St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-23
No. 8

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Minnesota Disfanohised BY
tho Moocasin Democracy!
The terms Of the two Democratic Rep
resentatives from Minnesota-Messn
Phelps and Cayenaugh-expine On the Sd
ofMarch next In view Of this fact, the
Republicans; in the Legislature attempted
to procure the passage Of a hw providing
for the election Of their successors 1t the
coming State Election. knowing and
feeling that sfer IN exhibition Of 90 much
corruption and fraud in the party piscalled
Democratic, the Republicans would surely
carry the State, the Democratic members
in the Legislature voted and worked per
sistenhy and methodieally sgainst the pas
sage Of such = law. So the Democratic
caucus determined to oppose and prevent
the passage Of any law authorising the
election cf Congressmeu, s:prefering that
the State hosld nat be represented at al
than that it should be represented by Re-
publicans. in accordance with the viii
the people. In this way, by united oppo-
sition, they defeated the bill which gave
the people the right to speak! This 10
the first triumph Of Popular Sovereignty"
But the Republicans quietly watched
their opportunity, and in the bill regula-:
lating general elections, they inserted a
clause which provided that elections to ell
all Offices, should he held at the State
election in October, next preceding the
expiration Of the term Of the incumbents.
The Moccasin Democracy were asleep
or drunk (being one or the other nearly
all the time,) and this bill passed both
houses mem con-, and was presented with
the batch to the Acting Governor (Sibley,)
for his signature. 3 =: -
The quondam Indian Trader was wide
awake. He ''smelt mice" He exam
ined the bill and found the t1ap which
had been set fqr him and all the Demo-
cratic party to fall into. 1t wouldn't do.
It would be political suicide to let the
State hare an election for representatives
at the proper and constitutional time, for:
the State was surely Black Republican,
and such bill would surely strengthen
the enemy Of Sham Democracy in Congress.
So the Csurper retoed tie GU! This is the
second triumph Of popular Sovereignty"
Sibley and his ,piant minions in the,
Legislature then went to work and provi-
ded that this Fall's Legislature shall never
meet, unless it shah happen to be of the
Moccasin tribe (as.h pon't be, thank the
LordD lest-assembling according to the
desire Of the people-they may reflect the
peoples will, and fill Gen. Shields seat
BY electing Republican Senator to Con-
|gress! This is the shird triumph
Popular Sovere;gntyina:
And if the Legislature about to be cho-
sen is not permitted to convene, (as it msay
do only by the oaprice 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 corrupt executive, Minnesota
'ciW be distranchised AZ Washington in
'59 and so, being representsd IN tie Sen
ate and tie assembly By II. II. Rice alon'l
This is the glorious result-the grand cul
mination-of these successive triumphs &
popular Sovereignty" in the Minnesota
Legislature! -"
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 ballo.-box,
for they know that such an Opportunity
would furnish the Unterriied officials,
with gratuitous supply Of hemp. The
only way that was left them to rob the
State of a few thousand dollars more was to
forbid the people from holding an election,
until the smell Of Democratic yillianies
should have time to clear away, and then
trust to treacherous memories and mock
penitence for 4 reelection. J.
! And this disfianchisement of a Sover-
eign State through an entire session Of an
American Congress, this cheating an honest
constituency and insolently forbiding an
expression Of the popular will-this il
Minnesota Democracy
st. Aathoay Republican.