota." Simply because the conservatives
of Minnesota wished to show to their breth-
rem of other portions of the Union respect
for their rights under the laws of the land in
which we all live, this Weber claims to
have made an important discovery, viz: that
the Democracy are pro.slavery. Let the
Black Republicans Of Minnesota but keep
on the same course they have been pursuing
since their advent to power, and the steam.
boat captains of the Upper Mississippi will
probably speak out in sOrrowful tones before
the close of navigation.
G. A. s., OF LIE SUEUR.