St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-03-22
DISUNION.


DISUNI0N. -.
Mrs. SwIssHELM, as every body knows,
left on lecturing tour few weeks since {;
but every body don't know that she placed
the DEMOCRAT in charge Of a brace of
Anps-the one Yankee, aud the other
Pennsylvania Dutchman, CHATS us:) We
gave her fair warning that we knew just
how to control a journal and save the
country, and begged to have the entire
management of the Office. But, no, wo-
man-like, she would divide the RESPONSE
bility. This she did with her eyes open,
knowing just as we'll as we did, that we
were the boy for the place. w.:
"But," said she to US, confdentially,
" it would mortify JOHN to death, and I
can't find it in my heart to distress him."
Well, for week or two We kept him in
his place, and matters moved on SWIM
mingly; but about the time our last issue
went to press, he formed a conspiracy with
two or three other Yankee shysters, and
had us seduced into lager saloon, where
we became happy, and joined in singing
that good old song
ave won't go home till morning.
and we didn't.
When we awoke next afternoon, some
dirty scoundrel had placed upon our face
copy of the DEMOCRAT with black lines
drawn around the article headed "Dis,.ni-
on" We Indignantly glanced it over,
and noticed such expressions as, ''Dissolu-
ton would not work such fearful consc-
quences after ALL" ''indeed, we rather
covet them; = ''the North would be better
off out of the Union;'' "the Union has
long since been dissolved" and "how
foolish it is to allow the stars and stripes
to float above the yawning chasm." We
are an unusually amiable 'young man."
but this was too much. We took bee
line to the Office, dissolved the uniou with
JOHN. and in two seconds lifted his head
out Of the ink key, one Of the happiest
illustrations of Black Republican that
it has fallen to our lot to look upon in
these diggings. - "...:... i
So much for the historical part. Now
for declaration OF our principles We,
and this great and growing State, arc
against disunion, and won't go out our
selves, nor allow any other State to with
draw; we are against the admission Of
slave States; in favor Of free speech, free
mails, free soil, free homes and free men,
and we intend to have the whole Of them,
and stay in the Union, at that. We drop
ped our last dime into contribution box
for the Washington Monument, five years
ago, and VIC have an interest in that; We
paid for three inches square in Mount
Vernon, and have an interest in that !; we
went on t'burst'' on the last Fourth of
July, to Grand Lake, and have ain interest
in that; and our grandfather was out in
the Whiskcy Expedition in Pennsylvania,
and We have an interest in that. And
!; the man who touches either of these in
'. stment<, or the American Union, must
understand. once for all, that he docs so
at his peril. ia :sl@..t: t:,~".~o1 ,.tt s'ss Il,
But this article is too long, and we will
simply say, by way Of conclusion, that if
any Of o. subscribers are dissatisfied, they
can forward $l.50in advance, and secure
the DEMOCRAT for another year. :'-'' II
N. b.. Mrs. SwissuE1M is hereby no.
tilted that it is. indisl ensiblc that she
should come home prepared to foot foot, the
Our expenses saving the Onion" ~ 5 SOC
Fer kicking three disunionists down 1'A<i ~
| that ''yawning chasm,' 50. 0OI1- 80 l5.Q{
For one pair boots exhausted IN, tho. i fsa2s.s..
sn Waving the .t.r, and strip; IL .bo,. ~
| thats.'clasn,'' and making mouths =
i attwo Southern fire4eaters and enc r: ~
II Northern disunionists, -t34az-2to - '6.0(
For the window Of one lager-beer sail ~ tx
j loon smashed BY Us individually. ~" so
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