The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04

that when he spoke of the rights of man IA
did not make speech in favor of slavery
of the black race; that when he defended
the institution Of self government among
us he did not establish as privilege that
which is an inalienable right; that when
he helped in establishing our central gov7v
eminent he did not accumulate power
there which might absorb the safeguard OF
government State rights. 1t is be-
cause Mr.. Jefferson, when he foAe of the
citizen, thought of nan; when he spoke
of his country, he meant the world; and
when he spoke of the people he thought
of humanity. (Applause)
Gentlemen, it is by this policy that we
can conquer. Our party, the party OF
liberty, will be successful as soon as 1t
deserves success. 1t will be successful rs
soon as it introduces its doctrines Of lber-
tv into every relation ard sphere of so
ciaI and political life. 1t vii be success
full gentlemen. as soon rs it allows every
man, whatever his birthplace, whatever
his creed may be, to fight under its bau
ner unmolested, and without any eifront
being offered to him. Gentlemen, a re-
mark was made by the president. concern
ing my place of birth. [ do not con
slider myself the representative of that
great forge of thought which is called
Germany, or of that great nation Of ideas
which is called the German; yet I may
speak of those liberal Germans who fight
in tile Republican party in the United
States. / have heard it asserted that
th,rs were no anti-savery Germans in the
United States. If the man who makes
that assertion lives long, / think he will
see the other side of the question and
chat it will be very hard to find any pro-
slavery Germans in the Uuited States.
The German heart beats instinctively for
freedom, and it is every time Oh the side
of freedom when it clearly sees where
freedom is. (Applause.) Listen to the
reports you hear from the West, and you
will notice that the bells of ST Louis,
which have just sounded the tocsin of E.
Emancipation, speak the German dialect.
Turn your eyes towards the South and
YOU will see in Texas German colony
preparing to make an inroad with free in
situations upon the slave State. Oh
serve the standard of liberty where there
is real danger, and there you will find the
German IN the the th.ckest of the fight.
(Appaulse.)
Many Germans may vote with the
Democracy, but if you ask German,
''What will you do when there is n fugi-
tive slave in your neighborhood, and the
slave-catcher calls on you for assistance?
he will say, ain my own country / have
suffered much-I have been pressed
down, and have left the country be
cause [ feared to be lowered to the level
of a slave; do you think that came here
only to get down, ten degrees lower-to
the moral degradation of a slave catcher {:
daughter and applausc.) That, gentle
men is the instructive feeling of the Ger
man eart.-Meet them in the battle of
of freedom as equals, and they will fight
like the brayest # your own. Give them
what You owe them as mon, and they
will give you what they owe you as citi-
zens. Introduce liberty into every reIa-
ton of social an political life, and there
is no class of population IN the whole
world which will stand by you with great
err fidelity, even to the bitter end, then
these very Germans (Groat applause.)
Mr.. Underwood said that of all the
Germans in Missouri, there were only
two shareholders, and owning three slaves.
He proposed three cheers for Carl Schurz
and said if Germany has any more such
men. God grant that they may come
here. The cheers were given with a
hearty will.