St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
NO. 10
Minnesota Diifanchised bv
The Moccasin Democraovl

resentatiyes from Minnesota-Messera
Phelps and Cavenaugh-expire on the RI
OF March next. In view Of this fact the:
Republicans in the Legislature ATTEMPTED
20 procure the passage Of a law providing
1or the election of their successors at ,bo
coming State Election. Knowino and
feeling that after an exhibition Of So mnch
corruption and fraud in the party miscalled
Democratic, the Republicans would surely
carry the State, the Democratic members
IN the Legislature voted and worked per
slstently and methodically against the has,
sage OF such law. So the Democret;o
CAUCUS determined to oppose and prevent
the passage of any law authorisino tho
election OF Co ressmen, prefering that
tne State shouM notbe represented at all
tna1 that it should be represented by Re-
publlcans, in accordance with the will Of:
the people. In this way, by united onno-
s,tlon, they defeated the bill which pave
.he "a people the right to speak! This is
the first triumph Of Popular Sovereignty
), But the Republicans quietly watched
thelr opportunity, and in the bill reoula.
latlns general elections, they inserted
clause which provided that elections tn fiji
alt Offices, should he held at the state
election a's' in October, next proceeding the
expiration OF the term OF the incumbents
The Moccasin Democracy were asleen
or drunk (belng one or the other nearlv
al the time and this bill passed both
houses 'sen' con-, and was presented with
the batch to the Acting Governor (Siblevl
for his signature. -, aN.@..'1
.Ihe quondaln Indian Trader was vide
awake. He s.'snelt mice" He exam
med the bill and found the trap which
had been set for him and all the Demo-
cratic party to fall into. 1t wouldn't do
1t would be political suicide to let the
State have an election for representatives
at the proper and constitutional time, for
the State was sure,,y Black Republican,
and such q bill would surely strengthen
the enemy ofSham Democracy III Congress.
50 the Csurper vetoed tie bill! This is thu
second triumph Of Popular Soycreigntyy
Sibley and his plant minions in the
Legislature then went to work and proyi-
ded that this Falls Legislature shall aever
meet, unless it shall happen to be Of the
Dloccasin tribe Gas it uon't be, thank the
Lord!) lest-assembling according to the
desire Of the people-they may reflect the
peoples viii, and fill Gen. Shields seat
by electing Republican Senator to Con-.
gress This is the third triumph
Popular Sovereignty" ..s.sa
And if the Legislature about to be cho-.
sen is not permitted to convene, Gas it mar
DO only by the caprice Of Sibley,) no law
can be passed for the election Of the sue
cessors to Phelps and Cavenaugh, and
thus, by Democratic opposition and the.
veto OF a corrupt executive, Minnesota.
'eiN be dtsfrancht.e,z at Unxlin0tou -,
SO and '6O, being represented IN tie Sca--~
ate and the assembly by II. n. Rice alone!!
This is the glorious result-the grand cul-,
these successive triumphs o.
popular Sovereignty in the Minnesota
Legislature! r* i.
The secret Of this matter is, the Demo-
Gratis are afraid of the people. They dare
not permit 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 gratuitous supply Of hemp. The
only way that was left them to rob the
State of few thousand dollars more was to
forbid tie people from. holding an election,
until the smell Of Democratic villianies
should have time to clear away, and then
trust to treacherous memories and mock
penitence for reelection. =
And this disfranchisement Of Sover
eign State through an entire session of an
American Congress, this cheating an homes.
and insolently forbiding n
expression Of the popular will--this
Minnesota Democracy!
st. Anthony Republican,
Gg# From a Democrat.
.4 "Honest Democrats have thus beenl,-
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