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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

The Psss, ID is boiStefoss o1tburat of
yesterdsg, attempts to create tbeimpression,
~ lit has done 81 several occasions hetetof
fore, that II issolely owing to the policy OF
TIE last Administration, and 81 Tue Demo>
cratic party. that Mr.. IlxcoIs haa not at
bis command the means Of enforcing the,
laws, holding the forts, and collecting the
revenue. When its two column article is
sifted down, this is the SOFT. How are
the facts:
In the last House of Representatives,
which was strongly Republican, PROPOSE
ton was introduced by Q member of that
party, giving the President authority to
collect the duties on ship-board. 1t was
universally known at the time, that unless
such law should be passed, it would not be
in the power of the Federal government to
enforce the revenue laws, Did the Reppb.
licans in Congress come to the rescue of
their Presidents Not by any means. They
rejected the bill; and that Mr.. LINCOLN to-
day has not the power Of collecting the
duties, is solely owing to the non,action
(wise, we think) of his own party. Yet the
Press ignores this fact, and bowls about
FLOYD and THOMPSON, who were denounced
in the PIONEER AND DExocRAr for their
mal.administration before tho Press had an
existence; and when its present war-like
editor was engaged in the peaceful occupa-
ton of tending bucolic herds. F,o.3 s3
Again Mr.. STANTON, Of Ohio, intro.
dueed bill, and pressed it vigorously, in
the House, enlargipg the powers Of the
President in calling out the militia, for the
enforcement of the laws. If the laws were
to be enforced land the Press blames Us that
they are not-the passage of this measure
was absolutely necessary. But did the
Republicans of the House venture to entrust
their President with the power essential to
the performance Of this dutyf Oh, no! They
talked great deal about doing it, but never
faced the music. The bill was rejected or
postponed, on the motion of Mr.. OoRwIS,
Of Ohio, who has since been rewarded by
Mr., LINCOLN, with frst-class mission
abroad. II 5ggh5l o. bsyQiqG'9 il 1858
Yet ID the face Of these facts, which can
not be controverted, the Press filings at, and
charges us, with Q responsibility for the
misdeeds of FLOYD & Go. The acts of that
enterprising firm were condemned in our
columns, when it had patronage to disburse,
D to purchase even silence. But they now
belong to the past. A civil war appears to
be opening before Us, fraught with the most
direful consequences to the American peos
pie. How that great horror can best be
avoided, and the disunionists who advocate
it, frustrated, is the momentous question of
the present. To promote it's peaceful solu>
ton, we shall sealously labor, at the
risk Of being styled . "traitor," or even q
" rattlesnake," by the canting and bypocrit-
ical demagogues who have brought the
present great evil upon the nation This is
all the Press can induce us to say in per-
sonal, vindication. The question of our pa
triotism is cheerfully referred to the public,
for verdict. 1850 ai es1dj as1Saaaa4 sd
s.. = 4 - fs.r 2.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
Union Nominations in chicago.

Union Nominations in chicago. i q
The Onion men Of Chicago have nomin-,
ated the following ticket for the Spring
election: wig 6an ,sq9.a e55dj ag Oh 'gs
: Mayor-THoxAs, 3. BsYos; Commis.
sioners Of Public Works PHILIP CoNLHY,
CHAs. NJ. GRAY, FRED. LETT City Treas.
urer-CALv1N @. PARKS; City Collector
JOIN P. CHAP1N; City Attorney-G. Q.
WrALllKER; City Surveyor 5R1oH1RD Po1r;
Clerk of the Police Court-W. D. Hlw.
LEY. sYah 'slsnn 5Isd9!d" yCsm w0H
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
A Very Plain Proposition.

We believe the radical wing of the
Republican party, desire permanent
dissolution of the Union. They have got
rid of the Cotton States, and they now seek
to drive off the Border States. To accom-
plish this object, civil war is to be inaugu-
rated upon gigantic scale. If there was
any desire or design, on the part of the
Radicals, to save the Union, the Border
States would be conciliated, by the adoption
of peace policy towards the seeding
States, and the appointment of Union men
to Office from the South. But no appoint
ments have been taken from the Union men
of the Border States, of any consequence;
violent Abolitionists have been called to
high stations; the whole Government has
been organized upon free State basis, and
steps are now to be taken toward the Cotton
States that the Border States have protested
against from the beginning, as certain to
lead to united South against the General
Government. We believe q with Senator
DOUGLAS that there are Disunionists North,
as well as South; and that the desire to form
a free State Confederacy, to be ruled over
by New England and the Middle States, ia
at the bottom of the coercive policy, which,
it appears, The Federal Administration has
at last initiated. '''''' % g 'i'OA1 10 J :
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
PAULl


