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

ing attentions extended 10 our 1eiIoW-
townsman, CARL ScHURz by the Bostoni-
ans, at the celebration of JEFFERSON
birth day. The Cincinnati Commercial
selects from the numerous speeches dehy-
cred on this occasion, that of CARL
SoHURz. and publishes it in full, bestowing
upon its author the following well-merited
compliment.
"1hs speech of the evening was made
by Carl Schurz. We give it complete,
and it will repay perusal."-!Sentiaez.
SPEECH OF CARL sCHURz.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: | am
rather exhausted BY fifty hours aninter-
rupted railway travel, and feel hardly able
to respond to the sentiment just otfeie |,
and to the alus:on made to myself, in au
appropriate manner. The great North
west sends her greeting through me, and
that greeting carr es withit the report of her
victorious W estern guns. A few days ago
the great tidings from Connecticut and
Rhode Island met halfway the great IT,
dings from Wisconsin and Michigan, and
they fell into each others arms. APP
plause.) The youngest children of the
Union met the oldest in harmonious re-
Ioicing, and they swore allegiance to those
principles which are as great as humanity.
1t is necessary that the East and West.
the native and foreign born eitiaens, siro d
4 I'll / Of n
what we dndes stand by Jeffersoniau De
,nocracy. 1t rests upon three great prin-
clples. The first is that Incorporated in
the Declaration of Independence-''al
men are born free and equal, endowed
with certain inalienable rights, among
which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness" In tho name of that princ-
pie and belief the great West rises against
the enslavement of man by man. In the
name of that belief, the p oo!e Of the great
West mean to stop the spead of the evil
wherever they can reach it by const:tu-
tional means.
In the name of the same principle, the
great West means to secure to freemen,
without distinction of creed or birthplace
the right to free and rnramme!led ex-
ercise of self-goyernment. Applause. }
They do it, sir, because they think that
political liberty without the overeise of
self-government is but wild delusion-
that natural rights ought not to be resell
we'd into privileges; and thus the people
of the great West enter their solemn pro-
test against every proscriptive policy
which may curtail that right in man.
(Applause.} The second great principle
upon which, in our opinion, Jeffersenian
Democracy rests, is that incorl grated in
the ordinance of 1857. that Slavery 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 which is yet to be
pressed into the service of manufacture
we say that the American flag shall car
ry Liberty and not Slavery in its folds,
wherever it floats. (Applause.) The
third great principle upon which we think
rests the Democracy of Jefferson, is con-
tanned in his draft of the Virginia resolu-
ton, viz:-that the authority of the gem
eral government shall be strictly limited
within the scope of delegated power, and
that the rights of the State arc the prin-
cipal safeguards of local self-government.
Gentlemen, | hail from Wisconsin, and
with the smoke and dust of battle still
upon me (laugbter) battle in which
the lines were distinctly drawn, and the
issue was perfectly understood. 1t was
q revival of the old federalists and repub-
leans, and as before, the republicans car
ried the day. 1t gives me pleasure to
hear so large and distinguished an assem-
hlage cheer for State rights, although it
may be little surprising to Wisconsin
man; for in the late contest, our opponents
got nearly all their argument against us
from Massachusetts,. (Laughter) If
Daniel Webster had not made that speech
against Mr.. Hayne, our opponents would
have been defenceless in our hands And
let me tell you what the m aning of our
recent victory is. The people of Wiscon-
sin mean to stand by the Constitution,
hut By the Constitution as the great bull
wark of human liberty, and RS the safe
guard of human rights. The assauing f
that victory is that under the laws Of th; t
State, administered BY upright judges, in
sho language of Jefferson, every man shall
be protected against every exercise of un-
constitutional powers, (Anplansc.) 1t
means that the ha5eas corpus shall secure
every man against everything which is
MT law, whatever shape it shall assume
fApplause.) IT means further that the
ssial by jury in all questions touching life
and liberty shall be vouchsafed to every
man, woman or child, white or black, al
len or native; anything in the fugitive
slave act, or any other usurpation of
constitutional powers, to the contrary not
withstandng. ((fr, at applauso.)
Thus, gentleman, Wisconsin holds out
her hand across the broad lakes, and
hope Massachusetts, will give it hearty
shake. (Applause.) Gentlemen, when
looking around these tab'os, cannot for
get remark once made by Fisher Ames
believe, that not two respectable men
could be found who would subscribe to
the extravagant democratic doctrines of
Jefferson. (Laughtcr) But l SEQ a.
round me tonight, doing honor to Jeffer-
son, very respectable company, includ-
the distinguished Senator from this State
sue champion of the working men in
congress, (applaase.) the other distin-
guished representative from Mass achu-
sets. (Mr. Burlingame,) who lately re-