St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-10-29

OUR STATE IaAECT10N--ORE MORE
APPEAL 10 YEAE. CITIZENS OF MIN
NEsOTA.
But few days will intervene, when the
citizens of Minnesota willibc' called upon
to select their rulers for the next two
years. In doing this, the people will be
called upon to do one or two things, that
materially interest the entire North, anC
60 far toward sealing the veal OF woe of q
great Republic.
There are two candidates in the field
one Of which is running upon a Union
platform-u"condt;onul lnion--without
any provisos or any surrender OF the
fundamental principles Of purely Dem
ocratic government, while the other is
running upon platform that does not ex.
press one patriotic sentiment, or proclaim
one single purpose or determination of
saving our country, other than by tamely
submitting our heads to the block, and al
lowing our "erring Sister States" to COM
pletely sever US from an existence, to
which We have an equal right with them ::
a platform 80 void OF Democratic or Re-
publican principles, that had it been spl ung
upon the people or the party it pretends
to represent, three years ago, the perpe-
traitors would have been stigmatizcd as
DoUBLY DYED TRAITORS, and would have
met-as they undoubtedly william igno-
minious political death, at the hands OF
their friends.
TO elect the candidate running upon
the former platform, will be but to pro-
claim the loyalty of the good people of
Minnesota, and thus send greeting to those
Of our sister States, who have lately thrown
off the shacklcs of party proclivities, and
periodically declared by their vast major
tiles, that their country shall be redeemed
from traitorous hands-its flag upheld, its
government re-established, and its Union
perpetuated, at every hazard, and at any
cost.
by electing the candidate running upon
the latter platform, you announce to the
world that our great Republic is not worth
preserving; that you prefer an aristocracy
to democracy-that it is wrong to sup
press traitors-and will virtually acknowl-
edge that your sons, brothers, or fathers,
who have fallen in this cruel war, deserve
their fate, and that you have no tears to
shed, either for their loss or the destruc-
ton Of the Government. BY clect,ng Mr..
Welles as your Governor, you will but
stigmatize the gallant soldiers of Mime
sofa, as craven, cowardly cut-throats, who
have enlisted only to share in the spoi's Of
a desolating war; and also send greeting
to JEFF DAVIS and the heartless oold-blood-
ed vagabonds who surround him, inviting
him aud them to sit down and eat bread
with you, whom they have been instru~
mental in robbiug Of sons, brothers and
fathers, only that they may gloat over
your stupidity and rejoice in their pretend
ed superiority
One or the other of these results must
surely follow. Either aristocracy with all
its attendant evils, or democracy with all
its national and individual blessings must
be the verdict Of the people of Minneso-
ia, on the first Tuesday in November
The first would be an eternal disgrace,
and your children would curse you, even
when you are tottering upon the brink Of
the grave. The last will be blessing
that will be poured upon your memory by
generation. yet unborn, and your own
children will bless you with heart and lip,
thanki' 6 you for the rich inheritance Of
universal freedom in an undivided Coun-
try.
Free citizens of Minnesota! choose ye
then this day whom 20 will serve; an
aristocracy-a monarchy if you please
or pure democracy. The gauntlet has
been thrown down, take it up like men,
and let the welkin ring with your patriotic
shouts of-THE UNION, Liberty, AND
MILLER!