<-NET[-@-
The opponents Of the Democracy seem
to grow in courage, and now, for the first
time in the history of the country, they adj
vocate a war policy on the part of the Fed
eral Government. They vehemently oppos-
ed the war of 1912, and threatened disunion
as remedy for the real and fancied grievs
ances it entailed upon them. In the Hart
ford Convention proceedings, were first
developed the identical arguments used to:
day, by the secessionists Of the South, in
justification of their action. The war with
Mexico, found no more violent opponents in
the country, than LINCOLN, SEWARD, Coz.
WIN, and the mass of those who now COM
pose the Republican party. CoRw1N would
welcome the Americans "to hospitable
graves with bloody hands," LINCOLN
voted against supplies for our suffering sol
diers, who were defending the honor Of
their country in foreign land. The Ifi-
buse, and kindred sheets, furnished aaid and
comfort to the enemy so much 80 indeed,
that the Mexican government had their
articles circulated, to encourage the droop-
ing spirits of their own soldiery, and create
discomfort in the American army. Every
war undertaken by the Government, in
vindication Of its honor and the protection
Of the lives and property of its citizens, has
been opposed by the class who are now so
clamorous that the throat-cutting business
should be Immediately commenced at the
South. These Peace Society gentry have all
at ence become great swaggerers-"jealous
10 honor and sudden and quick in quarrel
They are eager for the fray. They speak
the radicals we mean-as if the conquest or
determination of the people of the Southern
States, will prove nothing but holiday
job. They will listen to no terms of con-
Citation or compromise. "Men never COM
promise" They are clamorous for blood.
In our foreign wars, it is true, they were
gentle as cooling doves, and begged and
prayed for peace They would consent to
any compromise--to any plan of pacifca-
lion-to conciliate England, Spain, OF
Mexico, but not q jot will they yield to the
South. "The Constitution as interpreted
in the Chicago platform are the only terms
proffered. The alternative is warl War
between kindred and friends War between
people Boosting common ancestry A
war to cram down the threats of two-thirda
Of the people of the Union, the political
dogmas held by one.thifd ] A cruel,
bloody, unnecessary war that win not and
cannot secure any practicable advantage
unattainable by peace policy. to gtiloa5
This is the feast to which the Press
writer-the Abolitionist NouRsE- Invites
the conservative people Of Minnesota; and
be cries 'sshame on the man. who will dare
neglect his royal orders. Yet the removal
from, or appointment to an Office, would
CLOSE his mouth, or open it, in advocacy
of an opposite policy, as readily as the
Snowman works his puppets. "These be
our generals" sa'Al' ~ -'- ''s
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

There are two courses open to the gov
ernment-the adoption Of the Orittenden
Compromise, which gives the South one.
fifth of the common territory which it and
the North own together or civil war,
which will bring untold misery and ruin
upon the country. We shall soon see
which the administration will take-the
compromise or the war. The people are
for compromise ii sllam@ob Ill s:G.j u,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

r. BARNwELL RHErr, the rabid secession
ist Of South Caroline, was originally one of
the Smith tribes Heihad his name changed
from Smith to Rhett by act of Legialature
thirty yearssago digT3f-- aaieHlnaJ 589gDA
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
Kentucky Union Ticket for thu
s Border Conference. .... g, 3.

The Louisville Democrat and Journal both
carry at the head Of their columns the fol.
lowing ticket for delegates to the Border
State Conference to be held at Frankfort
on the Goth prox. aa.c9q4A @ aaj mo-
For STATE AT LARGE.-John J. Crittenden,
James Guthrie. 9Siyltnt 2. t.ai 3a 80
/ C jadl DISTRICT DELEGATES. las g mc1
First District, Rufus K. Williams. ,-...
Second District Archie Dixon. "a
Third District, Francis M. Bristow. !" " '-iV
Fourth District, Joshua F. Bell. ptle4Da q
Fifth District, Charles A. Wicklife. $50 e
Sixth District, George w. Dunlap. .,i };,,
Seventh District, Charles s. Morehead.
Eighth District, James F. Robinson.
Ninth District, John B. Huston. 51o i3o1e5
Tenth District, Robert Richardson 1oslIgn
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

