St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-16

were intended, and are most significant. =.
What dies the party We represent pro-
pose for the future? !.
Au earnest, vigorous, persistent prose
cution Of the WARRIOR the restoration of
the Union-the suppression Of the rebel-
lion-and the re-establishment Of peace
With peace 20 obtained will come pros
perity. and through no other channel can
it reach us.
When the public miad can confidently
rely upon the power Of the Government
70 quell intestine disturbance, then and
not. till then. commerce, manufactures and
enterprise will revive, and growth and
prosperity once more return to Us ''
What does the so.callcd Democratic
party propose for the future?
NOrnlN0-L1rERALLY NOTHING!
They submit no plan of adjustmt nt Of
our difficulties; they point to no outlet
from our calami rs they propose no rem
edy for the disorders Of the nation. "
.heir entire platform is list Of cap.
tious objections urged against the details
Of the var, and borroweo, principally,
fiom Southern speakers and Journals =
from the orstions Of Breckenridge and
the editorials Of the Richmond rapers.
At time when it Is doubtful whether
the whole people may not fall under the
heel VI a powe full aud able rebellion, this
faction dcsi es that the rebellion itself
shall be treated with extraordinary ten.
derness; and they protest in their plat
form "agsin*t the enactment. by Congress,
Cf con6scael0D measures of extreme severi.
tyr
IN time Of 'oor their ympathie. are
,cith our enemies. - =
While grief and desolation sit il ten
thousand households throughout the loyal
States, they tear le-t the power Of the
government may be used with .'ert, en,e
.>.er t. against srmed traitors and reb
eli:
Their Tears are no. for the blood that
flows from Northern and loyal veins, hut
for that which may chance to flow ;from
Southern aud rebelli"us veins. So.
They desire that a long-sudering, much:
enduring nation shall patiently submit to
new isdi.ni.ies shall sink still lower in
the dust and shall refrain from using
every means which God and nature 8
given to crush out its relentless enemies
Will the people of the State commit
their fortunes to the control Of this faction
Of blind disloyalists
Whittier will they lead them?
Through war to peace
No! They have no word Of endorse
ment Of the war in all their platform.
They have labored to their utnost-(in
their opposition to the bill enabling the
soldiers to vote ITO disfranchise the most
patriotic portion Of the people. and sub
ject them unwillingly to their own tinlid
and treacherous rule.
No! for they are ready to palsy with
captious charges and objections the power
Of the Administration at the ve,y tune
when it most needs the undivided sup.
port OF all the people.
Will they reach peaco by compromise
Who has hinred the terms Of any com.
promise :? What compromise is possible
What will become Of the whole doctrine
If free governments if the armed minority
rule the peaceful m,jo:ity ;-if the will oi
twenty millions Of people is so sink before
the viii Of six millions ;-i@ five votes in
Minnesota are to be equalized by one rife
in South Carolina.
Such state Of things would he simply
military despotism tho despotism Of u
mob ton thousand times worse than the
rule Of single able and intelligent ty.
ran* =.
Is there any road to peace save through
victory?
Can it be found in the d,smemberment
Of our great country? .:,
The blocking up of the natural chan.
nels Of trade aud the paralyzing Of com.
merce and industry would be but part
Of the evi Is that would f,llvw in the train
Of such n event.
A great military nation would be es
tablished close beside US SEVER axxres
sive, ever expansive violent beyond any
historical parallel ;-aristocratic aud mill
tary from the very nature Of its institu.
tions with al the skill of civilisstio,
and all the desperation Of barbarism.-
The history Of the two nations would be q
history OF successive shocks war woul.l
be the rule and peace the exception -
trade would decline, and prosperity die
aud the happiness and oo,tentmont Of on,
early days would b. remembered as d
dream Of the long departed past.
What citiss~ desires to enter upon such
q career? -" ~. ~ a.@%
Ifthrough war and victory tlies the onl,
path 70 peace, let that war b. bri:f .nd
that victory, decisive, ...,.. :. .
|, Do not permit the hands Of tho Ad
ministration 70 be tied, by sending dis
Iloysl men to Cong1rss. ~" s:"I n go ,
1'''Do ndt ''sop7 oar' "'m;s., in tho full ..