Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-04
ELOQUENT Extract from Speech o. Carl scsurz,
Ed, at the Republican: Celebration in t.ilwau-
kaH
Thursday evening, Nov. 18th, 1856.

Thursday evening, Nov. 18th, 1856.
1t is true re cannot expect every Re
publcan to be perfect angel. Even
when advocating the purest principles, a
man will not at once cast off all the frail
,es of human nature, and so it may hap
non. and, am sorry to say, it has hap
pened. that some Republicans in the dis
CHARGE Of official duties, fell victims to Sc
we're temptations. But one thing we can
Jo we must do, and we shall do. We
must not hesitate to denounce every mem
her of our own party who prostitutes his
trust and power by dishonest and corrupt
transactions, as miserable scoundrel.-
tLoud applause. And not only that, we
must consider and dshounce, and treat him
rs traitor to his party! EThundering
cheers. What we can and must do, is to
make all dishonest and corrupt practices,
high treason, and to take every such trail
tor by his ears and pitch him overheard ;
{Applause. to condemn him to political
death without regard to person or station
without the benefit Of clergy. Long
and continued cheers. That is the way
to stem the flood of decentralization among
the people and among the politicians, and
to root out that atrocious, hideous popular
cetion-a notion horrible in It's conse-
ouence-which has been started and fos.
tered by the democrats; the notion that a
politician who is not knave enough to steal
must necessarily be a fool Loud cheers
To corrupt Republican let no other al
tentative be presented but to be buried in
the grave of infamy and oblivion, or to
90 over to the other size where such
scamps thrive and prosper. Tremendous
applause.
hear some democrat say, that Re
publican Governor has taken $4,000 in
bonds from the La Crosse Company
Well, am not he man to quibble and to
equiyocate about it. Cheers | say
hat Republican Governor who has taken
brbe, is no better than a Democratic
Governor who did the same; no, he is tel
times worse, for while the Democratic
Governor would not have followed cstab
lished precedents, and the customs of his
party, Loud laughter and cheers the Re-
publican Governor would have proved {
traitor to his friends and a disgrace to y
great cause. (Great applause.) And a
to the facts-whcre is that Republican
Governor ow? Where is the place OF
honor or confidence which the Republicans
have assigned him? But if that man ha I!
been Democrat, | have no doubt Iii.
party would have taken his exploits for an
Indication of smartness and would have
rewarded his business talent with re-
domination. loud laughter and cheers. J
Have they forgotten what they did with
Barstow? After all the glaring abuses OF
bis administration had become known to
every school boy, the Democracy of Wis
c0nsin, in State Convention assembled,
solemnly renomnated him for the Cover
rcr,hip, and out of the very depths OF his
pros,iu tion grew his principal claims TO
the highest honors and most responsible
trusts Of the State. Cloud chccrS.) Have
they fo.gotten their nominee for Senator
in lhis city, Gaushter) The Denot
iacy took his performances rs Allcrmau
sue his management of the La Crosse
1 Land Grant measure for an evidence OF
bis superior business talent; and they
could find no filter man to represent thei'
honor and virtue in the Senate of Wis
consin. loud laughter) And even
when nominating candidate for Con
gress, they could net help selecting a
christian gentleman (LaughteD whose
pockets were big with $4,000 in Superior
R. R. bonds! Bursts OF laughter and up
pause.)
4 Let us compare our records my Demo
cratic friends, and see how they stand
Look all over the State of Wisconsin, and
then point your finger to one single in
stance, where Republican, who has sui
lied bis hands with corruption in the dis
charge of his official duties has been hon
Ored with a nomination for office by Re
publican Convention! (Cheers.) Show
me one such instance, and will show YOU
twenty Democrats whose names stand
Prominent on the darkest pages of the his
tory of Wisconsin, and by whose nomina
tons You pay premiums for swindling anc
emphatically endorse and encourage cor
'uptlon. loud applause.)
Republicans, if you claim the right tC
besevere on your opponents, You must b
no less severe against yourselves. Let The
aepubliean organization be permanent
hyestigating committee, watching its owl
Members, and let it be understood that, i
It's not sufficient excuse for scoundrel t.
Aa Democrat, scoundrel is in your eye
Ten times more damnable if he pretends 4
ea Republican. loud applause) Al
'aOugh You may not be perfect, you vii
Show by your acts that you are honestly
sndeayoring to do your best, while, on th'
olher side, corruption stalks abroad Will
'le disgusting impotence Of a prostitute
Who delights in exhibiting her vices naket
% 'se world. repeat it, and | canno
IMPRESS it upon your minds too strongly o
20 sOlemnly; our liberties and the homo
'ad prestige to this Republic cannot b
preserved, unless you raise the standard o
Oiilleai morals, and this is the way to d.
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