St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
Minnesota DISTINGUISHED by
i the Moecasin Democracy

/ 'l1he terms OF the two Democratic Rep
resentatiyes from Minnesota Messers
Phelps and cavenapg t---exlire. on the Sd
Iof March next. In view Of this fact, the
f3Repub'icans in the Legislature attempted
to procure the passage Of ]. law providing
for. the eleehon of their SUCCESSORS al the.
coming State Election. Knowing and
feeling thatt after al, exhibition of SO much
corruption aud firaud III the party n,iscalled
EDelnocratie, the Republicans wonld surely
carry the State, the Democratic members
III the Legislature voted and worked per
|sistently and historically against the pas
! sage Of such d law. So the Democratic
Icaucns determined to oppose aud prevent
the passage Of any law authorizipg the
| election of Congressman, preftring that
the State shouM moi b. aeprese5ted at al
| than that it should be represented by Re-
spublieafis, ii accordance witt. the * i'll o
1.-THE people. In this way, by united eppo-
]sition, they defeated the bill which gave
I The people tile right to speak This is
the first triumph of'<Poi'uIar Soveleig nty.'
But the Republicans quietly watched.
| their opportunity, and in tho bill regn}s-
hating general elections, they inserted a.
| clause which provided that elections 70 ill
at offices, should be held at the State
election IN October, next preceding the
expiration Of the term OF the incumbents.
The Moccasin Democracy were asleep
Tor drunk {being enc Or the other nearly
Iall the ti7ne,) and this: bill passed both
houses men. ron, and vas presented with
/ the batch to the4Actine Governor [SihIey,
for his signature. 2 .* -
I The quondam Indian Trader was wide
|awake he Essnlel5 a nice He exam.
lined the bill and found tie trap which
! had been set for him and all the Demo
! cratic party to fail into 1t would Mt do.
lat would be political suicide to let the
State have IN election for. representative
al the proper and constitutional time, for
the State was surely Black Republican,
|and5sueh q bill wotsld surely strengthen
/ the enemy Of Sham Democracy in Con gress.
7 RS 81 ne JsN,pes' rrtoed he biz! This is the
second triumph If '<J'opuIar Sovereignty"
/ Sibley and his plant 1ninions in the
| Legislature then went TO work and provi-
! ded that this Falls Legislature MoU nerer
meet, unless it shall happen to be of the
! Mocca$in tribe (as it 'front.' be, thank the
lord !eS~~aSsenbling according to the
:, desire Of the peoY,Ie---thcy may reflect the
! peoples will, and f)l Gen. Shields seat
J by electing Il Republican Senator to Con
gress This il the Mjf1 triumph
! Popular Sovereignty"
And if the Legislature alotst to be cho~
sen Is not permitted 10 convene, Gas it nay
do only by the caprice oi Sihley,) no law
can be passed for the election Of the sue
cessors to Phelps and Caycmugh, and
thus, by Democratic opposition and the
veto Of a corrupt executive, L'innes0ta
asW BE- 95syionchi$ed at e,WasstagtoH Ia
90 end go, Jefng repneseatcd IN the Sen-
ate and the assembly By a. II Ri:cc aI2ne'
This is the glorious result-5hs grand cul-
Eminatio,s-t'i' these successive tliu,nphs o.
"popular Sovereignty" in the Minnesota
i4egislature.. .t-
! The secret Of chs matter is, the nemo-
(crats are afraid Of the people They dare
not perlttit them to choose their own rulers
in their own way. They dare not give
:, them another chance at the ballot-box,
FOR they know that such an opportunity
would furnish the unterrifed officials,
with a gratuitoas supply Of hemp. The
Ionly way that was left them 10 rob the
State Of L few thousand dollars more was to
!, Jordia tie people. from hozd::aa On election,
until the smell Of Democratic vilIiasaies
should have time to clear away, and then
trust to treacherous memories aud mock
penitence for a reelection.
Aud this djstranchisement of Soycf-
6ign State through an eutire session Of. an
American Congress, this cheating an honest
constituency and iasoleutly forhiding an
Iexpresslon Of The popular viii this is
'IMinnesota Democracy 2* r. 'sz
\ ST, 4athony Republican.
From a Democrat. Ill