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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
Getting Scared.

When Lowry and his lacqueys got pos
session of the nominating convention; and
thrust his men upon the people, as demo
cratic candidates, o!a Monsieur green eyes
thought his authority rc-established; and
the election won. He trusted, certainly,
to being able to whip in or buy over the
Douglas leaders, and as his lordship ina
gines that word from him controls the
German vote, the coast appeared clear; but
alas for the Dictator, the Douglas men
have nominated ticket. A large body
of Germans have concluded to rule them
selves while; and the old Indian Trader
is beginning to find it out.
He admits something msust be done or
they are beaten certainly.
! BY way of doing something he might
muster all his men and lay seige to the
fortress of that old woman who lives in a
shoe, and has so many children she does'n
know what to do.
I'VE think, that, in the resentdesperate
state of affairs, he and his troops might
screw their courage up to the point Of at
lacking the old jade and fogging he
soundly. Then with his fresh wreath O.
laurels he might go before the people witt
a confident hope Of success.
If he thinks it would be too perilous t.
attack the old woman when folks are a
, wake he could call a vestry meeting, ant
remain in session until after midnight
then fall upon the morocco garrison and re
duce 1t before morning.
The General must certainly, as he says
do something Or he will be beaten badly
anG we can think Of nothing so worthy Q
, his valor as whipping this old woman; an
her little fry Of flaxen heads.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
He had'nttime,

The people of St. Cloud and various 9th
er important locations in Northern Mime
sofa, are considered good enough to cote
for Senator Rice and the Land Offices -
but when funds are wanted for the purpose
of Constructing great National road which
constitutes a portion of the grand route
from Lake Superior to the Pacific: sena-
tor Rice and the Buchananitcs have no
time to attend to it. They have plenty of
time to procure government funds to make
roads from Grow Wing into impossible
mud holes and marshes, along the route of
which they own or are interested in town
sites; but when you want funds for road
from Superior to st. Cloud or from St.
Cloud to Breckenridge. which would be for
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
7or transportation Of mails $40, 140,520'


This 14,O35,520 is to be PAID out Of the
receipts Of the Post Office. IF those re-
ceipts do not suffice, then 100000 is to
be paid out Of the General Treasury. This
with the amount paid for Ocean Steam
Mail above, makes 4 $780, $50. In addition
to this is 100000 appropriated for mail
service by the two Houses Of Congress,
making $5,660,750 expenses Of system
which it is admitted should be seH-sup-
porting. Ros<'ooo1 Record Il.
In connection with this, freeren Of the
North, should remember that the defcien-
cy in the Post Office receipts occur in the
South. The slaveholding States never
have supported their post Offices under
any rate of postage.
The deficiency there has seldom, if ever,
for the last twenty years, been less than
$500, 900, while, under former rates Of
postage the system was selfsupporting.-
Thus making the North pay 100000 an
nually to support post Offices in the South.
We have not examined the last .:nnual
report Of the Postmaster Genera. to know
whether the entire deficiency is at the
South now, or only a Fart Of il; but all
our acquaintance with former reports leads
us to suspect thai, with present rates Of
| postage, the department will support itself
in the free States unless Postmasters are
required to bear very heavy share Of the
expense Of supporting the Administration,
as the item for compensation would seem
to imply. The 3,500,00o is no doubt for
the benefit of our Southern brethren.
Tue reason why the department does
not pay so we'll in the South as it does in
the North, is, that the great mass of labor
ers do not write or receive letters; and as
it costs as much to carry one letter as it
does one hundred, the expense Of trans
portation is greater in proportion to the re-
ceipts. Thus the working men Of the
north are taxed to pay the expense of
keeping the laborers of the South in i2-
norance. If these wrote letters to their
friends they would be obliged to pay
something toward supporting the Post
Office. As it is they get no letters and
pay no postage; but the workinsg-men OF
the North must pay for carrying NASSAU S
letters in these exclusive mail bags from
the use Of which the laborers Of the
South are jealousy excluded:
J.. The Anne rican Aristocracy will soon be
as expensive an article Of national glory as
that of old England itself
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
BARGAIN AND SALE.

