St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-04-04
Encouraging Rebellion.

Encouraging Rebellion. ~,
We have long been assured that if we
Abolitionists did not behave ourselves and
stop talking, the South would dissolve the
Union; and then, and then, and there was
to be the end Of all things. No more mar
ryiug and giving in marriage, no more
rejoicings, no more prosperity, no more pop
corn, cotton or notwithstanding but
the blackness OF darkness, dissolution and
despair was to be our portion hereafter and
forever. We had heard our doom so often
that VIC began to take it for granted; and
30 last November when South Carolina Sc
ceded, and our river, almost as soon as tho
news came, began to freeze up, we rather
calculated we had been left out in the cold
sure enough. Secessiouists grew more de-
termined, and the weather grew colder;
Georgi, and Alabama turned their
backs upou us-and it grew colder and
colder Two feet Of ice on the river, and
ono foot of snow over the entire face of the
country. Florida repudiated us, and we
had more snow. Louisiana took possess
sion of the mouth of the Father Of Waters,
and his upper extremities became more and
more CONCEALED. Gov. Wise did not quite
make up his mind as to what terrible thing
he would do, and all our petri6ed North
shivered with more snow storms: March
camc-thc fourth Of it too, but no comfort
for the poor forsakcn North
The confederate States went on with
their arrangements for making us misera-
bic; aud our teeth went chatter, chatter
still. When March marched out and left
the ground white with snow, and the riy-
crs and lakes fast locked in icy letters, it
did appear as if our Southern brethren
we're going to be implacable, and not let
their sun shine on us any more. But, al
though the telegraph has brought no word
Of their having relented, we have indubit-
able evidence that in the midst of wrath
they have remembered mercy. For five
days the sun has been shining without lot
or hiudrancc; and the snow is nearly gone.
The earth will soon be ready for the pillow,
and the people of the State appear to take
it 50 far for granted that Minnesota may
yet hope that they propose to pillow, plant
ant. sow as if nothing had happened. 1t
may be that the signs of relenting which
encourage them to this course are the re-
suit of the labcrs of the Pioneer, and the
petitions sent on asking Congress to pass
the Crittenden Compromise; and our peo-
pie may be calculating in case Of a return
of the frost, to send on moro petitions and
60 keep things moving on just as if the
Union had not been dissolved. If there
is an understanding to this effect, there
may be another summer and harvest even
in Minnesota and we have great reason
to be thankful to our Southern masters for
permitting the hope. If the hope be rea-
lied we shall get along just about as we'll
as if the Union had not been dissolved !;
and though We must admire the clemency
which shrinks from visiting US with the
full measure Of punishment we have mer-
tied, we doubt the policy of the measure.
If King Cotton intends to subdue the world
he must WELD an iron rod and as South
Carolina turns tie crank of the universe,
it is dangerous magnanimity for her to
turn Black Republican States up into the
sunshine. We do not believe her gener-
osity will be appreciated; and fea, that ex-
perience will show she has only been en-
couraging rebellion in thus permitting our
farmers to use her sunshine.
T.