St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-01-22
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Kent Comfy (1uoh. } Fair.
Loliea and. Ge~tlemes-Although,
haze tr.yelsd . good deal through ths
North, for m.sy yeass past, and although
II know much Of the Northern chansts,
and customs, it was not until week before
lat, vhe. I attended your Stats Fais, i
Detroit, that l ever beheld the State d
any portion Of the inhabihns Of Miehi.
gan NORTH and South, among. pesssnl
un.cquainted With you and your State, !,
very high estimate is net placed upon th>
State Of Michigan. How it is, asd Why
it is, I know not, but I h.ve never been
more ssreeably. di.eppointed in, my life
than since my visit to, Michigan and mix
ing with the people. You have great
State aud glorious State, with your fifty
thousand square miles Of territory-ysur
nearly nine millions Of bushels Of wheat
per annum-your. nine millions Of wool
and your vast resourcos-farnish proof
that your destiny in the providence Of God
j. 70 become . great and glorious people.
I Do not s.y these things, in my: ,ntrodue-
ton, 70 fatter you, for l always wear only
one face, North aud South, and. that face,
these ladies' will bear me witness, is not re-
m.rkable for its beauty. Laughter. T.
But it a3ords me pleasure to announce to
you that, however little yanr greataess
has been appreciated heretofore, yosr SOL
diera, By regiments and BY brigpdes upon
tho field of battle, have 90 glot1ously; de-.
meaned themselves that they are sbsing,ps
yonr St.ts into univer,sl notise. sna III
accord 70 you gallautry you were not
known to possess before,
You hare had a lecture upon the grow
ing agricultural interests Of your State,
and very appropriate one it was. lis
tened to it with great deal Of interest.
And now I take it that you are here to
hear aud listen to me upon the subject of
this great rebellion. Am right? [Cries
Of Yes, Go-ahead.] l have spoken since
March last upon this matter, having visit
ed nearly all Of the States in the North
west-baving spoken to the agricultural
societies-spoken against time and against
wiud-the latter is the most damaging
l shall not look 50 much to the style ofmy
sratory as to the subject matter of what I
say. l know that, in listening to your
lecturers at tue North, and your select
speakers, who prepare with great care aud
ability, aud usually deliver good lectures,
and have time and opportunity to prepare
them, things are passed of smoothly. l
belong to . different school Of oratory' l
belong to the Southwest, and believe in
calling things by their proper names, aud
while one Of your scholars, who takes into
question aud weighs the nice points Of
discussion, smoothly and elegantly insinu-
ates that a statement is not consistent
With the facts, my custom is to say that
the statement of . man is false, calumpi-
Gus, and he is an uumitigated liar
Laughter and cries Of that's the style we
like There is no mistake in getting At
what am at. l shall, therefore, handle
this internal rebellion with gloves of, with
your permission.
l fnd, At the North, few men-they
are not numerous-who seem struck With
horror At my seeming profanity, and with
al the meekness Of = Moses, contend
against my severity. have only to say,
by way Of apology, that I have seen the
elephant, aud you have not. CApplause.
I have seen aud felt the devil himself, and
it is only through the mercy of God that
I am slive, and not the. williams who jug.
red No for three horrible months last VIM
ter. ...-
We ara, fellow countrymen, in the midst
Of = rebel)ion--a rebellion-the most fear
full, the most wicked, the most uncalled-
for, the mort Unauthorized rebellion the
void has ever known since the time of
its creation and the historian never did
and never will record, in all time to come,
suck 4 rebellion-a rebellion forced upon
the country, BY pack Of men inferior, in
moral worth, to the most degraded villain
yos have ip the penitsntia,y Of Michigan.
I would 60 farther, ladies Ind gentlemen,
if I were not afraid Of, craving upon my
head, before leaving your town, theologg-
icsl discussion With eome cler1ymen, to
say that there are better men in he'll than
the leaders of this rebellion (Ches Of
That's sol know them, geutlemsu. !