St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-05

Away down tudor al this tenderness for
crimin.ls, il : hearty, old Puritanic love
Of justice; and the most sympa.hi.ing Of
the Indians friends will Jet see tho pro-
priety. the necessity, Of stern justice to
these murderers. "&@t
At the close Of the lecture tho Western
Congressman present passed = resolution
endorsing the truthfuluess Of my repre-
sent&sieas and expressing tl.eir conviction
that the delivery Of tbs lecture was oalou-
lated to do great go,d. Some enc 10 the
audience said he had heard that I had .
lecture on "Woman 10 the War of the
Rebellion" and moved that be invited
to deliver it 10 that place on any evening
which suited my convenience: This was
carried by acclaim. Thus. you see, it is
probable l shall be here a while longer
and get q good opportunity to tell the
folks what frontier woman thinks of the
Southern war. May the Good Lord give
me words Of truth and sooerness and send
them forth to do His viii.
After the lecture SO many kind friends,
principally Minuesotians and Pennsylva-
niana, crowded around to congratulate me
that We had quite Love Feast Mr..
Window came up, with his good honest
face all aglow, and returned hue his thanks
and the thanks Of our State, and 1, to so
much wanted place to have "a good cry"
to think that God had ordered it all SO,
and enabled such poor little weakling,
90 successfully. to plead the cause Of our
wronged and outraged people. Mr. Cie-
plane, Of the Republican, asked for the
closing passage Of the lecture, for publ
cation; and, as l am anxious to get the
facts before the people in every way posi-
bly,, l have promised it; but first send
it to the DEMOCRAT that our people may
know what I am saying in their name: It
is this:
'.The people Of Minnesota demand that the
United States Government shall cease TO treat
these assassins ~ prisoners Of war-that she
shall cease to recognize the right of any class
Of people, under her jurisdiction, to make war
upon any other class. They demand the re-
peal Of ill treaties establish ng or recogni.-
ing foreign governments incur midst.: They
demand that these criminals, captured by our
State authorities; and, by them, tried and
convicted of numbering our citizens on our
own soil, shall be given up to these snthorities
to be dealt with according to our laws. :. -
"When that glorious, old martyr, John
Brown, and his nineteen heroes, made war up
| ON virginia ana the Old Dominion, very prop
erly acknowledged her inability to cope with
this invincibls host-which, even Death has
been unable to conquer, and who in their
graves, are marching on-the United States
sent thousands Of troops to capture them !;
handed them over, bound and bleeding, to the
authorities Of Virginia and stood guard until
the chivalry had wreaked their vengeance on
the last man. II the number had been nine
teen hundred instead of nineteen, think you,
would the result have been different? Yet.
less than dozen citizens of Virginia lost
their lives in that war; and these, in an open
battle brought on and urged by Virginians
and the United States.
'Minnesota has had hundreds Of her citi-
Gems butchered while in thu peaceable pursuit
Of their accustomed avocations; and, although
crippled by her exertiors to defend the Uni
ted States against Virginia, she has encoun-
tered these .murderers, an organized band Of
thousands, dispersed them, relieved three be-
seiged United States forts. took over two thou
sand p, isoners, tried them, by her laws, found
over three hundred Of them guilty Of partici-
patton in these murders and condemned them
to death. Here the United States Govern
ment steps in, takes the prisoners out of the
hands of the State authorities, refuses to exc
cute the sentence, because forsootb, there are
too many Of them. There was no limit to the
number Virginia might hang in defense OF her
soil and citizens, but thirty Eight Indians are
all Uncle Samuel can spare to atone for the
lives of fifteen hundred Minnesotians, and the
others are to be turned loose amongst us or on
our borders, to repeat their work Of rapine
and blood.
III this course lie persisted in, Minnesota
will-well, she will not, seoede like South Car
DINA for fear her rights may be infringed, OF
like Virginia in defense Of the abstract right
Of secession. She will not 90 down on her
knees, like Illinois, to beg for peace at the
hands Of armed traitors. She will not buster,
and whine, and swagger, and hsggle, and