St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-02-26
STEARNS CO., MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 1862
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the free St.aes Get little comfort trohfheir
friends tke rebels. The following is the
reply whi,ah comes up film Richmond, ia
ThesDi*patch Of January 10, to the peace
propositions made by Mr.. James. Brooks
recently in this city:
'"Mr. Brooks apperrs to, he: IN earnest IN
these extra1aganl propositions. arrange "A it
may appear to any man who has possession Of
his senses for, upon the oecasiop of present.
ing them he made long speech, and EXPRESSED
himself confident Of their success. Are North
ern people all natural born fools, OF are ahes
only stricken with thatjudicial madness which
We are told the gods always inaict upon the
victims Of their. wrath preparatory. TO- their
ruin p? Can they suppose that tho South arc
Us gallesa and as lily-livered as. themselves,
and that they are willing for mere consider.
ations Of interests, to forget the unheard-of
outrages under which they have suffered dunr-
ing the war! Can they believe them capable
Of 50 soon burying in oblivion all that they
have done and all that they have .u6ered n =
"lfthe whole' Yanfee race should faN dorn /,
tAe dust te-orror and pray xs to be Their ~aster.
zee ,0ou'd .purn them eosa .. s1ave: Our only
wish is to be separated from them finally and
ferever-never to soc the face Of ono Of them
again-never to hear the voice ofanother Yam.
kee on the south side of the Potomac or tho
north-to bave'no traffic and no intercourse of
any description whatever with them. We
arefghttng for separation, and 20. ,ciz hare i ;n
cost the life Of every man in the Confederate
States. :.:2". ii. .:4s@ II :@<5'
1--WE arelA Aware that many fersons believe
that tho party Of which Brooks and VAn Bursn
are representatives desire and design to re-
store peace, and that at present they, dare not
speak out their real sentiments, which iro in
favor Of separation. We do not pelie.e they
are in favor Of any such thing. They would
like peace on condition Of our return to tho
Union, and they .Esz foo1s- enough tn he]iass
that mesjority ofthe people in tho ConfedracJ
Gre in favor, Of reunion: They would like
peace on these terms, because it would restore
The commercial supremacy Of the North, and
Of the city Of New York. which Is
gone forever if the Union be- net restored.
But they are as bitterly opposedfo separation
IS Lincoln himself or any oft thieye, and
who lead his armies. Inethe event
If = refusal to return to the Union, they would
o man unite in bounding on on the asssssins
Who are desolating our country and numbering
'ur people as fiercely As they have ever been
founded on by Beecher and Hale. They look
My to their pocket. s0hcr they preach Of recon.
shat;on and restoration. If the same object
'ould be effected by entirely destroying The
'eople Of the southren States, and they
bought it % easy to do they would recon-
mend it as the best Of all possible policy. Let
hem be satisfied, however. Rresdsnt Dav;.
rpressed the sentiment. Of The entire Cantsderaey
n his speech the other night, whes he ,a;d tie
ecple rould sooner unite wiA a nation Of hyena.
han ,oith detestable anddetested Yankee nation.
ixything but tkat. Engzish colonization, French
assalage, Russian .ertaon,, all, ,aN ate preferable
o. any ossociation sritA the. Yankses.'' ..5. = -
To any one who still retains a decent
e!frespect such rebuff az this would be
efficient; but such spaniels as John V>7
}uren and Brooks eau take dozen such
utfs, and. be dragged through tho spittle
fter~ards, and then turn rouad TO lick
he hand that smotc them. Does any ono
elieve that this c,ntemptuons rctort ofa
slchmond rebel will be resented BY the
oor creatures at whom it is levellcd 2
lot at all they will 90 on fawaing, beg
ing, getting down on their knees aud
'hining, just a. before; it is the nature Of
ONE persons to like kicking, they even
lume themselves on TIE contempt Of q
entleman. Like those unEortusates in
he Southern States who are known 10
clay-eater'," they have contracted a filthy
ut unconquerable habit Of eating dirt;
1eir constitutions are babituated to the
lcious practice, and there is no hope, of
leir restoration to tho health and recti-
'da of manhood-Eeceing Post. ...3+
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