St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

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wa,sn1ssros.vD. March %, 1854.
EDITOR DEMpcn..AlT: IT Rcd Lake
Indians create ssomevha Of u sensation
here as a deputation .sof Indians always
do: The popular sympathy Of Nusl-
ington is in favor Of Red mrn and Reb-
els, and individuals Of either class urc
apt to be frted and get good places.
1t is pertvc'ly srpalliug 70 reflect on
the ami anr of trc'rson> safely. ensconsed
and wcll-sustaintl in Government chi, CHI;
ploy. Men take tho oath Of slleg;sncd
land got, or. retaia, >'placcs while thciq
wives and families are open aud avowed
secessionisrs ind champions Of the Re-
bellion,> yet dependent for their daily
bread on the salary Of the f.ther and
Husband or brother, who modi6es his
conversation to suit the occasion. L
know Of Que such man IL a clerkship
ut $1,000 a year, whose wife, son and
daughters openly and persistently dc.
lend secession in his presence, unre-
proved, while dependent on his salary
tor support, and when q Northern lady
boarder replied to the inycctives against
the; government Of Southern guest,
interposed, declaring that he could not
have guest of his insultcd in his house.
The insult consisted in saying that the
Soutl,'had breayht on thewar by firing
on sumpttr. What kind Of service
can be expected of such men when off,
cial position puts him in possession of
facts which might be useful to the ene-
emy.
But it is not only in the Departments
that treason holds her sway. Who now
doubts that Mcclellan is aad always
was traitor? What right ha~eay one
to expect enthusiastic loyalty from Gen.
Halleck when all his old political con-
ne"tions tend to disloyalty and he still.
in favor with the so-called Democracy
Butlcr-an cid Democrat, is certainly
loyal, but how stands he with the Pc
nocracy of to-day? How stands any
old Democrat who has theoretically
aimed to crush the Rebellion He is
simply regarded as a renegade if he
has heartily and earnestly approved the
policy efthe Government ia 'that'elass
of measures most feared BY the Con-;
federacy. We have reason therefore
to be doubtful of all Union officers who
are IN good odor with the Cox and
Wood Democracy; aud, tried BY this
rule, a fearfully large proportion OF
ci..:! aad military officers are dangerous
friends. ! i
uvueral Meade is so intensely DEMO
cratic that it was thought necessary
BY members of Congress, to approach
him very singerly when it was de,ircd
to have as many as possible Of the New
Hampshire volunteers 80 home to vote.
lIe.is understood as quite opposed to
soldiers voting. The investigation Of
his conduct vt Gettysburg, which is
nov going on before a committee Of
Congress certainly prove that it was in
defiance Of his orders that even a par
tial victory was won thtrc, ana chat he !
appeared careful not to modest Gen. Lee !
any more than he was compelled by
the ardor of his troops. A sister of
his lives at Georgetown and is an avow-
ed sccessionist.:
70 my mind the future Of our'coun-
try looks very dark. The first ardor Of
the people On the bieaxing out of the
war has burned itself out and the ma
ron has partially settled down to Mr.
Lincoln's mild policy of half war, half
cancellation. The prospect now is chat
that policy will be continued and the
war indefinitely prolonged. If SO our
currency must go down, down, down.
Whether THIS, in tie end, is safer than
a more rigorous policy is for the people
to judge.
A strong move is being made to
bring Fremont on to the stage for the
presidency as the representative Of
complete emancipation and short,
sharp war. Many think that he or
Butler will be the man and Mcclellan
the peace candidate in the coming cam
paign. ." ......:. .:.....: ~
-. g.. JANE G. swIssHELM.
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