The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-12-27

SAINT PAUL.
saint Paul, Friday, Decsmber az 1851.
Poaasaeal and Hzilitaxy I1atssrs. &
AT the last meeting Of the Union De-
tense Committee Of New York, an organi-
zation that has always had the confidence
Of the Government, and performed more
service than any other, in furthering its OBJ
jects, the following preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:
( Whereas, The President of the United States
manfully and periodically in his message, de-
clares that, 'sin considering the policy to be
adopted for suppressing the insurrecti0n, !
have been anxious and careful that the inevi.
table conflict for this purpose shall not degen-
crate into violent and remorseless revolu-
tionary struggle. have, therefore, in every
case, thought it proper to keep the integrity
of the Union prominent as the primary object
of the contest on our part, and that the Union
must be preserved, and hence all disposable
means must be employed. We should not be
in haste to determine that radical and extreme
measures, which may reach the loyal as well
as the disloyal, are Indispensable" There
fore,
Resolved, That this Committee do most
heartily approve the patriotic sentiments of
President Lincoln, and we trust that he may
receive the united support Of all good citizens
who stand by the Union, the constitution and
the laws.
Resolved, That we deprecate the discussion
of projects which tend to distract and ALLEVIATE
the Union sentiment of our people.
The bill of Senator WILSON, to provide
for allotment certificates among the volun-
teer forces, is as follows
Sec. l. That to each State from which vol
unteers have been or shall be accepted by the
President under the act of July twenty-five,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled stAn
to aid in enforcing laws and protecting public
property" there shall be assigned by the Pay.
master General one or more Paymasters now
in the service, who shall reside in such State,
whose duty it shall be to receive and distribute
to the respective families or friends of such
volunteers from said State such portions of
the pay of said volunteers, respectively, as
they may allot in pursuance of the above recit-
ed act. m
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the
President shall appoint for each State having
volunteers in the service as aforesaid, three
persons who shall be authorized by the Presi.
dents commission to visit the several depart
ments of the army in which volunteers from
their respective States may be, and there pro.
cure from said volunteers from time to time
their respective allotments of their pay to their
families or friends, duly certified in writing,
and by them, or by some commissioned officer
of such department. attested in pursuance of
such orders as may be made for that purpose
by the Secretary OF War, and upon which Ger.
titled allotment, so procured and attested, the
friends of the volunteer making the same may
draw such portions of his pay as he may there
in request.
Sec. 8. and be it further enacted, That the
persons appointed as commissioners to carry
into effect the preceding sections of this act,
shall receive no pay or emoluments whatever
from the treasury of the United States.
AS the Commissioners are not to be paid
by the United States, we are left in doubt
whether they will receive commissions or be
paid by the respective States. Three com,
missioners from States that, like Mime
sota,) will have only five regiments in the
field, are more than will be required to do
the business.
-".Occaslonal F" of the Philadelphia
Press, who has unequalled opportunities for
acquiring information, says:
Irresistably the current is setting in favor
of the moderate policy eunciated by the Pres
ident in his last annual message. Even among
the most radical of his political friends there
are daily manifestations of a patriotic deter
mination to stand by him. On all sides the
remedy of emancipation is denied and discard.
ed. The Democrats, of every shade of opin.
ion, with rare exceptions, assent to the right
and eXpediency of cOnfscating the property
of the rebels, and the Republicans accept this
as the intermediate ground upon which the
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vigorously unite. 1t was impossible, surround.
ed as the Cabinet was by conflicting theories,
to reach probable solution of our great
troubles in an hour, or day, and long time
may elapse before the Constitution and the
laws are firmly re-established in the seeded
States. But the great obstacle in the way is
at last about to be triumphantly removed in
the rapid concentration of all loyal men in the
loyal States in the support of the war and the
Administration. For this benifcent result we
are indebted to President Lincoln.
In speaking of the nervous anxiety ex
isting as to the delay in the forward move
ments of the army of the Potomac, and the
criticisms and censures in some quarters on
Gen. Mcclellan, because be will not advance
his standards into the heart of the Old Do
minion, Occasional says:
These demonstrations result, not from dis.
trust OF him, but from an absorbing desire
that bold blow should be struck at the vitals
of treason. and that quickly. He is extremely
self.posessed, and self.poised. He feels that
he has had confided to him much power and
many responsibilities. His quiet reticence si.
lences fair complaint and satisfies honest inoui.
ry. He is never seen about the Halls oil Con.
gress, nor any of his aids, and l think he is
resolved to let his deeds speak for him .iun-
bonnetted" before the world. He Certainly
selects the right policy upon which to succeed.
and it is because believe he intends to do
bold and thorough thing soon, that rest upon
his sagacty, and confde in his policy. His
whole theory seems to be unfaltering faith in
the triumph'of our arms when he strikes. and
a proud conviction that he can afford to select
his own time for striking.
The New York Commercial is not quite
so lenient towards those who are ATTEMPT.
ing with exaggerated statements and false
hooas to widen the breach which they have
opened between the administration and the
people, and are exciting on another "on to
Richmond Juror. The Commercial thus