St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-07-21
THE ST.. CLOUD DEMOCRAT
JANE &. SWIssHEIM. EDITOR
Thursday, July 2lth 1850.
VOL. |. **,-. ..~c NO 81
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LEAsnEa GoRroN.--It il alwaSs pain
ful to record instances Of malicious wicked
ness, especially in any one who has enjoyed
the confidence of his neighbors; but such
aow is cur unpleasant duty. Mr.. GoRToN
las stood high. in this community; and
many can yet apologize for him. We had
rot suspected him for more than ordinary
weakness, until the 4th, when he drove in
his buggy, up to our door and stated that
lie had been requested, to come and take
us up to the celebration. Taking it for
granted that all WAS right, and grateful
for the attention, We put on our tother
gown and wcnt along, nothing doubling
Arrived at the Hall We took seat far for
ward, c1id when the house was perfect
jam, III. [}oRroS took seat upon the
platform, with Hen G. 7. STEARSs and
Rev. pllLLlps; and after : few prclimin-
aries got NJ and deliberately began to-
read the Declaration # En3et en- lence!!
1t had begun to rain. We had on thin
kid slippers; but BY the time he had got to
''the course of human events, +" we had got
throag Oh the crowd to the door; and when
he drew up at tour lives our fortunes and
our sacred honors,:' We were mile.of safe
in the Democrat office. Mr.: GonroN is
without excuse for the outrage, for We new
or injured hip. On the contrary we have
accou IT. 4 hin ~ a friend and have done our
best to be agrceablc-always kissed the ba-
by, and although this was in her own &C.
count, as she is like her mother, he should
have credited it an act of politeness; and
then, on thai very day, as we rode up, we
admitted that after all, his horse was
pretty tolerable kind Of horse--not so bad
AZ We had supposed, yet not even this, or
our double claim to civility as an unprotec-
ted female woman, an unsophisticatcd edi-
TOR of 4 country paper had any weight with
Mr.. GORToN. We were to be one of a
flock Of innocent geese, who were to be
coaxed into pen, and fed with handful
Of chaff; and then &c expected to gable
our delight over the bonntiful supply Of the
good things Of this life which had been
2ouchsafed to U.s. 49,
The Declaration Of Independcn &C read
over an American audience, on the ami
yersary Of that day when our forefathers
publicly announced their determination to
maintain it in the face Of. an unlocking
world, is an insult to their memory. 1t is
unworthy OF even US, their recreant descen-
dents, to call up the memory Of their weak
ne IS and shortcomings. Weat least might
let their ashes rest in peace and not be
forever reminding the world that but few
short years after they hsl, snder the most
solemn circumstances, declared that all
men are born free, they should nave yeielded
to the insclent demand oftradcrs Of human
flesh to tolerate their business for twenty
weary years, hoping that they who came
after them would maintain the Declaration
they had made u: I:
And we who come now to boast of our
freedom. under that Declaration, did not
Nh. GoRroS know, when reading it., that
rot man or woman in this State or in any
sotI,cr Of these United States, but who might
DC converted into a chattio personal unless
he 9. she have wealth, or influence to prove
! a: he belongs to a particular class? =:
" Does he not know that any one in the
sound ct his voice might have been robbed
of 4 cherished child on the very day be was
talking, and that child be doomed to life
long slavery, to be inventoricd with cattle
and household gesds? Has there not been
child born almost within sound Of his
voice, who is a slave to day !? 4s. :, =s.<....:
"All 'nen born free and equal, endowed
with certain inalicnable rights" a<.ssss dill
4 Il 4Et#(5t
What beautiful handful of chat it is;
but that must be a very silly goose that
:. will swallow it for corn. We, who might
be imprisoned as feIons tomorrow for feed
ing the hungry or clothing the naked for
I'd; in !; any one thing toad d brother man
in.r gaining his inalicnable right to liberty
- --!salk Is is about the lires and fortunes
an sacred l,onors which we're to maintain
that declaration Of everlasting truth in the
face Of q wondering world! sWe,a poor
!. whining Set Of bringing money worshpers,
who have been branded "a nnr mr. facns Nv