St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-09-01
CoRRESP ONDENCE.
- For the st. Cloud Democrat.
Mr.. Lowry.

men communicate their ideas. The s;:snni-
fcation Of words is constantly changing
Once the word 'tyrant' simply meant a
king; and villain was tiller Of the soil.
In the days Of Thomas Jefferson the word
Democrat meant one who believed in the
right Of the masses to rule-in the free
dom and equality Of tho race. Now it
has come to mean one who believes that
one class Of men were born to rule, the
other to obey, that the strong have ri ght
to rob the weak. Once your Dimocrat
was, or must affect to be, laboring man,
for the central idea Of Democracy was, that
labor is honorable in all; but how is it
now? Look at the men chosen by adem-
ocratic State Convention to represent its
principles before the people, here, in our
neighborheod. First we have sylvanus
B. Lowry, man who perhaps never in
his whole life performed one days manual
labor, who holds himself aloof from it With
all the haughtiness Of one of the Indian
chiefs with whom greater part of his life
has been spent-a man who has nothing
American about him, in morals manners,
dress. or habits Of life except the charac-
teristic traits Of its savage, silent and
stcalty Aborigines 49,
In. his naughty reserve, in his low Gun
ming, in his love for FIRE water and vulgar
games of chance, and in his, treatment Of
women he is all the Indian, except, per-
haps that his squaws are even more lily
provided for than that of the real red man.
Over this substrata of aboriginal glories is
laid q thin layer of Partisan dandyism.-&
He arranges his red paint and porcupine
quilt costume with hand Of faultless pro-
portions, cased in kid glave Of Gennings
latest importations, Of both Of which he il
as vain as the shallowest fop who futters
in the saloons of fashion. Seldom seen
abroad except in company Of his colored
waiter he expects the vulgar multitude to
be profoundly impressed with the honor
Of his recognition; and his Partisan bow is
confidently relied upon BY his aunky ad-
mirers as omnipotent in it's power to win
votes. Other candidates, plebians by
birth, may come before the people with
tongue and pen, to explain the principles
by which they shall At least pretend to be
governed in the event Of election, and to
solicit the suffrages Of those whom they,
for the time being at least, profess to look
upon as equals; but not SO with this sub
lime conglomeration Of red blankets and
French airs. Il is regarded as quite suf-
icient that his Imperial Highness should
signify his royal pleasure through his liv-
cried aunkeys, with threats Of Vengeance
or promises Of reward: These threats and
promises will not be sent forth Is enema
ting from him. Not by any means. He
is to be regarded, at most, as perfectly in
, different, while their aunkeyships will be-
seige men in the hoDored name Of Democ-
racy to give. their support to this bur-
lesque upon the name of Democrat this
undisguised aristocrat this man Who now
asks the settlers Of Minnesota to fent!ust
him with the management Of their affairs,
!. while he claims the right 70 preempt near.
tlly or quite 5000 acrss Of land il tic ooun.
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