Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-09-28
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permit your political hucksters to barter
away not only your votes, but your con-
sciences and your honor2
But let the eonspiraters come on: We
defy them. emerdous cheering.) Go
on with your coalitions, which are made
on the distinct understanding that those
who unite to-day are to cheat each other
tomorrow. (Applause.) Has 1t become
ruling principle in your parties that the
rank and file have no rights which the
leaders are bound to respect z? (Laugh-
ter) You will find out your mistake
Look around you, Do you see the thou
sands leaving your banners, unwilling to
submit to your trcacherous schemes to rob
the people of their election? Do you
know what that means. 1t means that the
man rises above the partisan. 1t means
the revival of conscience in our politics.
1t is the true sovereignty of the people
vindcating itself (Cheers.)
Now build up your molc-hills and call
them impregnable fortresses. 1t seems
you do not know how small they are
The logic OF things will roll its massive
will over them, and your puny contrivances
Will leave no traces behind to tell your
dolclul story (Applause.)
Sir, only those whose hearts are un-
moved by great moral impulses can fail to
see that we are in the, midst of a great
moral revolution. They cannot prevent
its final victory; firmly believe they can
not even retard it. No, they are aiding
it in spite of themselves, for their general
rottenness demonstrates its necessity
(Applause) Douglas himself is power
fully promoting its progress. He has
taught the people of America great,
sublime lesson.
think it was Senator Pugh who once
said that if Douglas were struck down by
the South, he would take his bleeding
corpse and show it to the youth of the
Northwest, as an example of southern
gratitude. Let that modern Mark Anto-
ny come on with bis dead Caesar (pardon
me, it is neither Caesar dead nor Mark An
tony alive, } [applause and cheers let hina
bring Gil his bleeding corpse and | will
suggest the funeral Grafton. Let him say
to the youth of the American Republic:
. This is Douglas. Look at hinl, For
every wound the South has inflicted Oh
him, he has struck blow at the liberties
of his countrymen. Let him serve as
warning example that a man may be y
traitor to liberty, and yet not become
favorite of the slave power. Mark him.
BY false Popular Sovereignty he tried to
elevate himself, and true Popular Sover-
eigntv strikes him down" cloud ap-
plause.)
If the youth of America profit by this
lesson, then it may be said that even
Douglas has done some service to his ooun-
try (Laughter.) Then peace be to him
his mission is fulfilled.
But now we have to fulfill ours. False
Popular Sovereignty is down. Freemen.
it is for you to see to it, tl.at true Popn-
lar Sovereignty triumphs. (Applausc)
Citizens of New York, when, after tho
adjournment of the Convention which nom-
mated that great and good man, Abraham,
Lincoln, for the Presidency, | addressed
the people of my State again for the Grst
time, I said to them: Let Wisconsin,
stretch her hand across the great lakes
and grasp the hand of New York. Let it
be known that New York aud Wisconsin,
who stood together to the last for Seward
(prolongcd cheers) in the Convention, will
stand first and foremost in the battle for
Lincoln and Liberty" Renewed eheers.)
Wisconsin will redeem her pledge on the
9th of November. Men of New York, we
loolz to you for response. prolonged
cheers J