The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

s,-~s>~..,Tho We0S0f0 Army AuS0 UDse |
.,sc.,ly Received..The Future..lts
Great Questions. ,ia q
To the Editor Of The Pioneer:
- WASHINGTON. May 20. 1865.
This city, like other fashionable boarding
schools, has its periodical vacation. which In
DAYS of yore was anything but "holyday."
description of . certain city In Hol-
lind was then by no means inappropriate. Now
the streets are thronged with the war worn |
veterans of hundred battle6elds, officers In
their brilliant uniforms, the gay equipages OF
foreign ministers, fine ladies in their silks and
"sweet scented" beaus In their kids. Inc
hotels are crowded-the theatres draw-the
papers have something to publish. The aven-
ues 10 the departments are filed with men from
the east, from the west, from the nortn ana
from-the South (there are Offices in Dixie 70
be filled) with claims, with applications for
appointment. and select few win an ao-
dress" to be inflicted on the President
The great trial of the assassins has closed on
the part of the prosecution. The deience 'nuS
far is very weak-its object to prove cnaiac't
or rather reputation. and olibis. II Is sa'o tna'
Reyerdy johnson is preparing an argument 70
the Jurisdiction of the court. Star chamber 70
an ominous word, and the grand rigo' VI Hn''
BY peers in open court aprice'ess priVneee
under our government Whatever DC INC
mode of trial trust in God that every one'
man or woman, high or low, who piotteo' OF
PLANNED. or struck the blow, or conceived the
thought, or spoke the word against the ine OF
Abraham Lincoln, may be hanged without oen-
Of, of clergy or the laws delay. The trial pro-
duces no excitement-the nauonai near. ga
hausted itself in the first dark hours Oh Inc
great grief.
Minnesota. loyal, self-sacrifcing, neglected
land of beauty, 30 long absent, now Snail !
spe.k thy name! My adopted home nome OF
trusting friendships, and generous impulses Id
saddened hours, and dark experiences my a.
tacbment hath never wavered, nor loyalty fai-
tered to thee! am glad to inform you ina.
there is now some prospect that the state VIII
receive the protecting care OF the Government
With her own borders bathed In blood, she has
uumurmuringly sent her brave boys to the oa'-
flea of the Union, and for four years suf1;reoi IN
the want of adequate protection. It 10 not pos
s;h,e that the Government can longer neglect
to guard the State against the savage RenuS
around her. Gov. Ramsey and Senator VIII
k;nson have had interviews with the President
and War Department, and are promised INC
sSoption of q policy effectual and decisive.
Tbese gentlemen have done everything pos
sible for the protection of the interests Oh 'ne
State. Gov. Ramsey. though absent, came Oh
a special mission to Washington for that pur
pose, and urged upon the Government imne-
date action in relation to the recent massacres
In the State.
Pacific measures have been tried sufficiently.
There Is but one course left-exsermina'lon'
We have tried to live in peace with them-we
have tried to teach them, to civilize them' 10
convert their precious souls, (saVe tne u'afA'
All in yain Now exterminate them-oucks'
chiefs. souaws, papooses and all, and END the
,,occas;n tribe forever. Western men unaer'
stand what Indians are-these Eastern human'
,tarians know nothing about them. some Que
has come on here with grand plan OF lndian
naciscation. So it always is when anything de-
cisive and practical is pronosed' some iana'l'
with his closet theories will Immediately Sus
cest something of a universal love-feast, al
which whites, niggers and Indians may all sls
down in loving harmony. So it Is, If you VIII
allow me to perpetrate bit OF poetry:
"The lover may
Distrust that look, which steals his soul away
The habe NAV cease to think, that 1t car pray.
with heavens MISUNDERSTANDING may uouo'
The shining gold-their crucible gives QUIZ
Rnt Faith fanatic faith, once welded last
To some dear falsehood, hugs 1t to the last
You folks at home like to know "who all "
are here, Gov. Ramsey has LETT Tor no"e'
Senator Wilkinson is on visit to Richmond W
inaugurate Gov. Pierpont who was eiectea
Governor of Virginia by the town councl Oh
Alexandria-that delectabIe city Of fishmong'
ers Gen. German and lady, Hon. j. w. lay
lor. Hon. l. Van Etten, are here. MaJor-now
Lieut. Col.-Paulding, is still Chief Paymaster'
department of Washington. j. Jay Knox goes
to Norfolk, as Cashier of National Bank there.
Mr.. Joseph Graudelmeyer is experimenting
the Globe Office press-room.
And now approach the great event OF the
age-the splendid pageant OF the grand army
of the Republic passing in review, to the md-
sic of the Union, before the high officers ana
multitudes of people from the cities and towns
and counties, all over the land. assembled here
to hail the return of the heroes of the feid.
Streets, house-tops, balconies, windows, every
available space, all were occupied with women
waving handkerchiefs, and men cheering
Neither tongue nor pen can describe the scene
The papers have been full of descriptions. 'ne
greatest desire was to see the Western t'oops,
and General Sherman was rapturously eneeleu
from the Capitol along the whole length Oh the
| Avenue. The Western boys excited the great
est admiration in every beholder. inere are
no such troops in the world. Ills wonderful
that the South held out so long. Now the din
of war is hushed, and the survivors OF the
bloody struggle return to their homes once
more, to receive the thanks of their country
men. The Minnesota Battery, and the I'd and
4th regiments were in tho review.
Alas! could but think how many brave