St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-11-08

nov represented Col. Chr;stnas did not
want; and only kept for. charity. As.
they stayed around the HOUSE the greater
partof the night made themselves known
to Ito sheriff, and 5broke.the scolorsd Glass
around the hall door,, and were only pro-.
vented entering tie house, by the revol-
vers inside, the evidence on trial must SET
tie, with all fair minded men, the question
Of Col. Christmas voluntary resignation
tof the"agsd aud @deerepit' recipient Of
bis bounty. ITFY<TTEEf TTE}~4
The Minneapolis Plain Dealer ha,
charged US with falschood in our statement
Of the case, but IS these statements have
and will again be substantiated BY oath Of
credible witnesses, we. are not troubled !;
and as the Plain Dealer is now dead, all
controversy with it must cease: although
the great principle still lives and demands
our advocacy. We have delayed that ad-
vocacy until after election, deeming that
prior to that the cause of truth could be
best protected by advocating Republican
men and measures; and that We could
best advocate them by reproducing the
uttcrances of their great champions. But
the great battle is over, and now it il our
time to talk. ','' p 's.,- :'s ''".. . -:
Last su inner 5 girl went to ! gentleman
in St. Anthony noted for his .benevolence,
and told him there was slave woman At
the Winslow House, who wanted to be
free. She had heard away down south
that if she could get to Minnesota with
her master and mistress, she would be
free; and with the hope that it was 80,
she had made all her preparations to re-
main here, received parting presents from
her friends, exchanged adieus; and with
the slaves dearly bought caution kept her
own council with her master and mistress.
The messenger told the gentleman to whom
she applied that she wished now to assert
her freedom, but feared to do so lest her
master should take her by force back to
the South. She wanted to know if any
would assist and defend her: The next
that was heard Of her was that she had
been taken out to Lake Calhoun. The
question then was: Is she restrained Of
her liberty? To decide this, it was pro-
posed to issue writ Of :habeas corpu.
but if this were served upon her master,
he would have twenty-four hours to respond
she could be sent away; and he come
into court aud swear that she was not in
his custody; but happily there is special
and peculiar provision in our laws BY which
she could be arrested aud brought imme-
diately into court, when the question Of
her freedom could be decided. BY this
process, she was brought before Judge
Vapderburgh, when her master stepped up
to her and gave her ten dollars. The
Judge informed her she was free to go
where she chose; and she chose to go with
the friends who had espoused her cause.
She had no clothes with her except those
she wore, and although her colored friends
South had furnished her with large sup
ply as parting gifts, her master sent none
of them to her; and gave no intimation
that messenger from her could get
them. ............ ........:.. =.
We are proud to rank amongst our
friends every man and woman actually en-
gagged in restoring to her, her lost freedom;
and no less pround Of them that their no
bic, disinterested benevolence has been
characterized as ''negro stealing."5 Such
charge could only originate in inadver-
1tency, ignorance, or base; subserviency ;
and for sake Of the principle involved We
examine it.. d3ss5 .21> ::14.:i, .al>-: Il" 1"s.
Webster defines "stealing" 'tas taking
the goods Of another feloniously." What
goods were taken! The goods: Of Colonel
Christmas is tho reply; but who took
them?:7 '@f'. '>'sj1.;..', : is.@@ so %.
Certainly it was not the men who; issued
the warrant and brought the goods into
court*to decide the question Of ownership!
If there was any stealing in the. case the
theft was committed by the State Of Min
nesota, BY every man who voted for her
constitution and every woman who 81;
lently acquiesoed in its adoption. This
constitution says there shall be no'slavery
or involuntary scr!itude in this State; and
50 far Is We know, every Democrat Is we'll