St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-10-16
ARMS CO.. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER l6 1882

soothing powders, but now that the Old
stump is plugged With Federal gold. to
growl and festerst the r,s'ts, Il must needs
be pulled out. b save the party from y
mortal gangrene, though the wrenching
give some Temporary pa" to feeble nerrsk
The issue has been wholly made and
pressed upon Us by Aldrich aud hia
friends.
Without provocation. as long a. eli e..
teen months ago, they openly pr claimed
q bitter and relentless war upon the State
Administration, which by every bond Of
party allegiance and every obligation Of
patriotism, was entitled to their cordial
support and co operation; a war which
rapidly developed into an attitude Of
avowed hostility to the Republican party,
under an artagonistic organization, head.
ed by thu p onee-, the most sirulent anti.
Republican journal in the State, which
had been publicly sui sidised by Aldrich
for the purpose.
1t was an organization Of purely person.
al interests, comprehend'ng some duzen
persons as principals, designed to advance
primarily the purely personal ends Of ~
rus Aldrich and, secondly those Of bis
partners in this joint-<tock corporation Of
speeulators in public spoils. I hat oryani
cation still remains-its aaimux and its
objects still the same It does not change
its character by reassuming the cat If
name OF the Republican party. 1t has
not for sing! day suspended its war on
the Republican administration Of the State
1t c.'nes ostcnsibly into the ranks again.
but it comes armed to the teeth with tom
ahawk and scalping knife, to 6ght-not
its enemies-but its friends; to fight to
the death, avowcdly and openly-not for
the party-but for Cyrus Adr,ch. 1t is
not even entitled to the little respect
which might BE- awarded to political
faction, for it ostensibly rests on no politi-
cal principle upon no alleged difference
of opin;oa:or, policy. The war they wage
is purely and rro}essed1y a>pt rsonal one
for personal ascendency and y private ob-
jca, to attain Which they eaxe shown
themselves equally ready to sacrifice the
party orga' ization, "r t, use it, if they
can, rs the servile and degraded instru-
ment OF their ambition 1t is quarre'
then between Cyrus Aldrich and the Re-
publican patty:
tie has br ached the controversy. We
accept it in the name Of twenty thousand
voters. The result we leave with the peo-
pie. It is for them to determine whether
the grand old Republican organization, t.
whom Providence has entrusted the Ark
Of his Covenant Of Cvnsti,u ,utional Freedom
on this continent, whether this glorious
association Of loyal men whose sacred mis-.
sion it is. with the blood and sweat Of sac
ri6ce and battle, to redeem and save the
Union Of our fathers, il to be degraded to
a serv,lc tool Of this dishonest mans am
bition. Whether it will consent to be the
accomp.ice of his unprovoked and cause.
less war upon the State administration.
Whether 1t will submit itself to be hawk.
ed about in the market, and bought and
sold and traded of like dray horse to a
mercenary company of thieving jockeys
and bullies. Whether it will ratify the
bin Of sale executed by AIdrich and Bill
King, when Earle s. Goodrich was admit
ted to the lucrative partnership public
plumber.
Aldrich, King, Goodrich & Co. THAI
is the 6rm. Impudence, intrigue, false
hood, and Federal patronage That is tht
capital. With the vast machinery OF cor
rupt appliances which accident has placed
at their disposal, these spostates imagine
that, in the distracted condition of the
State, while good men are toiling and bat
Ting for their country, they can usurF
tn, entire elective functions Of the Repub
lican party, and like the cuckoo, stealth
lily lay their eggs in its unguarded nest
to be Matched into life by the old bird
they tried to quarry. 1t il a gang Of pi
ratical mutioeers. plotting amid the fur,
Of the tempest, to seize the sinking ship
while tho loyal crew are working 1T th'
pumps, and the pilot straiAing at th'
helm.
A Criminal in High Official
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