"a II. DAItUAlN AMI DALE.
We were no little astonished to learn
that G. G. Andrews had declared for the
Moccasin party, at the late caucus meeting
held at Wilson's Hall. We knew he had
taken pains to express himself as totally
opposed to the Presidents course on the
Kansas question, and in favor of Douglass.
When ne therefore remained with the
caucus which drove the Douglass men out;
and took an active part; in its proceedings,
folks were naturally astonished. .
The mystery is now explained, for we
learn from a gentleman we'll acquainted
with the political manevres hero that
General Lowry has engaged to give Mr..
Andrews the nomination for State Senator
next election; and has pledged him the
German vote. iii .. .
We see no reason to doubt the truth of
this explanation; and it is the only reason
able solution of Mr.. AS wheel-a-bout.-
It is not to be supposed that, that digni-
fed gentleman undertook to jump Jim
Grow without good and sufficient rea-
son.
He has been looking forward to the
State Seaatorship which he could not
hope to reach without good number of
German votes. AS he had rendered him
self highly unpopular with German set
tiers by his active opposition to the Con-
tribution movement, he no doubt conclu-
ded his only hope was to get Lowry's in
tluence to force him through as regular
nominee, and then whip the sturdy Ger
mans into supporting him.
Lowry was but too glad to get Andrews
influence on any terms, as he himself
wants to 60 to France as Consul. Thus
far he has not been able to get the ap-
pointment, although he applied for it a
year ago; but if he can carry this election
for Rice ond Blu <hanan he will doubtless
get his Consulship; and the bargain is
that if Andrews helps Lowry to a foreign
appointment, Lowry will help him into
Senate.
1t is very pretty arrangement; but we
don't know how the German farmers OF
Stearns County will like the plan. If that
green-eyed, white fingered aristocrat, Low
ry does really rule the Dutch as his
lacqueys boast that he does, Of course it
will be all right; but if they should take a
notion to rule themselves it mightspoil the
arran cement.
We know some of them will object te
having their votes traded off to Mr.. An
drews, even to buy French appointment
and chocolate kid gloves ); for NASSAU Low
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
RULING THE DUTCH

General Lowry and his friends boast
that he "rules the dutch,'' in this county,
that he makes them vote for anybody and
anything he has a mind too; because he
"just knows how to manage them. We
ourself heard Dr. Palmer, his confidential
agent; and one of his delegates to the late
Sank Rapids convention, say that Lowry
ruled the Dutch and could just do any
thing with them, that word from Lowry
would make them vote for anybody.
When he said this he was trying to get
an American gentleman and ourselfto join
Lowry's party; and he told us our only
safety up here was in supporting Lowry's
authority; for if it was not for him "the
Dutch would take this country" and no
American could live in 1t.
We could not exactly understand what
the Dutch would do with the country, if
his lordshlp should cease to defend it from
their aggressions; but had some faint idea
they were going to.
Turn the rivers all up stream,
Each lake into dancing green;
And kill the fish with Lager beer
If General Lowry wasn't here!
They'd :aako the country" every acre;
And all the lots, like old Van Taker.
Chop them up into sourkrout;
And turn The world quite inside out.
Then, ladle out old Lake Superior;
And inundate the whole interior
Eat up, for breakfast every yankee;
And ask for more, nor ouce say 'sthank'e e'
Play :'tc ole tiae," at great rate;
If the General didn't s:keep them straight.
We were notmuch frightened, as we had
been born and brought up in state, and
that Was, in great part, settled by the
Dutch; and knew that things went on
there very much in the old fashioned way.
We had been accustomed living in the
house with relations so dutch they could
not speak plain English; and we could not
be so much afraid of the Dutch as to help
a STAKEHOLDER to rule them, nor could we
believe they were going thus to be ruled.
All we knew about the German charac-
ter led us to think the Dutch are particu-
larry bent upon ruling themselves; and
that you might as well try to grow oran-
ges in the open air in Minnesota, as to get
a dutchman to do anything but just what
he pleases to do. So we respectfully de-
clined helping General Lowry to rule the
dutch but we intended then to let the
Germans of this County know that his
lordship and his laqueys thought he ruled
them, and could continue to rule them.
He has rulod the late nominations it is
true; but it remains to be seen whether he
can rule the voters and make them elect
his men.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
Ii Iii {#t !tE5&..E.~t;sI FL Il
THE POST OFFICE AND IT'S
,.. EXPENSES. :. = 81.

