St. Cloud Democrat., 1863-04-09

Taking especial notice to the points in
every speech and restitution which elicited
the hearticstsapplsuse, I came . thecon-I
olusien= that. tho assembly would have
wildly eheered q resolution endorsing John
Brown and the hero martyr of this coun-
try ;zorstho sentiment that universal, un-
conditional emancipation and arming Of
freedmen is the duty and necessity of the
hour Z: This has appeared to me to be the
temper of every public meeting have
been in since I left home, and certainly
the Administration is holding the people
back on this question. cannot think
otherwise than that it is their impatience
81 control and inaction which caused the
tide of public sentiment to aoH or appear
to flow backward, and resulted in the Cop
perhead triumphs. The Northern senti-
mcnt against that institution which has
caused all this danger to our Government
met the Presidents countermand of Gen.
Frcmont's Proclamation as river in its
scaward course meets hill or prccipitous
bluff. 1t cannot get over it; and so,, sui
lenly turns upon itself and runs in an op-
posite direction until finding an outlet it
rushes on, on,-evcr: amid all its turnings
and windings keeping on its course to-
ward the goal it first set out to reach.
Death to Slavery as the cause Of the
Rebellion was the sentiment of nine-tenths
of the Northern people when Fremont's
Proclamation was issued and death to sla-
very, the cause of the Rebellion and of
the disgrace of our coppcrhead treason,
is the accu'uulating sentiment Of that
same people to day. But, I have run
away from the meeting.
81, The. first speaker introduced was a
Green Adams, tall, consumptive looking
man, who is Sixth Auditor in the Treas
ury; Department, and VINO wagged and
shook his head SO rapidly and persistently
and shook his long, bony finger at us all
in most spectral and Everett-liko fash
ion. The first thing he told us was that
he, even he, Green Adams, wos KEN
tuckian-and he stopped little to give
us time to be astonished-then reittera-
ted the astounding fact; yes, Kentuck-
ian was he-moreover, he was proud of
being Kentuckian, was he. True, he
would have no objection that all State
distinctions should be forgotten or abol-
ished, Ito which / didn't say, Amen y
but since thore were distinctions he was
proud of being Kentuckian, as he would
be of belonging to any other section,
(Which Of course, was saying good deal.)
Next to being Kentuckian, he was proud
of being citizen of the United State, he
was so Again he stopped to let his au-
dience breathe after this astounding intel
ligence, and I began to wonder to which
point of the political compass this speci-
men of half man, half horse, and half alli-
gator eloquence was tending, when we
were all brought up standing by the en-
phatic reiteration of the gentleman's place
Of nativity and the sublime rounding off
Of the sentence with the stunning decla-
ration that being a Kentuckian, he was
still loyal to this Government!! !!!!!!!
(Aside. If you have any more exclama-
ton points put them in.)
There we had rara avis, a natural Gu
riosity, and one who was fully conscious
of his unique position a live Kentuckian
loyal to the Government he has sworn to
defend and support; a native born son OF
Kentucky who claims that he is not a
perjured scoundrel! The people were
evidently aware Of the proud distinction
claimed by the speaker, distinction rem
dered still more marked by fact he did
not name, i. G., that he is recently sworn
oficeholder under this Government, which
he condescends to patronize, and at whose
crib he feeds; and 90 they received his
announcement with hearty applause.
think I shall try and be transferred
from the War to the Treasury Depart
ment, and get into the bureau Of the Sixth
Auditor, that l may have daily view Of
this green orator, and 50 reminded thai
there is loyal Kentuckian. Whenever
he got away a moment from the contem
plation of the strange anomaly Of his birtf
and loyalty, his remarks were good. H
claimed that traitors have no rights under
the Constitution they have repudiated
and are seeking to destroy, and that th'