The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-08

citizens on this point. We want them to
look at the amount of work that has been
employed to this end. And, approaching
this, We call on them to fulfill the scripture
by carrying out the programme, and giving
WILLIAM R. MARSHALL the gubernatorial
nomination and election.
This work of making a Governor out of
their own materials commenced when
The Press did. Nearly five years have
been devoted to this object To accom-
plish it, there has been great wear and
tear OF justice and conscience. The gull
lotine of The Press has cut off the head
of every politician who stood in the way
when the knife was sharp enough, and the
neck d the subject not too obstinate. The
person selected for gubernatorial training
possesses fine qualities for the race and
the position. He has been q remarkably
successful man in all his enterprises. He
has been candidate for variety of pub
lie Offices, and has never been beaten.
This fact alone, would give him great
prestige. But, for 50 high post, it was
considered necessary he should add mill
tary repute to that already gained in poll
tics. To gain this he entered the service.
And, in way characteristic of his humili-
ty, he entered as private. He enlisted
without any arrangement with the Gov
ernor that he should be furnished COM
mission. There are enemies of MARsHALL's
who assert otherwise, but we know what
we state to be the fact. The Governor
told us SO explicitly, and MARSHALL has as
much as intimated the same thing. He
went out to the wars. Our readers re-
member the Great Expedition against the
Sioux in the memorable year of 1862.
They remember how their hearts palpitat-
ed with fear when the little bend of FIVE or
six thousand cavalry, Infantry and artil-
lery left our frontiers to hunt out and en-
gage in deadly conflict with fifteen hun
dred savages. They remember what an1-
iety rested upon them, when away on the
plains, and outside the protection Of walled
forts, the meagre army pursued its west
ward march. They remember, too, how
anxiety settled into despair, when days
and even weeks had passed by, without
tidings of the1ittle band. and whether it
we're not beleaguered there on the defence
less plains. Nor can they fail to remem-
Der their relief and pride when the terri
bic silence was at length broken, by the
arrival of a messenger from the far Mis-
souri,. How the news came of great bat
tie that had been fought on the very banks
of that lordly river, and how a great VIC
tory had been won, covering the Great
Expedition with greater glory. How
seven men had been killed, and two
wounded. Cor, two men killed and seven
'wounded,) how several Sioux had been
sent to their last account, and how the en-
tire stock Of provisions Of the Siome for
The ,cinter, had been utterly destroyed
We allude to these heart-rending details
now, to remind our readers, with, more
powerful effect, that the messenger who
risked his life to bring us this intelligence,
was none other than Col MARSHALL.
From the Missouri to the Mississippi, he
rode without resting, that our fears might
be Gained. and the proves of the Great
Expedition become known. This ride is
the most famous of the war. That of
SHERIDAN's, (oIy fifteen miles,) was
mornings amble in comparison. Were
there nothing else, this feat should estab-
lisL, beyond cavil, MARsHALL's military
reputation. -
With the close of the Great Expedition
closed Col. MARsHALLs military career on
the Western frontier, From thence he
was transferred to the South. Unfortu-
nately, the official reports of battles and
movements, so far as they have been pub
lished, contain but few illusions to our
illustrious friend; but what is lacking in
these, has been kindly supplied by him.
self 10 his contributions to The Press.
We lind from his correspondence with that
paper, full descriptions o: the battles in
which he has been engaged, and of his
personal conduct therein. At Tupelo, on
the l4th July, 1864, they had terrific
tune. Col. MARSHALL thus describes it
If you can call up from memory the expe-
rience of a terrific thunderstorm, and repro
duce the emotions you experienced when the
thunder was bursting in deafeniDg and awful