St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-10-25
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.sdte i,na ses4J Epqa t:saa s7is9aoa i ss@v
-ase adj ss..i, 1Edt Sc :aas gsf,issz2 seEsos
fos enpitsl@empl.sel in siasmise tS Ss,w1stl,e
men Who dotke ednb0r than III ea9ital estl!
I.aryed IN haihling h,,ssss 10 owssths carp
Featetsana mas'Hss avlSs ersctsste11.. iBat
Fif TI@an, iwr,ng in1tlItss ard tile dsenis be
Ercallyu true iihsxi'n, az afphefts the la
bArer, stili1 think there is a,,t't her ;i,5siio
Erisup quite ~ true 'and far more beneieeAt.
ESPECIALLY issa1ncw country. .ttst i, Lat0r
[0xykk a nscn5 itsr L,an2cts17 -G-- s'jEs' sto:
E.h1he nsjs; .'tjecsiias snrsed aesinst the
feleetion OF Mr.! Liae6ln are not directed
against hin. pers.,"slly: torit Is only just
;tnbute tu his: personal character, that no
nerinputes to him evil desi igns against the
country, nor i,ia.,iaes that When he bec,an-
-cs g President he aviIIs attempt any great
wruDgeto tbeenati.nI, ur any section 81 it,
hut cunning tact'cinns csuggest, aud some
:tnnm patriots fear, that3 certain trnculent
politicians. III the South ewiif seize uf,on
sLincolu eleetieu ASA ,pres:xt for rising in
rebellions to pute:doVn = President lcops,i-
tuti,nlaIly aud lawfully shoser,d ue.j:J
sa.lf SOU have amy such idieafears,3 + beg
you to :dis,ni>s them atunce; lestzthey Head
ynu to the gross injustice ,fjimpusios to
the Southern States, aOry even to the body
at Southern Demoerats7r the }'urpo,s; to
eoul u1itzaecriuei ut Uuce s0 wicked and SO,
ft,vksA:; adr .:,zf sa5 eon q ti2Gs *ssi
We. aA know. that thcle:a,e in sl,e South
Il few yselt:conceited cyclists, ,isrho; araicnek-
Ell they 6,dithc votes and gtileareunents
alliagai,'st them, appeal ito ourt fears, ,1by
threats, oe indefinite mischief; hoping TO,
win tri'.mph over Justice, reason, and
the pubic wills'b byssheer ibu!tyiny5v geod
VII TIL you, my friends tlatth&s Southern
people are 1rt guilty*uf sthatGvic kesh crime
and:stupid f5lIy iheysk'iovrss we'lsas we
canitch them that ax,net resistance to n
; lawfully chosen President, is treason , they
knew that.a government th;t.has NIT the
D., scr and the wilsto rlDtccnit>elf and c,,-
force: the laws il a, D "ir, T. sutem,tible g,k-
cr',mcnt; and, they eaec,ulIy; need a gos-!
eminent strong e',Oug b to: prots ct alt its
people. They know that armed resistance
to: a lawful President is hut the beginning
nf civil war; and civil War, as our, people
are now divided, would ,besurs t. run i.to
.s.cial war; that a al*ay in -Statesy .coas.-
ties. .neir h:.orhoods, and then what human
power cuuld prevent the horrors Of a servilc
War. uVwe,er mnch; l. may. differ from
MANY OF our Southern brethren upon cer-
tai. psiats If, 80 oer.mental .p.licay, I.teay
-upon their ewi*dv:l and patrietism " :!ut
down the few ;sdesperalpes: .nx'ny tl!eu.,
and thus preycat thy initial. eri,le which,
if allowed to be succe ssfully committed, ,
would imperil the world last, hope Of .;e-
: publican Freedom. and would not fail Il,
draw in is train the complicated horrors Of
civil, social and seryile war. .,.:-! t...-....
rely, I s,y. conf emily upon the virtue
and patriotisnr " the Southern people; but
even If these were wan,ing,l;l ! would: still
rely upon their splain, reason and c3mnIpl,
sense, tyr none but. mad men would teach
. their slaves. by. thelr own bad example,
+ how 70 rise, iu bloody rebellion against law
,tnlnnthorlty..uz2E ?:sd. a1y-: ,S.43...t - / i;
q..s Knowing our, earnest sdeyouon1 to the
1 Union, and our ,wi' i'lnyness =, u!ake great
sacrifices 10 ;presrr rye it, the plan OF intiml.
dation is still pursued, and appeals are still
made t,,. our fears, and men do ltwho ouzh.
!, t.. know better aDd dy know better; bu.
, acting upon the maxim. Of moral phiioso.
F ply, as taught in the Court Of King Charles
r the Second, they assume as true that:
',lost men are EDWARDS :; all men should be
knaves. and all the subject matter Of i .baie
Is, enly who's the knave ct The first rate.
, And they act a. if they expected Us 70 be-
l,eve, upon their interc ,tel testimony, ,twu
> very false and debasil:,, ropositions: First,
that II. l.incJIn Is eles ted, there will be re.
!, bellim in the South, and second, that opr
Government is 80 weak, and g 1wardly tha,
it cannot main ain itself AMI, ext cute the
: -;,Aws.=and AL this Is done As = c:ever trick,
: 10 frightens !.i,leoln men .fvYai che conclu.
J; E, sion Of their own ulycliient and, con
, science, and dri:e them t" vote for some
=. Pottier can;tidate' to whose support they
hc.jjluld nqverr Sr be, brought by any motive
,lii122 lio12e respectable thin ear, at Best even
fx!is6o aSeiiuffne ard honest, IS u .tebasii'.
7lais passion, a;id i,l.k.s men toa great niaay
'hiai hieu tr s, WI ch WEelr The fit Is Ut they
+. are ashamed sotf's II: hut FEAR UNREAL aha
i'fe:,y!ugd, simulated oily asa cover ard Ell
tc,is. for @ss66h,e mean aetSnn, Is destdeAhbi,
|, fvvik fiypocrisy, even when II pref etentas
u fbe iviFtoous ard a. III Ne 1q4 bad'eaoi5h
J but the hypocrisy IF fear and c5ward'ce i
, tthcz hast posf artfdes of 't,oascu'us inbacili
y. s<aY,a. suggest H. 5oar&let.<E that essete
. iiisy be /, ciass otoIads whdsrpal5 aszar
J: fihs yleet;Jn ~ AIs! sLiaccksi: :bat are sleter
It;1 <pI n, S.,v,,, - ha A,as n, =