St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-10-24

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River Of the North aud rot in a. populous
city in ,:ihe States" on the arrival Of the
Geographic returns Of successful polite
al campaign. The Commissary Depart
ment VS. visited that night, .nd "Oll
Bourbon and Copper Distilled we're
fou"l. The result can easily be imagined
spiritual manifestations, test MEDIUMS:
&c. But TO the credit Of this COMMAND
be 1t saii there were but few Of this k;nd
Of spirituali~tss EEv~ :.
- On the 224,h tit, the: com .,,aand left, ex.
xeps tes Of u. that were detailed t., pro-
tccs~ttc Government properly, and sad
and fearful were their: countenanccs at
parting with their comr.des. Gods Lles-
sings were invoked upon them as they left
us; and soon indeed we also EXPECT t. b.
on our march Seccssionwarl.J III ..-a [.
Captain 2 Nantor, Of Company c. re-
mains in command Of the post at present.
He IS highly esteemed. and every enc of
this little band symratl'ized deeply with
him at the recent loss Of his wife, VIII
died Oh the SCH. u|t. But few DAYS
ago she was we'll and viewed the cyolu-
tons Of the companies from the porcl. of
the commas der's quarters: now she lies
beneath the sod Of il Nacotai, I'rairie; ami
the companies are Fastening to where MANY
OF their members will perhaps bite the
dust in Tie land Of traitors. The i'ro>ts
have already changed the hucs of the for
est here. and the falling leaves remind Us
that We are als~ hastcning 70 that bourne
whence ~ traveller returns ...... .
Tnis being The day on which your citi.
zens,cast their votes for State and other
officers, would state that VIC look upon
politics differently, when viewing it iron,
neutral soil as it We're, and many Of Us are
quite amused at articles that appear in dit.
terc"t political sheets. From one quarter
comes paper formerly democratic, now
strongly urging the claims of a Union
ticket, and from another region one whose
strives to inlusc motive power
into dcfunct Deu'oc: acy. This individual
will certainly pardon me if imagine him
a <avage-his quoting from Choctaw pc.
ct would lead one to believe he .was.-
Cine quotation, by the way, ~i!l not re-
peat, as it will not look we'll in manu-
script, much less in print.) lie Was cvi.
IDENTIFY tear ne his garments hoping to at
tract notice. But why should Repuhli- /
cans join to form Union party?. They
have never been Disunionists-
md the strongest support the Union has
comes from the Republicans. The State
hat gave the larges, Republican vote also
lids most the Union cause. While the
'lace where the first Democratic Co.ven-
ion of the last campaign WAS held, also
'assed the first Secs ion ordinance, and
where the second was held fred on H.:
riends Of tn: Union as they passed thro'
IS streets on their way to the deicnsc Of
he Natl nal Capital. ...
Until recently the undivided at:en ton
$ all | came H. contact with was directed
o the movements Of Gen McC lcllan bu,
low there is man in the Yves; fast loom
NJ up into popularity uuc1,.llcd.
peak Of the gallant Fremont, whose vi.,or
eminds one Of ':O,d Hickory" the Hero
f New Orleans. Someth;u! must be done
D check him, even at the expense Of the
or lie will gather more lau,
els than did his father in-law by viewing
nc Cni,:a States Senate for thirty years.
lost persons are opposed to peaceablc
'artarc, opposed to Government rrv,ec-
Ing those that seek to destroy it, and
renee applaud the course Of John C. Ere.
mont. -
But enough tor this time. Nv next
will probably lie from Washins'ou, D. c.
CHICAGO.
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