St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-16

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|ae Minnesota .effaHohlssd =
the Mocoaai1 sDemoeraoy!. =
d aIhe terms MS Of Of the two Democratic Pen
resentstiyes trom M::naesota-lMMe,eessexfx
ihelis and { av, Il ugh ghasz7eAxpire asz7eAx on tie Sd
IF March next = IN. view of thhsfact. tb.
|Qkepubiicaps in 10 Legislature ATTEMPTED
4 t. procure the. Iaseage ofa1kv providinl.
tor the e.ection 81: their successors at TIA
en- ng >tate Election. Knowing aud
feeling that after3n exhibition of so much
corruption and fraud in the party miscalled
Damacratic, the Republicans would sunaly:
Gar y be State, the democratic members
q the Legislature voted end worked p1er. & :
sisttntly aid me, ,hod;cal]y against tie mas
sage ot such a law.aso the remoc1atie
caucus determined to opposesand prevent
the lassage of any law author:sine the
| election cte cCopgresssmen, pretering that
The State sliould hotLe sepresfnt,d al az
; than that it should be represe nted by Re-.
1pubtcans iniaccordance with the viii Of.
The PEOPLE, IN thia way, by united oppo,
sition, they defeated the bill which gave gave
the people the right to speak! This i
the first triumph Of "Pol ulr Sovereignty. y
1 Eat the Republicans. quietly watched
their opportunity, and in the bill reeuls-
lat.ng general elections, they inserted 4
clause wh:ch provided that elections to Ell
at Offices, should be held at the Site
; election in October, next proceeding the
expiration OF tic term Of the incumbents. !,
! = ne Aoccasin democracy were asleen
or drunk (being. one or the other nearly
! all the tilne,) and this bill passed both
hou.es ne", con:;, and was presented with
The la; ch to the Acting Governor {sibley,)
iorr his signature t2 Toy'3 r.: f.. -.e.,' p.
The quondam Indian Trader was vide
| awake. He .'slIelt q mice" He exam.
med the ILL and found the trap which
had been set tor him and all the Demo.
cratic party to fall into.s 1t would mt do,
t wou.ig be political suicide to let the
State nave an election for representatives
Ut the Proper and constitutional time, for
che State was, surely Black Republican,. =:
Ind such, aEabill would surely strengthen
-he enemy Of sham Democracy in Congress.
- tie t!4,1er re.ced tie diU! This is the
second .siulnph Of :.PopI lar Sovereignty. -
y sibi5y aho. his plant lninions In the
Leghlttlre tEen went to work and Iro, i
:deu that this tali's Legislature shaU never.
meet, unless; it. shall happen to te of the
tioccasn tribe las it acon:t be, thank the
LcrdD $ssenibl;ng according to the
desire oi the people-they may reflect the
people s will, and fill, uen. Shields seat:
~ eieet.rig ekepnbliesn Senator to Con-.
gress! I his is the third tr.umih, Of:
Popular Severe gnty." t.. t = :;
and if the lie. stature about to be cho-
sen is not permitted 10 convene (assit meg
90 only by the caprice ofsibley, j no.l.v.:
,Ga te eIassed tor the electi.n Of the suc-
"essors to ihells. and .Uayenaugh, and
thus, BY 1emocrstic opposition and The :
veto Of a corrupt executive, q .4ape;axnesota7
vtU be di:f :ftaaeAased at slfa.kisgaomg ip s
80 AID '6v, being represented IN the Sea-.
ate and tie assembIy ky H. ~. Rice aL9ne!
rhis is the glorious rcsult-the. grand cull.
mination-- these successive triumpphs of
Popular Sovereignty" in the Minossota
Leeislasure!ao1 : .a5.yr4 IL ooaIs 5csI
The secret ofthis 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 chsnce at the ballot.box.
Tor they know that such an opportunity
would iurniah the L nterrfed. officials,
with . gratuitous supply Of hemp. The
only way that was LETT them to rob the
State of few thousand dollars more was 70 Z
terbadsa1e PeopIe. from holdiag an election,
until the, smell OF democratic villianies
should have time to clear away, and then
trust to treacherous memories and mock
penitence> for reelection :? atsSj> ( e2oQa
\ And this acknowledgements :efaSoyer-3
! eign State throu h an entire session Of an
American Congrss, this cheating an honest
constituency and insolently. 1irbid,ng an
expression Of" the popular will H-th IS Is
minnesota Democrc :! II { ayg,i.c:--o>>1}
$50 Ia io:t5 ST. Aatkoay Republican, -
F1om a Democrat" ,'9's1
'Honest -Lea,ocrats have thus been de-
prived OF the opportunity storqte in Octo-,
Der next, against the election of, 4Moccas;a
candidates tor Congress, and Q. Il. oppor-
:unity which such an election would eiiye
! ii exuOse with crush,no, efTncf No H.