St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-07-25

II Things Dad grown desperate when the
people ARISE aud cast out these uani6cent
maanagen4 4 / / /
With I feeling of almost hopele,s DDS
peration, Ahe people called Coy. Ramsey,
The hefaofsaMinnesota, to sscomssand
take charge Of the interests of his pluu-
dsred child. Thousands thought maybe
he could do something 70 amtlidarate thh,e'
oondition. OF Affairs that iit-=weu}d DO
worth their W lille 70; stay in their new
homes and struggle on; But very m.dy 81,
gaoious men believed that no wisdom and
.prudanoaa. nyreoula~resstablish
the credit Of our State, and bring q, return
Of emigration to our shores for q long oy-
ole Of years: 80 =! =. 90 :" = -
In hope and fear the change Of admin
istration was made. Gov. Ramsey and
bis administration came in and found a
ten-penny nail, brass button without an
-
eye, and three cent piece, in the State
Treasury to balance a debt of near six
millions. SO cursed had the people been
with thieves-oh, big pardon with gen.
erous officers, that they elected Ramsey
aud his subordinate officers with the Leg
islature which came in with him, on the
solo issue Of anti-stcaling-oh, there it is
sgain-on the issue Of ant. buying ginger.
bread with Daddy's money. -"
Well, the one idea that Of Legislature
appeared to be laying out no money until
they had earned it. BY Father Ramsey's
advice they cut down his salary nearly half,
and all their own salaries; appeared to
think that thrasbing was not such an easy
way Of getting money after all; and that,
maybe, Daddy did not care to earn any
more iu that way than was necessary for
family expenses.
From the day that Ramsey's .elec-
ton was known, our credit began to
rise; and look at US now with our return
ed tide Of emigration and the unexampled
prosperity which has displaced tho hope
less prostration into which our affairs had
been plunged. We need only ask our
people to compare this summer, hard
times, war and all, with the last summer
in which our State affairs were in the
hands of Democratic demagogues, and
there is no call for words.
The coppers have boon accommodating,
and now there is something to steal
How, on Earth, is State to get along
with State funds to steal and no State off,
GERS to steal it-oh, dear, oh, there it is
We beg pardon: What is Daddy going
to do with his thrashing money if there is
no Sammy to spend it? 1fit was stealing
that was to be done, Ramsey would not be
worth cent at the business, for as like as
not right in the middle of some part of the
transaction which required peculiar qui-
etude, he would break out in one Of his
great Dutch laughs and: the mischief
would be to pay. But as it; is, Daddy's
thrashing money is to be spent Hc is Of
no more account at this than at the other.
for he is "mean and stingy" Of Daddy's
money. If himself had done the thrash
ing, away would 60 the coppers; but as
Daddy begun the job-did: the thrashing,
he thinks Dad may finish it and spend
the proceeds.
So, it behooves US as a muni6cent race
to get rid Of Ramsey. To accomplish
this, there is grand combination which
we have concluded to join "for the honor
of the family" The St. Panl Pioneer,
Democratic, Minneapolis Atlas, Republi-
can, and the St. Cloud Democrat, double
distilled-forty-proof xxx extract Of De-
mocracy have joined hands in the matter;
and we are going to have Ramsey out, and
a fast man in his place. Gil6llan, guess
it will be; and the way we will do it is to
raise a terrible boo-hoo because our old
Dutch Governor did not borrow 500, 900
to give the First Regiment an outfit suita-
BILE to the finances of Minnesota. We are
going to be dreadfully mortified because
the old States have, many of them, fitted
out regiments; and will insist that we,
without mile Of railroad, without bridges
without half enough school houses or
school funds to give our children six months
per annum Of common school training,
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