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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16
The Bull in the China shop.

For six weeks past there has been ter
rible smashing and crashing in the Repub-
lican china shop. The bull Radical got
into it, and having got in he persisted in
staying in, and has been laying about him
like good fellow. The wreck of crock
cry is something awful to contemplate.
The pile of damaged goods is absolutely
distressing to look upon. The bull has
done his work thoroughly, poking bis
horns into the china-ware in a perfectly
reckless manner, and switching over the
porcelain vases with his pendulum of a
tail. Mr.. L1NCoLN's teapot in which so
many tempests have been brewed, is shiv-
cred to atoms, beyond the redemption Of
insOluble cement. MIR. SEwARD's beauti-
full foreign importations have been crushed
into fragments, his French china upset,
and his Parian statuettes full of broken
heads and bruises. That harmless bull
which the Pope let loose on the comet
was nothing to the rampant, roaring Rad
ical bull which WADE, DAVIS, FREMONT
and GREELEY turned in upon ABRAHAM's
crockery. The solar system escaped, but
the china shop is demolished. The plan
cts continue to shine, but the bull took the
shine out of the Presidential china. The
banks of the Potomac no longer echo to
the jovial refrain of the Secretary of the
Navy,
b" If you belong to Gideons band,
Here's my heart, and here's my hand"
That song was hushed when the bull
tore into the china shop. He put his horns
through the diplomatic periods of the
Secretary of State, and shivered his por-
celain rhetoric. He poked the glasses out
of STANToN's old fogy spectacles, and i'm
paled his transparent kilograms on the
two horns of a dilemma. He bolted
through Mr.. LINooLN's pasteboard procla-
nations like cannon ball and switched
the fragments into the air with toss of
his hind heels. The Radical bull was an
embodied earthquake, an incarnate thun-
derbolt. The china shop is demolished,
and
"Grand, gloomy and peculiar"
LINCOLN sets amid the ruins
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16

OF the nation, nothing must be left to chance
in reaching that end.
And
All other considerations aside, the safety of
the nation requires that We should never per
NIT this assassin, slavery, to rise to his feet.
though he should ill heaven with his oaths and
promises.
The record is complete. The Hon. Ie-
NATIus DoNNELLY is committed in black
and white to a war for the freedom of the
negro, and as war for the freedom of the
negro must end either in disunion or
military despotism, we leave the honora-
Die gentleman to take his choice between
the two horns of the dilemma.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16
The Honorable 1gnatius Donnel1y

The Honorable 1gnatius Donnelly.
We have before us speech delivered
by the Hon. IaNAT1Us DoNNELLY, in the
House of Representatives, in May last,
entitled the " Reconstruction of the IN
ion." A critical examination of this doc
ument discloses some very curious and
some very important facts, which perhaps
had better be laid before the voters of the
Second Congressional District.
It has long been a fundamental belief
with the Democracy of America, that the
preservation of the State sovereignty
within its just and legitimate sphere is
necessary to preserve republican liberty.
The principal Of local self government, it
has been supposed, was the foundation
upon which was built up the national au-
thority, and that unless there are local
privileges, immunities and rights, not sub
ject to the control of the national win, the
government will be despotism as regards
all minorities.
1t appears that this is not the belief of
the Hon. IaNAT1Us DoNNELLY, and we
need no more convincing proof of the IA
naticism and folly which have actuated the
radical supporters Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN
than the following quotation from Mr..
DoNNEILY's extraordinary speech:
While events move forward with gigantic
steps they are rapidly trampling into the
ground that poor, lame blind absurdity, State
sovereignty, that bastard of the old Confedera.
ton, that prolific parent of many of the woes
which have fallen upon us, that bulwark be-
hind which even yet treason betakes itself in
it's hour of terror. The American people are
determined to be OCe nation one absolute.
supreme, irresistible nation.
Or again:
We who come, Mr.. Speaker, from the far
West have not that deep and ingrained vener-
alton for State power which is to be found
among the inhabitants of some Of the olde
States. WE HAVE FOUND THAT STATE
LINES. STATE NAMES, STATE ORGANI-
cations, AREIN MOST CASES THE YER
lest CREATURES OF ACCIDENT. To us
there is no SAVIOR of antiquity about them.
We set this down as one of the most
extraordinary announcements and express
sions of opinion that has been uttered in
the halls of Congress- State sovereignty
a bastard Of the old Confederation !!
State organizationsthe ueriest creatures OF
accident!!
The sovereignty Of the State of Mime
sofa bastard? The powers reserved t.
the State of Minnesota by the terms o
the Constitution, Legitimate! And ye
Mr.. DoNNE1LY claiming to be citizen o
this State, the organization of which b
proclaims to be an accident, has the impu
dence, or the audacity, and we do no
know which term is the most appropriate
to solicit the suffrages of it's people, an.
aspires to re-represent them in the halls o
Congress.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16

