St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
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| tion ould be stronger in our mine, than
the feeling that the Lord has prepared az
| By a long course Of discipline, TO stand pub
|licly as the advocate Of the oppressed CT
our own sex, as a'representative ofwe1nan's
right, under God, toehoose her own sphere
/ of action. We have chosen ours with di
irect reference to the final account anss
Those who make it the subject Of sarcasm.
}ridierlle, Or coarse personal abuse, may cali
|o14late to meet all that Is terrible in ear
jnestness of purpose. 5f.
| We are so certain the Lord is on our
SIDE, that it is quite impossible for rs to
fear any force on earth. Dying IS not diff
fcult, yielding impossible We have not
sought the control Of Il press here, but
when it was offered us we looked upon it
as a command from the Great Master to 90
to work in His vineyard, Our conscience
acquits lis Of having used it otherwise than
III the service Of God and man. It is thus
We still hops to use it, and not to crafty
any feeling Of revenge against those who
have sought our injury with such singular
peruuac1tT ana desperation.
We shall make no personal war upon
any, but those who attack us, had better
calculate the cost OF supplying territory
and munitions for the wal. that Will surely
ensoo. We fight all our battles on tho
enemys ground. and always use his wea-
pons, so that he who makes personal war
upon US had better be sure Of his defcn-
siye arnor. Let him make our private DO
mestic relations the object of his public
sneers, ard he may calculate to defend his
own.
! We look upon ali politicians, whether IL
! office or out, as fair subjects Of editorial
commend in al their political relations
We do net recognize any mans right t.
privacy in any attempt to govern the peo-
{ple. We never kept political secret and
think We never will. The people are the
proper source Of political power, and have
d right to know ali the purposes and
pIaps Of those Who dispense power and
patronage. Whenever We can trace Pc
lltical wire up to the handle, We shall IL
rect public attention to that point, no mat
Ter where It is, OF what is likely to be the
consequence. We believe this is duty
which every editor ewes the public, and
we shall have to get i'll a new supply Of
cowardlce before we shrink from it
70 those who feel that these, cur purE<.
seS, "ro right, We appeal Tor aid il carrying
t'>tn oUt. The difficulties with which ne
have to contend are, very .sreat 4 large
I majority II the people Of St. Cloud show
the best disposition to aid and sustain us
but III addition to the general commercial
crash, this county has has TO contend with
the loss Of the greater portion of Two crol
BY the devastation Of grasshoppers ",
+ fur enemies have shown themselves tsl.,
serApuIous and active Their writes
threats, Of more serious violence, stand VI.
cancelled, while THEN private efforts t. III.
i lure our reputation, TO cover our name
with most odious epltaets, and oross crimes,
, are still actively pursued Wea without
tprlsofs, or regularly organized judiciary,
2nd those who take the responsibility 81
these attacks are totally irresponsible, as
well as artfnl and interruptions. They
have alFeady deprived US Of hosse to
which We haa long looked forward, 3,aiet,
humble, little home oif ous own. IT,
preparation we had made for builti;oa. j.
now as money lost, for it is not thought
safe for lis 10 attempt living alone. Our
office must be, so sits9ated. that with eur
debility it is impossible for us to have
proper supervision Of it, for the press nrust
be placed where it can be guarded. wstl,,
cut hiring men for that purpose.
We are not Won't to make pitiifulll. ;appes,ss
for help, but We should be recreant to div
now, not to state the facts, that those VIM
love the American principles Of freedom, II
SSIeeeh and freedom Of the press, may
know that here, IN this llominally free.
state, it is III danger Of being crushed
The Densocaot isno longer a local orr8n.
although ne shall make it a prominent OBJ
'ect to make known the resources of north.
ern' Minnesota, but the great object of lis
: nse Is to vindicate the freedom of the press.
For this, men here, Of both parties. have
contributed to purchase the material AMI
incurred large expenditure in publishing
IL Men ct comparatively small interests
are active and ethcies4t as any, and we are
anxious that the responsibility thus assumed
may not tail too heavily upon them. Our
serms OF subscription are as low as We can
make them, and to all who favor us with
subscriptions, We shall try to give the
worth Of their money The neople at
st: Cloud have acted nohly their part il.
! this matter, and to the friends of truth and
justice abroad, we now appeal to aid us ia
our struggle for the right.