Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-08-14
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THE PEOPLES DEMOCRACY.

THE PEOPLES DEMOCRACY.
1t is time for the friends Of liberty in Minnesota
to commence in earnest the dissemination of their
principles among the people. For the promotion
| of great cause, which involves the future wei.
fare of Minnesota and the West, let us magnani.
mously drop every minor difference and enlist un-
der the broad banner of the Republican party,
which, at this crisis, floats proudly and triumph
antly above the weak factions and political cor
ruptions Of the hour. If we would serve success
fully the cause of universal liberty, We must unite
boldly, and irrespective of every old party consd
Grafton. The cause of freedom is the first cause.
1t is democracy in its highest and most unadultcr-
atcd condition. Freedom and Democracy belong
to each other. They are twins. Those who would
sever this sacred connection, destitute of the
first elements of real democracy. A True Demo-
craf, even though he be a southerner and slave
holder, cannot consistently advocate the extension
of slavery into free Territory. There are thou
sands of southern who, if they dared to speak,
would unite with the north in their sacred endca-
YOURS to aid the cause of liberty. Those who are
unsel6sh and honest, admit that slavery is an evil.
They desire to see it checked Fanatical aboli-
tionism we despise! We revere the American
Constitution and shall live and die in its support
1t comedies all that reasonable STAKEHOLDER
should desire. 1t comedies for the sake of the
very! Its spirit, however, is undeniably the
spirit of liberty. 1t is radically opposed to the
propagation Or extension of Slavery! The man
who denies this is either knave or a fool. lie
surely is not Democrat, according to the true
meaning of the term. The word "Democrat"
means friend of the people. How is it possible
for an advocate of slavery and its extension to be
a sincere C. friend Of the people?" No-such
man is the friend of his own Insignificant SELF a.
thinks they may aid him in his aspirations after
Office and power! The people love liberty-th
hate slavery-they have been bamboozled by de-
magogues and hoodwinked by obsequious Office
vutures long enough. They have borne dictation
and insult, until forbcarance has ceased to be one
of the virtues They begin to see through the
thin marks Of mere names they are beginning
to look at great principles in their naked light,
and to despise the hypocrtical devices of ambi-
tious men! 1t matters not by what party cpithets
men may call themselves-some men would pro-
fame the name of the Almighty, Or take upon them
selves the name of the prince of Darkness, if by
so doing, they could secure some lucrative posi-
ton, at which they aim One thing is truc-real
democracy cannot exist in the mind or heart of
man, who seriously advocates the extension of
slavery! A love for tyranny and liberty cannot
at the same time find a dwelling house in man.
We are aware that the present administration
makes great prctensions to democracy. 1t is all
shame-hypocricy- injustice and i'm
beciity! 1t is an administration, which prostit-
uted the honour of the national government, at
the base shrine of selfish interest. 1t has neglect
ed the pcoplc-abuscd its authority and inflicted
the deepest insult upon every free citizen of the
great northwest. But justice, which has been so
W antoniy todden under foot, will assume her
sway and terribly avengc the dcsecration of her
throne! Retribution is sure to follow in the wake
of sin The time is near for Minnesota to strike
a glorious blow for liberty. Let US not be dccei-
we'd our hOnOur-our intcrcsts-our future are
all at stake! Mr. Rice is identified with the Pierce
and with the passage Of its most in
fernal act-the Nebraska Iniquity !shall We vote
for him with this milestone about his neck What
can he do for the Territory in an Anh Nebraska
Congress with such medallion about him ?-wi,h
the abjcct form of slavery engraved upon one side,
while upon the other these words glitter forth in
bold relief:
''The people of Minnesota swallow Nebraska
they love slavery-despise liberty and worship
the immortal, the blessed names of Douglas and
Pierce ?" How much more potent and influential
would be the voice Of Freedoms champion in the
national halls, of our Marshall-with modesty up
on his brow and the Spirit of Freedom radiatng
from him-with NO such motto as the above-but
with the principles of honor and liberty and TRUTH
inherent in his nature a man, and stamped up
on him as a delegate, by the friends of freedom in
the West! CoMMox SENSE.
St. Paul, August, 1855.