The Post Office Department has got into
a most extraordinary condition. It now
actually costs fourteen millions per AMMAN.
of which some five millions are paid by the
Government, independent Of the receipts
of the Post Office. The amount paid for
Ocean Mail Steamers is 1 ,460,750. The
others are as follows: @i<ffE
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
WOOD! WOOD

VIII some Of our subscribers send us
tire-wood to the Office, and send it soon.-
We arc very much in want Of it.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07

"You cannot put your finger on any
part of the Constitution which conveys the
right or the power to carry slaves from one
of the States Of the Union to any Terrific
ny Of the United States, Henry Clay,
IN 1850.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
A New Judge.

= H. "A "V" 0uQ6e.
Col, Emerson informs us that Judge
Hall has resigned and that Gov. Sibley
has appointed O. E. Hamlin Of Sank Rap
ids to fill the vacancy.
The old Colonel has grown several years
younger in his exultation at the appoint
ment, as he declares that he knows Ham.
lin to be :an iron man." and feels assure
that, now, law and order will reign i n
Northern Minnesota and all the rogues be
brought to speedy justice
So may it b.; but we are not quite SO
hopeful, although the appointment is GER
tainly good one; and Mr.. Hamlina gen.
tlcpan who will be likely to reflect honor
upon our Judiciary. a. = 3E9I1
Gilman of W'atab has spent two DAYS in
st. Cloud trying, to whip in, or buy over
the Douglas, leadears.. The election viii
show what success he has had. ..-,s. =.
The Republican District Convention
adopted the following platform of princi-
pies. ,5a 800" an9
Resolved, That VIC here assembled. as
the representatives Of the Republican
Party, of the tw entieth Senatorial District;
do present to the untrammelled voters,
the following platform of principles:
First, We entirely repudiate and con- IN
denim the course of the National Admins
tration, in regard to the admission of
Kansas into the Union; as a treacherous
abandonment of true Popular Sovereignty,
and a base surrender :freemens rights.
to the slave aristocracyo the South.
Second, We declare ourselves in favor
OF "tree soil for free men, and reject all
compromise with the South, and their
bogus democratic allies; which requires
us to surrender Territory now free, to the
blight and usurpation of Slavery:
Third, We are in favor Of the immedi-
ate admission of Kansas as State. SO
soon as she shall make application to
Congress, with Republican Constitution,
without regard to her population; believing
as we do, that if she now applies with Il
Constitution excluding slavery, She has
the same rights as she had under the
Lecompton fraud .
Fourth, We believe that the expenditure
es Of the National Administration, reachin.
as they do, nearly lO0,000,0 900 dollars per
annum, indicate criminal extravaganza
on the part of the departments, and calls
loudly for rebuke at the Ballot-box
Fifth, We disown and repudiate the
bogus Governor, and political legislative
demagouges; who first secured power by
the most palpable and outrageous fraud;
and then attempted, in violation of public
sentiment, to elect Lecompton Senator
to succeed General Shields. ~-... ...
Stnt1, We pledge ourselves to oppose
at all hazards, and every cost; any Leyis-
lative candidate, who does not pledy.
himself to vote at every step, oa}y ior
such candidates for the Ur;ted States
Senate, as is known to be in favor Of the
admission Of Kansas as free State.
Seventh, We heartily invite all citizens,
without regard to party name, who sub
scribe to the above principles; to join US in
our efforts to rebuke the corrupt and extray-
agent administrations;-National and
State,-by the triumphant election Of the
Representative ticket which, We this day
present for their sufrages.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07

it will be because they are deceived, and
believe it to be regular Democratic
nomination. Il <
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
Parsonal.

The editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch,
of whom we know nothing, other than so
far os he has rendered neutrality-suspicious.
in the mis-statement of facts, in his last
weeks issue, makes very coarse reference
to the editor Of this paper. We advise the
gentleman to wait until he has some know
ledge Of matter before he hazards an opin-
ion. We never have placed the Dispatch
on our exchange list, for the reason, that
we never had any respect for the manner
in which the TgING has been conducted
We suppose the great offence is, that the
True Press has favorable notice in our
paper. Our Pittsburgh political exchanges
are limited to the Journal and True Press,
either OF which are as far superior to the
Dispatch, as that sheet is to the Cad z
Sentinel.
We never see "little charley allin's pa
per-" but we have the information, indirect
ly, that he has again been intermeddling
with matters in which he has no interest
involved--this was to be expected from lit
tie "charley." He is a very weak brother.
We would remind our neighbor, that the
"old lady" has not yet got suficiency Of
material for making her soap" and he
may not yet be entirely beyond the reach
ofdanger. Take good care of your sym
metricaP' proportions, charley.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
The New Democratic Issue.

Forney's Press shows up the iniquity
of the English Bill, which is the corner
stone of Democracy in Ohio. Douglas
himself has lately expressed similar views,
and his friends in this State, who are now
without an organ, will be glad to see
what opinion is entertained of the meas.
ure by Douglas men elsewhere. The
Press says:
The English Bill which was substitu-
ted for Lecompton "pure and simple" is
an expedient which only aggriya,es the
injustice originally contemplated. 1t pro-
vides that, because the people of Kansas
would not submit to the outrage of having
Constitution imposed upon them against
their will, they must be punished fol-
their contumacy by being kept out of the
Union. Because they would not tamely
acquiesce in the infic,ion Of one wrong,
another is to be lneted out to them. The
highway robbers Of Mexico made il O
rule that if traveller peaceably submits
to the plunder of his pockets, he is in
other respects treated as gentleman, ,bu
if he resists the robbery be is murdered
The English Bill Kansas policy is baset
upon principle equally just and humane
Ii is worse than idIe-it is wicked, foolish
and unjust-to persist in course founded
on such an idea. When the people o
Kansas peaceably and honestly. form an
other Constitution have il ratified at the
polls, and ask admission into the Unior
under il woe to the men who by blint
adherence to the English fOality, may
endeavor, for attempting 10 drag Kansas
into the Union as slave Stale, with
Constitution obnoxious 10 her people, t
add to the measure Of their injustice by
voting against her admission as fire.,
State under a Constitution ratified ant
approved by her people They will b.
undoubtedly condemned by their outraged
constituencies, and fall from the higl
stations they have disgraced, ''like Luci
ter, never 10 rise again" :
Of course, every regular DemocraIi
candidate for Congress in this Stale, OF
cnpies precisely the odious position thu
denounced. Kansas is 10 be punished 70
refusing TO come into the Union under til,
LecomPtion Constitution, by being KEEP
out as free Slate. AS The Press says
because they would not tamely acquiesc,
in the infiction Of one wrong. another j.
to be meted Out 10 them" So says III,
Administrations, say the. resolutions o
the Ohio State Convention.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08

raj response we would make to conduct of
this kind. Bot let us look again. Ifone
county has the righ. TO dissent from the
action Of District Convention, in which
it had participated, why would not Brown
township, in CarrolFcounty, have an equal
right to secede ffem any action which the
-rnst of the townships in the county agreed
upon. We have bandedtogether through
out the comfy for political purposes. Each
township is heard in our political assem-
blies, and when majority of them have
decided either this thing or that, we take
it for granted and as fact, that Brown, or
no other township would dissent from the
decision. In fact it would be looked upon
as the basest political heresy to do SO. If
the rule then is held iuviolable in our
county, why willit not be clung to with
the same tenacity in the District. Both
are organized for political purposes, and
the rules and regulations that maintain and
are observed in one, should be held as sa-
cred and inyiolable in the other.n
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
The Valna nf Tina

