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Carl schurn, Of Winconsln---Lettura

? apeecu VI the evening WIS uhue uy MI DeuuIhs
We give below the opening and closing para
graphs Also the letters from Messrs. Seward,
Chase, and Blair. They will well repay pc
ruaal, especially at this time After stating that
he felt rather exhausted by fly hours Of unin-
teuupted railway travel, Mr.. schurE said
The great Northwest sends her greeting
through me, and that greeting carries with It
the report Of her victorious Western guns A
few days ago the great tidings from Conneeti-
cut and Rhode Island met halfway the great
tidings from Wisconsin and Miohigan and they
fell into each Othcr's arms (Applause.) The
youngest children of the Union met the oldest
in harmonious rejoicing, and they swore allegi.
ance to those principles which are as great as
humanity. It is necessary that the East and
West, the native and the foreign born citizens,
should understand each other. Lot me explain
what we understand by Jeffersonian Democra-
cy. II rests upon three great principles. The
first is that incorporated in the Declaration Of
Independence-"all 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 principle
and belefthe great West rises against the en-
slavement Of man by man. In the name Of that
belief the people Of the great West mean to
stop the spread of the evil wherever they can
reach it by constitutional means
In the name of the same principle the great
West means to secure TO free men, without
distinction Of creed or birthplace, the right
to free and untrammelled exercise of self
government. (AppIause) They do Il, sir,
because they think that political liberty with
out the exercise of selfgovernment is but q
wild delusion-that natural right ought not to
h ;rN, ,s,s1 ehe,a h
pie of the great West enter their solemn pro-
test against every prOscriptive policy which
may Ourtail that right in man. (Applause y
The second great principle upon which, in our
opinion, Jeffersonian Democracy rests, is that
incorporated in the ordinance of 1877, 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 ex-
tend its benefits to every acre of virgin soil
that waits for the plow, and to every stream
Of water which is yet TO be pressed into the
service Of msnufactures-and we say that the
American flag shall carry liberty and not slaV-
cry in its folds wherever il floats. (Applause J
The third great principle upon which we think
rests the Democracy Of Jefferson, is contained
in his draft ofthe Virginia revolutions, viz -
That the authority Of the General Government
shall be strictly limited within the scope of
delegated powers, and that the rights of the
States are the principal safeguards of local
self-government Gentlemen, hail from Wis.
consin, and with the smoke and dust Of battle
still upon me, (laughter)-a battle in which the
lines were distinctly drawn, and the issue was
perfectly understood, II was a revival of the
old battle of the Federalists and Republicans,
and as before, the Republicans carried the day.
it gives me pleasure to hear Sc large and dis
tinguished an assemblage cheer for State
rights, although il may be o little surprising
to a Wisconsin man for in the late contest,
our opponents got nearly all their arguments
against Us from Massachusetts. daughter -
II Daniel Webster had not made that speech
against Mr.. Hayne, our opponents would have
been defenceess in our hsnds. And let me
tell you what the me lning OF our recent vic
tory is The people Of Wisconsin mean to
stand by the Constitution as the great bulwark
ofhuman liberty and as the safeguard of State
rights. The meaning of that victory is that
under the laws Of that State, administered by
upright Judges, in the language of Jefferson,
ovory man shall be protected against every ex
ercse of unconstitutional powers. (Applause }
II means that the Habeas Corpus shall Sc
cure every man against everything which is
not law, whatever shape it shall assume -
(AppIause) 1t means further that the trial by
jury in all questions touching life and liberty
snHu Do Vouchsafsj ~ every man, woman or
child, white or black, alien or native; any.
thing in the Fugitive Slave act, or any other
usurpation Of constitutional powers, to the
contrary Notwithstanding, (Great applause }
THUS, gentlemen, Wisconsin holds out her
hand across the broad lakes and hope Mas
sachusetts will give ii a hearty shake. Zap
Plause.)
have heard il asserted that there are no
anti-slayery Germans in the United States
1t the man who makes that assertion lives
long, think he will see the other side Of the
question, and that it will be very hard to find
any pro-slayery Germans in the United States.
The German heart beats instinetively for free
dom, and it is every time on the side of FREE
dom when il clearly sees where freedom is
{ (Applause.) Listen to the reports you hear
from the West, and you will notice that tn.
bells Of st. Louis. which have just sounded the
tocsin of Emancipation, speak the German dia.
leet. Turn your eyer towards the South, and
you will see in Texas a German colony pre-
pairing to make an inroad with free institutions
upon the slave States Observe tho standard
OF liberty where there is real danger, and there
you will find the Germans in the thick of the
fight. (ApplAuse) Many Germans may vote
with the Democracy, but il you ask a German
q
slaVe,in your neig borhood, and the slave-eateh.
or calls on you for asSiStaneei" he will say,
In my old country have suffered much7-I
have been pressed down, and have left the
country because / feared to be lowered 10
the level Of a slave; do you think that
came here only to get down ten degrees
lower-tO the moral degradation of slave
cateherl" daughter and SppauBe.) That,
gentlemen, is the instructive feeling of the
German heart. Meet them in the battle of
freedom as equals and they will fight ike the
braVest Of your own Give them what you
owe them ss men, and they will give you what
they owe you Hs citizens. INTRODUCES liberty
into every relation Of social and political life
and there is no class of population in the whole
world which will stand by you with greater
hdelity, even to the bitter end, than lhes, very
3ermana Great aPPlsuSe.) WI
Letters From Prominent Republicans.
From the HOa William H. SstOard.
AUBURN, April 5, 1889
GENTLlMHN l give you my sincere aud
grateful acknowledgements for your kind invita-.
lion to the Festival which you propose TO make
on the 9Th inst, in honor of Thomas jefferson,
'the father Of the Ordinance Of 1887, and the
apostle Of State Rigts" Occupations eonse-
tuN.A' oh = AohB e"eohSo rum my nome Will
lender It impossible for me 10 accept this cour.
Lesy. trust, however, that you will allow me
% congratulate you on the unmistakable indi-
;ations that the country is rapidly and surely
to the only true national political plat
orm, laid down by Jefferson and his immortal
associates in the Declaration Of American In
dependence, namely the Rights Of Human Ma
ure. After long season Of misapprehension,
Z is now coming 10 DO seen that the Republi.
IAN cause is at once selfsustaining and self
one, deriving lie strength and vigor
rom the inherent principles Of benevolence and
ealnuaU nf opnrassfo,, Hau..fnrsb I S..I