St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-12-03

to live ON the deep. But 50 far Is tho
rebels are able they capture and burn
!, our vessels carrying the crews and pas.
sengcrs who survive into strange ports
to survive if they can Or to. linger and
die in want. tis = fact we'll proved
that the guerrlllas d "partisans" as
they are called IN the Richmond " a.
Office arc paid BY dividing their plum.
der among themselves. They are mere
robbers. They never show 6ght to ou.
men unless they ostnumber US four to
one. leay therefore that the wings ol
the rebellion are piracy on tho sea, and
robbery on the land
TIE GOVERNMENT SHOULD "Do lra
BHsa.::"
And now do ve nsed any sage 10 tell
US what our duty, is.R.a> Is. it not olea,
that We ought te exert all our might
for the SPEEDY suppression oftho rebel.
lion The PLATA common sense truth
in the advice of Polouious is as good
for nations as fof individuals:
Beware Of entrance to quarrel; but being in.
! Bear it that the opposer may beware ol thee"
This if Quarrel must be finished sometime
We had better do TIP fighting In the
present war than to leave It to Break
out in ten or twenty years from now.
The truest ecPSothy and the highest
duty now is for the nation to do It,
Jest, which it has not yet done. Lei
all differences be healed among our.
selves. Let the strength and talent oi
tho country be used against the enemy.
Let the power Of the. press and the elo-
quencc Of our orators be employed to
awaken more ferveht and universal
patriotism. Let US 6rst crush the re-
bcllion and then and not till thon dis
cuss and settle political issues which
can only arise after tho rebellion is
crushed. 1t is wisdom to do tho work
presently before us to te done The
duty Of our armies is t. fight. The
duty Of patriots at home is to reinforce
our armies.
Peace! 1t is driraling madness to
talk OF peace nov. There can be no
peace till there is complete: Submission
to the government Of tRe. Union. TO
whom docs our country belong that any
set of men now living have right to
barter it away? lis our system Of free
government an invention Of this genera
ton that it can he compromised away
by u.s.? On the eonenlty it is the re-
suit Of the ssrnyt;lcs ,aad sacrifices Of
many cehttAFies past. It belongs to
future generations as we'll as to us. 1t
is the glorious legacy which We are
bound to preserve as .Ske highest hope
of progressive civilization.-And
even if we could forget the past, if we
could forget Plymouth Rock; if we
could forget the Revolution of 1858; if
va could forget the scatfold on which
Sidney died; if We scould forget the
dungeons where freedoms martyrs have
languishcd ; if We could forget the
struggles OF our revolutionary aances ors;
if we could forget tic warning Of Wash
ington and Franklin; yet the sublime
example Of the tens of thousands who
in rosy youth or in full manhood have
already in this war laid down their lives
should inspire US to sacrifice everything
in the cause.
The Federal cause has been success
full. Its army has opened the great
valley Of he Mississippi. We Shall
move on If slowly, yot. surely step by
step, till every State, every county, cv-
cry township, is brought back under
permanent allegiance to the United
States. The remotest corner of the
South shall be as loyal as Bunker Hill.
We wont leave the rebellion even a
quarter section of the Florida swanps.
No! it there is any where in tho Mis-
sissippi valley half an acre of some mis-
eaable sand bar that's only fit for alliga.
tors to crawl upon. to: catch flies, we
wont leave them that Yet I was 60
ing to say such place might be need
ed in which. to bury: the rebel leaders.
But it won't be wanted for such q pur-
pose; for the devil will be after them
so soon after they are dead We shall
have no chance to bury them. l think
l am borne out in this by an eminent
theologian-an expert in such matters
man who well understands the rebel
leaders-Parson Brownlow. He says
he is in favor Of Greek fire for the reb-
el masses aud He'll fire for the leaders
The speaker next demonstrated that
free schools were necessary to the sue
cess Of popular government-that the
education Of the laboring classes was
the safeguard Of ibcrty-aud that but
for the ignorance Of the masses Of the
Southern people, the leaders in this rc-
bellion could never have initiated their
Infamous schemes:
He then charges this home, laying
tho crime at the feet Of the gfeat cause
of all tho troublds which now rest up
on the land: ~.
| ' Here, then, in this rebellion, We have
debd one remarkable instance OF the
want Of success Under popular gov
ernment, for the want Of education
among the masses. Peru, Mexico, and
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