The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-02


ready beginning to manifest itself at New
Orleans. The New Orleans True Della.
which has been one of the most rabid and
boastful of the secession journals, has an
article in its issue Of the 10th instant, which
is strikingly significant of the temper with
which the people of that section brook the
ills they have to bear and contemplate those
that are to come.
"From the little that it 1.-THE Confederate
Congress) has lready done in its secret ses-
sions and occult Committees" says the
True Delta, "no very sanguine anticipa-
tions of its future are inspired" Fair warn
ing is given to MIR. JEFF. Davis and his
Congress that the people, who have sacri-
feed so much for the secession cause, are
dissatisfied with tie manner in which it is
conducted
The people themselves have, up to this time
in spite OF the ignorance and cupidity of local,
and the passiveness of general authority, done
all that the greatest and intelligence and liber.
atty could accomplish, but they cannot con-
tinue doing so, while, too, they see their SUBJ
stance daily lavishly wasted, and their mate.
rial resources squandered without anything to
show for it.
The penniless and defenceless condition of
Louisiana and New Orleans is thus de-
picted:
If this State is to be taken as sample of the
way things have been conducted, what do we
see A treasury which few months ago,
was full to repleti0n, now collapsed, great
city comparatively defenceless, q people full
of chivalrous feeling, discouraged; an ardent
and Jealous local militia disappointed and dis.
gusted, and while all this is VIGOROUSLY so, the
imbecility that has produced it is perpetually
taxing its ingenuity to devise some new expe.
dents, finding fresh pretexts for rewarding
hangers on OF dsgraceful antecedents or effete
and useless appendages of the old militia sys.
tenn.
Originating in this inspiration the stupidity
called camp was formed at CarrOlton where
God knows how much money has been thrown
awayJtO the infinite vexation of the gallant
soldiers who have allowed themselves to be
quartered there for the ediication of the CUB.
ernatorial camarlla, and the enchantment of
their immaculate encourage. Surely such
criminal trif1ng, while our city.ls exposed to
the insults of an audacious invader at so many
points, cannot fail to impress the minds OF cit.
liens with the most gloomy forebodings, for
what can be more discouraging than to see
means, so greatly needed for absolutely indis-
pensable works of defence, scattered broad
cast among q set of impudent and shameless
sy3phants, who have made the gubernatorial
otf1Se seem as if it was administered by COM
mission and not by a citizen elected for the
purpose! 1t would seem as if nothing but the
actual occurrence of some great calamity can
awaken thepeople to a true sense of the i'm
minence of The peril which encompass them.
Should New Orleans fall. seven years of war
would not compensate the South for the disas.
ter, and yet fippant impudence in high places
declares, in reply to earnest entreaties, not to
leave her exposed and helpless-"Oh, there is
no occasion for alarm; you are more frightened
than hurt" Making permanent Presidents,
laying wires for lifelong offices, log-rolling for
enormous jobs are all, no doubt, very impor-
tant considerations to politicians in and out of
the provisional government at this period,
however, other matters of gravity deserve at.
tentiOn, and when the provisional Congress
meets, it would do well not to ignore or disre.
gard them.
Having thus warmed itself in the discus.
sion of its subject, the True Della does not
hesitate to squarely confront the bull of
secession and take him by the horns. 1t
reminds the Confederate Congress that
without popular warrant it has constituted
itself the government" and declares that
The men who have managed to get the coun-
try into the war have shown themselves inca.
pable OF carrying it safely and honoraby
through it.
After reviewing at some length the meas.
ures which it had recommended in the out
set for securing the friendship and aid of
Europe, the True Delta continues:
With these measures as the compliment of
free trade legislation and an earnest of large
craftsmanship, these States could have avoid.
ed the humiliatiOnS incidental to the pilgrim.
age OF commissionership trinity, and safely
left commercial Europe to operate upon its
governments.
Had this been done instead of being shut in
Theoretically by the cruisers of Lincoln, we
should have found thousands in Europe as ca.
ger as we could desire to undertake our work
of privateering, and who, without risk or eX.
pense to US. would have swept Northern com.
merce from the face of the deep.
Instead of this, what has this much beslob-
cred provisional authority, which has kindly
undertaken to relieve the people of the care Of
government, done? Why, they undertook to
impose an export duty, not on our suggestion,
OF two or more dollars per bale, but of sixty
two and half cents, and to make a home loan
of fifteen millions of dollars, in which they
partially have failed. They enacted the in.
iqutous tariff system, saddled the country with
an army of useless stipendiaries, and sent mis-.
sionaries upon bootess errand and with
rowing commission to Europe.
After perusiDg the above extracts the
reader will be prepared for the conclusion
of the article unless he, happens to be one
of those who affect to believe that "the
South are united to a man" in their pres
ent position That conclusion is nothing
more nor less than the initial note of rebel.
lion against rebellion 1t is.as follows:
Is it proposed to continue such men in pow.
er, or are the people awake to the necessity of
finding the men for the cabinet and the field
who are capable of extricating them with hon
or and success from the difficulties which sur.
round them?
The men in possession of power have, it will
be seen, absolutely established, by their own
acts, their utter unfitness for the places they
have succeeded somehow or other in reaching.