St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-09-27

4ths Rlo.aer-as.A~.est.~;las l,asa
Big &lsehoed. ,When,j opsl.ss ~fs'.tqra.
evening", jaflsr Mr. Gilnalsal,d re6d II
Preteasaeq speech i Nr.. Douglas i'd favd,
q the EsCo"promise bill, and given the fila
'eportof|vose, Hon, W,n. Widdon & ahar..
ed upon him thefalsity Of The reeo,d AN,
speech, and proved his assertion from tn,
proceedings in the Globe, Mr.. Gilman re
Piled that it was merely slightsmistake
matter Of no account! didn'tmukc par
tiole Of difference etc. etc. Yet he, him
self, had! given these ''mistakes'' and at
tempted'to make the most capital from
them then he could
.~ss To prove that thise.was pots. =, mistake
but premcdit*tcd and pcrnioious false.
hood, We quote the remarks Of the Ponce,
following the vote: -'.' 3';' ' .''.
Voters Of Minnesota, whose Homesteads
are now in danger of being sold from YOU
At public auction, by order Of Douglas bit.
terest enemy, President Buchanan. recol.
lect that Hannibal Hamliu; the Republi-
can candidate for Vice President. yoted
oga;nst granting You an extension Of time,
In which to pay tor your lands. Douglas
voted that you should have until the frst
OF June, 1862, to pay for your claims, At
the rate Of sixty-two and ,one-half cents
per acre, and Hamlin voted in the ueea-
tive; This shows who is the true friend
of the settler. X =
At the last session Of Congress, Douglas
advocated measure, when the Homestead
DIN 1alled, which would have given every
settler on tie public lands in Minnesota
TWO Years to pay for his land, at the rate
of''rty-t'oo and a half cents per acre,
Another circumstance exposed by Mr..
Window, showing that the falsehood was
intended, was, that the copies Of the pam
phlet intended for circulation had no ref.
erence to the page Of the Globe containing
the vote, while that used by Mr., Gilman
on the evening of the discussion, and by
the Democratic speakers generally, la. the
page given 50 that the orator may give the
page with the expectation that no person
will remember it fit We're not intended
to misrepresent facts, why the difference ?
The Pioneer again says: ,. -.:
ID this pamphlet, we have made no state
ments which cannot be substantiated bv the
official records Of Congress. In fact that
record is the basis upon which every state
ment made stands, and by which its truth
e: &c verified. 1t is not issued as an elec-
tioneering pamphlet, but in order that the
people Of Minnesota may know who are
and have been their consistent friends.
To show that the Pioneer in order to
bolster up its former falsehood, utters in
the above paragraph another, we would
simply refer our readers to tho pages Of
the Congressional Globc We have already
mentioned, aud see whether the Pioneer
has "made no stateme nts. which cannot be
substantiated by the official records Of Con-
gress." We call upon ard dcfy the Pio-
neer to "verify'' the statements it has made
in reference to the vote and Douglas
speech on the Compromise Homestead bill.
When it does Sc, We shall inform our read
crs of the fact. Uutil that time, We warn
the citizens Of Minnesota-Republicans
and Democrats-that they give not the
slightest credcnce to any Of the assertions
made in the pamphlet. When 30 palpable
a falsehood as this, eau be found in book,
it deserves nothing but entire and une-
quivocal condemnation. .
N ID Tl..l. L. .>.:.1