The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-26


No matter how many women you see,
A promiscuOus crowd or certain abe
You may fully depend upon 1t.
That a gem Of the very rsrest kind
A thing most difficult to find,
A pet for which Ne long have pinned,
10 e"perfect love Of . bonnet"
Remarks Of Carl Schurtx Of Milwaukee,
ct tho Jefferson Festival
From the Boston Courier.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen IL am
rather exhausted BY fifty hours uninterrupted
railway travel, and feel hardly able to res
pond to the sentiment just offered, and to the
allusion made to myself, in m appropriate
manner. The great Northwest sends her
ereetings through me, and that greeting car
RES with it the report Of her victorious
Western guns A few days ago the great
tidinps from Connecticut and Rhode Island
met half way the great tidings from Wiscon,-
Gin and Michigan and they fell into each
others arms. (Applause.) The Youngest
children of the Union met the Oldest IN
harmonious rejoicing, and they swore alle'
glance to those principles which are as great
q humanity. II il necessary that the East
and the West, the native and the foreign
born citizens, should understand each other.
Let me explain what we understand by Jef-
ferson Democracy. 1t reefs on three great
principles, The first is that incorporated in
the Declaration Of Independenee-"All men
are born free and equal, endowed with
certain inalienable rights, among which are
life, liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness.
In the name Of that principle and belief the
great West rises against the enslavement OF
Of man nv man. In the name Of the same
principle the great West mean to secure to
free men, without distinction of creed or
birthplace, the right to q free and untram-
melled exercise Of selfgovernment. ZAP
plause They do it, sir. because they think
that political liberty without the exercise OF
eelf-governmcnt is but o wild delnsion-
that natural right ought not to be resolved
into privileges: and thus the people of the
great West enter their solemn protest against
every proscriptivc policy which may cnrtail
that right in man. (Applause) The second
great principle upon which, in our opinion,
JeHersonian Democracy rests is that lncor
porated in the ordinance Of 1887. that slave
~ should be confined within the limits OF
those States where it at that time existed. In
the name Of that principle we mean to extend
its benefits to every acre Of virgin soil which
waits for the plough, and to every stream of
water whice is vet to be pressed INTO the
service of manufactures; We cay that the
American flag shall carry liberty and not
slavery 10 it's folds, wherever it floats. (Ar-
plause. The third great principle upon
which we think rests the democracy OF jet
ferson. is contained in his draft OF the Virgin
Ia resolutions, viz that the authority OF the
general government shall be strictlv limited
within the scope Of delegated powers, and
that the rights Of the States are the principle
safeguards Of ual self-government.
Gentlemen, | hail from Wisconsin, and
with the emoke and dust of battle still upon
me (laughter) q battle in which the lines
were distinctly drawn, and the issue was
perfectly understo d. TWAS revival OF the
old battle of the fcderaiists and republicans,
and as before the republicans carried the
day Ii gives me pleasure to hear SO large
and distinguished an assemblage cheer for
State rights, although it may be little sur
prising to a Wisconsin man; Tor in the late
contest, our opponents got nearly all their
arguments against us from Massachusetts.
U.augh.er.) If Daniel Webster had not
made that speech against MIR. Hayne, our
opponents would have been detenceless III
our hands. And let me tell you what the
meaning Of our recent victory is. The people
OF Wisconsin mean to stand by the Constitu
tisn, but by the Constitution as the great
bulwark Of human liberty, and as the safe
guard Of State rights. The meaning OF that
victory is that under the laws Of that State,
administered by upright judges, in the Ian
guage Of Jefferson, every man shall be pro-
te,ted against every exercise of unconstitu-
tionai powers. (Applausc) 1t means that
the habeas corpus shall secure every man
against everything which is not law, what.
ever shape il may assume. (Applause) II
means further that the trial by jury in all
questions touching life and liberty shall be
vouchsa;ed to every man, woman or child
white or black, alien OF native; anything in
the fugitive slave act, or any other usurpation
Of constitutional powers, to the contrary not
withstanding. (Great applause,) Thus, gen.
tlemen, Wisconsin holds out her hand acros.
the broad lakes, and hope Massachusetts
will give it hearty shake. Applause
Gentlemen, when looking around these ia
bles, / cannot forget q remark once made by
Fisher Ames,l believe that not two respscta
bic men could be found who would subscribe
to the extravagent democratic doctrines d
Jefferson (Laughtcr.) But ! see around
me to night, doing honor to jefferson, very
respectable company, including the d.sfin-
guished Senator from this State, the cham
pion oi the working men in congress, Zap
plause, the other distinguished repreresen
tative from Massachusetts, (Mr. Buriingame,
Who lately revived the battle between Mas
s.chusetss and South Carolina, and the Sen
stor from New Hampshire, under whose
banner we fought once, and under whom vi
E..h n
applause and | am led to ask, what Is tn
reason Of this change? is it that in all tn
Democratic doctrines Of Jefferson, there 10 to
logical consistency Of principle, and not tn
mere policy Of expediency; that jefferson
was philosopher, and not mere politician
that his ides Of human liberty, and ms idea
Of democratic government did not run 10 IN
narrow channel Of nationalism or OF reliyieu
prejudice Applause 1t is that when 81
epoke Of the rights Of man, he did not max
speech in favor u slavery Of the black race
that when he defended the institution 81 sell
government among us he did not establish a
aprivil. ge that which 10 IN inalienabIe right
that when ne helped in establishing our cen
trail government ne did not accumulate power
there which might absorb the safeguard o
self government rights Ii 10 becaas,
Mr.. Jefferson, when be spoke Of the citizen
thought Of man; when he spoke Of his coun
try. he meant the world and when he spok,
cfthe people, he thought Of humanity. Zap
plauss ;.
Gentlemen, i, lie by this policy that We cal
conquer Our marty, the party Of liberty
,viil be snccessinl as soon as it deserves sue
cess. Ii will be successful as soon rs it in
PRODUCES its doctrines Of liberty into ever
relation and sphere Of social and pol't'ca
life. Il will be successful, gentlemen, q
coon ~ it allows every man. whatever 81
birthplace, whatever his creed may be.
6ght under its banner unmolested ana WIN
out any aaront being offered 70 nam. .; yen
.flemen, 4 remark was made by the president
concer.ing nv place Of birth lido not con
sider INV self the representative Of that grea
forge 81 thought which is called Germany. 0
Of hat great nation Of ideas which Is Gale
the German; ret / nay speak for thoss Ao