St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-21

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presses will be muzzled, etree.aen gagged
and sunruly dogs punished with ssryehnias
while the Sun, will be callea upon to,asspd
st.llin the valley sof,thes Potomac. .bsAs hs
will fail to obey orders, but ,keepon Get.
ting and rising as if Joshua e~eres shout
il will Of course begin to'rain 'nsxt Novepa.
ber; and nextithinG there will BE- mud.
Tho Sacred Soil will4set 9riled, andtamire
there will belin Virginia just,a,; sare rs
there will be- snow in Minneaota. Then,
will anybody expect OUT army to,tmoye
through the mud =? Ye miserable 'grum-
blers be still, Of fine. and imprisonment
shall be yours! Just,,then, We, shall have
"a season Of prayer" for hard roads. and
the young ch,eftain, by, way; Of varying
the labor Of. drinking champagne, with hi'
royal guests, will ride out and make. .
speech which will e]ectrifys both ends Of
the creation, and silence all the, depizens
IF every frog pond in the centre-zsahort
season Of glory after this. u. =, :. .,,.
Spring will come and; Richmond will
take. Mcclellan !--whew, ;rhiz Where
are the rockets? We must really send 70
Chicago for the cuts q, 2, 2 spread e eagle and
rooster to be read! 9E IfoE the great eecasiqp,
They will maybe cost flyye dollars but
Who will care for expenses wheo the young
ehieft.in, with drums beating, and eolor@
ayingg, marches boldly through, The i, desert
ed streets Of Richmond M m ur1?,,;Y Yes , xe m must
certainly have q; rooster !; and eddmfo.pqish
friend Tobey to have that one Of he top
OF his barn taught the art Of f; growing oyer
the mighty success of f. tie grand strategy
4. Next after this our boys mus,t:fshopldei
their shoyela and start start q down a into TAD. Dixie to
dig their own graves to the tune Of. Yam
kee Doodle; BY the! time oohs fial4d 81
them get comfortably buried, the tssrf4ai sf q ii
enlistment. viii be Oft, tbe Z sarvivorv III viii
come home halt Of then, With diseases to
last for life !; and, Father Abraham will
draft another army for his favorite to drill
and get ready. i ''.'''>% ~: :;-s1'
! Does any one doubt the carrying out of
this programme? Let him reflect and say
if his doubts are not founded on his belief
that there is to be change Of policy p
what evidence have, We Ne Of this change
Does any government make i radical
change Of measures without change of
men We remember no such instance.
Does any one believe that those command
ers, now III the field, who have persistent.
| Ily disregardca the law fo,ribiddtng them to
convert our armies INTO ea1g gs' Of slave.
catchers fer rebels and, who have stood,
hat in hand, before wealthy traitors while
suffering their troops to use or destroy the
crops Of poor white men, will now enforce
the enactments which would deprive their
rebel friends Of their property, and the
services Of these negroes? 1t were mad,
ness to hope 50, after the example the
President has shown them Of stullfyias &
himself at the command Of 5slave-d+ivers
in refusing arms to loyal men 'whomshe is
authorized 10 employ to save The life of
the nation !; and whom; he has *said,s it is
necessary to employ *"toi save the lives Of
white citizens p" ~ ':@i51.r Il as: :,<
AS for his order directing commander.
to employ slaves III digging entrenchn1ents
etc., what does it amount to- We'll, very
little more than nothing! s'I;bolds cut no
inducements to slaves to run the. fearful
risk Of engaging their masters by coming
to our aid II gives chem no promise Of
freedom, or even 7of wages. ii Would eur
Northern whites join: odf armies, without
bounties, without wages simply on the
promise Of work and 'rati6nst? The strain
'to raise bounties answers tke question, ~
Rat in addition to the lack IF ihducemept
Flock 1t the faet that these peoplesare 70 be
LEFT slaves after they ,fiavs wotkedy without
WAGES, to secure our freedori+ +-thas' they
are ID be handed o'velt,; al cthdsnd Of the
/ var, I'd their ormsf'masters who may =,
will, wlieak' Their i1'engeaue upon them,
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