The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-08

General Rosecraps, through the ,Cipcin-
natl Commercial, has addressed letter to
his fellow citizens on the present national
crisis. We earnestly recommend it to the
attention of our reafers. 1t is some time
since we have seen so much important truth
in the same space: 11od 81 2al'~
- fS HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF MISSISSIPPI,
lW g5oIls is g July 26th, 1862. 30 !
Southern conspirators and traitors AFRO.
gantly despised our friendship. We told
them we would maintain, at all costs and
hazards, the constitutional rights OF the
South, holding them as sacred as our own.
They cared nought for this, and adopted
ssruie or ruin" for their motto. They have
driven us into this cruel war against peo>
pie whose interests and ours are common,
and compelled US to fight our own brethren
in defense of our own laws and liberties.
For more than year we have been en-.
gagged in this struggle into which an AFRO
CANT and dictatorial slave oligarchy has
driven free, happy and peaceful people,
fighting for the rights of all. With true
bravery and invincible patience our citizen
soldiers have stood on this ground to the
present moment, against violators of the
laws of war and humanity. Remaining true
to their principles, they have said by words
and actions to their fellow citizens in the
South, we fight for common rights. If we
win, you win. If the Government is mains
tanned, you will dwell under its protecting
shadow as freely as we. And there we
stand, and thus we say today.
Z But if the Confederates prevail, farewell
peace and safety to us; farewell freedom
forever! Their principles and leaders are
known to US. They cheated US, crying out
no coercion; holding out false hopes and de-
ceitful assurances Of friendly regard, while,
assassin like, they were preparing to destroy
our government and reduce US to anarchy
or servitude. The past years experience
renders it certain that if they triumph, blood
and desolation, fire and sword or arbitrary
subsection to their will awaits every man
who has manhood enough to dislike their
system of slavery, tolerable only as cruel
necessity, but as a principle hateful to God
and man.
They will omit no means, honest or dis
honest, to insure success. disappearing,
eliminating our motives, ridiculing our
honest efforts to mitigate the horrors Of
war, and inaaming the passions of the pop
ulace by low epithets-are among the mild.
er and more ordinary means resorted to by
this pseudo "chivalry," the meanest aristoc.
racy that ever stood at the head of civil.
lied society.
They now force peaceful citizens of the
United States into their ranks, on the
ground of an allegiance set up by them
selves against that which the people owe
to lawful and just Government. With
the heel of military despotism on the necks
of PROSTATE people, they hunt them from
their homes under relentless CONSUMPTION,
and drive them before their cavalry, or
force them to become outlaws or guerillas.
They hold men who have served their time
out, and if they cannot be coerced into re>
naming in the service, shoot them. If the
poor fellows try to get away, they hunt
them with guerilla bands of cavalry. and,
in some instances, have used bloodhounds
for that purpose.
Thus, by CONSUMPTION and detention, they
fill their thinned ranks and keep up their
forces. Such are the men and means
against which we have to combat.
Under these circumstances, do not hes.
itate to say that lite and liberty depend
upon the wisdom, vigor and promptitude,
OF the action of the people of the loyal
States.
What they ought to do is, first, to fill up
promptly the old regiments to their MAXI
mum strength. This is the only way to get
experienced soldiers in time to answer the
purpose.
Men who go into these regiments will
have hardy, experienced officers, who know
how to care for ard instruct them, and have
much better prospects for comfort, health
and honor than in regiments wholly new
Caution the people for sake of all they
hold dear, not to disregard this recommen-
dalton.
The utmost promptness will barely sui.
fee to put US beyond the reach of such dis
asters as have occurred elsewhere, and the
nations life or death lies in the issue.
Sccond-The greatest care should be
taken, after this has been done, to give
those who go into new regiments good off
GERS.
Those towards and skulks, old grannies,
fogies, good for-nothings of every class and
grade, who have left or been driven from
the service and are hanging around for pro-
motion, should be carefully excluded from
the service. Their name is legion, their
excuses for leaving as various. Sick wives,
dying parents, and dead babies, must cover
the lace of the country, judging by the let
tiers OF such which come to headquarters.
Beware of them. The capture of regi-
ment, the loss of battle, or the country 8
disgrace by On incompetent or worthless OF.
fcer, can hardly be atoned for by the ap>
pointinp poupr