St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-05-27

MARCH 9th, SO
A fugitive from the countless tolls and
vexations which must have been your lot
in the "Iron City," to take home upon.
this remote frontier Of civilization, where
English, Irish, French and Spanish,
German, Italian, Dutch and Danish
Cross their veins until they vanish
In one conglameration."
You had reason to expect that from this
western cauldron where the impulses and
the instincts, the prejudices, the principles
and the experiences of the four quarters
of the globe are all setting together, there
might be evolved corresponding degree
of kindness and liberality ofsentiment, and
that the tyranny Of opinion might be lost
inthecollision Of generous minds. Are you
mistaken? Is the outrage just now inAict-
ed upon yourself and the other proprietors
Of the V,isite', voluntary tribute of the
citizens Of St: Cloud?-or is it only the
''sweet revenge" Of one of the people who
fancies himself aggrieved-and who has
grati6ed his spirit at the expense of his
honor, his dignity, his future selfrespect,
and the esteem of all the citizens of the
Upper Mississippi! I hope and believe the
latter is the true explanation-an so be-
lieving, l cannot doubt that the people of
Minnesota will come to your rescue in this
your hour Of need, and give yom chance
to be heard again, in better place,
through better medium, in denunciation
Of all that is vile and wicked, and in be-
half of all that is beautiful and good
Were it not presumptious in me, I would
send to you the sympathies Of several of
your firm friends who have assembled in
formally and talked the matter over. But
I know you will take your soul in your hand
as you always have, and brave your Attic
tions with a stout heart.
And, Mrs. S. before you assume again the
desperate task Of conducting public news
paper, permit me to speak few words Of
friendly counsel: ..
If you would have many ''fair wealth.
er friends and few true ones, if YOU
would have pride smile upon you and op-
pressors court your favor, if you would live
a life of tranquility and ease, and have your
path carpeted with velvet and fringed with
roses, you had better give somebody quit
claim deed of your SOUL Do not rebuke
oppression-oppression in the Carolinas,
[ mean, for you may denounce Russian
serfdom as Indignantly as you will. Don
block the<whecls of any Juggernaut, but
say soft, smoothe things tosinners in gener-
al. Whitewash evcry-patch of iniquity
you can find on earth. Give up the delu-
sion that woman has any responsibility Or
any individuality of her own. If man
comes to St. Cloud to lecture, say his ad-
dress was "eloquent, far-reaching and SUBJ
lime," that it "won golden opinions and
that its author is a philosopher and
statesman"-unless said lecturer really Is
thinker, when it will be expedient to con-
denim him and his essay without stint
Commend the use Of tobacco to young men,
indiscriminate kissing to young ladies, and
"pure liquor" to everybody. Recommend
Democracy" as the zone thing needful,"
devote column each week to "our glorious
Union," and recommend the immediate
lynching of all abolitionists. Do not forget
to patronize the clergy. If they teach
men how to die, and forget that not less
important lesson hop to lice; if they warn
men to "fear God," while forgetting to
counsel them to love one another; if they
waste weary years quibbling over foreordi-
nation and water baptism, while the world
is falling into ruin, under the weight of
wretchedness and wrong, private vice, pub
lie debauchery and national oppression;
if they roll up their eyes Gin holy horror
at the sound of harmless merriment out of
the church, but n, the church fellowship
with man-stealers and rum-sellers- tell
them to go on with their theology, and per-
haps the wicked world will reform and
save itself some day! So shall your ways
be ways Of pleasantness, and your paths
shall be paths Of peace! ~ Is >a@~=.
But-as you are not seeking the patron
age Of Pride, Avarice, Appetite, and Des-
potism, l know need not exhort you to
go on! You have made many friends in
Minnesota and elsewhere who with on voice
ask you to be true to that ideal of Reform
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