St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-24

swers gained most Of The statistics in our
skeseh Of the history Of St: Cloud. The
following is his Ineplyto oqr letter y about
material aid !: ~
$50 pscemberss1 1867.
Ny DEAR MADAx Yours Of Nov. 3Oth and
14th instant, were both received on my return
from Grow River~last week. This fact, togeth-
or with my wretched hearth must account for
the former not being sooner acknowledged.
In common with many other Of your friends Or
at least Of the friends of st. Cloud, 1 was glad
to see the Advertiser Reconstructed in this place
and will say confidently, that have no doubt
the Publishers, Proprietors and all concerned
are to be congratulated on the change Of Bosses.
The paper had about died out, and the Coroner's
Verdict was no doubt 'yor s0ant Of breath. . :
Your reputation is a sufficient guarantee to the
owners that such at least will not be the disease
of the Nisiter if they will only "grease the
Wheels" $40 5s5s%.
ii 1t had Of course not occurred to you, Madam,
that Mr.. Brott might have some peculiar views
In 1vgnrd to Tho management or ownership OF
the paper. That he has had such however, is
to be inferred from the history Of the matter up
to this time and it is no less fact that the his
tory serves to point especially to dislike to an
association with myself in the matter. On the
receipt of your esteemed favor, had expected
that he would probably call to see me, #
his views had undergone any change in regard
to his associations in the enterprise. However
Madam, that is subject that of course you care
but little about, except as it may bear upon the
main question Of 'greasing the wheels" If,
as you intimate Mr.. Brott will give you the
whole amount of your salary, he doubtless
means what he says and soishes to do so, and I
would advise you to allov him to do so, and
then get all you can besides, out Of myself and
other worthless drones in the country. There
is enough Of property in St. Cloud and vicinity
to sustain two papers, or at Least to sustain one
aceN, and make it second to- none in the Teri
tory. .s...... ...
. shall be indebted to the subject for pre-
text for the pleasure of calling upon you at
your Office, at an early day, provided can
learn that neither Broomsticks nor hot water
are kept in the Sanctum; for I assure you, these
are articles of housewifery for which Ienter-
tain a most profound respect, and the bare mem
ton of them suggests right here the propriety
and safety Of saying one thing on paper rather
than postpone it to personal interview.
l wish you could reconcile it to your own
views of the interests Of the paper, the inte-
rests of Minnesota and the interests of the
Union to scissor out and lay by for private use
ART. Sd, Of the Creed Editorial Indeed, my
dear Madam, when recollect that there is at
least ! miles between me and the aforesaid
broomsticks, am emboldened to say that you
should at least reconcile the article with one
sentence of your esteemed letter to me of the
I'd, viz: .'to make it Independent on all sub
jects'' know it is only necessary to call
your attention to the fact that your prospectus
must at least be consistent with itself On this
subject;-"Will not be the organ of any party,
or Sect" should be somehow reconciled to what
follows on the only question of any Importance
which now divides the great political parties of
the country. Permit me to wish then, if you
do undertake to make any change in this, that
you scissor it out altogether, and make the pa
per truly '''ndependent, . if you cannot make it
entirely devoted to the Union and Constitution,
in other words, entirely DEMOCRATIC. ~-.
As that is about the only cat there is Gin the
bag will now only subscribe myself ,
With much respect, -.
Your servant and friend,
....af ~.a- S.B. LOWRY.
When we read this, our old Scotch Irish
blood began to rise. No other proprietor
had made suggestion about our politics !;
and all these other instances of the recre-
ancy of Pennsylvanians and bids for more,
made us think Gen. Lowry must imagine
Allegheny county Pa. was very prolific
slave breeding district; but Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. laughed at the matter; and thought it
quite joke that we could, for moment,
suppose him in. earnest, or think any one
would attempt influencing our course on
that question. When we came to think of
il, it did appear that our reputation as an
abolitionist was such that it soas impossible
any one could be other than in jest tospeak
Of our making paper "entirely democrat
ic.' So we sent a note to the Gen. stating
at what hours we could be found at the
Office; and that there we're neither hrooms