St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-10-01
ST. CLOUD, STEARNS CO., MINNESOTA; THURSDAY OCTOBER
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A Democratic Picnic" Va lately I'd
vertised in The Democratic papers Of Bont
county, III. The picnic came off at Hick
[oly Grove, at the appointed time; and
speeches were called for and made bv tht
leading democrats" Of the county. Tht
principal speech w.s made By Robert Da
Wis, = lawyer, and the leading man Of the
party. The following arc extracts from
that speech: .. ........
Why is it that you are armiug and drill.
ing and preparing for battle! Why are
you here with yeur levolvers buckled on,
ready fer the fight? It is because YOU
are oppressed, penecuted, and your dear.
est rights and liberties taken from you.
Lincoln is . tyrant, has perverted the
Government, has driven the South from
the Union, has deluged the country in
blood, and on the ruins of liberty and
right has reared most despicable despot.
ism.
All in authority under the Presiden,
are only menial satraps of Abe Lincoln,
the first Emperor Of the United States
e. Lincoln is perjured man. He took
an oath to support the constitution of the
y tied States, but broke it by lis eman-
clpation proclamation broke it by sus-
pending the wit IF habeas corpus broke
it BY arbitrary arrests, and imprisonment,
and the punishment of Innocent men !;
broke it by declaring martial law in Ken
tucky, where no war existed, for tn. pur-
pose Of carrying elections by preventing
Democrats from voting, for which purpose
he caused soldiers to take possession of the
polls ard allow no one to vote who would
not take an oath that he vas an uncondi-
tional Union man, and would support the
Administration, and broke it by trying to
enforce most odious transcription act"
in trying to; drag 800, 900 men into the
abomlnable negro war against their win.
Lincoln has also flooded the country
with spurious currcncy-uot money, bnt
yreen-backs. 4 u : oe!l .s:..5 49,.
He has not only freed the negroes, CIV
United States service and fo1d noa.eane sae
missioned Offices, but he has made them
equal to the white man, by ordering that
if negro oe sold into slavery after being
taken prisoner from our ranks, white
man shall be made TO labor on the public
works during the war. If he is hung, a
white man shall be hung in ratalliation.
He has denied US free speech, suppress
ed newspapers, and banished not only men
but. helpless women and children, to the
South for trivial offences.
After all the grievances of the last two
years, which We have protested against,
yet endured, he has come to the finishing
stroke. He will drag from US 100000
men, not to fight rebels, but to control
elections, prevent Democrats from voting,
and establish military despotism for the
perpetuation of his heirs, whatever may
be the voice of the people. Shall they
have the 100000 men? (The crowd
shouted "Ncver! never! not a manv'
Never, nay, never 60, but fight at home.
Arm, drill aud prepare; and when the
draft comes yol come with your rifles,
shot-guns and revolvers meet It at your
doors, and fight II to the death!
" It is unconstitutional and must be re-
sisted, and though every court in the Uni
ted States should decide it constitutional,
We know that it is not, and will resist it
to the last man. Never be drafted -
Sweep the country with destruction, cover
it with dead men until every rivulet and
stream floats with blood, rather than be
drafted (Applause)
We haze 100000 men armed and
ready for the fight! Our enemies are al
90 strong. We must not underrate them.
The struggle may be bloody. But if we
are ready and brave, and true to ourselves
we must and will conquer. This tyranni-
cal Government must and will Be put
down. ,':' "..' a." ..~..
And to you, Abolitiouists, you Union
men, let me say Keep out of the way of
the machine, for if you do not it will 60
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your mouths shut. Tell no tales. Let
US .nd Old Abe fight it out, aud you are
all right. We will not hurt you! But
you once go to giving information, and
bounding around Government Offices, and
you will come home to find your houses
in ashes, and yourselves full Of bullets
And if you do not take steps to prevent
the enforcement Of the draft, for every
mau who is dragged into the service, one
Of you shall pay the penalty: 49,. ..
The Abolitionists have mobbed US and
torn up our printing presses. How did
they feel when the New York mob tore
up theirs! They have held the cup IA
US, now We will press it to their lips. and
make them. drink, it to the dregs; drink
it until they all fall dead. "
JUST I1.-John Van Buren, says: w
do not desire TO subjugate the South, bu