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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
PendletOn,a Itecord.

The abolition press have busily circula-
ted SANDERS in regard to Mr.. PENDlEroN
charging him with refusing to support the
government.
During the debate in the extra session
Of 1861, on bill for increasing the regu-
lar army, he said:
will do what is fairly necessary to give the
administration power to maintain the govern
ment and prevent disaster to its flag, and en-
force obedience to the obligations Of the Con-
stitution and the laws passed in accordance
Herewith.
No Republican journal has had the man
illness to insert this extract in its columns,
nor is it likely that any will dare to, so d.
rectly does it refute all the ISLANDERS which
have been circulated concerning Mr.. PEN
DLErONs course.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
THE WEEKLY PIoNEER AND DEMOCRAT



A dispatch from Cincinnati under the
date Of September 18th, states that Hon.
WILLIAM GBoEsBRoK, heretofore sup
porter of the administration, has signi6ed
his adherence to the Democratic nomina-
tons. f/:A
At the MCCLELLAN ratification meeting in
Quincy, H., a crowd Of people assembled
in front of the house Of Hon. o. 81.
BRowNING, late Republican United States
Senator, and called him ont. In the course
of his speech he said che had often be-
fore declared that Gen. HoOrnlAH was q
true patriot and an exalted statesman
that he regarded him as the best General
our country has produced in the present
war, and that the should not feel at all
distressed if he should be elected to the
Presidency" There are thousands Of Re-
publicans who feel as Mr.. BRowNMa does,
and who will not only " not feel at all dis
tressed at MoOLEILANis election, but will
lend hand to effect it. Ell
The Republicans in the Fifth Congress
sional District Of Pennsylvania nominated
lately Mr.. JOSEPH BAILEY for Congress.
He accepted the nomination; but declared
that he would support AoC1MLAN for
President. i".- ..s IN. -
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Record Of Ignatius Donnelly.

The following extracts from DoHNK11Ys
speech on the Reconstruction Of the Union
show that he is fully committed to LIN
coins policy as announced in the letter
"to whom it may concern" No peace
without the total abandonment of slavery.
Let slavery die that the nation may live.
Mr.. Speaker. so surely IS God lives, there is
no safety for this nation SO long as spark Of
vitality remains in the institution of slavery.
All other considerations aside, the safety of
the nation requires that we should never per-
init this assassin, slavery, to rise to his feet,
though he should fill heaven with his Oatlis and
promises.
How then does this question present itselfp
If the destruction OF slavery, its utter and alb
solute destruction, is necessary to the safety of
the nation, nothing must be left to chance in
reaching that end.
If you want peace and Union, vote for
MCCLELLAN and GILMAN.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Movement of Grants Army

Movement OF Gr0nS90 army
The army of Gen. GRANT has made an.
other movement on the north side of the
James River towards Richmond. Gen.
ON, of the Ninth corps, has captured a
long line Of intrsnchments, with fifteen
pieces Of artillery and 200 prisoners. Gen.
BRNIY advanced from Deep Bottom,
which is about SIX miles from Richmond,
carried the Newmarket road, and at the
date Of the dispatch was moving towards
the city. This movement may mean q
daah 1t the city with the expectation Of
capturing it before LEES main force, which
il supposed to be about thirty miles dis
tant, can be brought up; or it may be
merely q feint to draw this force from be-
low Petersburg, while GRANTS main army
is swinging across to the Danville road.
Reference to good map win show the
reader the whole situation much clearer
than any explanation that We can give.
Further news will be anxiously awaited.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

me people will do well to bear in mind that
me eiecucn OF the Republican candidate for
President means continuation of the present
sys!em OF finance, which has produced such
n.gn Places as 70 render it difficult for the
7. World.
The people never "lived more Cum
fortably" since they were borne; never
were SO well rewarded for their labor
men never possessed more of the comforts
and Injuries of life-Micayo Tribune.
We know of only one paper that can
beat the Chicago Tribune in lying, and
that is the st. Paul Press.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

. lincoln elector in 1860, and a delegate
% the State Convention which sent dele
gates to Baltimore to renominate Lincoln.
IL also among the list; also Col. @. F.
Moore, ex-member of Congress, who has
served three years in the present war
Also J. 81. Riley, the present Comptroller
Of the State Treasury Of Ohio, elected by
Republicans, and Hon. John W. Andrews,
of Columbus. . a.
Hon. Zadoc Long, of Maine, is ont in q
long letter, repudiating Lincoln and advo-
eating Mcclellan. *tt 4
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

The sdvance Of, fkroz into Missouri
shows how foolish and unwise it is to in
dulge in prophecies Of speedy end of the
rebellion. Almost the entire country west
Of the Mississippi River above New Or
leans and below St. Louis is now in the
hands Of the rebels. At this rate, and
under LHooLH's abolition policy, how long
is it going to take to secure the free navi-
CATION Of the Mississippi?
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Gen Soottss Letter In 1851.

