The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-15
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Wehave in this sparssly populated State
An army Of voracious Office holders. who,
for the past four years, have Bean playing
the pleasant part Of loyal stay-st-home
patriots, feeding and fattening at the pub
lie crib. One hundred And twenty three
OF these anxious patriots assembled in
convention in this city yesterday, to make
2 most depending and desperate effort to
devise ways and means whereby they may
retain and obtain Offices they are unfit to
bold and avoid working for living, for
which thsy have not the sightest liking
or liberation. These men, and their com.
peers in other States, aided by their Co
workers, the fre-eaters of the South,
mounted the negro and rode into power
on his sable back, inducing between the
two extremes a war Of sections, which
filed the pockets of the Northern wing of
these co operating factions, and impover-
ished and snbjugated the Southern wing.
But, unfortunately for the Northern
wing of the rebel factions, the war has de-
stroyed slavery. The Southern wing, tram
pied under the feet Of victorious armies,
and sick Of the game these two factions
have been playing to cheat the old Demo
cratic party out of power, cry out Justify,
"enough 7" and give up slavery as the for
felt of their per6dy and madness BY this
act the Southern people have stricken
down and demolished all the platforms Of
the Republican party, and left them not
q Solid plank to stand upon. ~ afgs@@
Negro slavery and all it's agitations are
dead; and hence the Republican party,
founded ON the single issue of negro ala
very agitation, is dead also. The ultra
sincere men of that party are wild
fanatics, honestly in favor of negro suf-
faes, amalgamation and misoegenation.
The demagogues and politicians who seek
only the emoluments and spoils of office
and power, see clearly that as soon as the
negro ceases to be an Issue in politics,
their occupation is hopelessly gone. These
two GLASSES Of negroites made up the Re
publican convention of yesterday, and pre-
scented the observing physiognomist with
view Of the characteristic countenances of
each. s;a53sasa- FL goos a. .Gai sgsiI.
The fanatics who believe in SAnBo
-AEnoANus as the gospel of modern phi.
lanthropy, presented to the Committee on
Resolutions, as compromise, the fol-
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Resolved, That the hands, whether black or
white which have just laid down the musket,
bornei in defence Of the Union, can be safely,
trusted to take up the ballot. And while we
feel that in any scheme of reconstruction, edu-
cation and intelligence ought to precede suf-
frsge, nevertheless if the ignorant and trail
torous white masses of the South are permit
ted to take part In the government of the ma
ton they have just sought TO destroy, we
claim that as measure Of safety as we'll as Of
justice the same rights shall be extended to
the loyal black men of the South. aiib5qs-. ~
q But the det,agogues, who ride the ne
gro for profit only, said this was too plain,
TOO direct Such ontspoken negro
outrage might alarm the veteran soldiers,
who are almost to a man opposed to negro
suffrage, and would certainly result in
the defeat of the Republican party Of this
State ! So the Committee s'sugM coated
this resolution. and reported it in the form
seen in the resolutions adopted by the
Convention. III .a5 * &.
A more explicit confession Of weakness
could not have i'een made by the oonven-
ton. The Repubi cans have but one issue
left, whereby the, Lave the slightest hope
Of retaining pose negro suffrage and
this they are afraid to avow In all it's
naked deformity, but resort to the silly
expedient Of presenting it in vague and
wordy generalities But the subterfuge
cannot succeed. Negro suffrage is there.
It is the only live Issue in the convention,
was the only live issue in the State Lcgis-
lature of last winte:, win be the only live
issue in Congress next winter, and will
be the only live i-sue whereby the Repub-
licans can hope - delnde the people and
retain power. -.
Upon this ISIS me Democratic party
wage uncomproD ing war against the Re
publicans. If the Republicans carry negro
suffrage, they carry everything; they tri-
umph over all the safeguards ofthe Oonsti-