St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-26
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with Mexico. Of the territory acquired
there she demanded all, and California was
only permitted to enter the Union, on her
own application as free State, by giving
the South the bonus of The Fugitive
Slave law which was peculiarly obnoxious
to the North. Emboldered by her sue
cess she demanded the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise, which she had propos-
ed and which had been most reluctantly
accepted by the North, and twas repeal
ed. She conspired to break up and d.
vide the Democratic party and thus made
the success Of the Republicans certain, and
then made that success the pretext for Sc
cession. She complained that some of the
Northern people found fault with her in
stitutions and used hard words towards
her. He, Dir. Everett did not by any
means justify or palliate this offence, but
the South had used as many hard words
as the North. The cotton states which
pretended to secede on account Of insecu-
rity of slave property, had never lost twen-
ty slaves by Northern liberty bills or the
non-exccution of the Fugitive Slave Law.
The Border States did not profess to have
cause for secession, but seeded to testify
their approval Of the right Of secession
He drew glowing picture of the bonn bard
ment of Fort Sumpter, and characterized
it as the greatest outrage in the history of
civil war-thousands of men, fully armed,
and equipped and drilled, with 1--WE forget
how many batteries) attacking garrison
of 29 men who must have surrendered in
few days from want Of provisions. The
object of South Carolina, in that lombard
ment, was blood. They would shed blood
compel retaliation and so force the Bor-
der States to take sides. He dwelt upon
| the cost Of agony, blood and treason which
the war thus begun, had cost the nation
and affirmed that all that had yet been
done towards crushing the rebellion was
but the beginning. The nation is now
preparing for an effort to which all for
mer efforts were but as child's play to pre-
serve the Union, and the Union must and
shall be preserved. He drew picture of
the blessings of free government and the
folly of secession, should it succeed. The
tie which binds the Free States would be
a rope of sand and anarchy would reign.
Each separate state would secede from ev.
cry other State-which idea by the way,
we believe to be Que grand mistake
There would no more fugitive slaves re-
turn-which would be very horrible
Virginia would lose, we forget how many
millions annually which she formerly real
lied from the sale of her surplus slaves
which would be very distressing to First
Families who raise sons and daughters fo1
market.-Mr. Everett used one word, but
we forget it, from which one might infer
that he disapprovcd of this Virginia trade
in "likely young niggers," and it was the
only one in the entire lecture which cast
shadow Of blame on the Divine Institu
j ton. He spoke Of his own four years o.
labor in trying to strengthen the fas
r breaking bonds Of brotherhood between
: the States by recalling the memory and ser
? vices Of Washington. lie wound VI
with an eloquent appeal to men, wome1
and children, to come to the rescue of tn
imperiled Union, to come with guns
: swords, plows, spades, reaping hooks
r earnest words, knitting needles and al
t other means in their power to save the Un
: ion.
} His sentences were long, flowing an
9 parenthetical and once he ran his paren
: thesis up against the last word Of the sen
d tence with something like rebound.
d In personal appearance he is tall, an
: we'll advanced toward ccrpuleuce SO tia
o he wears an ample vest. His hair is whit
d and is worn well thrown 5baok and til
j. chronological developments Of the for<
o head would make one wonder how he ha
y achieved the reputation ho has. The fac
q is large in proportion to tho head an
slopes slightly backward from the poir
d of the nose. There is a want of frmne'