1t is said that slime is moneys" but
that does not tell the whole story, for
time may be more than money, and it
may be less. Ask the ardent lover, about
10 be separated from his adored mistress
for long, long years, how much money
would express the balance of the last
hours he is to pass with her. What
would his answer be, expressed in dollars
and cents ! Ask the squalid miser, as
he draws his last breath, and his dim eye
closes on his heaps of shining gold, at
what price he would value a few more
hours to enjoy the sight Of his worship
ped hoard Ask the affectionate son,
as he stands beside the death bed Of a
beloved parent, whether another hour of
that precious life could be expressed in
money! They will tell you that no
amount Of money could represent the
value of the time they covet. On the
other hand, the long, weary days of the
suffering poor, the dreary, heavy hours
of the listless idler, have no money value.
Either would barter all the irksome time
tha. fingers on their hands, for a single
coin that would give to one the bread Of
hunger, or escape from self TO the other.
Furthermore, there are various kinds Of
money; hard money and paper money,
current and uncurrcnl, counterfeit and
genuine and before we settle down con.
tent with the anxiom that slime is mon
ey," let us see for ourselves what kind of
money our time may be; whether it be
of intrinsic value, or only assumed |;
whether il will pass readily ip exchange
for others property or service, or only at
discount whether in short, it be worth
what it pretends to be, or is only base
imitation Of the genuine article. BY
scrutinizing thus the value of time, each
for himself, every man will find that time
is money, only when II is wisely and
we'll employed. TO make time real
money, we must improve it by labor of
the body, mind and soul. When we
have thus made our time valuable to
ourselves, it will be o! value to others,
and not till then; and then alone shall
we be able to realize by sweet experience,
tha, '''ime is money"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-08
Union Institute PROCEEDINGS.

The Union Institute of Teachers and
Friends of Education in Harrison and
Jefferson counties, met at Hopedale, in
the Normal School building, on Monday,
August 23d. Cyrus McNeely, of Hope.
dale, was elected President, James Nc.
kerihan, of Jefferson, Harrison CO., Vice
President, J. II. Forester, Treasurer, and
David Donovan, of SlenbenviIle, Secre-
tary. The Institute continued in session
for three days. Lectures and class drills
were the chief exercises. Lectures were
delivered on The following subjects On
aids to memory" by Mr.. Mills; on
Geography, by Mr.. Dessellem; on the
manner of teaching Reading aud Elocu-
ton, by Edwin Regal on Methods Of
teaching English Grammar, by Mr.. A.
s. Hayden; on Arithmetic, by Mr.. Tap
pan /; and on the Motives and Mission,
ofhe Teacher, by Hon. Horace Mann
Mr.. Mann also lectured on Physical
Education, and exhibited some of his
methods of conducting Institutes. His
lecture on the Teachers Motives ant
Mission was the most striking part Of the
proceedings. 1t was a, once compreben
sive in its scope, and exact in ils details
comic and sublime practical and pathet.
ic /; full of sCathing sarcasm and melting
palhos, and was hearn by the large audi
ence with most attentive ear.
During the proceedings of .he institute
the following resolution was passed with.
out dissenting vote:
Whereas, 1t is better to have empty
school houses, than incompetent teachers
ResotUed: Therefore, that we, the
members Of the Union Institute of Harri.
son and Jefferson counties recommend
that our County Board of Examiners O.
Terchers continue gradually 10 elevate
the standard of qualification and thai
the examination should, il possible, be
extended 10 The applicants capacity tc
give instruction and to govern school.
| A resolution was also passed authorizing
the Executive Committee to appoint {
committee OF one from each township il
the two counties 10 collect educaiiona
statistics.
The Instiidle adjourned to meet a
Sleubenville in May, 1859.