Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-06-12
SPEECH OF CARL SGiiJRZ.
At tie Ratification Meeting in Milwauhe,

AR. IGEslHfNT AND GLNTLlMEx:--
=, ore ri tie delegate he had The honor to
t.r ncl,ubiIc.l- uI y Iey,,IsIn IN tie
A.-..,i.s e,..,,I i.I. / I,r. called upon Io give
+ ..,...' rt.tt as..D:.t ol cur Il lugs and uf ttr
Yeas W Iish g'.3,!vd a. lti COURSE We a e
t.liLiUIiy euuculu5ed ~ 90 uu. dutv a. We uti-
dcrstu,d u, ana ! ana bold eisouLh to a>suni,
,haI oar GHte. al.uIng ut dId differ from
yours.
! We went there not ouly for the purpose of
subscribing the in ereets Of the parry tut atoSe
all ot promotIuy he eress OF our cause.
] he qCt>t.Va 10 bt suived al Chicago. as We
uuderst, Oh Al, not only how We Could beat
tie Democracy, hul whether defeat OF the De-
/ muctaCS WoulG be yIclnry al keluhiIcanI~m
/ " e DO not forget hat there triunphs which
/ are no ylcIu- le- and that sucA trItnpLs. dan
/ gerouS and treacncruus a. thty always viii lie.
may become worse than deleli~i Tor, be-
I iug Tie trIomTls ui politician. Instead uf the
cau~e. they VIII loosen tie moral buuds which
.."ld q PARTY together. and Substitute IN then
pace ine mere cohesive power at PTh!ic PlUn-
der
We We'll aware. that for some time pre-
yluus 10 the meet!Hg ST jtt. NaIuuIl Convention.
IN some bel ubUcan ucw>palcfs. IN speeches
anu private Circulats, an cxIcme tenderness
was shown Tor the preludIces and So cepLbIll-
ties of those, Who han ac, q: with Ia, while
much less regard paid To ;he feelings aud
preferences o the R+yuaiIcau masses. " ex-
pecied 10 see ihI, p"llcy urged upon the Ma
lonaI Convent, u, aud We were Determined to
present TO II a bold and unfiInchIug opposition.
[ Applause For, We thought We appreciated
the tr-e element OF our strength. We knew.
that ruere dFIll and discI line. and party dIcta-
zion would never dave lie Relub MASSES
INTO silent obedience l. the mandates ot thaJ
Con oIveutIuH, !! those uaudaj a. run cuuIrtry tu
she lri war Gou~cIeuce. We kept uI.na thai
t..r rs, .hIcau la-t, Lad sprung iiors ta- In-
{ ul-utI'u - thc people aroused ~ = HaEraut
b vac @ trt.sl, aud had gan ed It's s;r,ugjh by
Tie uprI-Ins uf the popular heart ior great posi-
tlve ideas, tnlt II = uaFty OF volunteers held
together no by dr!ll aud Command, bat 10y the
moral gewer Uf Z eat cuutHuu cause Cheers.
/ that by loIutng the RepubiIcan organIzai iou
not one ot us gave up bis moral aud political
/ iuue leudeuce; that we did NOT deed s,Nay our
cousc!epCes n l,iscrlbing our names upon IL
roll; that lis claims our support depend on
:Le hold II has on our cVn'IctIous, that Its ten
/ IRE l. on good behavior aud that II cannot and
shall not be ruled bg She WHY arts OF secret di-
pluWacN applause
! l have heard II sad that IN consequence of
ali ihIs. the Republican party II a yer. difficult
party 10 te uiaia.,ed-but nothing Ia the wol Id
eaa te easier, as long a. the simple but great
truth l. kept IN view, that the masses viii re-
main true 10 the Republican party, as long
tue Republican party remains true 10 itse!i.-
Great \ Yplau>e.l Il MAS uUr conviction, that
If me CouV Veutlun had fallen into She fatal error
oi attempting tu change the El.th aud policy OF
It's party. d. wo'lld change our dress. II
would quickly have found out that the Repub
scau party l. essentially the party of Indepen-
i dent men, that us power rests upon pubic
opinion. and that j, eau 10 10 wrong with i'm
punIty. (Cheers)
With these ideas uppermost in our minds. We
went into that onvvntIou. determined - pre-
serve IN ~ purlty the original idea upon which
the party was iounded. determined never 10
sell out ths moral character and the great fu-
.ure ot tie Republican cause tor the trsseher~
ouS glitter Of lausible coiubluat;"ns5 brought
about by trade and compromise, ccteruiiEed
rather /, risk y defeat that TO iunse our own
Identity ~ tie chase after delussve phaFtcn
of party success with one word. determined to
have Republican platform. aud upon q 4 Re
publican caldidats- (Great Applause leave
Il Ia : people IL " I>couSIu to decide Sheih-
er they were iuisrepreseuted by tAeir delegates
[Chcers
By the par;ial,y Of Yur delegation. I was
rI,cad upon the committee on platforms snd