St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-01-06
Thus Mr.. RIDDLE accomplished more


Thus Mr. RIDDLE accomplished more
Tor the advancement Of "Womans rights
and the redress ST her wrongs" than has
since been achieved by all the conv entions
which have been held. ];
After the close Of the war, another
Anti-Slavcry paper was started under the
charge of CHARLES p. SH1nAs, the Pitts
burg Poet, who wrote "Dollars and
Dimes, " and II owe no man Dollar.
1t was called the -thatro<s, and was
most ably conducted; but only lived three
Being in the City one day,u friend
said to us:
'"ihc last number Of The AlJatross
will be issued next week and we are
without paper again.
After exchanging regrets few mo-
mcnts, the idea flashed into our mind, and
VIC exclaimed:
II have a mind to start paper, my
self; and make one more trial to sustain
an Anti Slavery press here"
Starting on a half run, down street, we
overlook MIR. S. and stating the case to
him, asked what he thought of our start
inSa paper. He was pleased with the
plan; and we went directly to the Journal
Office, and seeing Mr.. RIDDLE, told him
We were going to start a paper, and call it
the Saturday Tsttcr, and wanted him to
print it.
lie thought us insane, and said 80,
inquired if MIR. S., and our friends knew
our purpose.
We told him lie did, and for the rest
it was no matter, as any loss We should
incur, would fall on us, personally. He
tried to persuade US, at least, to take
time to think, and give him time to pre-
pare. No printing was done in his Office
except his own paper, and he had not
type and fixtures to get out second but
we ~opld get out an Anti-Slavery paper
on the week succeeding the suspension of
the AlGotross. There should be no break
in timc-wc knew nothing Of any other
printing Office, and he had to print it.
Words were wasted upon us; and we had
never stopped to consider that to edit
and publish weekly paper, we must
spend q large portion of our time in the
City; while we lived two hours ride from
it, in the time Of good roads and three
hours a great part Of the year. We did
not stop to think that much Of that time
must be spent in the office where our
paper was issued, in dingy fve-story
establishment, full of men and boys.
presses, desks and type stands; in city
where there was not one woman in any
such business, that we we're not yet thirty,
and looked no more than twenty-five,
with soft, countrifed face; and hair
which had distressed us for five years
by the pectinacity with which it refused
to turn gray, long after every hope in life
Law crushed and dead.
We did not reflect that he was in the
prime Of life, a man of commanding adj
dress aud fascinating manners, that he had
the reputation Of having fallen into some
of the sins, which public opinion scarce
considers. blameable in one Of his sex
and that the relations We thus ran into,
could scarce fail to awake the voice Of
scandal.
He must have thought Of it all, for
again and again he referred to Mr.. s., un-
til We went and brought him there to
sanction our insanity.
Then he went to work to get out the
Ts'tcr. There were delays and difficult
ties; and the day it was announced to
appear; it could not be got off the press
until after night. A crowd filled the
Office and stood on the pavement waiting
for copies. We were correcting proof
until the last moment, in the editorial
room adjoining the Office; and it was
eleven o'clock before the people dispersed
and we could leave. We had kept
hired nian with us, one Of the farm hands
a very worthy man, to aid us in various
ways, and sec us to the friends house
where We were staying, When we were
ready to start, Mr.. FLEEsoN, who was