The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-10-21
Our Political Correspondence.
sTEARNS COUNTY.


ST.. CLOUD, October Is.
We now have full returns from every
township, which show Democratic major.
ity in the county of 286. Eight townships
give Democratic majority in the aggre-
gate of 1874, namely, St. Cloud, 80, Saint
Joe, 125, Cold Spring, 60, Richmond, So,
Main Prairie, IL, Berlin, l6, Marion, IL,
St. Augusta, 30. Five townships give
Republican majority in the aggregate of
l0s, namely, Fairhaven, 40, Lyndon, ~,
Sank Centre, %, Verdale, IA, Brookway, 2.
The whole number of votes in Mononga-
liza county was II. Harrison township
gives Is Democratic majority Columbia
gives 80 Republican majority. Leaving
out Kandiyohi county, which has not yet
been heard from, and which will probably
not change the result either way more than
ten votes, the State Senator has Demo-
cratic majority in the District of III. The
rest of the Legislative ticket is elected by
majorities which vary, and some of which
may fall below $50.
The result in this district is an suspicious
triumph. Last year the regular Democrat
ic ticket was defeated by majority of $50.
This year our opponents, encouraged by
their former success, started in the canvass
with full confidence of beating us. Their
leader was an experienced and crafty politl-
clan, whose partner (Mr. SwIsHELM) was
candidate for the Senate, and whose own
future promotion was felt to depend much
on his carrying this district for Republican
ism. He had money to use and used it and
he also made unsparing use of his taking
and entertaining oratory-an oratory, how
ever, less effective over men who feel the
responsibility of their votes, and who love
their country as well as party, than it would
be in stirring and moving thoughtless
mob.
We have had to contend against a free
use of money, and against the successive
bugbears which our opponents tried to
alarm the people with. First was the bug
bear of selling off the homes of all the
settlers" Next was the bugbear that the
Democrats had defeated measure which
would have given homes to all the set
tiers" This sham was exposed and then
they resorted to the bugbear of starvation.
They appear to have thought that the PEG
pie of Stearns county could be very easily
gulled but in this they have been mis-.
taken. No portion of the people of Mime
sofa keep better posted, Or are more atten-
tive readers of the press, in proportion to
their numbers, than the settlers of this
county, whether they were born in Ger
many or elsewhere. The success of the
Democrats in this district cannot be con-
sidered as the result of past drill, for the
regular ticket was defeated last year. 1t is
because the Republican platform is ambigu-
GUS in regard to State matters, AID commit
ted to ceaseless and unavailing agitation of
slavery. 1t was because Democratic princi-
piles are conducive to economy, when faith
fully carried into effect and because the
Democratic party has INDICATED the consti-
tutional right of foreign-born citizens, and
stands committed to uphold civil and reli.
gious liberty, while the Republicans have
shown that they would either prescribe or
flatter foreign-born citizens, as suited their
present purposes. And, furthermore, our
success was because the Democratic party
is the only party that d" carries the flag and
keeps step to the music of the Union" **