The Press some days since abused its
legitimate calling, by giving to the public
a mutilated copy of portion of the Dem
ocratic Platform, and proclaiming that the
Platform as thus published, countenanced
the doctrine of secession. .r
We suppose that newspaper has no
right to impose upon its readers, by laying
false news before them, any more than it
has a right to impose upon them by sup
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16
Helping the Rebels.

The Abolitionists are plying their dis
union trade by representing the Demo-
cratic party as "peace on any terms +"
organization. Of course all such misrep-
reservations, in addition to the injury they
infict upon the Radical cause, serve to
strengthen the rebels by deceiving them
into the belief that there is such party
at the North.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16

Gen. Mcclellan the Soldiers Friend.
No General whose fortune it has been
to lead the armies of the United States,
has shown so much regard for the rights
and comforts of the soldier as General
MCCLELLAN This interest in his army, so
intense as to assume the form of devoted
affection, never interfered with his strong
sense of duty as a disciplinarian, or his
demands npon their courage and endur-
ance in the hour of trial; and thus the
soldiers came to love their General as no
commander was ever loved before, to trust
in him as no General was ever trusted, and
to fight for him with. magnificent de-
vOtiOn.
What, for instance, could better illus
trate this feeling of reciprocal attachment
than the following letter, written by Gen
eral MCCLELLAN to General HALLEoK, to
which he never received reply:
AUGUST 49, 1921 +. NJ
Please say kind scord to my army, that
can repeat to them in general orders, in regard
to their conduct at Yorktown, williamsburg.
West Point, Hanover Court House, and on the
ChickahOminy, as well as in regard to the
seven days and the recent retreat.
No one has eUer said anything TO cheer them but
myself. Say nothing about me, merely give my
men and officers credit for what they have
done. 1t will do you much good, and will
strengthen you with them if you issue hand
some order to them in regard to what they
have accomplished. They deserve ii.
G. B. MCCLELLAN, Maj. Gen.
The Administration had neglected the
army in their selfish plots and schemes for
disgracing MoOIELLAN; but never for one
instant does he swerve in his fidelity to
them, and in a Christian forgetfulness of
himself. As companion piece to this
beautiful letter, we append another, bring
ing out his devotion to the army in sem
timent truly sublime.
AUGUST 80, 1s62-1O:3O p. NJ.
cannot express to you the pain and mOrti-
fication / have experienced to-day in listening
to the distant sound of the firing of mig men.
As can be of no further use here. respect.
fully ask that if there is q probability of the
permitted to 60 to the scene of battle with my
staff, merely to be aciM my oacn men If nothing
more they aoiN fight none tie scorse for my being
acith them. IF IT Is NOT DEEMED BEST
TO ENTRUST ME WITH THE COMMAND
| EVEN OF MY OWN ARMY, / SIMPLY
ASK TO BE PERMITTED TO SHARE
Their FATE ON THE FIELD OF BAT
The time is approaching when soldiers
will be called upon at the ballot box to vim
dictate their beloved General. His honor
and his reputation will be safe in their
hands.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16
October Term U. s. Circuit Court.

The following are the names of the jur-
ors drawn for the October term of the q.
S. Circuit Court, to meet at St. Paul on
the third Monday, being the 18th day OF
Octohar 1894.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16
If this is the end of Abolitionism, if the

