Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-10-16
Eloquent Tribute TO Lincoln.


AT the time of the great Republican
demonstration at Ottawa on the 9Th ult
Casslus NJ. Clay made a most effective
speech, of which the following was the
perorauon:
On. il IS a glorious spectacle that is
now presented! Al last we are going to
illustrate our capacity for self-govern-
ment-;o prove that the laborer does not
of necessity belong TO the capItalist-that
the working man must not IN the natural
order OF things be the mudsil-lhe bot
tom log, lying in the slush but the stone
that the Democratic oligarchy have re
Jeeted from the building Is about TO be-
come the chief stone OF the corner, loud
apptause) }, the beautiful Corinthian oil
uinn 10 acorn the temple of liberty, pro-
claiming by lis presence 10 all the ma
tons, Look! see what liberty promises
aud achieves for the down-lrodden and
the children OF the poori'' Behold this
man, The heir of poverty, tried by the
ire OF adversary, coming out as pure q Id
strengthened IN his intellect, and devel-
oped IN his person INTO the hardy man
hood OF a giant-a Saul among the peo-
ple-a true giant among MS p--rs. Gap
plause.) When the battle was TO be
fought Two years ago in Illinois between
tree and slave iabor, between freemen
and the oiigarchy of slavery, where
among all the active intelligent millions
OF ihis beautiful land was found a stand
ard bearer to lead the van in fighting
| Your battle against he Lltlle Giant who
led the forces of the shareholders? None
( other mo e Fl, was found than honest,
/ earnest. eloquen; Abe Lincoln. (Im-
mence applause How we'll, how gal
lanily he bore himself, you know, for
YOU were near by and saw him strug-
gliug through the thlctesl OF The fight,
bearIug aloit our standard, while the
Eyes OF all the nation were upon him
\ lou OF all The north and we OF the South
stood 10y aud watched, with drawn breath,
each HuCluaton IN that memorable strife.
Aud now notify did he move forward, ,
couqueriug and 10 conquer! Here III Ilh
uyIs, the home Of Douglas. State that
ior nalura. lifetime has been the Glib
ruiter OF Democracy, where Democratic
maiurueS he piled IN thousands along
tne track OF your political history, mark
Ing with InvarJabi- certainty each recur-
rng election tor over thirty years. he led
YOU 10 the conflict with th- Democracy
under the lead of their GIANT; and the
people, after tair h,arIng, decided for
Lincoln and Liberty by a majority of A.
O>-j over Douglas. (Great enthusiasm
And Will you do 1t agaiu2- ("Yes,"
y es. Yes, l know you VIII; YOU will
give hun the electoral vote of Illinois,
Although, 10y ID mocrat gerrymanderlag
lie was then cheated out ot place In he
Senate, We, the people, will amply repay
uim The principal aud Interest when on
tie 4lh day of s.arch; 1861, we place
hIn IN the White House. (Tremendous
cheerIng.) All honor to Honest Old
Abe. Thou hast been faithful over
few things; We vii! make thee ruler over
many things. prolonged cheering }
Bul listen to this threat of the King
Gthe slave powerE "Ef we elect our
man, well and good; but # you dare 10
elect your man woe betIde you. Well
break up the government. Laughter.
Wei. dissolve the Union we'Ii rule or
rum" What does that mean? Itmeans
Ihat we are not TO have equality IN these
>tates-ihat You, the free people OF the
Northwest, Shall not be equal TO the
proud oIlgarchy of three hundred thou
sand Shareholders. Is any man here IN
Inundated by these threatss No"
No" Does Gar of Russia. WELD
ing the concentrated strength of sixty
/ millions of people, hold you IN trembling
sabnnssionl Are you slaves whose alb
ject spirits dare not rise TO shake off a
despoiIsm under which You cover! Are
you IN Illinois afraid2 ["No." No
Do YOU give way? "No," No If
YOU are afraid. abolish these demonstra
tons OF the popular wall. lay down the
:usIgua OF RepublIcanism, have no more
OF these great meetings Of the masses,
destroy the bailot-box and say 10 Doug
las, thou ART King" I"Never, Never,
It sou are not, then elect your own man
by The Constitution and laws. Nv t
will" Place the star spangled banner
III Old Abe 5 left hand and the sword of
Justice IL his right, and respond 10 these
men who are Threatening dlsso. utIon, IN
the language oi Jackson, BY the Eter-
nal, the Cnlon shall be preserved :
! Tremendous applause In the ProvI-
dence of God. and by the hi critics of the
people. we say you shall neither rue nor
rum" 'pplause) And upon that ban
ner shall be Inscribed 40 such miserable
motto as Slavery and Union nor yet
Slavery with or without the Union"
bat III the words OF him who grew i'm
mortal IN their uterance, everywhere,
spread all over IL characters OF living
hight. blazing on all lis ample folds, as
they noa, over the sea and over the land,
aud in every wind under the whole heav-
ems. that other sentiment. dear 10 every
Irue American heart, "LIBERTY AND
! UNION. now and forver. one and iusepa-
able" IGreat and loud continued
/ heering.I
Judge Lynch ha. been dispaschins horse