d We find that the kinds of wheat sown
were generally the Canada Club, Scotch
Fife and Rio Grande, but all the other
kinds are mentioned in the reports as ha5v.:
ing been successfully cultivated. aii assi
The time of sowing in 1860, was from
the 18th of March to the middle Of April,
and but very little difference between the
time in the Northern and Southern sections
of the State. This year Qs6l) the season
will be somewhat later, although in some
localities the crop was put in by the first of
April. oo5.a{ Ev. ,..4 w. g, -
/ The time of harvesting we find to have
been pretty uniformly, the first week in
8 August. 81 ~ $500 ,4ls.J oliI D. o..
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

In the United States District Court, at
Milwaukee,, last week, one Of the Booth
Irescuers named Frederieks, who, il COM
pany with Daniels, SALESMAN andp Others,
helped Booth to- escape lffomothe Custom
Honse last Summer, was afraigned upon the
Charge and plead guilty, throwing himself
upon the mercy of the Court. lid hssssg g9t
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

Steam frigate Roanoke. 80. 40
Steam ffigate MINNESOTA !. G. j. Van Brunt. 40
Steam ffigate wabash. !. Z -F1EE... 40
Steam frigate Ierrimack. 40
Frigate Sabine.. A Adams. ;. so
Sloop.0f-war Cumberland ohm Marston. >. "a
Sloop-of-war St. Louis. g. 81. Poor. -. 20
Steam sloop Brooklyn. WI Walker Is
Steam sloop Mississippi. 49,. IL
Steam sloop Powhattan. 8. Mercer. ...... IL
Steam sloop Pawnee -. 8. G. Rowan. 4
Steam slo0p PocahontasS. F. Hazard. -. 5
Steam sloop Wyandotte.. -. s
Steam sloop Mohawk.. .Lieuten't Strong s
Steam sloop Crusader. ). Lieut.. Craven. 8
Brig Perry. ............ -. 6
Brig Dolphin. ....-..... 80. A
Cutter Harriet Lane. John Faunce.. .. s
Steamer Water Witch....3 - 80 -. 3
.. Jtc-5 1895 sYI OH g5-- -
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. BAG
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

We learn that George W. Moore has re-
lceived the appointment Of Collector Of the
port Of st. Pau. snaa Va. !, s gj .s.,I7 :
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

! The Virginia Convention on the 9Th
adopted the following preamble and resolu
tion-ayes Is, nays 63 {: 'ssa'sF


the uncertainty which prevails id the public
mind as to tho policy the Government intends
pursuing toward the. seeded States isex-
tremely injurious TO the commercial andindus-
trial interests of the country, and tends to
keep up an excitement which is nnfavorable
and threatens the disturbance Of the public
peace therefore, ............ -. baS,
!. Resolved, That o committee Of delegates be
appointed to wait on the President and Re.
specially ask him to communicate to the Con.
vention the policy the Government intends to
pursueliJ 90 yryIaspfG Ioi S31DsD1dm9 SIT
BAILAs p Pszsros. Conservative, "a. a.
s s4g4s Unioppifs s y otLi'H,
Secessiouisto Wesee appointed QoMmission-
ers, and arrived attn Washington yesterasye
the l2tka sd ,sbi2aI zI1ow sdi 10 dtgnsIi:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
Postmaster at Minneapolis.

We learn from Washington, that DAVID |
AoRaAN, ESQ.,, has been appointed Post
Master at Minneapolis.I : 9ehso taf " p
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

The result for Governor, in Rhode Island,
is las follows: SPRAaUB, Onion, IL ,844 /;
SMITH, Rep, 10000 /; scattering 164ms-
jority, 1923. The vote for Congress, ID
the Western District. stood BRoEFss.
Union, 14,4ll; sBRAYros, Rep, 3.S56.
Eastern District: SHEFFIELD, Union, II, 46l;
ROBINSON, Rep, t0,B7o. The Senate stand
II Union men, and 13 Republicans; and the
House 45 Union men, and rs Republicans.
Well done, gallant little Rhody5 bs1ei1sd9
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

