St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-01-16

Du0uroU uOIEtTSs AAS uS Tune SINCE tile
Goth Of April, until, the LIST instant, has
been devoted in atgreat degree to the du.
ties Of his Office, it will be but just to him
that additional compensation should be al
lowed sh,m, with reasonable sum for
clerk hire, and the incidental expenses Of
hin Office. .-.
As it is probable that during the cur
rent year the official duties Of the Adv
taut General will en- gage his whole time,
trust that on adequate salary will be pro-
vidcd for him, with al appropriation for
the incidental expenses Of bis Office.
You will pesceixe from the report of
the Adjutant General that MI our militia
~ expenses except ~ amount not ex-
ceeding eight thousand dollars, have been
provided for. Afteran examination Of the
accounts consisting this sum, trust you
will make the necessary appropriation to
meet the contingency Of its 'nea- payment
by the government
Under recent order Of the war office
giving the general superintendent Of re-
cruiting to an officer Of the regular army
with lis headquarters at Fort Smelling,
the State authorities will be relieved Of
much of the labor ard care heretofore de-
volving upon them; and unless 1 misin
terpret the significance Of this order, 1t
will, l think, obviate the necessity Of any
large appropriation for military purposes.
Nevertheless, in view Of possible contingent
cies, and to avoid the necessity and ex-
pense which might otherwise arise Of
special session, | would advise the appro-
pria.ion Of some ten thousand dollars, the
expenditure of which may be placed under
the supervision of Board consisting, per-
haps, Of three Of the State officers.
RESPECT TO OUR DEAD SOLDIERS.
.Ihaye, by circular letters, taken pains
to impress upon the chaplains ofour regi
ments the propriety of designating the burr
al places Of such Of our brave soldiers as
may fall upon the battlefield or die from
ordinary diseases, in order that the State
or their relatives may, at the proper time,
bring home the sacred relics of their hon
ored dead; to find resting place amid it,
ting memorials of private affections and
public gratitude, in the bosom Of a State
which will never cease to cherish their
ashes aud to revere their memories.
CARE FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.
: I have likewise desired the Chaplains
to provids for the necessities of such If our
men as may be discharged and desire to
return home without the means Of doing
so, giving the assurance that the State will
defray the expenses of their homeward
travel Our very worthy Treasurer has
been entrusted with the mission Of procur-
ing from our volunteers an allotment Of a
portion of their pay for the subsistence Of
their families at home, and it is believed
that our soldiers, who are intelligent and
benevolent as thoy are brave and patriot
ic, are generally availing themselves of
this means of providing for their friends.
l nun not aware that any legislation is nee
essary to give greater efficiency to this
system. It would be we'll here, as in 9TH
or States, to make some discrimination in
the operations of civil process in favor of
our volunteers, whom noble devotion to
their country has withdrawn from the i'm
mediate guardianship Of their property in
terest ut homo
MILITIA Law.
l would especially invite your attention
to a remodelling Of the present Militia law.
It was conceived in time of peace, and is
full Of redundant and cumbersome provis-
ions, entirely unsuited to an exigency
when real active energetic conduct is re-
ouired. The scheme Of law submitting by
the Adjutant General will, I trust, re-
ceive your careful consideration.
THE GREAT neutrality-suspicious. MEAS
UREs REQUIRED.
One year ago it became my duty to ex-
press the public sentiment OF Minnesota,
In reprobation of certain insurrectlonary
movements in Southern States, for which
the result of the last Presidential election
was the most unwarrantable pretext. The
American people generously believing that
these unconstitutional movements would
be relinquished, when the excitement of
the canvass of 1862 had subsidized, and
the policy of the president elect should
become apparent, were slow to assume the
armor and attitude necessary for the sup
preston of rebellion. This circumstance,
the highest evidence Of the just and frat
ernal sentiments Of the Northern people,
gave to tho war, since waged against the
, Integrity of the American Union, an im-
mense advantage has hitherto constituted
its chief siren sth. Even after the attack
upon Fort Sumter, notwithstanding the
great transformation of the loyal States
from the habits and pursuits Of peace, to
those Of war, the public mind has reluc-
family yielded to the conviction that an
.insurrection SO Hanton and groundlcss,
could become formidable rebellion. 1t