The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-08-02

At a grand rally of the Fremont Central
Union Club of New York, last week, Mr.. G..
W. Curtis, the accomplished writer and lee
turer, spoke as follows:
The hope Of our country is in its Young
men. They have the heart full of faith and
Of hope they have the hand which is firm
and strong, untouched by the chill of age;-
they are pledged by these, and by everything
dearest in mems history to this cause
cause which history celebrates and poetry
and literature applaud.
It is, therefore, with the greatest pleasure
that meet you here tonight, because the
auspices Of youth surround the cause of Lib
erty, which is forever young. 1t is the cause
of our country yet standing in the full flush
of youth, with all the prom Sc Of future great
ness and prosperity.
| Every cause honors ITSELF sir, in proper
ton as it honOrs those who have been its VIC
Tins. And cannot fail to remind you that,
since this issue was presented to the people,
the Slave power has chosen for its most H.
lustrious victims that man who is so worthy
Representative of the young men of the
| North-who stan Is in the Senate almost it's
youngest member, He is the man who in
every way, by the natural grace of his mind
| the singular accomplishments of his man.
ners-his beautiful thoughts and his noble
character-by all those qualities which men
instinctively admire, stands forth once move
our Northern Representative.
Sir: There is a chiyalry of grace-of NOR
als--of principle--of complishments.-
There is chivalry of character. Such was
the chivalry of Hampden, of Bayard and Of
Sydney; such is the chivalry of Chas. Sum-
ner. (Deafening Applause.l Sir, 1 must
add to this that there is one other kind of
chivalry, and its symbol, moral and physi-
cal, is the gutta-percha cane.
must not fail to mention one other en-
blem of youth that surrounds our canse.--
We 60 into battle with a man at our head
who is young man, who is distinguished
for those traits that make men beautiful and
honored by their countrymen; and who en-
tiers into this contest with a character un-
paralfelsd IN our history, except by that Of
George Washington. loud applause and
cheers for Fremont
The issue of this contest has raised an en-
thuslasm among young men-an enthusiasm
OF reality, which has never Def re existed
for the reason that, heretofore, in our Presi-
dental contests, the issues, though impor-
tant, have been, to certain extent, tempo
rary; whereas, theissue now presented strikes
at the very root of our Government, and in
wolves the principles of Government ITSELF
1t is tor this reason that an enthusiasm is a,
reused from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
which is sweeping and surging our own
country like mighty river. AS the sacred
Nile rises and sweeps over the arid and bar
rem lands of Egypt, purifying and cleansing
AS it sweeps on over every valley and nook,
leaving the seeds of future harvest-even so
the enthusiasm of the youth of this country
is rising over the land made barren by polit-
ical corruption; and it will search out, and
cleanse, and purify, and leave the seeds Of
noble and unparalleled prosperity. This
sentiment was received with the greatest en-
thusiasm and applause.l
MIR. Curtis then went into review of the
political aspects of the Slavery question, and
tie claims of the several Candidates. He
was often interrupted by applause, and at the
close of his speech, three cheers were given
for G. w. Curtis.