Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-07-15

elCquenCe carried the audience completely
by storm. No report can do full justice
to such speaker Gov. Yates, but we
present, from pretty full notes, the sub
stance of his remarks, which were con-
tinually interrupted by applause.
SPEECH OF GOV. YATES, OF ILL.
Fsuoso Citizens Of Wisconsin :-You
have received me with a presentation be-
fore my address, of the glorious tune OF
Dixie, the finest tune in the world, except
Yankee Doodle. | think, when it is pro-
perly understood, it is as fine as Yankee
Doodle; because
sIn Dixie's land wen take cur stand
(Cheers and lauehter.) Eighty seven
years ago to-day, ttty-si1 farmers, traders
and merchants were assembled in an old
hall in the city Of Philadelphia, to delib.
crate upon great and important affairs;
| cannot go into history, bot suffice it to
say, that alter mature deliberatoD, they
came to most astonishing conclusion,
which was, that all men were created free
and equal, aud endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights, among
which were lite, liberty, and the pursuit
OF happiness.
Since that declaration, we have grown
to be the greatest nation in the world ;
have set before mankind the greatest gov
eminent that ever existed since the begin-
Ding of time down to the present, in
which there has been more peace and
prosperity, and wider ditfosion OF edu-
! cation; higher appreciation Of religion,
and purer and more exalted morality
than IL any government which has existed
since the foundation of the world; our
boundaries are far and wide; and, fellow
citizens, notwithstanding one million peo-
| pie are in arms against this glorious gov
eminent of ours, notwithstanding we
have traitors in the South and traitors in
| The North, that proud declaration stands
stands i'll the purity and grace OF its IA
| tive expression, not Jot or title erased,
despite the opposition OF traitors North or
| South, and by the blessing of God,l shall
| stand forever. (Cheers)
| This Government was the very bright
| est of the nations of the earth. until the
| poisonous lizard OF Secession entered it,
| love this GovernmeD On what un-
| dying memories cluster around it What
| joys, hopes. fears and purposes are associ-
| ated with it since it was first established
| by the men who, in 1916, struggled upon
| the glorious fields of American liberty
| (Cheers.l
| love it because it is the best Govern
ment on the earth. | love it because it is
based upon the great doctrine OF the equal
| rights of man, and OF the right OF ma
| jority to rule, and to elect their President,
Congressman and Supreme Judges. Be.
| cause il asserts the dignity OF man, and
rests the right OF man TO equal citizenship,
on his inhereI t, God-created manhood.
love it be ause it conters upon every
man equal privileges. No man Is inferior
to another, and each man is equally bound
with his brother man to keep up an un~
| firing vigilance against the exercise of de
| signing arlstocratlc power, and MAINTAIN
our efficiency in protecting the interest OF
the States. Where is there Government
so tree as this? Where does the poor
man enjoy such rights and privileges,
where Is labor so much reapt cted, and
| where does il receive such ample rewards z
| love it, fellow citizens, because 1T gees
eUery poor de0I IN this country a chance
TO get ahead. You here all heard of q
rail-splitter down in our State, who man
| aged to become President of the United
| States, and l recollect a poor boy who
came out West several years ago who by
dint of his persevering energy and reck-
| less presumption, is now Governor OF the
fourth State in the Union. (Oheers) ]
/ lOs e ILLS COuACt DSSoGSo IL IIiahSS uO us
| tiuction where man is born. 1t opens
wide Its arms 10 the foreigner as well as
to the American and allows you here in
| Wisconsin TO elect noble, able and elo-
Quent German for Governor. | love it,
too, because | am able to get to WiscOn
sin without knowing when | cross the
State line.
1t was the Government of Washington
| 1t was the privilege of our fathers; and
| who would not fight and die tor such 8
Governments There are gentlemen who
| talk about cOmpromlse--ta! about COM
| promise, when the enemy Is upon you,
and is laundering at our very gatesi al
| the great Union convention, when lC was
| proposed to pass resolutions III favor ol
Union, secessionists voted it down. And
when orr Northern friends got IN the dir
aud abiectly begged them to have the
question referred to a convention of the
States, tor such measures TO be adopted as
should secure to their sister States the
tnll enjoyment of such rights and privi-
leges as they might desire-they voted il
down. Talk about compromise, when not
a single message OF the President of the
so-caAed Confederate States, or OF any
| Governor of Southern State-not pub
lie speaker or newspaper in the South ha.
proposed it--talk about compromise when
they defy and ridicule the idea of ever
forming part Of our government; when
they cali our glorious stars and stripes O
bated rag; when they say that if peace
was established they would not associate
with Northern copperheads without hold
Jag their noses F.! Uaughter) | say the
| craven hearted wretch who talks of COM
| promise under these circumstances is q
traitor 10 his country. Fellow citizens, !
am sorry to tell you to day that peace is
| impo>s ble. l was conversing with dis
tingusned leader of the Democratic party
the other day, and says | to him, Let Us
see how this nation can be divided. y
Well" said he, " IN the first place, we
will kick off New England -" There, u
aid |, " cannot agree with you. There
is Lexing o. and Concord and Bunker
| Hill, and there they will remain. There
was the home OF the pilgrim fathers, who
escaped in the May Flower, and erected
/ in this land the temple OF everlasting free
! dom and Christianity. And although |
am southern man myself, yet New Eng
| land is mine, and all her glories are mine"
Again. could we abandon the Mississip-
nj to a foreign power In 1904 we pur-
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