St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-09-24
LETTER from mrs. SWISsHELM

ACyUL0T ONTTeSpOUUeuCe.
J wAsn.So4os, Sept. 7th, lssa.a
DEAR Will Il do5~,sh the Faribadt
Repxblica", Mantorxille Erpress, DIVA ...
tonna Pl'in3eale, and St. Cloud Demo-
Graf, &c., &c., all and sundry, would be
kind to- that poor Reverend Mister Will
liams. Poor fellow! if any editor, or gen.
tleman, or man of any kind, we're con=s
de mned}to stay where he is, in a town
minus fences, trees, flowers, vcrdure, gar
dens, running water, Welt water, cistern
water, soap and all other appliances Of
civilization, he would lie Just as cross as
Williams. That poor, miserable, dirty
college with its general appearance of
smear and CRIME, and its President in his
soiled linen, with narrow, penurious face,
is the one doleful, dismal, dirty picture
which haunts my memory i'll the entire
picture gallery of "reminiscences Of the
land Of sparkling waters. No man could
be amiable under such a chronic hydro
phobia and soap-phobia as had evidently
settled on the poor President and his woe
begone skeleton Of college,, at the only
time I ever saw them, and man so situa-
ted has right to be- cross. Then, again,
he shows just the appreciation of my poor
self which is most complimentary to me
for, from childhood I have chosen to claim
forbearance, protection respect from all
manly men, all good men or great .men-
all men who in any way commanded my
respect; while by the mean and low and
wicked I have desired to be regarded
as something dangerous and unapproacha-
BILE. To be thought Of by such as a IT,
gress is compliment of the first water,
and the name is not original with the un-
washed President Of the nasty college
for l have been similarly fattered long
years ago by droges Of such men, who
like this President, sent their compliments
at second hand. He is harmless and
would be kind of amiable if he were clean.
So friends Bancroft, Brown e. Co., must
not say anything cross to him any more
He tries to be good. !. ::
] i HON. H. NJ RICE.
l am very sorry to hear Of the severe
illness. of Hon. Il. NJ. Rice. He is one
Of Minnesota's early, steadfast friends
So fully identified with her interests and
SO able to promote them that his perma-
nent illness or death would be State ca
lamity. His political record, Of course, I
do not like but otherwise the traces he
has left in Washinston-his ''footsteps on
the sands of time are highly creditable
TO himself and the State he so long and
ably represented 7 have not once heard
him charged with any of the vices which
are reckoned common amongst public men
here and which, like fostering wounds,
blur the reputation Of more than one. Of
the men to. whom have looked upon as
patriots and statesman. Morally, Rice
stands with such men as Sumner and .Ju-
liam, though politically they are SO. WIDE
ly opposed. May he repent of all his po-
litical sins, do works mete for repentance
and live lis three score years and ten.
THE NOMINATIONS, THE INDIANS AND
..;:" LIEUT. FREEMAN.
am ever and ever and ever so glad of
Col. INSTRUMENTATION tor the Governors
chair. can think of no one so suitable to
follow in tho footsteps Of his illustrious pred
ecessor (for Ramsey is my model Governor,
minus his failure to hang the Sioux, nil or
will, Uncle Sam to the contrary notwith-
standing, and in this sin of omission the
Col. is implicated:) As military officer,
sworn to obey his superiors, I suppose it
would not have been easy for him to hang
or shoot the miscreants; and, knowing
him as did, l did not expect him to
obey his officers oath in the letter and
break it in the spirit; did not expect him
to appear to guard them, while by neg
leot, intentional or unintentional, he should
permit others to execute justice upon
them. 1 knew that having ouces assumed
a position he would do his best to main.
tain it in perfect good faith. without men,
tai reservations or bubble Of any kind,
and no doubt when he undertook to actas
jallor to the monsters, he believed justice
would be legally melted out to, them. AS
Governor, his position will be different
from that of mere military commander,
md I have confidence that he will bring I
his indomitablc energy and perseverance,
to bear on the Indian War and bring sell
cnritv m, our fnrritnrv r lonk unon HE !