If this is the end of Abolitionism, If the
State is no longer to interpose its broad
shield between the national authority and
individual rights, we may safely claim that
our Government is despotism, and that
minorities are without protection. From
such premises as Mr.. DoNNELLYs, it is
easy to explain away every vestige oflocal
immunitiesi and rights. No wonder, that
holding such abominable doctrines, OPP
posed as they are to the very nature and
genius of republican institutions, the right
of free speech is assailed and its advocates
arbitrarily arrested. No wonder that the
liberty of the press is sacrificed upon the
altar of military necessity. No wonder
that American citizens are torn from their
fresides and incarcerated in hideous dun
geons. No wonder that military procla-
nations invade the sanctity of private
business, and that Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio, States whose organizations are acct
dents, are Inundated by despotic edicts,
and Frustrated at the foot of the radical
throne. Oh! most glorious privilege of
American citizenship!
It will undoubtedly astonish our readers
to learn, that after acknowledgement trea-
sonable creed, Mr.. DoNNE1LY could use
such language as follows:
We owe more than this to ourselves; we
owe more than this to the South. We must
regenerate the South. We must plant q free
press firmly upon its soil we must guarantee
freedom of speech throughout its entire
length and breadth; we must enforce educa-
ton upon its people, black and white. The
day of ignominious martyrdom for opinions
sake is past forever within the limits of the
United States. Never again shall the reading
OF certain newspaper or the holding OF GER
tain political doctrines be an indictable offence.
This party represented by Mr.. DoNNE1LY
to regenerate the Soulful A party which
has commenced in the North by suppress
ing freedom of speech and freedom of the
press; a party which has over and over
again indicted American citizens for 1.-THE
holding of certain political opinions; "-this
party it seems is to redeem, regenerate
and disenthral the South. Having COM
menced by robbing the North of its dearest
rights under the tyrannical plea of mill
tary necessity, it is to end in enforcing
education on the South by a similar ma.
nipulation. Why, Mr.. DoNNrLLY, you are
of all congressman the most absurd; of
all radicals the most radical; of all i'm
possibilities, you are the most impossible.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16

GRAND JURORS.
81. F. Williamson Chas. E. Mayo
Robert Lyle ID. j. Justice
j. G. Stearns Theo. Borup
David Chase VIM. F. Mason
w. w. Waterman NJ. j. Lairv
Jared Benson L. c. Porter
E. B. Ames VIM. Holcombe
j. H. Case Walter G. Dye
Chas. Taylor A. z. Putnam.
PETIT JURY.
j. H. Buck H. Buell.
A. Hilton w. H. Allen
Orange Walker E. Ayres
Geo. Hezlep H. r. Gibbs
Geo. Hammond d. r. Barbour
Martin Layman NJ. 8. Hoblit
VIM. E. Brimhall Geo. G. Mott
Chas. Morton T. Parker
Chas. Stewart Jno. Cunningham
A. Il. Gaskin +. Milligan
Simeon Harding F. G. Latin
John Mullen VIM. E. Evans.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16

Field Officers Of the Eleventh Resf.
menJ.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
A French story

The other day TREND read Us q Iet.er
containing very singular story, which,
whether II be true or not, has been lately
buZz-d about Paris. SIX months ago n
yung couple IN good society, married.
and entered u2'n housekeeping with a
verJ toll staff IF servants-bntler, Gu ach.
man, toutman, gardner, cook, lady's-naid,
DouseDsid, e.. AbIut fIrtnight age n
policeman entered the house, and inf rnaed
Its master that Une Of bis male servants
had been Convicted ten years ago Of hor.
rIhle crime, that they had just tracked him
d wn, and be VS. wanted
The gentleman was ast, nished, snd said
that there must be snme mistake, as each
member Of his household had brought with
brm or her an excellent character.
The policeman requested that the male
servants might be parsded. Butler, coach /.
man, foethsao, &c., were sent for. The
p"f'eoeman eyed them narrowly, but the
man was not there.
1 told you so.' said the gentleman, ardi.
ant With triumph.
'Yru nave other servants f'said the DO,
liceDsn.
Only women -.,
Let me zee Them
Tue cook, the b0usenaid, and the lady's
maid appeared for inspection.
Tue Ulcer took one look ct the girls.
and p"iUtIog to the very smart lad 's-msid
said
'B-h Ii my many
TIE lady's-maid was Immediately ar
rested and marched of to prison and the
new married crupie were hOrrifed when
they learned that the eff 20 of tire woman
had for six months been discharged By an
escape male convict.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
AvIemusfu TrOnhle

In the fnul of 1856 l shnWed NV show
in Uska. trOOly CRATE sity in the State OF
New York
The people gsvs me O cordyal recep.
shun The Vress was loud IN her prases
day as l was gwen a discriprinn OF nv
B-esis aid Snakes 10 nv usual huwry sui.
what was my sk"rn and disgust TO see q
big turiy fellow walk up to the cage On
iaitiDg my wax 6sgers Of the LorJs Last
SUPP er, and ssase Judas Il CARAT by the
feet and drag him out unto the ground -
lie then commeust To pound him as hard
ss re cuud
What under the con air you about ?
Grief
So be. Whist d I'D We bring this pussy
sneruus cuss here for 2
And be hu the wax igger another tire
me- jus 81 W on the hPU.
]. 'Yew egr.jus as, that airs wa1
hster-.s represeItsshun of the false Pos.
tie
+ Seq he, That's all very well fur W tt
say. bit tell You. old man, that Judas
I-csrrt can't chow hIm-elf in Uuky with
immunity by darned SITE with which
ohservaShuu be ksved III JudassGs he'd
The young man belonging to one Of the
hurst families Of Uuky.
-o"d hIm, and the Jonry drawt in a
verdict o! Arsen 10 the Ord degree.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
VOL. % NO. "a.
Answering a lawyer.

