St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-11-02

~ iot and blild . house by the side OF
yours. Who complains Of thisj And yet,
/ is it more objectionable to give them The
right 70 votst Fu' ther privileges thah
these they have, They can now 20 into
your highest c"lrts rs suitors, and have
audience before the judge 9nd jury. Ifyou
dc m injury to colorcl man, he can srm-
mon you into court, and stand by vour
side to demand Justice. These die edt1st
rights. This has long been. and nobody
complains: Is it. more disagreesble to let
hem 60 up to the ballot-box ?,~e,s.s-..=-----.--
| After scoring the Peace Democracy for
its disloyal course during and since the re-
belIion. (Gcn. A. was Democrat before
the party became 50 thoroughly cori'u pt) be
concludes as follows
Daniel Webster said in 1850, s.lf tbs
b!ack race IL weaker, that is q reason
against. net for, its subjection and oppras-
sfon.' TEst is an enligIletaed view Of this
question which wish every man would
now take. Give the blacks an Opportunity
to raise the stan;':.ro af manhood 8. siSi
as they can. The batter they become the
happier We shall all te. But how aisur,;
to think that raising the colores man te
political equality is bringing the white man
down. II you reneh out your hand to raise
up and improve the poor and weak and op-
pressed. 1t makes yon benefastor and rais=
es you up rather than lowers you. Has it
lowered the whites because the nerree.
were liberated Did 1t lower the memory
OF Lincoln because he set the slaves free7
Did it degrade white soldiers because black
soldiers had eqnal military rights: No;
aud no more will it degrade white citizens
II the blacks have equal political riehts:
y it lower Howard when he wen. round
through the prisons Of Europe to take tho
guage OF human miseries, and alleviate. the
eutferinRs Of his fellow men! When and
where did it ever lower = man TO raise up'
and improve his fellow creatures!
Fellow citizens what. We should all in
sist upon is that the people of the SoutI,
shall have political power as fast as they
become truly loyal, and no faster. As
lord Bacon says, We shonld take time to
make haste. The evil that caused the var
must be entirely removed. Nothing Of
slavery should linger to Cause dissension..
Ihea We can have union that will be du-
rable and if We leave q debt TO the future.
we shall leave a country strong and PROS
porous enough to pay it. But warn YOU;
as you desire peace 10 the country, you do
not permit the feb..l States 80 to re-enter
the Unio" that Loyalty will still have to
hide N the mountains and Freedom skulk
in the CANE braket
Tire people ought to be glad when they
can do q sarviceable thing to their State 80
easy as by their vote. When one citizen
sreaks. he is liable to- te disputed, and ex-
crts but limited influence. Bu. there ia
something great in the voice of An entire
State. Low eloquent, how convincing.
when 1t is on the side Of humanity. and
tends to bless the country.
4 few days ago Was in one of our east
cru cities when the news came by telegraph
OF the result ofthe election in the noble
md gallant State Of Iowa. 1t was posted.
up in large letters 1t all the newspaper Of
fces:-''Iowa 10000 Union maioritv
and as the great concourse of people-the
learned men. and the poor men, and the
rich men, and The strangers, hurried along
the streets. they looked up and read ::
'.lowa 10000 Union majority - And then;
their thoughts flew off TO the mighty West.
20 unalterably steadfa>t to the Union
And 50 when the news of the election in
Minnesota-queen of the Prairies and the
Lakes-goes forth on the electric wires in
to oil the cities of the land let it be that
the multitudes that throng their streets can
read the thrilling words on the bulletin
boards 'Ainnesota gives :O,O9O Union
majority ~ Let her voice souni clearest
and loudest, Let her flag float highest on
the breeze : ~. -: