The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-12

equally patriotic, may be outnumbered nv
those arrayed against the war ITSELF
1t may consequently happen, that unless
proper legislative action is taken to prevent
it, day will come when our vast force of
volunteers in the field will represent one set
Of principles, while our governments State
and National, will be guided by an entirely
different set; in other words, the labors and
sufferings of patriotic army may be frus-
trated, embarrassed, and brought to noueht
by the Vaccinations of home governments.
welded by timid and disloyal spirits. No
mind can estimate the horrors to which such
state of things would lead. It would be
armed right cOntending against legalized
treason, and its fruit would be a condition
of fearful anarchy.
Every motive of prudence, therefore, as
well as every dictate of justice, will direct
that SO long as our volunteers continue to
retain the ordinary rights of citizenship.
they shall not, by your omission to now act,
be deprived of the fundamental right of suf-
frage by reason Of their absence on the bat
tie fields of the nation.
The mode in which the exercise of the right
of suffrage is to be continued to them will
be matter for your careful consideration.
l trust the matter will meet with your earli.
est attention.
The unusual period at which the Legisla-
ture has been convened, and the extraordi-
nary pressure of other business, has placed it
beyond my power to furnish you with de.
tailed statement of the financial affairs of
the State but I am happy to assure you
that, Notwithstanding the unusual demands
upon the Treasury, our financial condition is
better than at any period in the history of
the State, as the following items will show:
Amt State Warrants not ret'd S69,6O3 20
= Est'd in hands of Co. Treas, 24,6O3 10
Balance outstanding, S45, 900 90
1t is also gratifying to know, that in these
embarrassing Times. we have nearly dis
charged the quota of the direct tax appor-
toned to this State under the act of Com
gress of August 9Th, 1861.
Our account with the General Government
under this head stands as follows:
Direct tax due the U. S.. SlO8.524 90
Amount pd in July, S74,579 OF
Amount in hands of
State Treasurer. 1926 90
Amount in hands of
Co. Treasurers. 1886 90
Paid by State and
not credited,.. 5000 90
Ss9,579 p
Balance due the Z. S. SIS.579 So
Whatever further disbursements we NAV
De called upon to make On account of the In
dian war, will of course be credited to this
balance
learn from the Auditor that there is rea-
son to expect that there may be realized
from the sale of school lands about twenty.
five or thirty thousand dollars. would sug-
gest, that IN order to meet the war expendi-
lures devolving on u.s. that the sum thus &C.
crulng to the School Fund be loaned to the
State Government.
AS incidental to the financial condition of
the State, may here remark that our Min
nesota eight per cent bonds have sold in
New York at par.
Our quota of volunteers and drafted men
under the call of the President of july 2nd
and August 9th, was 1882 men, of which
Notwithstanding the extraordinary circum-
stances in which we have been placed, the
lack OF laborers to secure our harvest and
the dangers threatening our own homes-we
have already raised over 1000 men, and the
balance would have undoubtedly been fur.
nlshed ere this but for this unfortunate out.
break.
Amid our appalling domestic troubles, the
people OF the State continue to cherish the
most devoted attachment to the Union of the
States, an attachment strengthened by the
dangers that assail it, and under the blessing
OF the God of our Fathers. we may hope soon
to be enabled to contribute as heretofore to
Its preservation now and to its continuance
through the ages yet to come
ALEX. RAMSEY.
ST. PAUL. Sept. 9, 1862.