The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-26
Mob Violence at a Public Meeting!-
Suppression of Free Speech in Saint
DE WERE.

Mob Violence at a Public Meeting!-
Suppression of Free Speech in Saint
PAUL.!
More than week ago, an arrangement was
made between Judge GOoDRICH and Gov.
GoRsAN, to hold meeting on the next Qast)
Saturday night, for the discussion of the
questions which divide the two political par
ties. Saturday evening came, and, as was
expected, GoRMAN failed to meet his engage
ment But Lis hireling bullies were there,
headed by Reu. JOHN PENMAN, to disturb and
break up the meeting, as we will proceed to
show.
Judge GooDRIcH, of course, kept his ap-
pointment, and although laboring under the
disadvantages of a severe cold, proceeded in
his usual mastesly and effective manner to
arragn the Democratic leaders as unworthy
the confidence of the American people. He
reviewed the celebrated Nicholson letter, and
proved thereby that Gen. CAss, JAMES BU-
cHANAN, ROBERT J. WALKER, and others of
these leaders were strongly committed in IA
vor of NEGRO SUFFRAGE by their open advo-
cacy Of universal suffrage in those portions
of our common country acquired by the
treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo. The Judges
comments upon these facts were most scath-
ingly sarcastic, and, as was afterwards seen,
aroused anything but friendly feelings in the
breasts Of the Democratic mob present
Itw.ll be recollected that since the Judge
tock the field in this campaign, Mr.. PENMAN,
of the Pioneer, has taken several occasions to
write the most abusive articles about him,
apparently ransacking the pages of all the dc
tionaries in the language to find the most
! abominable epithets for this purpose. Then,
when he got through with this, he meanly
turned around and advised the speakers of his
party to make no replies to the Judges ar
guments.
Such being the fact, the Judge felt called
upon on this occasion to make some strict
ures upon "Brothcr" PENMAN's course. He
did this in bis usual good naturcd way, Illus
trating by anecdotes, to the great amusement
of the audience. He used no improper lam
guage whatever but the ridicule was too
much for the meek and Christianly PENMAN
to bear. The truth, launched forth in scald-
ing hot torrents upon the head of this brawl-
ing demagogue and hypocrite, was having
telling effect upon the audience; and PEN
MAN felt it. Struggling through the crowd,
he rushed towards the stand with a mu,1lerous
'oeapon in his possession, no doubt intend
ing to assassinate the speakerwhere he stood!
He was stayed at the threshold, and seeing
the Judge was prepared to meet him even at
that argument, he retreated in double-quck
time.
This was cue for the excited mob pre-
sent to stop all further speaking. They set
up their accustomed hideously savage yells
and groans, and all efforts of the speaker to
proceed were unavailing.
Now, fellow citizens, this is the manner in
which freedom of speech is treated in Saint
Paul by the so called Democratic party and
its leaders. This man, PENMAN, keeps the
following notice of himself standing in the
columns of his paper from week to week:
Methodist Episcopal Church-near the Baldwin School
House Services at 1019 O'Clock, A. NJ, and 7aP. NJ
Rev. John Penman.
This is the man who abuses spolitical
preachers" all the week; plays the Border
Ruffian and attempts the assassin on Satur-
day night, and then SIMULTANEOUSLY goes into
the pulpit on the Sabbath day! Can any
party-'cW any party be upheld by men of
any community which puts forth such crea-
ture as this as one of its leaders?
One thing we wish the St. Paul Democracy
to understand, right here: There will, per-
haps, be no more challenges to any of their
speakers to meet Judge GooDRIcH in debate.
1t is now well proved that none of them
even their abest man on the stump, Gov
GoRMAN,- dare meet him. But Repub'i-
can Mass Meeting will be held in St. Paul
before the election, at which the Judge wiU
speak, and at which he shall be heard through,
let his blows fall where they may.
The Judges friends and the Republican
party are going to have this thing done, and
they will go upon the ground organized and
prepared to see that it is done.