The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-09-13

,voked, 80 haustissy .4a iapplsuds them,
eendllg his agents and emlssarles into the
fe6nsd AID patriotic nstfepph. 70 insist
upon making; his fesklsslt5iey a test up
ea a,chris.ian people,, He .fsEgot that III.
protection extended ID The 1s.h Of August
zGos9eatieh in Phladslphis was 10; only
denied to-the free people. Of New Orleans
on the Soth day Of July, 7hsiifithey ASSEM-
baesa te dtasl Shoxaaest ztepsotec. :aem-
sstSsi Sa1sisds " Sssies se;H sS: u OF
Tbesedspfsplia.4h1a Danted in the
sSssn fs ss:.s s;ys I've
cognltien; thus Wrung from the reluctant
frarnefs of that Agfeat instrument, cnf.bl.d
these States to entrench themseiye, !ehiai
the perverted doctrine 1of .akaie rights. and
sheltered by o claim OF Constitutional cbli-
CATION to maintain sIdvery N the States, to
present to the American government :hc
alternatives Of o1;garchy With slavery, or
Democratic Republican governments with
out slavery. A forbeariug government,
bowling to supposed Constitutional beEes;,
acquiesced in the former alternative. The
hand Of the government wss@ stayed sor
eighty years. The principalxcf CoEstitu-
ti0Dal liberty lsnguiShed for want Of gov
ernment support: :Oiigsrcky matured It's
power with subtle design. lis history for
eighty years is rsplete viii unparalleled in- =
juries and usptpatisn. l. dsteloped only The
agricultural localities geographically ls.:lst
from the free labor localities, ana les5 snsn
one-thirl Of the whole, with African s'a;es
1t held four millions of human being= "a
chattels, yet made them the basis Of unjust
power for themselves il the FederGl 81!
State Governments. To maintain their en-
slavement It excluded millions of free white
iaborers from the agricultural lasds Of tie
|unErcduc:ive On the mineral, ranufactur-
two-thirds Of the whole south in SQUARE
miles and real unaevele,'ed wealth, simply
because the localities were agriculiurally
toe poor for slave labor, and condemned
them to agricultural pursuits On this unss-
ricrltural territory and consigned them TO
unwilling ignorance. and poverty. e de-
nyins capital aad slothering enterprise,
1t repellcd the CAPITAL; villasnd energy of
the free States from the1cee labor localities
by unmitiga.ed intolerance and proscrip-
tion, thus qua riding the approaches to their
slave domain agairs; democracy. Statute
books groancd under despotie laws against
unlawful and ins,rrec,ioEarx assemblies.
aimed at the constitutional guarantees Of
the right to peaceably assemble and peti-
tion for redress Of, grieEances- 1t pro-
scribed deEIocratic literature as incendlsry.
1t nulliied the constitutional guarantees Of
freedom and tree speech and ! Cree press.
1t deprived citizens of the other S'arees OF
their privileges and iIpmunities in the
States-an injury and userpa,ion alike TIL
Jus. 20 NortncEn c111zens1I sed destructive
of the best interests Of the States ,ke:.-
selves. =, :, ..'
Alarmed at the progress ofDenocracy in
the face Of every d1scouragemsnt: at last it
sought immunity by secession and war.
The heart sickens with the contemplation
Of the four years thst followed Forced
loans, impressments, conscriptions With
bloody hands and bayonets, the number
Of aged men who had long laid aside tie
implements of labor, but who had been
summoned anew to the field by the con-
scription Of their sons, to support their
children and grandchildren, reduced from
comfort to the verge of starvation: tie
slaughter Of noble , ouths; types Of pAys;-
cal manhood, forced into an unholy war
against hose with whom they we're connec-
ted by every interest; long; months Of in
generation in rebel Das&iles, banishneut
from homes and hearthstone, are tu: a par
tial recital Of the long catalogue of horrors.
But Democrats, North aid South COM
bined, defeated them. They lost and
what did they lose The cause of oil
garchy. They lost African avery By name
only. Soon as the tocsiu Of war ceased
soon as the clang of arms was hushec-
they raise the cry Of immediate, admission,
aud with that watchword seek to organize,
under new forms, contest to perpeiuate
their unbridled sway. They rehabilita:e
them with sweeping control of all local and
State organizations. The federal Execu
tive. easily infnenced,. yields wiling obe-
dience to his old masters. Aided by his
unscrupulous disregard of the constitution
and laws, by his merciless prescription Of
true democratic opinion, and By all his ap-
pliapces Of despotic power, they now def
antly enter the lists IN the loyal north, and
seek TO wiring from: heemeR ssn endorse
ment of. their wicked designs.
Every foul agency is ut work to accom-
plish this result. Falsely: Wofessing to
assent to the abolition of. slavery, they are
contriying to continue its detestable power
by legislative acts against .pretended va
grants. They know th4t any form of SER
vitude will answer their 1nho1y purpose.
They pronounced the four years of war a
brilliant sword scene in the gseat revolu-
tionarv drama Prospective .Nublic senti-
ment holds high csrniS1f;S eG8d proitirs
by the example of the PteIAeutial plat
form, breathes OUT threatenings CT slaueh-
ter against 10y atty, Ignores md denounces
al legal restrainss, and asssias with the
Tongue Of malignant, SANDER tAe cousti;u-
tionally chosen representatives of the xreo-
pie. To still the voice OF .tbsfty, danger
Gus alone to tyrants midnight cczslagra-
tions, assass;l,stsuns and nsefdsrs in open
day, arc called to their ahl "a reign If
terror through all these ten States makes
loyalty stand silent in the presence of trea-
son or whisper III bated Sbreath. Strong
men hesitate openly rs Speak for liberty,
aud decline to attend \ Convention at
Philadelphia for fear Of destruction.
But all Southern men ale not vet awed
into Submission TO treason; and we have
assembled from al these States .determin-
ed that liberty, when endangered, shall find
q moath-picce, and thar the fsosernment Of
sss sss ssafsasss frs sss e. s*sPs aS:
here 10 consult Together how .sgst to pre-
vide. fox 4 :Esions: Of truly. Republican
States-to seek 10 resume lh,riy-six stars
{ons the o,d hag.:, We nTfe hereto say that
fteu of tlese2stsr ars Opaque bsdics paling
their ineffec.uat fres beneath Ibe gloom Of
darkness md, of. olisarchicaI Granny and
oppression. Wewish thsm1o 3be brilliant
stars, cuiblems of constitutional liberty
giittering orbs, sparkling s1ith the li:e-
living principles Of the .mbdef republic
fitting ornaments. of the, glorious banner of
freedom. Our last and only hope il i'm the
unitt and fertitlde Of the loyal people of
America !; in the support. and yindica,icn
Of the thirty ninth Congress, and the cleo
tion Of controlling Union majority in the
succeeding a. sione.hs anisIfss. While
the. new .artich,s apead,ng. the National
Constitution, Offers Ale moA liberal condi.
tisnsto the adtAors 81 'the5eebellion, and
does not CONS. Mp to tas Aaeaslys Of our ex-
pectations, We belive It's ratiScatioli would
be the eonmens sesisAtafG 8 SsAplcte pro-
tectioasto All osrs sPss2less and. therefore We
accept it ss the best presspt remedy, snd
sppealito Dur brofhsis md N iltuds in The
Nor1 sad tie Nsseto mi 1heir watch .
word in tho coming siesth st
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