The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-13
THE CANVASS.
Hon. Henry NJ. Rice and General
Marshall at Winona.
.arshall has Heard from Connect.
ana Gets Weak on the Negro.


and Gets Weak on the Negro.
cor,. WINoNA, MIMI, Oct z.
W. ''po"aeaoe of the Pioneer:
ueiay OF the boat Messrs. Rice and Mar
- r-,sS 80 unable to reach this city in season
W riaay night, and the discussion between
.nese Two gentlemen was adjourned fl this
SATURDAY evening. SATURDAY. morning the two
gentlemen went to st. Charles. returninr ahont
6P.M. ''ou'
At o'clock the Court House was fill .h.ra
being many ladies present. - '''' 'A'e
Gen. Marshall first occupied tho ,,,otfo-r,
and opened his discourse by giving the oua;.
.ence to understand that he and Mr.. Rice wo-a
or. the best possible terms of persona, ;nt;n.-
cy, however much they might differ po,iticollv,
He then drew from his pocket copy Of the
Republican Platform and commenced his re-
marks by dissection of the negro plank. His
first stand point was that the plank was not a
question at issue. We have nothing to do with
tit is an affair entirely distinct from the great
question of the day. He himself was in favor
of negro suffrage, but the party had nothing to
do with 1t whatever. The absurdity of his
statement came like a pail upon the counte-
nances OF the Republicans. 1t had been re-
ported and distinctly understood, that Genera
Marshall himself was only a.Eale in favor of
putting the ballot box into the hands of the
negro, but that the Convention and its plat
form was negro all over. am informed from
reliable source that the General insisted upon
this plank being prominent portion of the
platform until he arrived at Wabashaw, where
he was told the doctrine was unpalatable. It
is certain that his inconsistency on the subject
will do him no good in this section.
The General next touched upon the Admin
istration, and he really could not tell whether
he supported President johnson or Charles
Sumner and Wendell Phillips. 1t was too
grave question to be considered at moment
like this, and the nearest could come to any
determination regarding him, was his strong
assertion that he agreed with Parson Brown.
low. He read an extract from letter or a
sermon of the Parson, in reference to negro
suffrage, but as it only referred to good negroes,
and as he left out what the reverend gentleman
says about negroes taken by the whole lot, I
hardly know where and how the General does
stand. 1t is my opinion the majority of his
audience were in the same position.
Next came the question of taxing Govern
ment bonds, and the only really ingenious
thing about this was, his reading of decision
of the Supreme Court, made years before
bonds and war were thought Of 1t related to
the taxing of United States property, such as
custom houses, post offices, &C., but 1t was so
brought in that many thought it referred to
the bonds in question. The General was not
in faver of taxing bonds, and States and mu-
inequalities had no business to do it.
To sum up, then, Gen. Marrhall is unequiv-
ocably in favor of negro suffrage; he will
support President johnson so long as the Pres
ident is not Democratic, and he is distinctly
and clearly in favor of exempting from taxa.
ton one-third of the property in the United
States.
A man who Is the exponent of doctrines so
absurd, IS not the man we of the southern
portion of the State want for Governor, and
many who yesterday were his strongest
friends, are of that opinion.
1t has been clearly demonstrated tonight
that vote for Marshall is vote for negro suf-
fage, vote against the administration of
President johnson, and.a vote in favor of une-
quail taxations
Mr.. Rice upon taking the floor at first ex-
planned the decision of the Supreme Court and
placed it in its true light, showing that it did
not refer to bonds, which were not then
thought of, but to custom houses, &c. He
placed himself directly upon the platform of
equal taxation, and by example illustrated
clearly the disorders which must follow their
exemption.
He supported the administration and the
reconstruction policy of President johnson,
but did feel and pointed with pride to the
plank in the Democratic platform endorsing
the President-the same thrown overheard by
the Republican Convention in this State and
elsewhere.
He was opposed to negro suffrage, and after
carefully considering the question in its va
rious lights stated his position and his grounds
for opposition cleverly and logically. His re-
marks were received with rapturous applause,
which clearly demonstrated the feeling of the
people upon this sll-important question. No
man vert out of the house this evening with
out understanding him and feeling that vote
for Henry N. Rice was a vote against negro
equality, in support of the administration of
President johnson and in favor of equal taxa
ton.
Mr.. Rice's reception has been warm and cor
dial. The southern portion Of the State love
him as a man and honor him as statesman.
The people feel that the time has come when
we must have head to our State Government,
and you may rest assured that he will receive
a strong vote in this section in November.
God grant that it may be strong enough to
abolish forever the inconsistencies and abeur-
dities, to use no stronger term, under which
our noble State hiss been governed for the last
four years. @.