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.. ■ ,Groat Aunult upon Free 'Speech,.;•On; the 7th last. there was » flollsad • ocratio meeting held in the town of: Alto, Tond 3u LacVCoi - John iandaa! was; called* / 4/ to;the chair.. ,S. H. Salrerda was called upon •fora speeeh4n the Holland language. Hehqd ■ but joet commeuoed speaking,. when he-'was iaterrnpled by some of the leading Eepabjl cans of thattownj'who jilted, laughed, and threw wheat and potatoes at hlm. The chair-' man endeavored to preserve order, an'd assured these who were disturbing the meeting, that , the?.should hare an opportunity rto be heard after he got through..: Then they became more . violent than before,; and denounced • the Hoi* laadeis, and foreigners generally, In the most malting manner. Many if the terns used were too low and indecent to admit of .pabii* cation In a publio newspaper. -The HoUa^ddra throughout kept gnifct,: and^ did; not attempt to quell the disturbance by jforcei ' The iSepub-Ucans declared they conducted; tbemselyesia ■that way because the speeches yvere made id;p foreign language, which they could not und-jr-. standi In the fnoe? and eyes of this great c ut* rage, the Republicans appeal io onr adopted citlzsns to support three Enow Hothlngs-*-Bcndall, ;Koble and Harvey.'. ' . - i
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Milwaukee Daily Milwaukee News
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Oct 21, 1859
Page 2
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