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

ttbetter. Isknew that men x6oFFks Ill the bette
and all the Drawer when they have hope an
confidence Of success and triumph instead {
contendaing under the influence q despondeno
T1iseaitle j. euslt and Ii. victory is IS, vol
prov'dsd neverthelesss that you sssmain deter
mined 20 maintain the great Republioan, part
; tunder It's great and glorious leader, ABnAHAi
E1lNooLx.stn inanguratingl its sprinciples Int
the administration Of the government, aud pro
vided you stand by him in his administration
if it shall be, as trust it will, wise and jus
and good ono, until the adversary shall Fin,
out that he has been beaten, and shall volun
tar1ly retire from the field. - Applause, and =,
voice, Wen do it. Unless you do that Their,
still is danger that all that has been gainet
may be lost. There ia one danger remsinin,
E-one only. Slavery can never more force it.
sell, or be forced, from the stock that exist.
among us into the Territories of the U. s.
But the cupidity Of trst1e and the ambition Of
those whose interests are identified With slave.
r., and such that they may clandestinely and
surreptitiously reopen either within the forms
fof law, or without them, the African slave
trade, and may bring in new cargoes Of Afti-
can slaves at 500 a head and scatter them in
to the Territories, and once getting possession
Of new domain they may again renew their
operations against the patriotism Of the Amer
lean People. 80 =
Therefore, it is enjoin upon you all to re-
gard yourselves as men who, although you
have achieved the victory and are entitled even
now it seems to laurels, are nevertheless enlist
ed for the war and for your natural lives
You are committed to maintain the great poll
cy until it shall have been SO firmly establish
ed in the hearts and wills and affections of the
American people, that there shall never be
again departure from it. We look to you Of
the Northwest to finally decide whether this is
to be land Of slavery or freedom. The peo-
pie of the Northwest are to be the arbiters Of
its destiny; the virtue that is to save the ma
ton must reside in the Northwest, for the sim
pie reason that it is not the people who live on
the sidewalks and who deal in merchandise on
the Atlantic or the Pacific coasts, that exercise
the power Of government Of sovereignty in the
United States. The political power Of the U.
United States. The owners of workshops and
Of the banks, are in the East, and the owners
eff the gold mines arc in the far west; but the
owners Of the land of the United States are to
be found along the shores of the Mississippi
River, from New Orleans to the sources of the
great river and the great lakes
On both sides Of the noble food are the peo-
pie who hold in their hand the destinies Of the
Republic. I have been asked by many Of you
what think of Minnesota. Twill not enlarge
further than to say, that Minnesota must be
either great State or a mean one, lust as her
people shall have wisdom and virtue to decide
That some great States are to be built up in the
Mississippi Valley, I know-you will no long
er hereafter hear OF the cold Dominion" State
Dominion has been passing away from Virgin
10 long ago. Pennsylvania is no longer the
t'Key Stone Of the American Union, for the
arch has been extended from the Atlantic coast
to the Pacific Ocean, and the centre Of the arch
is moved westward; also a new Key Stone is
to be inserted in that arch. New York will
cease to be the Empire State" and a new
Empire State win grow up in q northern lati-
tude, where the lands are rich and where the
people who cultivate them are oil free and all
equal where the wealth Of the Continent is
made not where it is exchanged. That State
which shall be truest to the great fun damental
principle Of the government, the principle Of
equality, that State which shall be most faith
full, most vigorous in developing and perfecting
society on this principle, will be at once the
new Dominion State, the new Key Stone State,
the new Empire State. Applause.
If there is any State in the Northwest that
has been kinder to me than the State Of Mime
sofa, and if such a consideration could inf1u-
ence me, then perhaps might have a sympa-
thy with the emulation for some other State.
will only say that every man who has an
honest heart and clear head can see that the
proud distinctions are within the grasp Of: the
people of Minnesota, and every generous heart
will be willing to give her fair, chance to Sc
cure them. Loud applause. = -. :.