The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-06

tance to your neighboring cities Of St. An
thonY and Muneapolis-a bill to create an
Meekors Island water power almost as great
as that Of St. Anthony itself, and to open nav
gation to tho very foot of that mighty water
power. (Applause.)
Pardon me the seeming vanity in these en-
umcrations Of my labors, but you will bear
me witness that have never before even re.
tcrrcd to them, and only do so now in self
defense, and when driven to it by the most ma.
lignant, cruel and long continued persecution
aud misrepresentation.
QUARRELsoME BUSINESS.
" hat man in all this land has been 50 treat
cd? What have done? Whom have I Offend
ed? What man has ever written to me while
in Washington on business, that did not get
ready and courteous reply, be he Democrat or
| Republican? When have ever stopped to
ask any man how ne voted, before I would
serve him? 4 Democrat here rcplicd-"Not
oncr' (Applausc.)
l have not been false to my party or the
State. Then whom have offended? Not the
poor man? Have not labored for his inter-
ests? Have I ever done aught to make his
burden heavier? Not the black man? Can he
complain Of me? III the face Of the strongest
prejudice have taken the stump time and
again and plead the sacred cause of Human
Justice, in the dark forms of that poor oo-
pressed raco [Applause.! Does the poor i'm
grant complain? Have not been lis friend?
The friend OF liberty? Thank God, when the
name of abolitionist was a by-word, &; scott
and rcproach 1 did not hesitate to denounce
the ''sum of all villanies.' [Applause.] Is it
the friend Of my country? When have been
false to it. Did ever i,ltcr cvcn in its dark
est days? Is there All act Of mine that is not
straightforward? Can the friend OF mercy
complain? No! Who can point to any cruel
! or unjust uttcrancc OF mine? When the cry of
the starving women and children of the South
went up to Heaven, I stood up in the House
and pleaded their cause and aided to pass
large appropriation for their relief: lap
plausc.
But they say am a belligercnt, bcllicose,
cantankerous fcliow-always quarrclling!
When have ever quarrcled with any man
outside of that smut machine over there?
Tremendous applausc.] Three times 1 have
run for Congress, yet there is no word spoken
in all those contests would to-day wish to
blot out The three Democrats whom have
run against are all my warm friends. Is that
a sign that I am q ''qurrelsome cuss?" ZAP
plause. Two years ago had spicy debate
with Col. Robertson in this very hall. laugh
ter. Yet spoke no word that could leave a
sting behind it, and we are good friends still.
Am then a 'quarrclsomc cuss?" Why, if 10
Whcelock had had that debate with Robert
son, he would have had the Colonel by the
hair in twenty minutes. A London tunky
been so we'll trained that when his master
kicked him three feet off the floor he never
changed q muscle of his countenance That
'aint my style. [Laughtcr.] When I am
struck, God helping me, I shall strike back!
This institution across the street would strike
a peaceable citizen in the face, and when he
resented it cry out "Why what a quarrelsome
cuss is this!' Laughter and applause.
OTHER CANDIDATES.
Now I am q candidate for Congress, and
would be very happy to receive your support
[Applause.l There are other gentlemen in
the field, Gen. Hubbard Gen. Andrews, Mr.
Go r
to say. They are all excellent, gallant, honor
able gentlemen. have no monopoly of this
machine. The State is poor indeed that can
not afford more than one candidate for an
Office. I am not like Elihu B. Washburne
who thinks that if he should die Congress and
the country would go to the devil. I believe
that the world will prosper long after am laid
in the dust.
The policy Of the country should be to en-
courage honorable ambition. What price
would Massachusetts take for the memory of
her Webster? What treasure in uncounted
gold or precious gems would Illinois deem
now looking down upon us from among the
angels? [Great applause.] ] am ready to
bow TO the will of the people, but I protest
against this murder of reputation, this policy
Of assassination, this pursuing of men with
stillettocs-this attempt to extinguish men in
a sea Of filth, SANDER, libel and infamy [Great
applause.
THE SOURCE OF r. Il. wAsl1BuRNE's ATTACK,
Where, then, is the source of all this thing |
1t will be found in that newspaper known as
the St. Paul Press: which Whiln have hnnn