Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-11-01

we give the following extracts from the
speech of Mr.. SoHuKz to his German fellow cit
liens, by which it appears that he gives the
whole ticket. his support and urges his friends
to do the same
In relation to the secret meeting" which
has been harped upon here, he says
The Democratic papers talk much about Sc
cret Know Nothing caucus, which met in the
City Hall at Madison the morning before the
( nominations | have inquired concerning 1t,
and find no trace of any other meeting except
one which was called partly at the instance OF
my own friends for he purpose of general talk,
aad al which all my frseuds were present. 4oa
here again see out OF " hat matefial the charges
OF Know Nothingism are connected.
/ Further on he says, of Know Nothiagism
And now for the candidates. Forlhw the
worn out cry meets US from the Democratic sloe
that the nominees of the Republicans are know
othings- Naturally Could it have been
otherwise t? Had l stood at the head of the
ticket, would il not have been almost the same
In Minnesota there were scarcely SIX candidates
upon both tickets, the Democratic as we'll as the
Republican, OF whom II was not alleged. and
sustained by evidence, that they were Know
| Nothlngs Was there ever Republican NOM
nation made that this cry was not raised /
myself was charged in Minnesota with having
gone 10 Massachusetts, iii order 10 advocate the
Il
public discussion Democrat made this
ton to my face, aud would not have retracted il
had | not thrown the lie in his teeth and COM
PEELED i'm to.
Well, pledge mvselfsolemnly TO vote against
the Republican candidates. when it is really
shown us that they are Know Nothings, and
enjoin you TO do the same. But say TO you
the mere empty, air-drawn assertion of DEM
ocrat paper, affidavit made the 24th of
September, to prove that a man was seen In
lodge on the following October, will hardly suf
flee as evidence. We know too well the regard
of our Democratic opponents for the truth to take
their simple assertions as proof of facts. be-
sides mark that the - Know Nothing Repubi-
cans of Iowa, As they are called by the De-
rnocracy, have Just elected our friend Rusch
Lieutenant Governor. and the % Know Nothing
Republicans of Minnesota friend Schefer
as State Treasurer.
Again. as to the position of the German Re-
publcans;
We have heard the cry az The German Re-
publicans lay down arms discouraged What :?
We lay down arms Before whom In many
places we have for years stood the shock of over
whelming, well-drlled majorlties and we wa
vered not. Shall II he said that a biind
alarm IN our own camp put to rout You
will turn your backs to the enemy, because II -
not the General OF your own choice VINO leads
your baitalons Are, We, then, children, who
carry the merely for fun, aud who will
:or reasons which cannot stand before
earnest men, try the fun of detection The
German Republicans discouraged ~ what /?
Because Convention was perhaps not smart
enough to secure great and easy victory by a
demonstrative act ? Because an easy victory
docs not fall into your lap, you have not courage
enough to achieve more difficult one. | tell
you the German Republicans will not lay down
arms, and the same man who raised the cry, hav-
ing been one of the first to take up arms, ought
to be one of the last to throw them away
1t is true, Gov Randall has made mistakes ;
do not deny them, do not justify them. do not
palliate them mistakes which perhaps another
man would not have made, but another man
would have made other mistakes. What are
these mistakes In comparison TO what stares at
us from the other side ? What are they in COM
parIson 10 the great manly struggle he carries
on, and, am glad To say. carries more brave
ly and more efficiently than many of rs have
expected? 1t Is true, he might have been Il bet
ter friend to Personally owe him neither
love nor gratitute. But what is this cousidera-
tIon la the common struggle for the realization
OF good and great principles IN which are
engaged togetherf And again. | ain glad 10
say, many occurrences have convinced me that
he is truer to these prime. plies and ideas than
many of us believed. In this fight shall stand
by bin, firmly, shoulder TO shoulder my eve
fixed on the great common end to be ATTAINED
and have no doubt the Republicans of " iscou-
SIN will add one more victory to the proud cat
alogue of this year.