St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-02-27

would largely promote the public welfare.
Strangers will judge Of the resources Of a
State BY it, hotel fare, and until our hotel
Italics give evidence that our State has su-
perior facilities for stock raising they IRE
. standing libel on our resourcss.
TEE WAR.
Our troops appear to be working brave.
" and doing all that valor can do to crush
the rebellion and preserve its cause. Ma
ny brave man has laid down his life, and
many another will, to satiate the greedy
NAV Of our national Nloloch. Many a
mothers heart bleeds for the loss of a son
who hoped at the worst to die for his coun-
try's freedom, but has been sacrificed to
preserve our great national institution Of
woman whipping. How many more of our
Northern men shall die to preserve the
right Of Southern gentlemen to the unpaid
services Of their body servants, God only
knows ; but no doubt they will be count
ed by thousands. Had it not been for
the great difficulty of preserving slavery
alive while endeavoring to crush it off
short, the rebellion, the war might have
been over now. John Brown with ore
regiment eff such men as he could have en-
listed would have driven the rebellion in
to the Gulf Of Mexico before this, and ev-
cry man over and above that number who
has been called from his business or has
lost his life in this wicked, foolish war IS
just that much Of sacrifice on the altar
of slavery.
PREMIUM On REBELLION.
1met very intelligent gentleman who
had lived ten years in Alexandria, Va, and
III conversation remarked to him that we
heard good deal of the Union feeling of
the border states but it was slow in mani
testing itself, even where the Union troops
had possession. To this he replied that
he supposed it was in other places as it is
in Alexandra where it is common for men
to be loud in their professions of secession
principles, "for," say they, "while the Fed
eral troops are here We are just as safe in
our persons, property and business as arc
Union men but ifthey should be driven
out, and Southern troops take possession,
Union men will lose all their property and
We will still be safe"
So our Northern men leave their houses
and business, lay down their lives and
burden their posterity with an enormous
national debt 10 order TO protect the lives
property and business Of traitors, making
treason safer than loyalty.
SOLDIERS.
In every stage coach, every railroad car,
hotel, station or store it is soldiers, soldiers,
soldiers. Blue coats and brass buttons,
yellow cord and shoulder straps literally
swarm at every turn, and it appears as if
one third Of the people had in some way
come to depend on the war for living
and if the war lasts, as it appears likely to
do there is certainly great danger that
our Republic will be merged in military
aristocracy. 1t will certainly be no easy
matter for all our Generals, Major Gener-
ais, Brigadier Generals, Adjutart Gener-
ais, Division Generals, General humbuss
all our Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels,
Majors, Adjutants, Chaplains, Quartermas-
tiers, Paymastcrs, Captains, and Lieuten.
ants, to get back again into SO many John
Smiths and Peter Browns-to give up
their fat pay and leisu-ely habits, and re-
turn to the ordinary wages and industry of
common life. Then, camp life is not cal
culated to preserve any improved state of
morals or self respect in the common SOL
dicr; and altogether there is stron:~ pros
pect Of this war being heightened out un-
til the military element becomes very dan
gerous to our principles Of self govern
mcnt.
INDIAN SOLDIERS
On the train from Minnesota Junction
there was a car load of Indian soldiers in