Jersey law is rigorous 60 an extent Penn.
sylvaris hse never reached. The susteri-
ty Of The Curtis Of our Spanish sister over
the Delaware prevents many Of The little
sparkling reRcoRtTeS OF wit and c0oversa-
u"nai acutene-s that prevails in OOr city
c"urts. One day last week, in the Cam
den Court, ltterv case was on trial -
A man had been arrested or suspic,on of
brIrg G. nnecttd With q New Y rk No tery.
and foil court room attested the intersst
created in the trial. The man declined 70
plead guilty., and the attempt to Prove !,
wac insufficient Evidence was feeble and
cot 6ictIng As q last resort the defendau,
vas cell 70 the stand. and the counsel Tor
the rnmOnwesl,h proceeded 70 interro-
gate hum
How do you live, sir 2
'By my wits
What keeps your wits goingP
p lie Of money
Pile of money! Have you sOy avOcs-
tiop p
M, SIR .t,.
Observe that. gentleman Of the jury, be
has no avocatioo, but he has pile of mon.
ey Where does that money CINE fronP
'Dnn't knnwP
Sir. how do you get itP
In separate smonnts.'
Where do the amounts come 'front.'
'Dnu't koow.'
Who sends them to your
ID MT know
The whole court house was IN q laugh.
The lawyer, nO'ed for his persi-raht and
successful questioning. was st fault TIE
WI'ness. who was evId. ntly q last one
leaned c"mplacentlv against the railing,
waiting Tor the re, uDption # The dialogue.
lie had evidently been in a similar predIc-
ament bef"re ard was prepared for any
emergency. The lawyer tried it again.
ard N q q ff-rent tack
You do not know where The money
cones from. How, then, do you receive
NJ
By mall
On bv mail. And, sir. do you dare to
insult this Court snd the intelliTence. Of
this jury by stating thet VOC receive q
pile ui money trum the face, and MT
know where that money c mes FRONT Wny
sir, should like To be in such q condIriun
and would soon a-cer'sin Why moneys
we're p 'aeed IN nv possessIan. | shnuld
like 10 receive pile Of money by NAL
Il believe it, terrupted rhe witness
The effect was electric. The jury laugh
ed The judge was tu-y referring to bis
massive tones. The court room was in an
extensive cachinsuur. an ID the witness only
smoothed the glossy euds f his polishs d
soap-locks. and 10 ked sskanee ut the a..
torney. The latter Gentleman thought be
had better retire from the stand b-fore the
hearing vent any further, and the case
was cismIssed. The defendant went ON
his way, privileged to rye by bis wits. and
derive piles Of money from the mails " hen.
| ever occasion lavJrs.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
Love of Life.

The iustincnve love OF life begins with
the coBscIousness Of exist nee, and acts
steadily throughout With more or less in.
tehsIty until cOrsciuusness ceases. Ii IA
str, niger than reason.
We Shirt irum death whilst reason ac-
knowiedes that lite l. not oreh preserving
The IurtIneIVe feeling srilI prevails ; and
II Is nt necessary thar il should te,o, for If
the preservation If life we're left 60 the de-
termaIl' Of the judgment It Wouh in
thousands Of instances most sssurcIy be
thrown away as a worthless thing. The
lew OF our species who. WrUng by madden
Ing anguish. c"u mt suicide d. not lnvsl-
date the general prineiI lie. that the love OF
NE Is an Instructive principle stronger
than reason.
B-sIdes. as in other cases, these few
exceptions prove the general Law. The
unhappy suicide is generally a man 4
strong MI d The i'd & never commits sui
eide. Instinct has no reason to oppose Il
M his mind and for the same reason the
lower animals do not commit the act OF
selI>destructInn.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
Proverbs.


