St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-15
EAU ST. CLOUD D1l16001{Al9s
JANE q. SWIssnELM. gD1TOR
Thursday, November 18th, 1880.
The Election

The Election
We give large space 70 tho election ~
turns, which show the Republican candi.
oates tohe e:eeted BY overwhelming popular
majo-ities: As far a. heard from e,,'ery
Tree state haa goneR Republican xhile thsrs
has been = large Republican vote il The
border slave states. The fact that u,
south ha, persisted in representing this ~
an emancipation party makes this Southern
vote very significant. II Missouri Il Is
emphatically an emancipation; party 1ts
ayowed object there, is not only to prevent
the extension Of slavery into the territories,
but, also to convert Missouri into free
stete. With this avowed object, Lincoln
get. 500 more votes than Douglas, in St.
Louis. Maryland and Virginia and Ken.
lucky also give large Republican votes, all
Of which, shows vide spread and deter.
mined hostility to the Peculiar 1nstitu-
ton" amongst the white laborers Of the
slave states. This election muat spread
and strengthen this hostility and the day
Of the General jubilee draweth nigh.
The fire eateas have ratified their tin
kettle of Disunion, until in very scorn Of
its thunder, the masses Of the north have
arisen to bid them try their remedy.
How little the execution Of their threats
is feared, is especially shown in 10000
majority in Allegheny Co, Pa. Pittsburg
with her large manufacturing interests,
with her extensive trade with the south
esn cities Of the Mississippi valley, thus
records her fears Of Disunion, while
all our great Commercial cities fling back
5their contempt for these puny threats by
largely increased Republican votes. ..
=, Into what posture, the South has run
herself by her arrogant braggadocio, and
how impossible it must be for her to shield
herself from the contempt Of the world
But so surely as t'the wages Of SIP Isl
DEATH" SO sure is the. reward Of arrogant
Boosting, humiliation. The amusing part
of:the play will be the Quixotic flourish
with which she win '.come down" from
the high places Of her terrific wrath; and
the patronizing airs, she will continue to
exercise towards the 'greasy cchanics"
and "small f~ted farmers" who ply her.
postage bills, and allow her = Congress
sional representation for her ehattles.-
If We have not mistaken the character Of
flat chivalry who make an honest living
by whipping women and stealing babies
they will now wheel about with the sup
pleness of Jim Grow, and brsg and bus
ter and banter-demand special privileges
for their forbearance' in not carrying cut
their own programme and claim great
merit Of generosity in continuing to hang
q burden on the Free North; when they
know and have known all along that their
existence depends upon those they thus
affect to patronize and despise. The
great danger'is tha At the North in her con-
seriousness o. strength will look upon aud
encourage their antics as a man does those
Of a monkey, until they. will, accomplish
through cunning what they failed to do
BY buster But this can hardly be: In
TO the Territories slavery will not get
leave to 60; and as it. converts all lands
into desert wastes, it must die out with
ont new soil. 4 :..@..@-: 10" 40 @z,:"
We look therefore with hope and con.
fdence on tllis victory as . greatand blood
less revolution, one which changes the
whole tendency Of the Federal Govern
mcnt from its one idea Of years past the
exter sion and perpetuation Of Slavery
and converts 1t into the friend ant. Tally
and protector and promoter of human
freedom. ~ s'.5'- -
From tie Chicago Tribune: s.':.: 49, ''1:><ii
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