STATISTICS OF THE SYRIAN MASSACRE
Authentic statements show that there has
been no exaggeration in the accounts here.
tofore published respecting the massacres
committed by the Druses in Syria. Accord
ing to document prepared by the Central
Committee of Assistance 10 London, from
information supplied by the Turks them
selves, the number Of Christians who lost
their lives is 1000, including women and
children. The number of women and young
girls carried off and sold to the Turks is
5000. The number Of Christians of all
sects reduced to ruin by these events is H.
600. One hundred and fifty towns and
villages, with the churches, monasteries,
and schools attached to them, were pillaged,
burnt, or destroyed. 1ol The houses of the
Christians destroyed at Damascus are not
included in this return la' s''l 'si,a9'1i "7
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

Degelzs vas IN Ballinore eother day.
Hs VA oi oourse giving his attention to
,noyeneHta fof the salvation of the Union.
'Hi3 plan ia tie border States seems to be
public meetings, which shaIl stimulate the
Union sentiment, 90 that there shall be no
secession BY any Of those States until the
Northern people shall have an opportunity
of.passing upon questions Of adjustment and
compromise which shall be mutually satis.
factory. "A correspondent & Baltimore Of
one of the New York papers haa seen the
draft Of a call, in DouoLAs own hand writ
ing, for such Union meetings, ID the follow
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

a. New Po1Nr AGAINST THE MORRILL,
TAR1rr "A number Of protests have been
6led in New York, against the MoRRnL
Tariff, by importing merchants, ON the
ground that the duties charged, at New
York, on the goods imported are not levied
and collected in the ports of the seeding
States, and n that by the Constitution Of the
United Ststesit ia expressly declared that
f'aIl 1dties, inpostsi and excuses shall be
uniform throughout ithe United Tstates;;.
au si3 at rno ptshslF5shac shall bs given by
|sey regulates o. commerce Or revenue to-
the ports of one State over those of another"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

Rhode Island Election-state Ticket,
Legislative, and Congressmen ANTI
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-08-08
ResOIuaiOms.

The following resolutions were adopted at Il
meeting of our citizens on Tuesday evening, and
they will be enforced:
WHEREAS Our beloved country is in imminent dan
ger from traitors and rebels, whose purpose is to
overthrow and destroy our benefcent Govern
ment end destroy our free institutions and con-
stitutional liberties; and .a
Whereas Our brothers and neighbors, noble men
and valuable citizens from our midst, have from
a sense of sacred duty. at sacrifice of ease and
at risk of their lives and all else dear to them,
pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sa.
cred honor to sustain the laws ofour country, and
to perpetuate our Revolutionary bought privi-
leges and God given liberties; and
the telegraph brings news from the seat
of war that fills us with grief and causes every
true and patriotic heart to bleed with sorrow, on
account of the bad news of the death of so many
of our noble citizens and the repulse of one dl-
vision of our army, and the consequent advanta.
ges accruipg to the enemy; and
Whereas, there are citizens Ill midst who at
heart disloyal to our Government, and notwith-
standing they have SO long been participants of
its benefits, they are sympathzers with our trail
torous enemies and apologists fol their unparal-
lelled baseness and ingrattude, and are giving
aid and comfort to our enemies by sneoring at
loyalty and patriotism, and by exulting at the
success of rebels and the misfortune of cur army
aud
Whereas, it is evident there can be no neutral DO
stion in this war, but that he who is not for our
Country is against; and the persistent dissemmi
nation of such demonac influences must be dan.
gerous and detrimental to our countrys inter
est and may lead to serious results. Therefore,
ReSoLved, That as good and loyal citizens, we
owe it to our country and to our brave and patri.
otto citizens who have gone to fight her battles
and uphold her laws that we see to it at home and
allow spies traitors or their abettors and apo
ogists to remain longer in our midst.
ReSolUed, That we have borne with suppressed
feelings of indignation to hear our country traitor
ously assailed and her noble cause traduced, but
that the recent exutation over the disastrous news
from Bulls Rum has been the feather to break the
camel's back, and that We as REASONABLE men, have
calmly come to the conclusion that we cannot, we
ought not and will not longer permit traitors
heir apologsts TO persist with impunity in their
reason, either by word, sympathy or action.
Bes0tved, That we will scrutiuize the demeanor
If all who continue to give evidence Of treason to
he best government the world has ever known end
We will inform them calmly yet conclusively, that
here remains but one consideration on which they
IAN retain their citizenship in midst, viz; The
entire and immediate suppression of all traitorous
Icts, sentiments and sympathes.
Lacrosse Republican,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-08-08

