St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-07-14

more cause and effect by,ss Induction, ma
king the past future history i But you
see your good and true men now lying in
prison You begin TO- understand that
thing! You call a Convention on the
24th inst. You intend to 'T'resolve'' :, to
Etprotest,"H to "denounce:", y Is that all =
Then go home and wear your chains !! i
say,. are you ready to- fight? Not to
fight the poor Judge at Cleveland mot to
fight the Marshal mot to fight. the miser-
able packed jury-net to- fight the tools
Of the despots, but the 1despots themselves
not to violate the laws-not to make eme-
utes-not to produce. anarchy----but to
maintain constitutional liberty, 1caceabl!y
Il we can, forcibly ifisoe ne1st! Are you
ready for that? IF not, give it up now ?
Don't go into o National Convention to
select standard bearer who is q "submis-
sionist !" Don't put Up a compromises =
Don't look out for a :, conservative p
They'll all ,betray you, as they have done
They all do that which you expected and
desired them do! They'll all sell us out,
as we have been willing to be sold! ''sThe
Union will be again in dangerw play
ed prophet thirteen years aggo--I'll: ago play
the same part again. , :.>.,,.~ -. 3.
Men do not lay down power voluntarily,
our masters the slaveocracy are not going
to 'go out like snuff" The. "Democra-
cy" intend to rule the Union or ruin the
Union! I don't intend, SO far as [ can
prevent, so far as 1 can control or inf1u-
ence the Republican party, that they shall
be allowed to do either. [ want a man at
the head Of the party who will be the
platform Of the party. want now no
co1nstalk general, but real general. [
want man whose banners bear M uncer-
tain sign. When I see S1ave Propogcs'a-
:disn, on the banners Of the Democracy, [
want to ,,ee,. in legible.4 colcrs lib
erty Propogaoadisa1, on the flag of the Re-
pub]icans. When I read slavery is high
,er than all laws and constitutions, [ want
scribe who will write under it, and on it,
in letters like those Of, j ohm Hancock, that
as a He! When the. Shareholders say if
you elect Republican President, we will
dissolve the Union, I don't want any one
| to put off the evil day which would follow
by saying, "Let it slider bat some one
who would stand by the tomb Of Andrew
jackson, and become infused to such ex-
tent with the, spirit Of that old patriot ana
hero that he would be ready to cry out, in
the fulncss Of inspiration, "By the Eter-
nal, the Union shall be preserved" :" T
would have no man to be precipitate--
handy no had words-be by mo means
''fussy''-but standing upon the great
rocks Of State Sourreig'aty and National
Supremacy, would defy the canting
traitors tolliberty, law, civilization and hu:
manity! That's what | mean by askin:,
you are you ready to fght'! IF you have
got your sentiments up to that manly
pitch, am with you all to the end! But
if not, Pll have none of your Conventions;
no more farcicial campaigns; no more
humbugs; no more Fourth of July ? Ora.
tions; NO more Declarations Of Independ-
cnce; no more platitudes; no more glitter:
ing gcneralities; no more. rights Of man;
no more liberty, equality and fraternity
In obscure places,in silence and humility
I will crush out the aspirations Of earlier
and better days, and attempt the dutifu]
but hard task Of forgetting that I was
born free! C. NJ. CLAY.
Messrs.:s: O.. Griswold, So, Com. &C.,
| Cleveland, iUhlo.yt.>t5 =, ,i:-aj . g1,.sG:. Il :