The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-10-25
NO1HOU 10HUDIAYDD-DlE
NUNClATI0NS OF A DEMOCRATIC
PAPER.

! The old line Democrats are beginning
to kick against the traces il which they
are placed 3 Senate, Norton. In
looking around they find that they are
entirely nnder tho lead Of renegade Re-
publioans-men without brains, honor,
honesty OF influence. The whole party
i in the breeohes pocket Of Daniel s.
Norton, a renegade; the candidate for
Congress in the First District Is
Ritchard A. Jones, renegade
and the candidate for Congress
in tho Second District is Colville
VIM. A. Colville, q renegade
The entire leadership is composed OF
the droppings Of tho Republican party
mere two-peaney Office seekers,
The Winona Democrat, the leading
organ Of tho party in the Southern part
Of the State, is Disguised with the stu
alton and expresses itself in the tol.
loving unequivioal language:
Daniel 8. Norton il therefore the prima-
~ cause, and tho Democracy Of Winona
county his active agents, to inaugurate
and carry out this internal prostitution of
tho great Democratic party Of tho State Of
Minnesota. AL lays disorganizer and
with IN eye single to tho glory and az
graudisement Of Daniel s. Norton, what
cares Daniel s. Norton now for tho Democ-
racy Of Wlnona county or tho State, since
he holds seat in tho United States Senate
tor six years At = salary Of Five Thousand
Dollars year Elevated to plane where
his own inslgn,hcance is made only the
more conspicuous dazled with . power
that he imagines makes HIM very god at
whose feet the great and small must bow
alike in humble appliances power, too,
that he has not tho capacity to WELD even
to bis own selfish ends utterly destitute of
the brains or strength OF character to lead,
he is yet too place proud to .ollow always
source Of trouble aud dishonor to the Re-
publican party, whose departure from their
ranks Was good radiance. his adoption by
tho Democracy. with oil his imbecilitY ana
capacity. has already proven moro desols
ting than the locusts Of Egypt or the fam
ne In India, and will yet prove . curse that
will hover over tho party like Z funeral
pail. Once the boosted pride Of . gallant
band Of personal admirers, when he re-
turned from Washington two months ago,
there were none Of bis former party 90
poor % to do him reverence, and even his
| appointees in Office only held converse with
him in places and 1t times screened from
public gaze. It Wss loft for tho Democrat.
| 10 party, whose child Of An illeaitimate po-
litical parentsge he had become by adop-
| ton to Lift him from his self.abasemeat to
| tho importance Of . public demonstration.
Then follows = scathing comment on
Jones, the Democratic National Union.
Renegade candidate for Congress in
the First District. The article closes
thus:
| But it 10 useless to pursue this branch o.
thesuhject fafther. Enough has been shown
70 illustrate the failure already foreshad
owed under the auspicies and guidance o.
Dsniel 8. Norton. The deathly chill h,
has thrown around everything he has thu.
far touched, should awaken tho eyss Of
Democrats to the real situation. Rattle,
than pursue this suicidal-accureed sspoli
cy" farther, We would follow the grand ole
Democratic party to IN honorable grave
and bedew with tears tho earth that Gov
cred its hsllowed memories, cherishing tn,
hope that in death the halo Of glory tbs
enshrouded ifs tomb might at least serv,
to avert what in life it failed to control.
The Democrat reads the signs o
the times Alright. It sees correct
1.-THE failure already foreshadowed un
der the auspicies and guidance o
Daniel s. Norton" Norton is a kint
Of political blight, and his favor j
nothing else would bring inevitable de
tcat upon his protege, Colville. It i
we'll known everywhere that Colv,lle'
nomination was the work Of Norton
that it was dictated by. him-and tina
old Democrats, such as Rice, Robinson
and Wilson, were set aside to max
way for this new convert, this renegad
recipient Of Republican favor ant
patronage.
Just as Norton and Jones are repu
dated in the Southern District, so ar
Colville and Norton in this. Th
Democrats have no confidence in either
they are renegades by profession an,
consistent only in their pcr6dy. Re
publicans dctest them at political lepers
while the soldiers spew Colville out 0
their mouth as disgrace to their nobl
organization and the glorious cause 70
which they fought. Such is the fat
Of all recreants, political or otherwise
and let the fate Of these be a warnin,