Wire distrust Is the parent Of seco
rity.
So much only is mine as either use my
self or give tor G DIS sake.
lie who has the longest sword is always
tb, ugbt TO be ~ she right
Play Ur gsmlDg bath the devil at the
BOTTOM.
lie who throws a atone against Gcd, il
fAilr upon his own head.
A courier 10 3 slave IN q golden chain.
Love Thy neighbour; yet pull DOT down
bay hedge. so
Three may keep counsel, if two be
swBy.
4 Aogood word is as soon said as bad
one. a4
That groat is Ill saved that shamss it's
master.
NJ one is fool always. every one some
,umIs. Is ~
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
The Little Ouakeress.

An amusing matrimonial story il told
nv cnfresr' ndent nf the tlden time in
NV England II so tell out that Young
euupie became very much smitieu With
each Other-ss y"ung people do. The
Young wOmans father was wealthy
Quaker-,he yong man was poor hut
respectable The father could stand no
such unI"n. but resoIutely oppossd it, and
tue daughter dare not disCbey -that is to
ray, she dare not oisOhey Oper w. She
met him by the moonlight while she
pretended never tn see him. and she pinned
and wasted in spite Of her elf She was
really il lFve-a state &c signs aud tears
which women nftensr reach in Imagina-
tim than reality. Sill the father remain.
ed IN xorable.
Time passed Of She let concealment,
Ike worm in the bud, prey on the dam
ask cheek, huwever; hut when her father
ssked her why she pired, she always told
him. The old man was Nidower, and
Loved his daughter dearly Had it been a
widowed mother who had Mary in charge,
wOman's pride would never have given
way before the opportunities of daugh-
ter. Men are not, however, stubborn IN
such matters and when the father saw
that his daughters heart was set up,r the
match. he surprised her Que day by break
IDg nu'-
Mary. rather than nope to death, thee
bad better marry as soon as thee chooses,
end whom thee please
And then what DID Maryf Wait till
the birds of the air bad It'd her swan Of
the change, or until her father hrd time
{ alter bis mind? NJ tit e It. She
clapped her neat. lain b, met on her
head. walked directly into the street, and
then directly to the house OF her intended
fast as h-rtest wuu'd carry her Size walk
ed int the house without knnckinR-for
Knocking was MT then fa.hiru, hle-ar d
che t"und the family just sitting down
10 dinner. M Httle cummntion vas *
hIbItsd at so unt xpect.d and 81 unusual an
appsrItl' e. the beIre,s in the widows
cottage, but she heed d il not Mary walk.
ed directly up to hrm, and touk both his
hrnds in hers
john said she. father says may have
thee
AID I'm got directly up from the din
neriaoie, ard went to the parsop's IL
just ~ "nty Eve minutes the y were man
snINir.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
What They Dislike.

A clergyman dlshkes T. see his descons
ys~n as be approaches his thirdly close
their eyes at the dew, l'peDeDt OF the ell
eventh head begin to nod at the rounding
III ut the twelfth and to hear them snure
10 chorus, ere be gets within gunshut of
MS lastly
physician dislikes to meet Q healthy,
rugged, never say die LICKING sort of a
man who ev'deully 'thr rvs physic to the
o"gS. and would be right glad to toss the
duct0r sitrr it.
An editor dlslikes to be bored with a
lengthy and miserebly written communi-
cation on Sui ject sbuut which his readers
knt W but little, and care less, sgued A
subscriber fr"m the beginning Or sumo
thing Of that sort.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-11-22
Rights of AnsrIs ans.

A Wag has made the tO,luNIDg summary
OF " hat he calls the InuIIeuHble rights 1t
E4DeTIoans, aud which are not enumerated
III the immortal Deelaratlon Of Inuspepo.
euGe: r......
10 know any trade or business without
apPrt ntIcesbIp CT experience.
1o marry without regard to fortune,
state OIL health, position, or opinion of ps-
rents.
To have wife and children dependent
Cd cUnrUg ncIes OF business, and 10 care
Ut sudden death, to leave them wuoily uu.
pruVId d Iur.
To teaeh our children no good trade. bo.
plug thst 'hey Will have. wutn grown up.
W.T. enongh 10 1--we on the industry Of other
people.
10 e. y the general sympathy when
made bnnkrupt by Ieckl ess epecul, iInu.
10 cheat thr G1sernment II lus>lhle
10 hold theeS wttnUuI being Competent
TO discharge tue duties
1O hulid house With nine and six inch
walls, ~ 10 funerals Of tenarts, fr.men
Nnd "thers killed 10y the felt, eel ins over
alta lamrntIng the mysterious dispense
tIons uf Prov lderce."
10 bu'ld our cities ard towns wi,hop,
any parks public squares, br ad streets.
Hhd Ventilated blucKs, sud call uestiIsnce a
Visitation Vi G d.