St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-18

ing. Had Mr.. Lincoln passed through
Baltimore in coming here, before, his
first inauguration, the plan was to MUIR
der him there. Assassination has been
polite and manly accomplishment
down South for the last century and
we have reason to thank God and take
courage that He has brought home to
the true authors Of this last browning
crime its guilt and responsibility. The
English ari>tocrats who we're So anx-
ious to shake hands with shareholders,
over the PROSTATE form Of F rec Labor,
will not fancy the company in which
they now find themselves. The world
will learn that those who rob and muir.
der the poor, wilt not hesitate to use
their arts against those Of higher de-
gree. :" q" .>;t''1 '.::' F.":.
1t has long been common for South
ern masters to otfei rewards for taking
runaway slaves "dead or alive thus
proclaiping themselves community Of
murderers, aud all these political assas.
sinations are but the natural outgrowth
Of their daily habits ); for, when the life
ofthe humblest member of society eeas:
es to be sacred, the highest has lost all;
security against the assassin's knife or
bullet 10 = ''''''S +. .'S' ~'' So
" The Investigation now going on is
likely to bring to light the whole plot.
Fight of the conspirators are confined
here in separate places. No one knows
that any other is taken. AS last.
means Of self destruction, Paine tried
to knock his brains out against the wall
to which he is chained. Now all ale
kept in thickly wadded caps, and soil
tude is having its natural effect, for
they are making very free revelations,
and the Southern aristocracy will soon
stand in the hideous light Of truth be-
fore q horror-stricken worll. It will
then be seen that the hard names APP
piled to them, by anti-slavery fanatics,
fell far short Of their true character.
I sometimes feel almost inclined to pity
the F. F. VS. of this city. who have
not hcsitated to express sympathy with
their friends engaged in trying to break
up the Government, while they them
selves are holding lucrative places un-
der it. The morning after the Presi-.
dents MURDER many Of them either
openly exulted or found it impossible
to conceal their. joy. They had not
counted on the resentment.of the North
ern people being anything very serious,
and supposed it was damaging blow
to freedom and the cause Of the Union.
Now they are beginning to realize about
where they are, and calculate the chan
ces Of keeping their places, and the ef-
forts they make to show that the crime
was committed BY a Northern man and
instisated by Northern copperheada is
amusing. They cheerfully cut of "tIy
Maryland and give her to the North
to be rid st the od,um Of their crime,
and any completely Of Davis or Lee is
not to be believed on any amount Of
evidence. .''''. 49, '''''' --.'.;' *'.5;
|. 1 wonder how long this Gov
eminent will continue to feed its
enemies in preference to its friends {!
The wives, widows and children of
Northern soldiers, now in the armies.
Or who have died there, are often left
to suffer, while rations are freely dealt
out in Charleston and Savannah to the
families Of those now engaged in the
rebel army. b.. ~. '@.'.' -. !; IVA
Do the Northern people" know that
whenever our armies take a city, ra-:
tions are regularly dealt out to the in:
habitants thereof and that the women
who spit upon our flag and insult our
soldiers are generally pauoers depend
ent on our bounty, and curse our Gov
eminent while going with their baskets
for their share of bread and pork !? In
Charleston, the people drew rations
from Government, after Sherman took
the city, and many of them took Union
officers to board, charged exorbitant
prices, and fed them Off the rations
supplied by the Uaion commissary de-
partments. They did so in Fredericks-
burg last summer after tho battle Of the
Wilderness. was there taking care
Of the wounded, and while these lay on
dirty floors without any apology for a
bed, Union soldiers guarded straw, hay
Or shucks belonging to rebels, and we
could not get pound Of it, while I
used bricks, by the hundred, in lieu Of
pillows. There the people drew their