Gen Soott's Letter In 1851.
The following letter wac addressed by
Gen. SooTr to WILLIAM 81. SHwARD in the
year 1861, four days previous to Mr.. L1H-
COINS Inauguration, and weeks before the
commencement of the civil war:
WASHINGTON, March 80, 1861,
DEAR SIR: Hoping that in day or two
the new President will have happily passed
through all personal dangers and find himself
installed an honored successor Of the great
Washington, with you as the chief of his Cab
met, beg leave to repeat in writing ali that
have before said orally, this supplement to
my printed views, dated In October last, on the
highly disOrdered condition of our late glorious
and happy Union.
To meet the extraordinary exigencies of the
times it seems to me that am guilty of no
arrogance in limiting the Presidents field OF
selection to one Of the four plans OF procedure
subjoined:
LIST. Throw off the old and assume new
designatiOn-the UuiOn party. Adopt the
conciliatory measures proposed by Mr.. Criten-
den in the Peace Convention, and my life upon
1t, we shall have no new case of secession, but,
on the contrary, an early return of many, If
not all, the States that have already broken off
the Union. Without some equally benign
measure, the remaining slaveholding States
will probably join the Montgomery Confedera-
cy in less than sixty days, when this city, being
included In foreign country, would require Q
permanent garrison of at least 81. 900 troops to
protect and defend it,
I'd. Collect the duties ON foreign goods out
side the ports Of which the government has
lost the command or close such ports BY act
of Congress and blockade them.
Sd. Conquer the seeding States by invading
armies. No doubt this can be done in two or
three years by young and able general, a
Wolfe, Dessaix, or Hoche with 800 600
disciplined men, including third for garrisons
and the loss of o yet greater number BY skir-
mishes, sieges, battles and Southern fevers.
The destruction of life and property on the
other side would be frightful, however perfect
the moral discipline Of the invaders. Their
conquest would be completed at the enormous
waste of human life. The North and North
west would lose at least $3.50, OOO, 900 worth Of
property; and all this for what good? Fifteen
devastated provices, not to be brought into
harmO = With their corquerors, but TO be held
for & . tons by heavy garrisons, at an ex-
pense .. ripple the net duties or taxes which
it won re possible to extort from them, fol-
lowed protector or an emperor.
4th. to the seeded States: wayward
sisters, 4 .rt in peace.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Hon. WIN. H. SEWARD, &C., &C.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
pst,n.sser General Blaar,s Ren

We print elsewhere copy Of LlHooINs
letter to NoHraoAERY BLAIR, removing
him from the Cabinet. This removal is
undoubtedly part of the price agreed to
be paid FRxxoNr in consideration of his
withdrawal from the field as candidate
for the Presidency. The remark Of the
President that he remembers no single
complaint against BLAIR since his connec-
ton with the Post Office Department, is .
singular confession that M. BLAIR was re-
moved solely for Political reasons.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Mcclellan VindieaseA.

We are informed by the military author
tiles that the gaps of the Shenandoah
mountains are to be fortified in order to
prevent further rebel raids. .
Early in 1862 General MoC 1x,1Az urged
the government to fortify these gaps, but
bis advice was UNDECIDED. The oonse-
quence has been a needless sscri6cs of
tens Of thousands Of lives, and vast ex-
penditure Of money. ~ '.'
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