In the Federal House on Monday last week Mr.
WOOD asked consent to submit the annexed reso-
luton:
ReSolced, That the Postmaster General inform
THIS House whether he has authorized any Post
master, or any other person, in or at any i O in
The United States to open letters or violate seals
or whether the same has been done with his know
ledge and consent, or if he knows whether private
correspondence has been violated at or in any p
.. in the United States
strange to say this most reasonable resolution of
inquiry was objected to, and stranger still the OBJ
Jectlon was sustained. No people thus careless of
inulNluual liberty, can long retain their freedom
me petty plea OF necessity is all that yrant asks
conceded"
we clip the above from quite q lengthy article
IN the DAnocrat of last week. Our neighbor is in
terrible futter, apparently, for fear some of the
respondenceothe traitors to the country will be
violated Here, again we see the consistency and
honesty of this secession editor 1t was well
known to every reader of newspapers for three or
tour years before this rebellion broke out. that
throughout the Southern States the daily violation
OF the mails was common thing. Letters and ma
pers from the Free States were regularly broken
open' and frequently destroyed. This was not only
not condemned by the editor of the Democrat bnt
II was approved, and commended by the Demo.
Gratis OF the North generally. This was in a fine
OF peace when there GOULD be no plea of necessity
and when the public safety did not demand it
Now this editor can raise howl of dismay over
the bare suspicion that some traitors correspond.
ence has been violated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-08-08
RrownIoM vs.. PiIinw.

We learn from the Knoxville Wig, that Gen
Gideon Pillow, who distinguished himself in the
Mexican war, by his "dtch on the wrong side,'
has been showing off his military genius in en- eff.
fort to 'chain up the Mississippi river The &C
count of this last stroke of generalshp is given by
Parson- Brownlow who says:
Previous to Gen. Pillow being superseded by
Bishop Polk, he went to New Orleans and procur-
ed huge chain-cable, costing him $25, 900, and
brought it to Memphis to blockade the river, by
stretching it over, and resting it upon the buoys
The cable, carriage and work cost about $50, 600
al amount of trees, logs. and drift wood swept
away his cable and its supporters as ny.fatboat
captain might have informed the Confederate au.
thorities would certainly be the case.
''This is no idle tale, but sober reality, and
we shall send the account Of this affair to the Con-
federate forces, to be tried on the Potomac, on
the james river, and the Chesapeake Bay e
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-08-08
Correspondence o the Cincinnati Gazette.


POINT PLEASANT, Va, July 81.
A courier from Gauley Brigade arrived in town
this morning with intelligence that q en-. Cox had
succeeded IN getting up with Wise's party at that
point on sunday morning. As soon as our scouts
were seen intelligence was convened to Wise who
beat precipitate retreat leaving behind for our
use several casks Of bacon, 800 mugkets n LARGE
lot of ammunition, tents, aud other car,n onnin-
age In his return he has burned NH the brit,,ees
on the road. He is now reported ercsronod ~ a
stronghold eighteen miles above Gauley's river
Col. Tyler succeeded in joining Cox on Sunday
He is now encamped on the opposite side of tbe
river. halt WILDE made here for several 5sys
to refresh the troops who are exhausted by their
long march, when the two divisions will unite and
give Wise another chase. Our men are in good
y. 10 ''- ''N-'D' 10 &c l' '0 o"'''0 immediate
1t is reported by a soldier OF the % Kentucky
Regiment, who has just arr rived from the camp
that Capt. A. j. jenkins encouragement was
shot by one of our scouts in the neck and mortaly
wounded. This news is received with great ioy
by the inhabitants of the border. Jenkins is des-
perate character and is held in fear by the whole
community. He carries on a sort OF gurrlla war
fare upon unarmed citizens, and robs them of all
they possess, His command is made up of all
the villains of this section of the country who are
well mounted and armed and thus enabled to pro-
ceed from one section of the country to another in
surprising short time. II this news should prove
true, and think it is reliable, it is the best we
have had in long time
at Charleston all is quiet aad strong Union
feeling prevails. Those who were driven away on
account of their Union sentiments are returning
ana confidence is once more restored. Lewis Ruff
ner, Esq, member OF the late convention at
wheeling, returned TO Charleston to-day on the
Silver Lake. He viii Immediately organize
Home Guard companies along the Kanawba and
promptly put down all atten1pts of the rebels IN
again rally.