The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-01-06

to the Federal armies. Has the Almighty
given over this republic to anarchy and
ruins Is it not still possible for the great
organization which at the last election al
most bafaed the corruptions of power to
make itself heard above the war of ele-
Jments with the potential warning Peace,
be still" Each new victory is the signal
for some fresh and more fragrant atrocity.
"Misrepresentatives "in Congress would
now do by legislation what Lincoln
sought to do by proclamation. Wade
and Davis are "hushed to Sleep"
and homeopathic Louisiana comes forward
with FIVE Parishes, asking to be recon-
structed. Like the old lady after the sur
render, she is anxious to know "when the
ravishing begins" The crazy metaphysi-
clans of the pulpit cry out, "Give us Bar
rabbas." .. H.. ,......,
"Hood an ass with reverend purple,
So you but hide his two ambitious cars,
And he will pass for cathedral DOCTOR"
In the midst of all this cannot let 20
my hope, yes faith, in the potency Of
Democratic policies, which will yet gather
themselves about some great leader like
Sherman, and make themselves heard with
voice which cannot be resisted. The
fnsncisl experiment of holding the Gov
eminent up by the "seat of its trowsers, {"
has proved more difficult than what Car
lyle pronounces the toughest problem in
political dynamica, viz: show to elevate
frem the ground the heavy bottomed
Dutch" Our maxim of ''pay AS you CO."
is being discussed. This war is found
sufficiently expensive without paying
three prices for every dollars worth
of material. The fiction of billion of
greenbacks to do the work of $3.50, ,OOO,-
600, is exploding with the money-men.
1t is even talked, that capital should share
with labor the burdens of the war. This,
however, is too much to hope, as the Ma
tional Banks with their non-taxable bonds
control the legislation of the country, and
will do 80 until the venal cormorants who
now legislate for US, are displaced by men
direct from the outraged and overburdened
people. The signs; however, are ominous
Of better things for the future, and finan-
cial economy may suggest political wis
dom
Slavery is dead, whether the war sue
ceeds or not, if the Abolitionists will let it
alone. 1t is, however, like the chamomile
the moro you tread upon it the better it
grows; and it Is the entire stock in trade
of the radicals
l was pleased and instructed the other
day with remark reported to me from
Dean Richmond, made before the Chicago
Convention. He was speaking of the plat
form which in his view that Convention
should pronounce. 1t was substantially
the Crittenden resolution. A bystander
asked him, What will you say about sla-
verya" "Damn slavery" he replied
"that Is details. always found in my
business that when l lost sight of the main
SuUJCOtS ouu ~out tutO ucIdils, IOSG
money"
But ! must stop. l am rambling on
with the prolixity of preacher who is too
able to write bis sermons.
/ feel interested in the legislation of
Minnesota this winter, especially in con-
nectlon with its railroads, of which the
Superior road is most important to St.
Paul. This road, endowed with more than
four thousand acres of land per mile, with
the bonus of two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars from the city, the outlet of
all Southern Minnesota to the great lakes
and the Atlantic seaboard, and penetrating
as it does the undeveloped wealth of the
North Shore, must be an inviting enter
prise to capitalists. It should be thrown
open to competition. 1t is to be hoped
that the interests of the city and the State
will not be jeoparded to advance the for
tunes of a horde of effete and bankrupt
gamblers in railroads, such as have hereto
fore retarded like enterprises for at least
a decade of years. One subject, although
somewhat collateral, occurs to me as of
great importance to S.. Paul. Il is the
making it compulsory by legislation to
carry fuel at the same rates with other
freights of similar class. But will re-
serve these topics for future letter.
Truly yours, JOHN B. BRISBIN.