St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-08-04

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surprised beyond measure e see the LEAD
iss D;l ss.ats Jod,nsls ID Ii. Unite
State. endorsing and sustaining this oov
ardly decision.
The BUCHANAN organs Of course su
tain CAss; and the Ra.hington Ssases, NJ
DouoLAss' organ is using all its induens
to support this craven policy
In late article on that subject, Ii
- State. uses the following insolent Language
IN Prussia every male child is born
soldier. The King hasa claim upon hir
for certain number Of years Of militar
duty, which is just ~ valid IS tha claim 9
a'Virsiniaa to . slave child for life is val
id by the Constitution of the Union.
If NAL, quits his realm, at whateve
age, without having discharged such duty
he IS ever liable for its performance, eithe
personally or by substitute, upon re-en
tering the realm. +
No obligations which he can take upol
himself to another country, and no pro
lection which such country can extend t
him, can impair this claim, because it i
Of anterior existence. s.ss& sa#s# ssi-isE&
For instance, if q male slave Of Virgin
ia--one of Mr.. Botts,' for instance-wert
to escape from his owner, proceed to Prus
Ms, there become a subject of the Crown
and subsequently return to Virginia, it is
not likely that he would be restored "a
Prussia upon the demand that he is Prus-
sian subject. i = >.,s.&- ~ S IS
The notion was too absurd to be enter
tanned by rational being. Old Virginia
would surrender her existence before she
would surrender him. &C. 49,. -
The cases are identical" .,--s-x.s:>
For twenty years Abolitionists have
been laboring to.awaken the working clas-
.ses of this country to sense ofthe fact
that the pro-slavery party aims to dishoa-
or labor and reduce all laborers, white Is
we'll as black, to the level Of the slave. A
residence of eighteen months in slave
state convinced US, personally, Of this fact,
many years ago. New developments have,
from year to year,, made this purpose more
aud more apparent. It has been a; COM
mon thing for the defenders Of slavery to
argue that slaves are better off than white
laborers at the North, thus placing the
white laborer even b low = slave Slave
holders have, in the Halls of our National
Legislature; and in the public prints spo-
ken with open contempt Of all: classes Of
aaborcrs-have stigmatised them as the
mud si'ls Of society''-have secuted them
with contempt IS a'tgreasy mechanics and
small listed farmers, !" not fit to associate
With gentleman's body servant. But
slavery had linked its fortunes to the Dem
ocratic party; and not the gravest wrong
and insult could divorce the entire labor.
ing masses from that much love for the
name Of Democracy that they would en-.
dorse all that stood under it. re.2*:< - Z
Our foreign born citizens, especially,
have chung to the name with the ardor Of
a first love; and the demagouges who have
been busy for years in bringing about this:
anonstrous Union between Slavery and
Democracy have tn.lt and licked the dust
before Irisbman and Germans appealing
to their prejudices as such treating them,
in fact, not Us American citizens, but ap-
pealing to them as though their interests
were diverse from those Of the Native born
American. ~1 ssa.s.5~ :7tss .,,.sH Z 2s-=o
. It was this practice Of the Democratic
party; and the fact that by its tactics our
naturalized citizens were induced to vote
en- asasse for that party regardless Of in
dividual preferences that was the one sole
cause which originate the Know Moth
ing movement. o y,.-.r..~ - .s.sz2. s4..1.-
The native born citizens felt that natur-
allied citizens we're induced BY Democrat
ic demagogues to hold themselves aloof, to
keep up distinction where there should
have been none. TO regard themselves
still az in some measure aliens in their l.
dopted country and to. vote with special
reference to the prejudices Of the coun.
tries they had renounoed; and 50 they ar
gued "if We are to have organisations 81
naturalizcd citizens, Is having interests
different from US, We too must have IN Of.