The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-01-18

SENATE.

Minnesota Legislature S
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a9ia89 sA MONDAY. Jan. IA.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Mr.. ERDMAN.
~ PETITIONS.
BY Mr.. JONES: A petition from citizens OF
Winona and Olmstead counties Tor state
Road. Referred to the Committee on Towns
By Mr.. HOLLEY A resolution authorizing ing
the Committee on Printing to procure l,0OO
copies of the Governors message in the NOR
wegian language. Laid over under the rules.
MAJOR ANDERSON.
Mr.. CLEVELAND offered the following:
Resolved, That we, the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota, to Major Anderson SEND
greeting: that we hail him hero, who dared
to do right on his own responsibility; that ne
has broken the right arm of treason and saved
his country, and that we pledge to him the en-
thusiastic support of the youngest sister Of the
Republic. Referred to the Committee on Fed
eral Relations. Ne
Mr.. COOK offered resolution, which was
adopted, authorizing the Committee on Print.
ing, in connection with the same Committee OF
the House, to cause to be printed two hundred
copies of the rules and joint rules of the two
Houses.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. BENNETT: A bill to provide for the
better distribution Of the laws.
By Mr.. CLEVELAND: To amend an act for
County organization and governments. Referred
to the Committee on Towns and Counties.
By Mr.. NORTON: A joint resolution propos.
ing an amendment to Section of Article OF
the Constitution.
By Mr.. SMITH: A bill granting right of way
g Ian DO fof hn
Paul and Lake Superior Air Line Railroad.
Read q second time and referred to the Com
mittee on Railroads.
By Mr.. REINER: Appropriating $4,000. or
80 much as may be needed, for the per diem
mileage and stationery of the members and Of
ficers of the Legislature. The bill was con.
sidered in Committee of the Whole. read q
third time and passed under suspension of
the rules.
By Mr.. HEATON: A bill to amend an Act
for the support and better regulation of public
schools in the city of st. Anthony.
Mr.. HEATON, from the Select Committee
to whom was referred the Governors Message.
for the purpose of dividing the same for proper
reference to the several standing committees,
reported division of the same among the
several committees. Their report was adopted.
INCIDENTAL PRINTING.
On motion of Mr.. WATSON, the Senate
went into the election of the Incidental Printer
of the Senate.
Mr.. MLAREN nominated VIM. R. Marshall,
and Mr.. Barney nominated Earle 8. Goodrich.
The result of the ballot was as follows:
VIM. R. Marshall. ...................1 II
Earle s. Goodrich. INSTRUMENTATION. 2
Mr.. Marshall was declared by the President
duly elected the Incidental Printer of the
Senate.
Mr.. BALDWIN moved that the Committee
on Printing be authorized to fix scale of prices
for the printing to be done, by agreement
with the Incidental Printer, and report to the
Senate, providing the prices shall not be above
those paid at the last session of the Legislature.
The motion was agreed to.
STATE OF THE UNION.
Mr.. LYND, from the Committee on Federal
Relations, to whom was referred so much of
the Governors Message as referred to the state
of the Union, reported the following resolu-
tions:
Resolved, That one of the vital and neces.
sary principles which forms the basis of all
free governments is, that the constitutional
majority must always rule; and therefore, the
right of the people Of any State to hazard the
liberties and happiness of the millions com.
posing this Union, by Withdrawing themselves
from their solemn obligations deliberately en-
tered into by them, can never be acknowledged
by US. under any circumstances. We regard
secession upon the part of any State, as
amounting directly to revolution and precipi-
tating civil war, with all its sad train of con.
sequences.
Resolved, That the people of the State of
Minnesota reiterate their unalterable devotion
to the Constitution of the United States, re-
several and all the States, and that if its pro.
visions be strictly observed, it will in its own
emphatic words, ENSURE domestic tranquility,
promote the common defence, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity.
Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln and Han
nibal Uamlin, having been constitutionally and
legally elected President and Vice President
of the United States, at general election
fully and freely participated in on the same day
by the people of every State in the Union
South as we'll as North-that any attempt to
dissolve the Union on account thereof, is with
out excuse or justification, and should receive
the condemnation of every patriot in the land.
Resolved, That we have heard with aston
ishment and indignation of the Outrages perpe-
trated at Charleston, South Carolina, by firing
upon an American steamer, sailing under the
common flag of our country, and that We ex-
pect of the General Government, the strongest
and most vigorous efforts to assert it's supre.
macy, and to check the work of rebellion and
treason. Fully impressed with our duty to
make every possible effort to uphold the Union
and to maintain the authority of the General
Government. we hereby tender the President
of the United States, through the Governor OF
the State, for that purpose, all the aid in men
and money, to the extent of our power and
ability. When one or more States deem pre-
per to erect the standard of Disunion, and to
place themselves in military array against the
Government bequeathed to US by our ances.
tors, we can discover no other honorable OF
patriotic resource than to test, both on land
and on ocean, the full strength of the general
authority under our National Flag.
Resolved, That we declare to the Southern
States of this Union our serious desire to se.
cure a renewal of that fraternal feeling which
ought always to exist between citizens of a
common country, and which distinguished the
history of the nation for more than half a cen.
tury. Especially, do we express to those
patriotic citizens of Kentucky, Delaware, Ma.
ryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri and
Tennessee, who have nobly and manfully ex.
erted their honest efforts to prevent the catas
trophe Of dissolution, our sincere gratitude and
highest admiration.
Resolved, That the warmest thanks of the
nation are justly due to that distinguished
patriot and aged veteran, Major General Win
field Scott, for the prompt and decisive step,
he has taken to stay the tide of revolution. and
for the determined spirit he has evinced in mn.
holding the honor of our Government.
Resolved, That the source of that great com.
mercial atream the Miseiaoinn; r;vo, - -,