The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-09-20


With a dsrkey each knee.
Correspondence OF the Boston Post,
Great Speech of a German.
RoxDrEY, Aug. 29, 1856.
Last night, | witnessed another meeting
oi keystone Clab No. Is, containing Ger
mans and Americans. After Mr. Cook had
made capital speech in Englsii our worthy
!t'io" oempcrai, Joseph Sirous>. Esq, o.
bo>toii, Il "a tIerHan, was called for, who had
! been invited by his German friends To speak
4 there IN their HHitts tongue; but he rOse c
/ amidst great applause, and addressed the as.
semb'y III The kngitsh language, to show
that II a man l. willing TO learn here, he can
d" It. lie said the time has come when We
muSt rise out Of our lethargic sleep, and not
/ lie down to rest until we can be satisfied
constitution sly that wc have done our duty.
We must bear ia mind the ord- uf Law
( rel Ct" Do n9t gre up tie siig." No
We viii not leave Ter; we vii stay on board
OF the democratl: snip, and suffer death IA
thcr than ad IN killing the .tree,ioL4 and union
oil TINS glorPua land We i've in. j. il not
our a>y lum / and the asylum even Of those
lew German patrois, who are working now
III speeches and IN papers against our free
I institutions For what d:i they fight IA
Europc: For what did they haranguc ;uou-
sands ii their countryincu, but for ,Jicelvm
aud H6erty: Free >peecii-lree pre>S-was
tier cry. And now here, where they have
found everything plenty, they 90 against
Their county and their principles, IN gong
TOR the Fremont party. Aud with those
men viii you, Germans, 90: Never never
viii good cItizr:, follow an Arnold, Never
viii you 60 With that party ii you are sane
But hear many OF my coun,5ynen say
= We are gou-s for liberty smd equality only
IN another Mode 1 say, friends, You 90
not understand ihc leaders of your party if
you say you are going for ibcity anu equal
ity. Even with your pinlsutnroyic cry.
kansas-s.sycry- laJor''-ar.d 20 or,
l tel! you You are sect.Oual-you do hot
stand on the broad d,muc,a,i,. Platform ,
Do you not ogle with Tie know no. hing. I,
hie you not supporters oI those IasSJJIcTs OF
the glorious constitution. Are you not
irIcnus of those who VIC ated the letter and
-iirit OF the Uth article of the te<; con>tl,u-
ton On earth, which declares" No rtitGiaps
test shdH t-ceF be reguigei ~, qualification,
to d"y cgtce or J'nbttc fust uI.dei tie Lnft,-t
.Stdtes:'
Do you not Sympathize with party who
established secret societies, secret oatns and
o1iiSaIIons, 10 InJure the lore guer. especial.
Iy: DID they ever admit a foreigner to bc
nich"er of such an organization OR do
thvy not Try 10 injure the foreign population
WHEREVER and whenever they can. And
yet you foreign adopted citizens would 60
Tor such party' VII You go bllndly aft,
Hecker and Struve, you did in Baden
tNo, noJ Do you not rather wish 10 20
mana IN hand with the men and the Party,
nho, since the independence of America. al.
ways have bedlI on the side of the oppress-
ed: Or Is 1t true that this so-caled repub-
hcan party has nothing TO do with know
nothings, the vipers of humanity, Do YOU
suppose that hydra is dead, tNo, no .
But We a'tH, must and can Kill it, and the
country, the future our children and the
whole oppressed world will be grateful to
Us when we kill that party on the 4th of
November, by Voting TOR James Buchanan
aud John {. Breckenridge
The 4th OF November, 1856, will be re-
m,mbcred just as well as the 4th Of july,
1876, the day OF independence, because then
and now we shall root out that viper forever
from the Union
1t has been said, Mr.. President and yen
tlemcn, that arc are sectional because we call
German meetings instead of going with the
Americans. 1t is true we should not do il
but why did they come out with that self
styled great man Hvcker, who is going for
the republican party? Was il not to make
capital out Of it? We have to try ,c prove
to our countrymcn that they must never
follow such men in the present struggle
they must 20 for the whole Union, and not
for sixteen states
The republican party is sectional because
they want the power of the north to dictate
10 the south, and not to stand by the conSt-
tuition aud the thirty-one states; and its sue
cess must as lar as ] understand it, lead to
severance Of that Union. Although l do
not believe that the mass of the 1ephblicans
intend TO do it, or anticipate this result;
but they are in now to gain the battle, and
their motto is to be ricioriOus though H c'st
the L'nion. You must always go by the
leaders of the party! You are well aware
of what Banks, Greeley, Garrison and all
say. They vii! fight it out by all means.
Therefore, let us be on our guard. And
would repeat now the words Of the greatest
man ever on earth-I mean George Wash
ington-"P Pit none bat true americans on
guaid." None but men who are willing to
fight for the Urion, the whole Union, and
nothing but the Union men who are also
willing to die for this principle; men who
are not traitors TO their constitution; men
vino are following in the footsteps of Wash
ingion, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin, Clay
and Webster, and with such men on guard
we look every danger in the face, and hope
to God that he will be with us and our cause,
and help us to fight out our battle. that We
may be happy like the children of Israel to
see the Land of Canaan" the "Land OF
Plenty" in freedom and In prosperity for.
ever. And again | appeal to my German
brothers to go and vote for James Buchanan
as president, ard John c. Breckenridge as
vice presdent-the men OF the Union, Liber-
tv and the Constitution.
These remarks were received with great
applause, and every one present felt that
this gentleman spoke from the heart; and
surely our cause gains great deal 10y such
meetings. After him, Mr.. O'Brien made
one of his capital speeches, when the ciub
adjourned, and the Ge, mans held a meeting
aud concluded to form Buchanan club by
themselves, but they will unite with the
keystone Club No l5 besides, aad go hand
in hand with their fellow democrats. MI.
Strouss made few remarks to them in Ger
man, and gave then to understand that they
must work united against the common enc
my, and bring as many German democrats
in the field as possible. He promised 70
come as often as they should want him.
Hoping that you will be SO KIND as 70
publish this report in your valuable journal,
Iremain, your fellow democrat A.