St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-11-03
0ht st. CLOUD 4et1oerat.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF TIE CITY.
w.B. MITCHELL, EDITOR.
Thursday, Nov 8, 1864:

W. B. MITCHELL. EDITOR.
ot Thursday, Nov 8, 1864.
THE CuLLEN.0ILn1AN MEETING
t5 5Hssi + ii.li,i,.t
We regretted the. unpleasautness Of
the weather Oh last Thursday evening,
thst prevented more being st the Dem.
ocratic meeting !; for; we should have j.
ked = full attcnds>ce, both Of Demo-
Gratis and Union ineh, 10 heat the de-
iehse Of principles, or rather apologies
for lack Of principles, made BY the
leaders Of the Democracy. We rah
scarcely believe any thah 10 deludsd
with party as to be- willing to base his
actions, politically, upon the sophis.
tries, prevatiuatiohs, evssiohs and down.
right fasehoods, set forth BY Mr.. Gil
man as an exposition Of, the platform
of the party sl;! 10 7.:S. u. HIS
I Major Cullen, candidate for Elector
sast1e, Qsnoentic, ticket, was the first
speaker The Major is, in his assoeia-
tioas With his fellow men, warm heart
ed and generous, aud politics. do not
rest easily upon bis shoulders, His
speech consisted mainly Of , review Of
the old Wing aud, Democratic parties !;
Revolutionary incidents; the Indian
massacre; his Indian Superintendency ;
and few stories, 10 sever,l places
the Major forgot himself aud began to
use the well-knovn arguments Of the
party, as for instance. He asked if the
Government, in kutting down this war,
was ready to fight the South and the
Democracy Of the North, The only
fault he found With Mr.. Donnelly was
that be opposed the passage Of an In
dian appropriation bill. This was nat
qnl.. -".af,t ~.t.s1 ,ffrti:...: e. .
a. Mir. Gilman occupied . portion Of
the time In the beginning Of his speech,
In attempting to explein away what he
said In 1861. In the speech made BY
Mr. & at that time he is reported 40
saying: 49,.
.'That the people Of the North, having
once drawn the sword in defense of the
Government and the Union, against the
traitors Of the South, WOULD NEVER stsEATHE
IT As LoNu AS THERE WAS SLAVE UPON
fAH CONTINENT" i -I:&:..> .t4 :,
This published report was never con-
tradicted until the present canvass
Mr.. Gilman now denies that he used
those words, but that what he did soy
was: eff slavery stood in the way it
should be put down: and I also stated
that l believed slavery would receive
its death-blow. What I said then I
say now" Well, Mr.. Gilman, We will
take. your revised edition-in which
you declare that if slavery stood in the
way it should be put down, and you
believed it would receive it's death
blow; thus announcing your belief
that it would stand in the way. Of the
overthrow Of the rebellion, as it has,
and that it would perish. And yet
with this announcement you cry "abo-
lition war r ..?.. IT,, .,...t. . H.
In one breath Mr.. Gilman told his
audience that the Southern leaders had
carried the people with them by telling
them that they could not believe what
the Republicans promised with regard
to the purposes for which the war
should be prosecuted ; and in another
that the Democracy sustained and ap-
proved the course Of the Administra-
- - -
tion for the first year. Now if the De-
mocraey approved the course Of the Ad-
.ministration, it is to be supposed that
it was right. How long, then, was it
necessary: that our soldiers should be
made targets for rebel bullets, that the
Southern people might be convinced
that the war was being prosecuted prop
erly! One year, according TO- Mr.. Gil
man, did not safice 4; would two OF
fve?, ..r-,..... ., ill.,. ...; r
MI: Gilman said that, Missouri would
60 ont Of the Union now wss IL not fol
the Federal army. Admit this to be
80. In, order to secede it would be
necessary TO call Convention. Now,
will Mr.. Gilman dare deny that il
this Convention should pass sn ordi.
nance of secession it would be by the
votes Of Demoerats-men who now sup,
port Mcclellan !? He dare not. :
g He also demanded that the army
should be withdraw from MARYLAND