St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-07
War Meeting.

Pursuant to call, Wilson's Hall was
densely packed on Friday evening with
ladies and gentlemen. Gen. Mitchell vas
called to the chair, and made some appro-
pirate remarks urging the imminent danger
of our country as reason why vigorous
measures should be adopted and thanking
the ladies for their presence. Judge
Hamliu was then called for and made
patriotic and eloquent speech, calling up
on the people to support the government
at all sacrifices. Mr.. Parsons was next
called for. He came forward and spoke
about ten minutes giving the news which
had just come, of the equipment, by the
rebels, of ten iron gunboats, and their ap-
pearance in Mobile Bay. He urged that
government must be supplied with all the
men and money required, or our country
was lost. He offered the following reso
lutions, which were unanimously adopted
without discussion.
Whereas The President of the United States
has called for three hundred thousand more
troops which call is being most fully met and
answered by the citizens of the Eastern and
Middle States, and
Whereas, We believe that the President is a
sure and safe expounder of the Constitution of
the United States, and an honest and conscien-
tious man, who fully realizes his responsible
ties, and has fully determined, upon his best
judgment to enforce the laws, and
Whereas, The President Of the United States
by the virtue of the high prarogatives of his
office is made the guardian of the most sacred
rights Of man, and we believe has now deter
mined to employ all the force of the govern
ment if necessary in crushing out this unholy
rebellion, therefore
has already furnished 800 men in aid of the
government, will do her full share in furnish
ing additional numbers, in response to this
present call for more troops.
Resolved, That this war has now assumed an
aspect, fully justifying the severest measures
of confscation of rebel property, and OF sub
sisting the armies Of the Union upon the means
of the rebels.
Reeolved, That We send our sons, our faith
ers our brothers into the armies of the Union
to fight; That where the exegincies of war
require other work than fighting to be done,
that our rulers should and must, cause that
work to be done by the slaves Of rebels, and
that when those slaves so serve us, common
justice and common humanity require that
they should be compensated therefor, by their
own freedom and that of their children forev-
er.
Resolred, That while we say to tho President,
here are our lives our fortunes, our all, take
them, use them: freely, but use them successfully
we also soy to him, use as freely, as SUCCESSFULLY
all the means which God in his Providence has
given you and the armies of the Union known
to civilized warfare to put down this rebellion,
and crush out the rebels: for we have sworn
upon the cradles of our children and upon the
graves of our fathers that though oil shall per-
ish, this country and its government shall live.
Resolped, That Stearns county ought not to
be behind other counties in the State in the
matter Of securing to volunteers in the Sixth
Regiment the additional bounty and conpensa-
ton offered by other counties and localities,
and that to this end we recommended the ap-
pointment of a committee Of Five persons to
raise fund for volunteers for the Sixth Regi
ment at least equal to that offered in other
parts Of the State. ..~.:
Major Cullen was called for and made
capital speech, saying that the President
was an honest man, was fairly, honoraLly