St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-28
WOOD! WOOD!
The Sovereign People.

mccracy" says it is Government by the
people," and that Democrat is zone who
adheres to Il government by the people,
and favors the extension Of the right Of
suffrage to all classes Of menv'
The Declaration Of Independence,which
WIS written by Thomas Jefferson, the faith
or Of American Democracy, says: "the just
powers Of government are derived from
the governed.
Yet in the face of the plain and unmis-
taxable meaning Of the word; and the in
tentions Of these who applied tito a politi
cal party in this country, the party which
calls itself by the name Of Democrat"
has, for years, been moving Heaven and
Earth; not with efforts to extend the I; ght
of suffrage total classes Of men," but with
exertions to extend the power Of one class
OF men to make merchandise of another
class Of men; one half Of whom arc the
near, blood relatives, the sons, brothers,
nephews or cousins Of that other class, who
claim the right to buy, sell, scourge, man
acle them and even murder them at pleas
ure.
The openly ayowed object Of that party
whose head is James Buchanan, and which
calls itself Democratic, is not to extend
the right Of suffrage, Oh verify no! but to
foster the acrong Of Slavery.
10 this end the suffrage Of these who
exercise that right is boldly infrirged, by
the dictation Of Office holders; and the
tree use Of the peoples money to brite
the weak; and corrupt the ballot box by
fraudulent voting and paid misrcpresenta-
tlons. Millions Of the peoples money are
spent by government, to prevent 4 fair ex-
preston, Of the peoples will through the
ballot-b box.
This has long been the case. Success
1sivc Administrations have used the public
funds for clectioneering purposes; and
have controlled the elections by bribing
leaders and circulating such documents as
suited their purposes; but it has been left
for the Democrats Of & late day to set the
viii Of the people at defiance, after it has
found expression through that, hitherto
supposed, an-powerful right Of suffrage
Mr. Buchanan has plainly done this
in appointing his tool, J. CLANCY Jones
of Pennsylvania, Minister to Austria,
almost the moment he knew that strong
Democratic district had refused to reflect
him. The Democrats Of Mr.. Jones'
district set the seal Of their displeasure
upon him in spite of all the influence
the President could bring to bear upon
the election and Mr. Buchanan responds:
e Never mind !! Good and faithful ser
want, the people repudiate you, but !, who
am greater than the people, will reward
you with an Office greater than any ct
present, i'll their gift; yes, and compel
them to pay you for serving me and be-
traying thena''
This is what the people Of this Nation
blindly call democracy" This Admin
istration impudently sets itself up against
the people, to defy and disregard their
will, calls itself by d name which signifies
government b. the will Of the
people,"
There could be no greater perversion of
language than that which applies the term
''Democrat,'' to a clique which is openly
laboring to force government upon an
Indignant people, in one portion of the
Republic, and which, in all parts, uses
its utmost power to place the servants of
the people beyond the control of the
people whom they ought to serve.
1t is no new thing for Democratic
President to reward Members of Congress
for betraying their constituents but we
do not remember any case 50 glaring as
this Of Jones'
n Member from Mr.. Buchanan's own
State, he became the servant Of Mr.. Bu-
chanan; totally disregarding the will of
his constituents, and the platform Of prin-
ciples on which both he and his master
P1oiessed to stand when they received the
votes Of the people Of Pennsylvania,
he became the tool of the Administration
to torce Constitution upon Kansas, which
has been Indignantly rejected by nine
tenth's Of her people.