St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-24

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The 81. Paul Press publishes tn
following extracts from a member q
the Eleventh Minnesota Regimen,
dated Gallatin November Sth:
"By the way, did you know that Uol
Ball was McClcllanite =? Well,
| will give you specimen Of his perform
,nocs here, ana then you can judg,
tor yourself. A slave girl ran away
from her rcdcl ..is,rexs, (~hc had no
the cloak Of loyalty) aad came int.
town aud secretcd herself among hel
friends. The Colonel heard = colorcc
man say that he k.ew where she was
In few days the she rebel droSe ur
to headquarters i" her carriage, called
out the gatl;rnt C,ao"ea Ball, who stooG
iii her presence uncovered, and asked
for assistance to get her property back
a.aix II" promised his aid, called
ont the aforesaid colored man, and dc.
handed her whereabouts. The man
'le"icd all knowledge Of her, when the
valiant Nul.nvl told the trembling ser.
want. that he cnuld have Just two hours
TO bring "ruund that piece ot property,
"a"l Tit wa: not done in that time
he wouh| de pu' i" irons, IN close con.
.f"ement .for SIC months." Oh !! how
my blood bvils with Indignation; and
these are facts which can be proven
in the atfidavits of two lieutenants and
several privates who We're standing by
at the time. Lock on that picture and
then On this
A boy of perhaps fourteen years, ran
away from his rebel master, and came
to his father in this place (Gallatin. J
Ills father a poor old gray-headed man,
came trembling into the presence OF
the aforesaid gallant Colonel, and de.
sired protection for his boy from his
master. The valiant Colonel replied,
DWELL, y" along. I've nothing TO do
with it," and with a sheer remarked,
''lm not issuing emancipation proc
i'mot'o"s, and the poor old man and
his son left the presence Of this expo.
nent and sappesser .ot' Little Mac"
with visions Of lash and hounds and
master upon their track.
Great God ! Is this land of free
dom, or am l dreaming? No! it is
all too sad Tor dreams, for these words
have jatten up"u orr o,cn ears, and
these scenes haze passed 6ctore my o,cn
eyes: Oh how much longer must
our bleeding country suffer from crimes
like these, before all will learn to
"bresk every bond and let the Cypress
ed 60 Free
We copy the above for a two fold
purpose. First: 1t has been our priv
le:ye and pleasure to number Col. Ball,
during the FAST six years, as one of our
warm personal friends. We have al.
Ways considered him a high. toned gen
tleman, and far above prostituting his
position as military commander into
that Of a sl;ve-catcher. We believed
him good soldier, and worthy the re-
sponsiblc post he occupies. And We
hope nG believe that we shall yet be
able to contradict on the authority of
Col. BALI himself, the above state
ment. ...
Second: If the charges made by
this correspondent be true, we wish to
unite with every loyal journal in the
State and throughout the country in
denouncing the man who disgraces the
eagle he wears GA his shoulders and
brings reproach upon the good Lame Of
Minnesota soldiers We protest against
any man in the Union service being
allowed to violate the sentiment Of the
American pcop|e-a most emphatic ex'
preston of which has just been given
by returning to their owners slaves
who escape from service. They are do
ing infinitely more for the success q
our armies, than could possibly the mer
who arc joining with the rebels in fas
teninc closer their manacIcs.
We sincerely hope that Colonel Bal
will vet come out f1o,n under this cloud
the only one that darkens the bright
record OF his thrce-years service. W.
hope for this for the sake Of persona
friendship, for the honor Of the service
aud 'or the cool name of Minnesota
1:HTPPEyvA INDIAN PAYMENT.