''f t ~, w
The people 81 N.Y. ttAte Of Minnesota
must prepare themsslvIss for another draft
during the spproa6king winter in the event
Of L1noo1zs re-elsction. The triumph of
the radicals in the expulsion Of BLAIR from
the Cabinet, and the adoption Of policy
which includes the total abandonment Of
slavery as condition Of peace, win stimu-
late the South TO new and moro vigorous
efforts. They REQ In LznooLss policy a
war for their complete subjugation, the
confscation Of their property, the viola
ton of their rights as States, and their Ill
innate reduction to q territorial condition.
Immense efforts will be made to meet
this policy of the Administration by fresh
levies and new armies. The South is still
strong in all the elements of defence.
They have ammunition, artillery, food and
men. At this moment General PRICE Is
overrunning Missouri with an army raised
upon the Southwestern frontier. To say
that the South is exhausted is to deceive
the people. The South is as strong to-day
- at any period during the war. 1t is
evident therefore that We have not got
troops enough in the field to crush the
Confederate armies. It takes lO0, 900 men
to hold the States of Kentucky, Tennessee
and Maryland in subsection. HLRE evac-
uated Virginia to-day it would take co.
600 men to hold Virginia. And it will
take fifty thousand men to redeem Missouri
from the bold advances Of General PRICE
Our offensive armies are continually being
depleted by losses and sickness, and re-
quire continual reinforcements. It is clear
that these standing armies, and these re-
Inducements can only be obtained by new
drafts.
In the year 1862 the Government called
out six hundred thousand men for three
gears, whose term Of service will expire
next August. Under those calls the State
Of Minnesota furnished the 9th, 9TH, 9Th,
9th, and 10th regiments.
This year Qs64) the Government has
called for five hundred thousand more,
whose term Of service is one gear. Under
this call Minnesota ha furnished over four
thousand men.
By this it will be seen that in the months
of August and September, 1866, the term
Of service for the entire quotas Of Mime
sofa (and all the States) under the calls Of
1862 and 1864 will have expired. To pro-
vide against this certainty, to meet the
new armies which the rebels are putting
in the field, and to reinforce our armies
already in service, the Government will
be obliged to resort to draft this winter,
and call out FIVE hundred thousand more.
This call will be postponed until after cleo
ton, but it must be made if LINCOLN is re-
elected. We have got prolonged and
bloody war before US. BY electing Mo
OIzLLAN and adopting policy Of concilis-
ton, another draft may be avoided, and
thousands of millions of dollars saved to
the country. But if LINCOLN is elected
the draft has got to come.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
who Llesy

The New York Journal Of Cossnssyce SAWS the
Republican party intend to hold the Govern
ment BY force II Outvoted in November. It
les.-CAicago TriSuae .....I -
Secretary SEWARD in his Auburn speech
said We must vote L,HcoIH in, and foht
him in also.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Public Debt.

Mr.. LINCOLN has managed during the
three years he has been in Office to swell
the public debt Of the United States to
about seven hundred million dollars more
than the whole expenses Of the Govern
ment from the Declaration of Indepen-
dence to March 4, 1861. Can we afford
such President for four years morep
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Eleventh Regiment at St. Louis.

Private letters from St. Louis state that
the destination of the Eleventh Regiment
was changed from Nashville to St. Louis,
in consequence of the proximity Of PRICE
to the latter city.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
TO Correspondents.

We invite and shall be glad to print let
tiers from all quarters of the State relative
to the progress of the political campaign,
the crops of the season, and local news Of
interest, but our friends must recollect
that our space is limited, and therefore
their communications must be brief and
pointed, and written on one side of the
sheet. Much matter can be given on one
page Of letter sheet, if the art Of conden-
sation il practiced.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Every Man to His Post.

Where are the Democratic candidates
for Electors? This is time when every
Democrat is expected to do his duty, and
from these we have right to expect work
for the cause. Let us hear from you,
gentlemen.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Maine.

The Press has persistently deceived the
public for some time past in regard to the
news from Maine. The PIONEER claimed
that CoNsYs majority had been mate
rally reduced and called upon its readers
to place no reliance upon the falsehoods
of the Press. We have now got the foot
ings for nearly the entire State and they
cannot be materially altered.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

The Confederate States newspapers are
bitter against General NoC111LAN. These
papers are under government influence,
and the government understands that
If AoOLRI1AN is elected, q Union party
viii spring up in the South. This 10 the
reason why JET. DAvIs is afraid Of No
CI11LANs election. .'. 1854
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

A private letter from SHRRMAN's army
states that the 14th and Goth Army Corps
are under orders to join Gen. GRANT, and
that. Gen. THOMAS will 60 forward with
them as commander a- .,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED sTATEs-ExTRACr FROM HIS EMANCI-
PATTON PROCLAMATION.
do order and declare that all persons held
rs slaves within said designated States and
parts of States are and henceforth shall be free:
and that the Executive Government Of the
United States, including the military and naval
the freedom of said persons.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN To THE REBHr co,.,,,s
SIONERs.
To phon It may concern:
ANY proposition which embraces the res,oro
tiop Of peace, the integrity of the whole Union
and the abandonment of sl6cerv. and ,cS;.S Oo, w
BY and 'S'% az authority tia. can control The az.
mes m~0 ~ ,0 agnss TIE United States, sc0 be
men, msnt Of ne United States, and win be met by
liberal Terms on other substantial and coilat,
shall have safe conveyance both WAYS. ''o'
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

