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

and favOrs the extension or the right OF
suffrage to al classes Of menu
The Declaration Of lndependence,wllich
WIS written by Thomas Jefferson, the faith
CT Of American Democracy, says: ''the just
powers Of government are derived from
the governed
Yet i'll the face Of the plain and unnlis-
taxable meaning Of the word; and the i'll
tentions Of these who applied tito a po}iti-
Cal party in this country, the party which
calls itself by the name Of ''Dcmocrat,'
has, for years, been moving Heaven and
Earth; not with efforts to extend the right
of suffrage total classes Of men, but with
cxevtious to extend the power of one class
OF men 10 make merchandise OF another
class Of men; one half of whom are the
ne;r, blood relatives, the sons, brothers,
ncrhews or cousins Of that other class, who
claila the right to buy, sell, scourge, man
:,clc them and even murder them at pleas
ure.
The openly avowcd object Of that party
whose head is james Buchanan. and which
calls itself Democratic, is not to extend
the riyht Of suffrage, Oh verify 40! bet to
foster the 'ero"y Of Slavery.
10 this end the suffrage Of these who
exercise that right, is boldly int1iryed, by
the dictation 81: Office holders; and the
tree use Ct the peoples money to bribe
the weak; aud corrupt the ballot box by
fraudulent voting and paid misrcpresenta-
tions. Millions Of the peoples money are
spent by government, to prevent fair ex-
preston, Of the peoples will through the
ballot-box.
This has long been the case. Success
slvt Administrations have used the public
funds for clectioneering purposes; and
nave controlled the elections by bribing
leaders and circulating such documents as
suited their purposes; but it has been left
for the Democrats ct g late day to set the
Will Of the people at defiance, after it has
found expression through that, hitherto
supposed, a!l-powerful right Of suffrage
.!r. 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 disp!easurc
upon hin! in spite Of all the influence
the President could bring to bear upon
the election and ,Ir. Buchanan responds:
" Never mind Good and faithful SCI
want, the peop|e reE,'1d;atc you, but I, 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-
trayiny them
This is what the people Of this Nation
blindly call democracy This Admin
lstrat'on jmpudently sets itself up against
the people, to defy and disregard their
will, calls itself by Il name w|icl, signifies
government by the will Of the
people,"
There could be no greater pervcrsion Of
language than that which applies the term
"Domocrat,' to q clique which is openly
laborlng to force a 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 betrayiny their constituents; but we
DO not remember any case so glaring as
CIllS VI zones
y 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
ProIessed to stand when they received the
votes OF the people Of Pennsylvania,
he became the tool of the Administration
to force Constitution upon Kansas, which
has been indignantly rejected by nine
tenth's Of her people.
The constituents Of Mr. Jones. who
had voted tor both him and his master, on
their pledge to use their best endeayours