St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-01-14

Of our regiments may be concentrated
We should provide for the appointment
Of : suitable commissioner Whose en-
tire time and attention should be en-
ployed IN securing tho rights, lfd min
ister;ng to Ne necessities Of our SOL
dier., in thysbospital and in the field.
We can urge upon Congress the pro-
priety of law granting an increase in
the compensation of all enlisted men.
And We can Indicate y = substantial
appropriation, our earnest sympathy
with those benevolent citizens, who
contemplate the erection ii suitable
monument to our honored and lament
cd dead. -@1 -@-# ~ #..,ls
The policy should also b adopted
Of appointing at least one-half if not all
of the commissioned of6cerss Of future
military Organizations III this State Tor
national objects, from The ranks Of those
who for at least one year, have been &C.
lively engaged in tho war. And if
req 2isite to secure to the enlisted men,
from Minnesota, the full exercise of
the rights OF suffrage, we can submit
to the people such an amendment to
the Constitution, as will place that priv
ilcyc beyond controversy. l need hard
" add, that any proposition which will
conduce to the welfare or efficiency Of
tho patffotie men from our State, who
are in arms for the Union, will meet
with my cordial assent and afptoba-
ton.
The improved aspect Of our Indian
affairs, affords cause for cohgratulatiop.
A war which threatened at the outset
to assume gigantic proportions, involv-
ing all the tribes upon oar border, has,
by the vigorous measures adopted by
the government, been AMIDST termina-
ted. The Sioux convicts preser, ed
from death by the clemenoy of the
President, and the remainder of that
tribe with The Winnsbagoes, have been
removed from within the limits of the
State the formet to d Secure prison in
Iowa, and the latter to new fcseeffvva-
ton on the Missouri River.
The expeditions under Generals Sib-
ley and Sully-the command Of the
FIRST named officer consisting entirely of
Minnesota troops Who successfully per:
formed one Of the ldhgcst marches upon
record-haye slain, scattered or para
lyzed, those OF the perpetrators Of the
inhuman butcheries of 1882, WHO un-
fortunately escaped the immediate pun:
ishment mcted out to their associates
in crime, together with the powerful
Western bands by whom they were
harbored or assisted. "
No hosti1s savage now finds rest
ing place within hundreds Of miics of
our settlements, and, with the oxcep-
ton OF The more atrocious criminals,
who have sought and found refuge
upon British soil, the survivors are su-
ing for that mercy which they denied
to their helpless victims.
In addition to these gratifying re-
suits Ex-Governor Ramsey has recently
negotiated treaty on the part Of the
Fsdefal Government, with the Chippe.
was Of Red Lake and Pembina, which
secures to tis large and fertile tract Of
land, and, what is Of equal importance,
an uninterrupted communication by
land and water with the settlsments on
our northern boundary, and those with
in Her Majesty's contermiuous terri
tories.
These results, 50 auspicious in their
bearings Oh the future prosperity Of
our State, should not, however, be a..
lowed to begeta cessation Of vigilance
on the part Of the authorities charged
with the maintenance Of peace and
quiet on our. frontier. The return of
spring may witness a renewal Of raids
BY small predatory parties, or possibly
a formidable body Of these Ishmaelites
Of the prairies, driven to desperation by
their recent reverses, or by their utter
destitutioh, may attempt more i'm
portaht demonstration upon our remote
and sparely settled counted; To guard
against the bare possibility Of saoh cou:
tingenoies ne have the right to demand
the most ample protection from the
General Government for our citizens.
With this view, and fully to restore the
public confidence, the military force
and organization now existing in the
State, should be efficiently maintained
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