The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-05

The Presidents Reply TO Greeley.
from the Cincinnati Commercial, 18th.

From the Cincinnati Commercial, 18th.
The publisher of the New York Tribune
recently addressed letter to the President,
which be designated "the prayer Of twenty
Millions" a performance that surpassed
that of the three Bristol tailors, who com.
menced their petition to Parliament with
ave, the people of England" The burden
OF the Prayer, or more properly, lecture, is,
that the President fails to execute the laws.
Greeley demands that he shall not only en-,
force them, but that be shall instruct his
'subordinates that such laws exist, that they
are binding on sill functionaries and citizens,
and that they ought to be ooeyed to The
letter." Coming to specifications, he char
ges the President with being "disastrously
remiss" in enforcing the provisions of the
Coniscation Act with being unduly inhu.
enced by certain fossil politicians from the
Border States; with treating rebels with
"ten ,erness," and out of "m stakcn Difference
to Rebel Slavery" Sc. &c.
The insOlence AID dictatorial tone of the
letter is as bad as the assumption that it is
"the prayer of twenty millions" General
Halleck returned unanswered the official
letters OF the rebel General Lee, because of
their insoent and Insulting tone. The Pres.
dent would have consulted the wishes of
twenty millions" had he treated Greeley's
letter with the same contempt But, de-
sirous as he is to treat all men generously,
and 10 harmonic, as far as possible, con-
hictiDg views with the respect to the war
policy Of the Administration, the President
". hot Sl itr IN oil trio no
oyeroohS Its impatient and dctaIoTia tone,
its erroneous assumptions OF facts, and its
differences falsely drawn. L would save
the Union" says the President; /" l would
save it in the shortest way, und.r the Con.
sttution. i could SAGE the Union agiI5.
ont freeing any sLa0es | a10ul6 do IL, apd
# could SAGE ii by freeing all the slaves
qcould do II, and If could SAGE it by freeing
some and lea0ing others alone 1 could also
do that. What do oJout slqgery and tie
c0loTed rGcs do because 6eiiece it helps 10
SAGE THIS Union, and acbot l jo,bsar, for.
bear because 1 do not beliece it seoasld help to
SAFE The Union. shall 10 less aeheueyey 1
shall beLiege that aohot an doing hurts lie
cause, and I shall DO more WhensU6r Ibslieus
doing more a0jU help the c0a8e. IshGu try
10 correct errors schc0 shOaca TO be errors, GaG
1 shall GdQpt :Sea0 0ieagS so jast as they shall
appear 10 be t?ae 0ieacS"
That is cite prayer Of twenty millions"
The Union hrst, last aud iog,7 sg; the I'm,
ion with Or without slavery, bat the Union
At all hazards. There is nos 4 loyal man
from the Missouri to the Ariatook, who
Gees not breathe that prayer. II IS for tie
Union that Thousands have offered their
lives upon the altar Of country. 1t is for
the Union that tens CT thousands stand
ready 10 sacrifce theirs. It freeing the
slaves viii accomplish it, strike Of tblir
sback!es, If it Will rot, then let them
alone. Slavery is incidental, the Union is
paramount.
If Mr.. Greeley is rot satisfied with the
answer Of the President, be viii soon urder~
stand that the country is. i will be in
possible for him to force his peculiar views
upon the ccuntrg. AS Field Marshal Of
the armies he was sad taiure What Bet.
Ter assurance have We OF his success AZ die
tator Of a war policy? Lit him opagate
his strawberry pants, and be e!ept lie
Is as much cut OF his ,em*n3 as l. MARITIME
il the Revolution Of '48
President LINCoLN's letter TO Ora LEY,
vas not sent 10 GREELEY 10 the hand writ.
ing @! tie President, bnt was rather 81
dressed TO the people Of the United Stats,
and Vas first printed in the AationaJ Lte}-
ljgencey, the official organ Of the G0vero-
mint. Il is followed 10y these editorial re.'
lna,k8:
When the very original idea OF addEessDg
in tie columus Of The New York Tribune q
letter to President Lincoln, in the name aud
~ the authority Of "twenty mii.icos" OF
the American people, entered the head OF
Mr.. Horace Greeley, we suppose be had lit
tie idea that his communication, il ever
reaching the eye OF his distinguished cor.
respondent, would receive from that CORES.
popdent the honor OF response. Sill less
could he have expected or wishe! that that
response should be of nature to give so
much more satisfaction 10 the twenty mill
liens" of loyal men in whose behalf be as
sumed to speak, than lie, their seli-elected
organ, is likely to End in it. We hope,
however, that when Greeley has duly pon-
dered the pthy sentences of The Presidents
letter be will be able TO r(join, if he rropo
seq to continue the correspondence" in g
spirit which shall be slightly less arrogant,
alcta,orial, aud acrimonious. "Twenty mil,
lions" OF bis countrymen have q right to
claim this at his hands, in difference to the
high Office whose incumbent be ventures to
arraign before the bar OF public opinion in
their name.