St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04

states may abolish sovereignty and s0verelgns
both together. Z [Ilaughter. You love the
sovereignty that you posses yourselves, in
which every man :is his own sovereign, the
popular sovereignty thatEbelongs to me- ana
the popular sovereignty that belongs to- you !;
the equal popular sovereignty that belongs to
every other man who is under the government
and protection Of the United Strtes. II APP
plause. Under the influence Of such senti7
ments and feelings az these, I scarcely know
how to act or speak, when come before you
at TIE command Of ,gthe Republican people Of
Minnesota as a Republican. / feel that if We
could be but little more indulgent, ! little
more patient with each other, and q little more
charitable, all the grounds on which We differ
would disappear and pass away, just, us popn-
lar sovereignty is passing away and let us
all, though we cannot confess ourselves to be
all Republicans, at least agree that we all are
above all part American citizens GAps
Eplause.1 see here moreover, how it is, that
form and body and spirit of this nation organs
lied itself and consolidated itself out of the
equilibrium Of irrepressible and yet healthfnI
political counterbalancing forces, and how out
of that equilibrium it produced just exactly
that: one thing which the interests Of this
continent and Humankind require should be
developed here-and that is Federal Repub-
lie of seperate Republican or Democratic
States.o, Isee here how little you and I, and
those who are, wiser and better and greater
than either you OF I, have done, and how lit
tie they can do to produce the requisite polit--
ical condition for the people Of this ;conti-
nent, the condition Of . free people. see
that, While W. seem to ourselves to have been
trying to- do much and to do everything, and
while many fancy they have done a great deal
yet what we have been doing, what we are
doing. whatswe shall hereafter do, and what
We and those who come after US shall eontin-
ue, TO be doing, is just exactly what MAS nee7
essary to be done, whether we knew: It or not,
for the interests of humanity throughout
the world, and therefore was certain TO be
done, because! necessity is only another sk-
preston Or mamie for the Higher Law God
ordains that what is useful to- be; done shall
be done [Applause. When survey Amer
lean society as ii. is developing fully and
perfectly ,herc,'I see that it is doing what
the e1igencies of political society throughout
the world have. ct last rendered il accessory
years how to live and improve and perfect
itself under :monarcllical and aristocratic sys-
TENS Of government, while fpracticing q syse
TEN INSTRUMENTATION and slavery on each eth9
or. 4; The result has ebeen all, over the world
o., complete and absolute failure. At last, ct
the close Of the last century, the failure was
discovered, and revelation was made Of
the5 necessity Of a system tou.whieh hence
forth men SHOULD :cease1to ieusleve each 9TH
Ell, aud should govern themselves. Applause. /
/ Nowhere, in Africa Asia, Or in Europe,
was there any open field where this great new
work of the organization of = political society
under aamore3 suspicious system of govern
ment, could be attempted They were all; oc-
;o1 Th;c 0r.oof nj mn al Nnn$;uonk
furnished the very theatre that was necessary;
and to it. came ali the bold, ana the free, and
the brave men throug hout the world, Who feel
and know that necessity; and who have the
courage, the imanhood, and tho humanity ITO
labor to- produce this great. organisation. -,
Providence set apart this continent for the
work, I and as think, act apart aud designa-
tea this particular locality for the place whence
shall goSfofth continually the: eYer-renewing
spirit which shall bring the people ofan other
petitions IT the continent up!to ascontinual
advance. in the establishment Of the SYSTEM
MAY make myself better understood BY say
ing; That until the beginning of the present
century naSh had lived. the Involuntary Cub
jscts Of political government, land sthaas the
/ time, had come when mankind could NO leRger
consenttt to be 50 governed BY torce. The time
| had come when men were to live voluntary
citizens and sovereignsi themselves sof the
ststes which sthey possessed, and that il the
principle Of the,g government established here.
It has only one vital principle. All others
| are resolved into it. That one principle
w1hat.is it2 II il theseqaality of every man
who,is q member of, the State ito be governed
IT. there be not absolute political equality Their
some portion of the people are governed by
force, and are notg Yoluntarys citisensy and
xhepsyer any portion Of the people are goy