St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-07-10
Candidates for Congress-.

Candidates for Congress.
Lieut.. Gov Donnelly and Col. Stephen, MIL
ler are two Of the most prominent persons nov
spoken Of - candidates to represent tn, Soc
ona Congressional District Of Minnesota in
Congress. 4 ! Z
! Both Of these gentlemen are men Of unim.
peaehable character, possessed Of sterling intes-
rity, indomitable energy and devoteoness to
the welfare OF the State and Nation. 9 BY their
past history they have proved themselves wor.
thy Of any position Of public trust in the gift
The St. Cloud DEMOCRAT ha, ho;sted tha
namo Of Col. Miller and is urging the claims of
tho northern portion Of the District, which en-
title It to the nomination.
Inc DEAocRAr very properly rebukes one Of
its correspondents who .isadvocatine the nomi-
nation Of Gov. Donnelly, for introducing his
religion as one Of tho reasons why he should
be selected in preference to any one else he
being Catholic would have claims upon the
Democratic party that would be greatly in his
favor. O, pshaw! We think, however, the
DEMOCRAT quite as inconsistent in insinuating
that in case the northern. portion Of the Dis
trict does not succeed in securing the nomina-
ton, the people Of that part of the State will
regard the Republican party as a "Southern
institution" and 60 in for the Democratic can
didate. Such limitations are untimely and
wholly uncalled for.
We arc perfectly willing to leave the nomi-
nation to the Convention when assembled, to
whom the selection Of the candidate legiti-
mately belonss.-Lake City Times.
OF course, Mr.. Times, you are agreed
to Southern nomination, as you live
"down in Dixio;" but we object, deci-
dedly and shall certainly keep on object
ing. We, too, are willing to leave the
nomination to the Convention and expect
to support the nominee. In stating that
Major Cullen will carry this District by
surprising majority against any man
not cf the District, We but state a stub.
born fact, and one which no effort of ours
can alter. AS to this announcement be-
ing "untimely, we differ with the Times.
This is tie very time to give our Repub.
lican friends warning. There will be no
use talking after the nomination is made
All We can do then, is mako the best of
it.
We know that some of our most rell-
able, Woodworking Republicans in this,
aud adjoining counties, have expressed
themselves as hopeless Of the result, if
Col. Miller does not get the nomination,
simply because the Republican Party has
neuer had State or Congressional nomina-
ton from this part of the State. St Clond is
within very few miles of the geograph.
ical center of the State-on the direct
line of communication with our Red River
and Hudson Bay Country, enjoying a
more substantial growth than any other
town in the State, and the outlet to two
hundred miles square of the richest grain
growing lands in the Commonwealth
lands, which already pour their hundreds
Of thousands of bushels of wheat into the
lap of our State exports, and the Repub.
lican Party has never made a nomina.
ton, tor any important Office, of man
further north than Minneapolis, seventy.
five miles south of US. Now, if a party,
which persistently and systematically ig'
nores the northern half of the State, is
not Southern Institution, we should like
to know how you would go to work to
get one up.
We do not pretend to justify men 70,
voting on localities when great princi.
pies are concerned. The test of locality
is not Of our making, but a principle
fully recognised in politics and party
uages, and We but maintain that, as local.
|ty is a test, our claim shall not be over
looked for want Of presentation.
P. S.-The above was left over las,
week. Since then Major Cullen has been
unanimously nominated by the Democrat,
&c Convention, and the Republican Con
vcntion has been called. We await its &C.
ton with deep interest and . strong hope
, that the just claims Of this portion Of the
State will not be overlooked.
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