St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-10-25
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Dante. the poet, has given an account Of !.
strange encounter he once saw between l hu-
man form and .serpent. The enemies, .fter
: long and deadly conflict, stood for time
gazing 1t each other. "A great cloud sur
rounded them, and then . strange meta.
m1orphosiz began. Each figure was trans
formed into the Likeness Of its. antagonist.
The serpent's tail divided itself into two
legs; the mans legs intertwined them
selves into tail. Tho body Of the ser
pent put for b arms ); the arms Of the man
sbrank into his body. At length the SER
pent stood up man and spake; the man
sank down a serpent and glided kissing
away. Such transformation as this may
frequently be seen going on between OPP
posite political parties, in reference to GER
tain vital principles on which the conflict
turns. We understand that in certain
quarters, the old name Wing, a name 50
long and ardeutly loved by one party: and
a. cordially hated by another, is being
again exhumed. Should it, at some future
time, so happen that two parties, and two
only. the one Democrat and the other
Wing, should be arraycl against each 9th.
er in our country, the fable Of Dante would
according to present shittings, be fully il.
lustra:ed: The old democratic party was
the peoples party. The administration
Of Jefferson OF. Jackson arraying itself
against the sill older federalist aristoera-
cy, stood on precisely the ground occupied
BY the Republican party Of to-day. Those
ancient principles are coming to be regard
ed with the same veneration as those estab
iished BY George Washington. and John
Adams, if not as identical with them
The same irrepressible conflict between
capital and labor, though with a different
name marked the campaisne Of 1928 that
distinguishes that OF 1860. 1t is
the same bloodless conflict, and
never did the champions of either
side stand more distinctly forth,
OF show their colors more plainly than At
the present time. Before the RICH falnes,
Of chattledom was boldly announced BY
John e.. Calhoun, aud while as yet the
foundation principle # the Revolution,
which guaranteed equal political rights to
all, was too deeply imbedded in the heart
of the nation to admit the advocacy Of the
rightfulness Of property in man, the con-
flict turned on q National Bank, high
protective Tariff, and other interests Of the
few against the many. BY sbolishing the
slave trade, and SO wording the Constitu-
ton that it might stand after every slave
in he country should be liberated; by pro-
claiming to the world their love Of univer-
sui freedom, and their desire for universal
emancipation-the fathers o. this 'Repub-
lie quilted themselves like men, and sup
posed that slavery then sectional would,
within a few generations become extinct.
The phrase in the Constitution in reference
to persons "who are held to service or la
bor," is more in vital aatagonism to Judge
Tancy's decision-tbat property in man is
subject to the same protection us property
in ! steam engine any other passage !
that the Constitution contains, ! he ne
cessities of the case demanded some clause
in reference to the rendition. Of runaways.
The wording Of that clause, which careful
y avoids the word slavery Or property,
clearly shows with what intent it vas in.
serted. For more than thirty years the
public sentiment was such that the slavery
discussion was mere incident in the de- !
alterations Of Congress. But the influence
Of capital against labor the early strugg-
gles for federal authority in which capital
by a: National Bank, high protective duties
and other modes might: be uonopolised
and controlled By consumers instead Of
producers, was never incidental in any de-
Lucrative body in this country, and never
will BE- until The ideal Of political equality
: fully realized. That time may b. long, but
Il will come. Il matters little what may
be5the name,o: the party that throws its
energy and inAaenee into the ,cals Of h.
Dor, and li,ts up The community and de.
crees The leyeliog q political Il: rights i.
There shall not fail on American soil that
form that shall cause the Kissing serpent
of despotism and ohattledom t. lick the
dust md glide .v,y. .Z i. &C.. -t.s ..z...
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