St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-05-08
From Washington.

ally Ne see your spiey little sheet, but Us
you have been fighting the battle Of lib
erty fer, many years you may be interests'l
in knowing how freeuom works, in, The pa
'tional metropolis. + On the lith It April
the bill abo!ishins slavery in the Di$trle.
Of Columbia havin1 previously passed the
Senate 80 to l4-pass. d the House If
Representatives 9a to 80. It was, given
to the President OF Monday evening and
on "Wednesday merni~g received his apJ
psovA -, ,h,t the sIxrEaxru OF ArRI'.
1862, will ever he remembered by the
friends If humanity a the, day of jubilee
when the dissraee OF having slavery in the
! District Of Columbia was wiped cut. ..@>
1 . now IT " RKs. - g. - = =
| Before it passed the house, slave owners
snd observation-disclosures seo sassce .iu their
Opposition to emancipation all prophesie.l
that if it did pass the House it would be
vetoed by the President, and 30 all did
not send their slaves out Of the District
thou b many Of them did.
Several slave holders who ar: clerks in
The different !ep.rtmerts moved ,hei,
families GU. If the District. They h .te
the party. the Congress and the President
but 70 keep their place, prcfess great h =
atty to the Government. Of this :s,r'
There are believed to be over Eve hundred
in Office here now :wha would take W
arms and join the rebels in mou.nt i;
they believed they (therebels) would pre-
vail with their aid.
last Sunday evening after a sermon \,
. colored man, At the A~bury Chapel i,
this city, at the request Of the minister
gentleman from your State delivered =,
|aldress to the Congregation, abou. ont
thousand in number up'n their gr<at de
hverance t'on. bondage. lie gave then
. history Of :hc rise aud progress Of tn,
friends Of freedom in the United States
! His address was listened to with the mos
I profound attention, except Interruptions o
"amen - ''anen"!' '.bress de Lord :!
["HallelojshE' that went up with powe
that seemed sufficient to unroofthe church
!. He told, them they might shout for the,
had 'esron to pfaise G."d that jefferson
4lived and wrote the. Declarat on of indie
[pehdehce-that Adams, and Ciddincs
and Sumner, ana Waue, ard Wilson, ln'
L"rejoy had lived-that coy Senators an
/ (9s) Representative bad dared to uoIoos
1.-THE bonds and knock offthe shack:es fr II
(20oO slaves and great reason to than
God that he had raised up;a man fron
the common, walks Of life /, isiiie.n tie bill
"a. and make It a Law. '"Ye said the speak
Tar, ''praiss' Gsa foy Il ApRaHAMs LINCOLN =
. The" vens up = tremendous shout ftou
oil and young that made the arches ring
After meeting vas dismissed they ;stai'
tsnd ssosa bsnaswith chorus - Yes v
shall be free, We skall Re free y Itowa
worth years = Of f toll in the cause IF Free
dom to see saeh jMoy, M such happiness,
q f~ss shersenjoJed by those hitherto down
e Fredden' and. oppressed Africans. &. T. ,
IN ny se1t 1 viii tell you il b 6f the cor
fdaets d the, spEasel slsyeholdsrs' q, and 8
q fessttsnists; and allow ne To- s.y I'D i.'eri'
that the Febelion-ths' waf--xasihatehe
" 'I slavery, aaa cd only u put dow
tshpt.'ase,y is ert.aea: 4zj$ s.',..< :7.#''' :.
:a;4olGj. 10 s7.lElHll' GlHl1FPEIMA. (sI'EI'E
II, sgd ;7s.=- ---. ). @ - - =.
Cotton ha. made Bad King, bu. i
'Vs0 nnova An exnollanA snhaask