St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-10-13
B., When in returning from the Depart.

me"t one afternoon, our way was block
ed byj troops of>sthe 9th -cbrps, 1 knew
how the present deliverancs WINS itc
comejd'I had seen. the heights Of Fred
err ricksburg and knew that the nicn who
took 1ayree's Hill could defend Wash.
iogton from the Confederaeyy and ita
| grand ally the arck 6euda y7,:as.2ta il
| One would think that the ahean who
sought to- place this lBreckinidge in
the Presidential chair might have
learned little modesty and lave lost
some confidence i9,sI in. il their + judgment Of a
candidate. It does appear as if they
had'fdr their present nspirant one who
yin certainly not a'arch upon Wash
[ington with tireF dnd sword when de-
feated. 7'' His constitutional dread Of
gunpowder will forbid. all danger Of
I scigesguns. ;:bat should. he combine his
forces ana attack $ simultaneously with
His two fsvorite weapons the spade and
! pen, We will send to Manassas andbrins
up a supply Of wooden guns and SO
hold him II bay for any given length
of time. A. 45'vai'
T., The friends of that great mud turtle,
George b. Napoleon, had their day of
rejoicing last summer, when: il became
| apparent that Grant would not take
Richmond as his friends thought, and
when the rebel cannon were thnnderins
within three miles Of the 7nation's capi-
tol; but now their amusemcnts are va
ried by am anxious season. The very
people who failed to CONCEAL their joy
at the prospect Of their, last candidate
for the Presidency Glowing up the
White House, are now hosting Nc
Clellan flags and making Mcclellan
speeches. At one of their clubs last
week, one: anxious friend OF Little
Mac, dolefully exclaimed, ''Aren't
we having ID of streak Of luck =?
The gunboats at Mobile, then Atlanta,
and now the darned victory in the val
Icy" ,"-meauins Sheridan 's-"tbey are
knocking US higher than kite"
So. Mcclellan stock is going rp kite
fashion. T. .snsr , - \ 5,.a.z:5 .2<. 155',.
r. was sorry to sec that there had
been strohs effort amongst .Republi-
cans to defeat Donnelly. y.goDo the Re.
publicans Of Minnesota intend to taint
themselves with a suspicion of Indian
frauds, that system Of iniquity, which,
in the minds Of Eastern people fully
justifcs the massacres which have des-
Folated our homes, and set our State
prosperity backward twenty years p
Even it Mr.. Donnelly we're mistaken
and the appropriation he opposed were
just, it is best he should be sustained
to show that our people prefer to err
on the opposite side to the old plan of
robbing Government and, sdefrauding
Indians to enrich traders and endanger
the lives Of frontier settlers.
| I trust, for sake of Justice and the
prosperity of our State, that Mr., DON
nelly will be endorsed with a upanimity
and enthusiasm which shall stimulate
members of Congress to resist the lob
by influence Of spectators, contractors
and traders. Let the people look calm
ly at the matter, think how their best
interests have suffered by tie swind-
ling Of Indian traders and give Donnel-
" such a; majority as will be a warning
to evil doers. Apart from this ques.
Ition, he is On honor to the State. He
has already acquired a position in Con.
gress which surprises bis friends
More than once, persons who have ot.
tended exciting debates in the House
have expressed their surprise to me a,
"that new man from your State"
He is always in his place, always 30.
Der, alert and ready. A first class par.
liamentarian, an able and ready adcba.
ter and an enthusiastic, backbone Re.
publican. We could i'll spare one such
from o"r National councils. l trus,
the people will make no change in tht
present delegation, until this, whole
question Of war, peace and reconstruc
ton is definitely settled. Of course
you will give Uncle Abraham such .
majority as is worthy of the North Sta,
State when he stands as the represen
tative Of Freedom aud an undivided
country-of peace that shall last Al
being founded on Justice. Let no
the people of Minnesota cast contume
ly on the graves Of her glorions dea,
by failing to sustain at the ballot DO.
the caus. they have sancti6ed an,
scaled with their blood. Il, .Aa,s~.s@.5..+1