St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-12
"a Few specimens of Democrat
j. ., 70 9resaon. aszsa =

The tsaitofs VSre right il reckoning 6u
ltAs bid ind comfort 10 some Of he irs<
Est.tts. Thes ware Wong ipo rsessima,
ting the number, influence ind pluck, 81
their fellow traitors 10 the North. Blu,
encouraged by tolerance, the sympathiser,
lsrs growing holder in their treasdi.bbs' NJ
ssraneeA For example, the C.1invills
| Spectator, published at Carlinville, Ma,
leespinG county, IllinoisD Of Nay 10th, b.
d leading editorial, Of which the following
is an extract:
sall tie especial attention y our r., read.
i ers to the addresa Of the Democratic members
of Congress from the free States to tie people
|of the United States. IN. sentiments contain
ID in It look - ifa day of redemption was ap:
preaching, and thatathe daysof ieodesr ds.po'
stsm were drawing to close. The svuLoAH,
swAGoRR1sG usulPEl 1t Washington, Vkoa Ia,
ths snhlwsAtng in.pvdeaoe to intimate that 49, and
he alone, Is thsi Government oftAs United States,
may begin to take warning This address
comes like the peal of the tocsin and the roar
Of the alarm gun. The UNITY or "DEsPorIsx
they pledge themselves 70 resist, as did our fl
theirs ,0itA thsir lives, their ortvnes and tks, 60
cred honor. let the Democracy come bravely
up to the move that promises to disenthrall the
country from the tyranny more odsQus tAae Aus-
t-ian dspotiss. This ID, : movement in the
right direction, and the only objection to it is
that it does not go far enoxgh.' ~ alnt: :.
Loyal Democrats l. how does that en-.
dorscment Of the address Of the Yallaa.
digham tribe Of Democratic Congressman
sound I Are you willing to respond tothe
call for 'f'the Democracy to come bravely
up" and denounce President Lincoln as .
"vULaAR, STAGGERING usuRPER j." We
believe not; but this is what your leaders
demand Of you. Treason is no where
more fully developed or deeply seated than
in the Democratic members of Congress
who have issued the recent call for the re-
organization of their party. They have
no word OF denunciation, or even reproof,
for those now in armed rebellion against
the Government; but all this is showered
With an unsparing hand upon its defend
ers who offer their all for its salvation.-
The reason for this is obvious-their syn.
pathies are all with the former and against
tie latter. Freedom they despise, and
slavery they love; 50 that the defenders
Of each must come in for their share of
condemnation or approval This course
is not taken because Of their opposition to
the Republican party merely, but because
they dislike free institutions. This will
Be seen from the fact that they make:
their bitterest thrusts against President
Lincoln himself. because ho has expressed
himself in favor of emancipation, even.
thong b that be accompanied by compensa-
ton. Such course would bring freedom
to enslaved human beings, and that is at
total variance with present Democratic
teachings. w.. 49,.
The following sxtract is from leader
in the Chat6eld Democrat, Of May cash,
and follows Immediately after tho call for
the Democratic Convention of this Stat
IA fitting place:
The President is out in Proclamation vir-
If Mr.. Lincoln had stopped just at this point, he
vould doubtless HAVE SAVED HIMSELF MUCH
CREDIT and the country great alarm. But it
seems that he suffers no opportunity to pass
in which he can ''wring i'm his emancipation
and abolition designs, no matter hoao injudicious
and nncattedfo such an oppression may be. The
case in point has been made worse instead Of
better. The foolish order Of Gen. Hunter, would
haze done LESS HARM 10 the country at large
than the late most extraordinary opinions Of the
President.
We will give in conclusion, the follow.
ing extract from the St. Paul Journal, the
organ Of the Revived Democracy in this
State: j." .'.' f. :: IL
We have not chosen, and shall not choose,
to turn aside from our task Of assisting to edu-
cate the people in the responsibilities devolved
upon them o. Republican sovereigns, to rat
President on tie batk WHO s1uABLEs AND GRopEs
AMID THE BROKEN FRAGMENTS OF THE FEDxHAL
CONSTITUTION. .:, ;u.,o ID, |
Could anything further be asked to
prove the rank treason which everywhere
infests the Democratic party Of to. dry ?
When we speak Of Democrats we mean
not such as Gen. Butler, Col. Cochrane,
and the host Of other good and nj / loyal men
once belonging to that party, who are now
giving to the Government and President
Lincoln their unqualified support These
latter have no sympathy with the senti-
ments of. the late Democratic address II
their entire action during the war has, been
opposed to it., In short, they represent