The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-06-28
Reception Of Hon. G.. M. Dallas.

HE DECLARES FOR UNION AND COERCION
GREAT BRITAIN WITH THE NoRTH-MIN1s,
TRY AND PEOPLE, &C.
PHILADELPHIA, June l3.
Hon. George M. Dallas, ex-minister to
England, gave public reception at his
dwelling, in Walnut street, above Ninth
this afternoon, between the hours of twelve
and two.
Among others, the venerable Commo-
dore Stewart, who commanded the frigate
Constitution, in the war of 1912, was one
of the first to greet the ex-minister and take
him by the hand.
GREAT BRITAIN UPON THE AMERICAN CRISIS.
Mr.. Dallas refrained from public expires.
sion as to the attitude of Great Britain on
the American crisis. He stated, privately,
however, that the Ministry had no intention
other than that of strict neutrality in the
present struggle. The people of England,
however, were radical in their sympathy
and utilization with the North. The hatred
of slavery, as maintained in the new Con-
federacy, was intense, and the Ministry, on
this abstract question, did not differ from
the people. Both ministry and people,
however, would insist upon neutrality, al.
though opinion seemed to be unanimous that
coercion was the only duty and safety of
the United States, and in the struggle of
the American Government for its mainte.
nance and integrity, the sympathies of the
Ministry and the masses were solely with
the North. England, said Mr.. Dallas,
is anxious to see the experiment of self
government successful in America, although
to Americans the anxiety may seem strange.
mr.. DALLAS DECLARES HIMSELF FOB THE
GOVERNMENT.
The above fragments of conversation are
not without their Importance, in view of the
relations sustained by Mr.. Dallas for term
Of years with the Court of st. James.
Hisfrivate sympathies in this contest
were expressed in speech elected in reply
to formal welcome home from Colonel j.
Ross Sn0wden, former director of the Uni.
ted States Mint.
"The present fitful effort" said MIR. Dal-
las, "to substitute another comparatively
unknown and local for this worldwide ia.
nous banner, is not the first that has been
made. The reserved right to nullify your
laws, and at discretion break up your gov.
eminent as cobwed continuance of mere
State partnership, perhaps meditated at
Hartford in 1914, was certainly and form
ally claimed by South Carolina in 1882. At
this epoch there were giants in debate, and
no giant more formidable or dangerous than
the author of this subversive doctrine. But,
gentlemen, it was overruled as perverse and
untenable. The calm Senators from this
good old Commonwealth, who were Will
liam Wilkins, of Pittsburg, and myself,
steadily insisted upon hosting the Stars and
Stripes high above the Palmetto; and the
renowned citizen of Tennessee, who mad
routed the invaders at New Orleans; dis
PEELED by the mere show of a Force bill,
the delusive Quixotsm which was brave
and blind, as it is now.
Qualification is but fragmentary, subdi-
vided, or, bit by bit secession, both built
upon the same lalse keel" and it points with
an emphasis too peremptory to be disregar.
ded to the course of duty which the official
guardians of your constitution, laws and
Liberties are bound to pursue.
"Let US, then," said Mr.. Dallas, conclu-
ding, "be firmly linked as a band of BROTH
ers, around this unchanged standard. For
my humble self, born beneath it, having
imbibed from venerable fathers incula-
tons devoted attachment to its compre.
hensive import; having dearly loved to the
last brother who CALAMITY gave his life to
its support, and dying in a distant field of
duty found it his noblest shroud; having
spent my life contented and happy, though
poor and ipglorious, under its protection;
having been honored far beyond my deserts
by my fellow citizens, and especially by
those to sustain whose equality and rights
l shrank from no personal sacrifice, l come
back to you, gentlemen, filled, it is true,
with grief at the national calamity, but un-
altered in my determination to stand, come
veal or woe, powerless, confess, but unal-
terably, by the flag of the American Union,
the whole Union, and the Union forever"
The appearance of Mr.. Dallas thus ex
pressing himself was venerable and eloquent
beyond remark. His hair white as snow,
his figure, straight and still muscular quiz
ering under his emotions, and the grouped,
respectful attitude of his friends, many of
whom had passed through all of the stirring
scenes OF his eventful life, accorded well
with the dignity of his sentiments and the
integrity of his long career.
He was heartily applauded.
Appointments of Uneducated Military
Men
There is a petition in private circulation
among the officers of two or three regi
ments of the regular army, praying that the