St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-10-08
OUR COUnTRY,ss SECRET sENtsNiIEss-
LOYALTY IN THE 6OUTH.

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In nearly every newspaper that reaches
us Whether published In our ownor othe,
States, wo find letters from officers and sol.
diers connected with the army, in which a
great deal is written touching the war-
its results UP to this date ana what its IT,
nal results will be. And as the army is
made up Of those who once held opposite
political views of those who we've opposed
to, aud those who were rather in favor of,
that peculiar institution which has been
the unhappy cause of this bloody war
of many who went in to the ranks from
curiosity, and others who volunteered
thinking it but the work Of few days,
while others properly app cciatiug the
magnitude of the work before them, Of
feed their lives and fortunes upon the al.
tar Of e country they dearly loved-we
cannot but be deeply impressed with the
tone of each communication, as they touch
upon tho policy of the government toward
those with whom sc are fighting. 1t
seems to matter not what the former po-
litical proclivities OF each writer may have
been, they all agree as touching the main
question at issue, viz: the policy Of the
government toward slavery. That sla-
very, and determination on the part of
the leading politicians of the South to ex-
tend it, and make it the policy Of the So
called confederacy, even at the expense Of
an utter destruction OF the Union, is but
the just conclusion of every officer and SOL
der in the federal army That, to secure
these ends, they were compelled to mis-
represent facts to the majority of the peo-
pie South in strongest terms, is another
conclusion of all who have come in con-
tact with those who reside within the
boundary Of the proposed new conftdera-
tion.
They see evidences Of the first conclu-
sion in every movement that has been made
by those pretending TO govern the confed-
eracy-in their declarations of secession
in the speeches of their leaders, in their
State papers and their periodicals; slavery
and its propagation by extension, and i'm
portations from Africa, has been their
whole desire and their londest hope
Compared to this, national honor or pres
tige was nothing. African Slavery-an-
other name for tyranny and despotism-
was made paramount to every thing else
in the government while the States were
united and rather tAap bi$fhS aps d Ae esa5a s
ity of rich and poor with reference to e'cc-
tive franchise-a and rather than admit that
the voice of the majority should be tie
law of the land-they determined to 20
ont FROM the government, even if the coun-
try should be drenched with fraternal
blood in an cndeavor to prevent their so
doing. What have been the results up to
present writing, and what has tended to
bring about these results? The facts are
simply these those heartless traitors who
plunged our country into the vortex of
civil war, knew and boosted when they be-
gan their Internal work, that they had pill
ant tools in the North on whom they could
with confidence rely. But finding, even
after they had made demonstrations to-
wards rebellion, that they required little
more time to perfect their organization,
they whispered in the cars Of their North
ern allies, and "non coercion ?' was her.
aided throughout the land as Democrat
ic principle, and it was epjoined upon all
that held to this particular political prin-
ciple, to believe and advocate the doctrine.
Not that those connected with the rebel
lion believed the principle to be right or
just-as their actions toward several would
be loyal States haye since proven-but for
the sole purpose Of gaining time. But
thanks to true and loyal people, the pill
was too bitter for the great majority of
even the Democratic party. That party
~os and ever has been a loyal party; but
in its ranks were found those venon,ous
serpe'st-tongued hclz-bo,n traitors, who
claiming the name of men are possessed of
hearts too mean and hardened to be claim
ed as the associates Of tends, and whose
acts are, and have been, so despsably
sneaking and contemplate as to merit the
very appropriate title Of CoppERHEAD.
Not only have they betrayed their party
by uttering sentiments Of dis]oyalty, and
then, like the brazen-faced devils that thew
are, claim these sentiments to be the prin-
ciples OF the party they assume to be men,