The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-10-10

with ability and skill, Mr.. w. is not man
To be caught mapping. He is ready debat-
or a fluent speaker, and will make first rate
representative in Congress
Bully Brooks Jr, alias Gov. German, the
bludgeon hero of the committee room, and
Democratic aspirant for United States Sena-
torial honors, was the next speaker. He
made one very true remark 1--WE like always
to give the devil his due,) to commence with.
He said he did not know where to begin to
reply to the speech of Mr.. Wilkinson. That
we believe was emphatically true. The
speech was unanswerable, and his ex-excel-
ency was truly at loss to know where or
how to reply but after modestly mentioning
the arduous labors he had performed in the
border-ruffian cause during the past few weeks
he commenced what we suppose he considers
noun was occasionally used, and the words
(myselfwhen in Congress- utility, utilitarian,
utihtarianisln, practice, practical, practically,
spread eagle, star-spangled banner, the glo-
rious union and the Democracy, found con-
spicuOus place. National freedom, truth,
justice, honor and benevoience, were weighed
in the balance against the almighty dollar, and
i'm the opinion of the hero,) found wanting
1t was altogether sneering attempt to ridi.
Guile the principles of the Republicans, and to
force upon them false issues.
To such desperate shifts was the speaker
driven, that he resorted to the silly and con-
temptible attempt to fasten upon the Repub-
lican party the abolition proposition advocat-
ed by Elihu Burritt and others recently, ap-
propriating the proceeds of the sale of public
lands to the payment of the slave owners of
the Union for their slaves, and thus extin-
gushing the system of slavery, which the
ebony gentleman knows is as false as some
of the positions he attempted to take upon
the squatter sovereignty doctrine. We never
listened to speech from any distinguished
public speaker, which possessed fewer real
merits than did that of Bully Brooks, Jr,
alias Ex-Gov. Germans of Wednesday eve.
ning-and we have seldom seen a man more
eHectually demolished in argument by po-
lltical opponent than he was by Mr.. Wilkin-
son. His only object seemed to be to cast
ridicule upon the Republican party and the
arguments ofhis opponent rather than an at
tempt to answer them; but if he gathered
any laurels as public speaker, or an able
advocate of border-ruffian principles, or made
any converts to them from the Republicans,
we think he will not be weary with wearing
the one o. enumerating the other.
Mr.. Sibley made but few remarks, and
though he may be so far as good looks are
concerned all his Democratic friends claim
for..him, yet we believe the people of South
ern Minnesota will be slow to give their suff-
RACES to man for whom nothing more than
good looks is claimed. He may be very
fine man but he is travelling through South
ern Minnesota in rather suspicious company;
we would advise him to occasionally remem-
Der what happened to poor Tray, on GER
tain time
j. NJ. Cavanaugh, the nominee of the bo-
gus Democracy for Representative to Con-
gress in opposition to Mr. Wilkinson, was
the next speaker called out by his party
friends, to demolish Mr.. Wilkinson, but lie
succeeded no better than his '.illustrious
predecessor the hero of the Cane. The
charges preferred by him against Mr. Wilkin-
son were triumphantly refutcd.
Altogether the meeting was one really
cheering to every Republican present-our
friends are in good spirits, and confident of
success, and the thirteenth of October will,
we believe, be proud day for the Republic
cans of Mime Chatfeld Rep