The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-30
Brown County.
NEW ULM. MIMI, Sept. %, 1859.

NEW ULM, MIMI, Sept. %, 1859.
To the Editors of the Pioneer and Democrat
General notice having been given, and
circulated among the citizens of Brown and
the surrounding community, that a Demo-
cratic mass meeting would be held at New
Ulm, on the 22d inst, and that the meeting
would be addressed by Hon. FRANCIS BAAs-
EN-, GEORGE l.. BECKER, and JAMES M.
CAvANAUGH, the people at about seven
o'clock in the evening began to swarm to
Town Hall, to hear these respective Demo
cratic candidates pour forth their mastery
eloquence and arguments, which they lis
tened to with strict attention.
Mr.. BAAsEN was called upon to open the
meeting, which he did in most an able man
ner, amidst loud and hearty cheers, which
showed the warmth with which he was
received by his people at home, speaking Of
the frauds which the Republican party have
attempted to pass off on the hard working
citizens Of Minnesota, by attempting in an
indirect way to bring the lands into market
through the Homestead Bill, as the lands
under this bill could not be taken until they
were subject to "private entry" therefore
the defeating of that bill was benefit,
rather than a detriment to the west-he
could by no means sanction the Massachu-
sets Amendment, and thought that the
Republican party had been very ungenerous
in passing such bill.
GEORGE l.. BECKER, Governor BECKER)
was then introduced to the eager waiting
audience amidst shouts of BECKER, BECKER,
from all parts of the room, who, in his usual
and polite manner, addressed the audience
with most an excellent and able speech, and
being sorry as we are that we could not
report his whole argument at full length
but we are quite confident his master ar
guments will not be forgotten by any
of those who listened to him-he re-
futed at once the false, base and
untrue accusations made against our party
by our opponents he was not in favor of
slavery, or was the Democratic party The
people ought to say what laws they wanted,
and this request should be granted to them !;
party, and he thought Congress had no
right to legislate upon the question of slave
ry in the Territories he said the naturali-
cation laws Of South Carolina were the
most liberal laws in the United States, and
that there were no laws there which pro-
scribed foreign-born citizens, and for
eigner was not compelled to remain there
seven years before he could vote that the
Five Million Loan was not aparty measure
and this was the understanding OF all par
ties it was the intention OF the Republican
party to drive the railroads to detault-and
be wished to stop the further issue of the
bonds.
Hon. JAMES NJ. CAvANAUGH also made a
lengthy and fine speech, showing that the
Republican party did, once upon time,
vote for a resolution which made slave of
a child in its mothers womb, and that
ALEXANDER RAMSEY was one of the forty
who voted for it This was Republican
freedom and human rights. He said that
the Republicans had imported FRANK
BLAIR to this State to teach us liberty and
freedom, and while so teaching US, his ne
groes were at home at work in slavery !;
that Republicans had been quelled in Ohio,
by Republican presses denouncing the Mas.
sachusetts Amendment. He was in favor of
a Homestead bill, but not such a one as
would bring the public lands into market,
and that he moved an amendment to GROW s
bill, while in Congress, to strike out the
words, subject to private entry" then go
on with the BILL but his amendment was
voted down. Mr.. CAvANAUGH was often
interrupted by questions from the Republi-
cans, to all of which he gave ready and sat-
isfactory answers, explaining the position of
each party. D. s. G.