Il it not q bitter and humfliating thought
that tho magnificent victory Of SzxnDAn
in, the Valley Of the Shenandoah, is de-
prived Of III practical results because it
was won in behalf Of q policy which con-
oentrates and embitters the hatred of the
Soathern peoples Every such victory
only nerves the Southern people tn new
and more vigorous efforts, so long as the
Abolition policy Of LINCOLN prevails.
Peace Is impossible under LINCOLN, be-
cause he makes the abandonment of sla-
very" its condition. Elect MCMILLAN,
and abandon the Abolition policy, and we
build up Union peace party at the South,
and give immense moral weight to our
victories in the field. The people see and
know this. It is this fact, substantiated
BY three and one-half years of terrible ex-
perienoe, in which whole States have been
absolutely converted into public ceme-
teries, and death carried to the door of
nearly every household, that creates the
universal enthusiasm for MCCLELLAN. The
people eco that our victories are fruitless,
and demand q change Of policy. When
they have effected this by AoCLz1LAN's
election, We shall see the Union sentiment
Of the South exhibit itself, and the fabric
Of the DAVIS Oonfederacy, like that of the
poets vision, vanish into thin air and
:. leave not O wreck behind"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
Deeply Interessed Parties.

All the speakers at the Lincolnite meet
ing on Tuesday night and who are an
nounced to speak almost every day in va
rious sections of the State between now
and the day of election, have deep in
terest in the result Of the canvass-how
deep the following fgures win show. We
give the actual amount each receives per
annum exclusive of pickings and stealings
in Washington and the large sums which
common report says they receive from In
dian arrangements at home:
Salary and mileage. ,3OO
SENATOR WILKINSON.
Salary and mileage. 90. 1900
WILLIAM WINDOW.
Salary and mileage .................... 1900
IGNATIus DONNELLY.
Salary and mileage. .................... 4,soo
GOVERNOR MILLER.
Salary, etc. ..................!.. z,ooO
Total. ..............~ zo,oVV
It is very well for the speakers to urge
the people to perpetuate for another term
of four years an administration that has
beggared their constituents and drenched
the land in blood. They and their fsmi-
ties and retainers are enriched by it. But
the people of Minnesota are impoverished,
sickened and disheartened by their mis-
rule, and mean to end it. There is no
unity of interest between the honest, hard
working yeomanry and these men. This
fact is apparent to all who have listened
to their speeches.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

Here are more than tac0 hundred th0us-
and brave men slaughtered, to crafty the
partizan hatred and personal malevolence of
of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. If MCCLELLAN had
been reinforced by MCDOWELL, Richmond
would have been taken, and all these lives
saved. H
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

Iney are as IOuOWS:
1868.
Coney (Rep.) 67,799
Opposition 50,243
Conveys majority. .................. 1885
1854.
Howard (Dem.) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 6,476
Conveys majority. .................. lo,9l3
This gives clear Demoratic gain of
1,643.
The Republican vote has fallen of. 80. $40
The Democratic vote has fallen off. 80. 3,767
Democratic gain. ............. .. 1,64s
The above are Abolition figures, and We
suppose the Press will allow that they
don't lie. Meanwhile, we commend to its
consideration the following from the Saco
(Me.) Democrat of Tuesday:
The returns from the whole State have not
yet been received, but enough has been heard
to enable us to Judge that the Democrats hare
gained betaceen t,oo and three thousand. We hope
to be able to publish the full returns next
week. When we take into consideration the
tremendous efforts made by the Administra-
ton, and the vast amount of money and pat
ronage which they have had at their command,
we may well rejoice over the gain we may have
made, and may well be encouraged to hope for
political regeneration in this State 40 soon as
the administration of government shall have
passed into the hands Of the Democrats. as we
are confident it will next March.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07
A Bloody Sacrifice.

Two years Of blooLy war and Richmond
is still in the possession of the rebels, and
this is the price which the nation has paid
for Lincolns refusal to reinforce Mcclellan
the slaughter Of more than all McClel-
lon aver had nnder his command:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-07

ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO REV. JOHN p. GULLIvER.
There Is but one political question before the
people OF this country, which is this, is slavery
right or is it wrong?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-28
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-04-28


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