St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-06
A SOLID WEST.
Mason and Dixon's Line Wiped Out
War Prejudiees Obliterated-

Mason and Dixon's Line Wiped Out
War Prejudiees Obliterated-
Manhood Of the West Asserted.
The following personal letter, adj
dressed to citizen of Minnesota, pos
sesses matter of sufficient interest to the
Democracy of the state to Justify its
publication in the GLOBE. The writer,
Hon. CHARLES GIBSON, is a leading
citizen of ST. Louis and the state of Mis-
souri,, and is favorably known to many
people of this state-he having spent
his summers for the last thirty years at
Lake Minnetonka. -
There IS much in Mr.. GIBsoN's letter
for thought. 81
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2, 1S92.-Dear Sir: In
common with all Democrats, regret
that Minnesota still cllngS to her idols:
but you all made a gallant fight, and
your labors are seed we'll sown and will
in time bring forth good fruit. The
Democracy of Minnesota is like the
small boy who was Justify engaged with
big one and getting the worst of the
fight, when an athlete lnterfered
ana with one blow ended the
contest. Comfort yourselves with
one thing at least. When Mills
had been defeated and the convention
given to Chicago under the influences of
Senator Hill, and, when Cleveland's
fortunes were at the lowest ebb, Mime
sofa in loud and no oracular tones stood
forth as his leading Western champion
for the nomination. Your defeat for the
present only serves to make Minnesota
more conspicuous in the future. The
next battle ground will be in Minnesota
To-, n,t 10 cnii
The elections OF 1902 are in effect
nation of full manhood by the
West, reputation of war preju
dlces. the oblIteration of Mason
and Dixon's line. the relegatlon
OF the negro questions to history and the
establishment of political era founded
on material interests and common sense.
Revolutions never move backward. Eff
fete political parties are never revived.
Those who nave left the Republican
party will never return to it. They
would be suspects" il they did. The
West will henceforth do its own think
ing. The irresistible cohesio n OF COM
mon interests will ultimately unite
Western factions and parties. however
discordant now, uGder one flag. The
South and slavery reigned for fifty
years. The North and anti-slavery ruled
for thirty years, and now the West will
govern Oh the basis of equal rights for
all sections, all classes and all men.
Western men and Western measures
will take their proper position in the
government and the nation. We will
be rulers, and not proyincials, hence
forth.
The interests of Minnesota are pre-
ciseIy the same as those of Indiana, Hill
nois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Mis-
souri, and all other Western states. Our
victory reaches far beyond a pres
ldential election or party TIL
umph. The colonies had outgrown
the colonial state, and then war
and independence became inevitable;
tine government could no longer defy
the North and the spirit of the age as
great slave empire, and rebellion and
freedom followed. The West has be-
come great and powerful, and freedom
from sectional bondage Oh the one hand
and sectional hatred on the other is the
result. The Republican party divided
the state of Virginia purely for party
purposes, but thereby only added two
senators to the South, and without
whom the Democracy would not now
control the senate. 1t gave the ballot to
the negro. and thereby counting him in
the electoral college, and added thirty,
five electoral votes to the South.
without which, the Democratic party
could not have existed through twenty
five years of defeat. 1t admitted the
new northwestern states, and thereby
created the Western spirit and power
which has turned against the party and
destroyed it forever. National parties
cannot be maintained by political make.
shifts, nor resist the natural course of
events. The Democratic party will in
tories, and thereby add still more
to the power of the West. 1t is none
too early for the Democracy of Mime
sofa to take the lead, proclaim that the
West must and shall be ''solid,' pre-
serve its present organization, ana TO
commence how long, active, edaca-
tionaI and determined fight for the state
i'll 1894. and thereafter forever. Your
friend, fsy Z. GIBsoN'