The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-20

Negro suffrage...Its Advocates ana -.
Opposers---lts Defeat settIe1 ..-Ths
Duty OF those who Oppose IL
All the signs Of the times Indicate that
the advocates of negro suffrage have re-.
eeived their quietus-not only in the
Southern States, bnt even in the Northern
States, and, even more, ia New England
itself. The verdict of the people is unmis-
taxable. Nearly 1000, 900 lives and ma
tional debt of $4,000, 600, 900 lie regarded
as sacrifice enough for this ebony idol of
the Undergraduates, at least for this gen.
Grafton. While every interest of white
men has suffered, the negro alone always
excepting the New England manufacturers
and the "loyal contradictory has made
most profitable gain by the war. He has
made 81, ZOO, 900, 600, the value of the ne
groes in the Southern States, by becoming
the owner of himself. The Southern
whites have lost 81, 900, 600, 600 by losing
their negroes. The Northern whites have
lost $4,000, 00o, 900, the cost of the war,
and Of gaining the freedom of the negroes.
AS SAMBo comes out of the war
winner, and winner of such heavy stakes,
the white men who have so far voted, indi-
cate very clearly that they think he can
afford to rest on bis laurels at least for this
generation, and until he has shown his Ca
pacity for freedom and citizenship. There
fore the ablest statesmen of the country,
including every statesman in the Demo
cratic party, every one in the South, and
such Republicans as Gen. Cox, just elect
ed Governor of Ohio, Gen. BENTON, can
didate for Governor of Iowa, Senator Doo-
LITTLE, of Wisconsin, Gov. MORTON, of
Indiana, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of
the Bnited States, Gov. BRowNLow, of
Tennessee, Hon. Mr.. WEYMOUTH, of Wis
con, JNo. W FoRNEY, of the Washington
Chronicle, and host of others, embody-
ing the brains and heart of the Republican
party, have declared against any further
privileges to negroes until the interests of
white men are attended to and the negro
has shown the result of the costly expert
ment already made for his freedom.
In addition to these it is now almost
certain that decided majority of the peo-
pie of Minnesota agree with President
JOHNSON, Gov. MORTON, Senator DooIIr-
TIE, and the Others, and are opposed to
negro suffrage. Such has been the evil
dence of this feeling, that Gen. MARSHALL
is beginning to throw off little and pre-
tend that the Convention which nominated
him was opposed to negro suffrage, and
that "there is no issue on negro suffrage
in this canvass" which conduct his party
paper at Minneapolis stigmatizes as 6 false
and cowardly." Hundreds and thousands
of Republicans in Minnesota will vote
against negro suffrage, and hence Gen.
MARSHALL deems it necessary to throw
tub to the whale.
Now what is the duty of the opponents
of negro suffrage? Will they gain any
thing by votingdown negro suffrage and vot-
ing up a State administration which sustains
negro suffrage Does not one of their votes
kill the. other If you vote for the negro
suffrage candidate you vote for negro suf-
frage even though you put in another bal
lot against the amendment. The moral
effect is for negro suffrage, and all the
power and patronage Of the State is hand
ed over for the benefit of negro suffrage,
to be used to influence and carry it in fu.
ture elections
If you vote for MARSHALL and against
the suffrage amendment, you simply cut
off the tail of the serpent and leave his
head and fangs all alive and vigorous.
The tail will soon grow out again and ne.
gro suffrage triumph.
But vote against MARSHALL brushes
the serpent's head, and that is the last
you will hear of negro. suffrage in Mime
sofa.
# you wish to make your principles !
win; if you wish your vote against negro
suffrage to be worth anything at all, you
cannot vote for Gen. MARSHALL You
must do like Senator DooLIrTLz and Gov.
MORTON, talk. and vote as you feel and
with those who agree with you. In no
other way can you Support the govern.
ment," for Mr.. JOHNSON is opposed to
negro suffrage and says he "only recog-
nizes as his friends those who agree with
him and support his measures"
The Press has told you that their
"naain candidate in this contest is neqro