Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-10-02
MORE BARsToW EMIssARrrs

On Saturday evening citizens were favored
with speeches from a couple more of Barsto,xs
Ps'fifoggers, who undoubtedly receive as re-
"Afd iof Their services portion of the money
~fahs Fom the Tax payers 10 support the al
1inls'ration OF Barstsw and the balance
he first speaker was Mr. JAMES Ross, better
Known In the eastern portion of the State as
crazy healed Ross" He is man of consider.
soie nneney Of speech, and displayed large de-
gree OF theatrical tact. In the play of the Seri
Gus Family, Langrishe would be no where with
MIR hoss for competitor He claimed that his
pi"'ciPas business ont west F" was pedling polit.
.a tracts, at dine piece, bat his love for
o''s'o" and the balance had prompted him 10
espoase their cause, and if possible enIigbten the
minds of the inhabitants of the beoigbted ,oininn
region We infer this from his oft repeated as,
sesiohs mat you do not understand the ones
lions before the people, "you do not know who
you are voting for &c 4 large portion ofbis
remarks was eu,olgles upon Washington. Patrick
henry, Ja,ces Otis and Thomas Jefferson. and
eu'uhs Feonke upon the Know Nothinss. in all
OIL winch ne met the hearty response of all pres-
en-, both Democrats and Republicans. and which
II Invested OF some of his vulgar anecdotes ,vopIa
na'e ihaas an excellent 4th of July GRAFTON
hat 70 carry out the work of his EMPLOYERS he
attempted to show that the Republicans are all
Aoolitionists, Know Nothing. enemies 70 Civil
Liberty and Mexicans; suitable inhabitants for a
V22tcai region, with the Prince Of Darkness for a
leader His ealogy upor Gen Jackson and bi
h-h'ucky sharpshooters, at he battle OF PeuDa
Vista. was decidedly rich. He informed b;s
audience that AR Bashford was an hones, ma,
ana cieser fellow, bat asserted that he was
hnow Nothing. yet he said /" Mr. B. would deny
II and swear that he was not Bat he aadad
don't believe, don't believe himl He know,
Nj Bashford was Know Nothing, because Mr.
Wood, Who is Know Nothing was delegate
10 the Republican Convention To prove that
Tie Foreigners could be bought the speaker brot
brward the evidence of Mr. Somebody If Sauna
where who, he said had bought ticeaty one Of tssr
ro'e'Jor~a gallon OF whiskey! He did not approve
OF this course OF getting votes, yet he related the
circumstance fact.
After occupying the stand about an hour and
hall. and winding up by saying that Mr.. P1.rro
a Milwaukee, would follow him and prove clear
" that the charge Of corruption against Barstoy
VS. untrue, Mr.. Il. took his seat
Mr.. 2. then took the stand and after acl,oyI
edSlns that his predecessor had taken the wind
all out Of his sails 1--WE suppose by assigning him
50 hard task he proceeded to open the blind
eyes of our citizens. by Introducing garbed ex-
tracts from the Assembly Journal and from Mi
neFlty Reports, TO prove that the Legislature
;silsd IN every instance 10 show that there was
any thing wrong about our Stat. officers. but on
fAe contrary that they were honest frugal and
trus'y, during which nearly all the audience left
ths room
Mr.. Plato also asserted that the Republicans
were al Know Nothings which he too sustained
By the fact that Mr.. Wood who was delegate 10
the Philadelphia X n Convention wa. a Repub
heaa. These gentlemen appear to have forgotten
the fact that there three delegates from, Wis
e#nsin in that K. " Convention, and ,h,, n.
cher two. Or. Cook of Madison, and Rober,
Chandler OF Milwaukee both rabid Bsrstow
man. MIR. P. rad several extracts from, Mr.
Booth paper, denouncing Know Nothingisru, and
expressing his fears that that order was atrenn,
lng to control the Republican Convention. bur
were forty one Know Nothings in the Convention
thaf nominated barstow, and also that part in
which ne expresses his entire satisfaction with
tie Republican although he had
previously said he would have nothing TO do with
any Convention or candidates in any wav con.
nscted with the dark lantern order Not,yith
standing the many misrepresentation of Mr.. p
sao is = travelling agent for Milwaukee whole
sale Liquor store, 1t our Blrstow friends are sat
ished with their efforts on Saturday night, we are
g'af, for we certainly
One gentleman, al the close of the remarks ex
pressed desire TO hear the Luna,ic Asylum swim
die explained bat ostensibIy from the lateness of
the hour, but really, we imagine, on account OF
The evident inc ompetency of the speaker, he was
excused and Judse CRAwFoRn of this place
agreed 10 explain that matter at some future
day