Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1858 — HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX. [ARTICLE]

HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX.

•d According to previous appointment ibis gentleman the able apd popular rep entative of this Congressional district, addressed the people of Jasper county, at tho Court House in this place on Saturday last. The day was dark and gloomy, but such was the reputation of the speaker that every inch of space in the Court. House, was filled—scats, aisles, bar and all were filled to overflowing, and many went away because they could not even got standing room. His speech was one of the most masterly efforts to which wo have ever listened. For nearly three hours he held his audience spell-bound while he exposed in a most telling manner the corruptions, the extravagance and inconsistency of the present Administration. His exposition of the rotten policy of flic. Administration in relation to Kansas affairs, was most masterly and told with withering effect upon the prospects of t,he-_purty who say by their platforms that though thirtyfive thousand pc ;>le are enough to make a : slave State, yet if require;- ninety-three 1 ■ thousand on the saiut soil and with the j same climate to make a free State. During the whole course of his. speech. Mr. Colfax never once descended from the j lofty character befitting u member of the Legislature of a great republic-—no slang, no vindication, no disgraceful personal abuse , uiliaructerized his speech, but it was from first to last a candid and manly discussion j. of tho political affairs of the day-. His reference to his competitor, Colonel Walker, ! was dignified and manly. Not a word which could by the most violent partisan he con- I strued into anything personal escaped his lips. Mr. Colfax made hosts, of friends by his speech.

We regard tho election of Mr. Colfax by a majority largely exceeding that of 1856 as a fixed fact. Certainly his course while he has been a member of Congress, has been ■uch as to commend him to tho confidence and respect of all his constituents. Ever at his post, battling manfully for the rights of freemen, irnperyious alike to censure, throats "br bribes, despising alike the anathemas or the alurements of the present currupt and debased executive he has, from first to last,

discharged his duty and his whole duty to to his constituents, to his country, to his conscience and to his God. No man was more hated or feared by the executive than Schuyler Colfax, and hence every effort will be made by an unprincipled administration to compass his defeat. This fact alone should commend him to the respect and confidence of every true friend of freedom and human rights. Let every man do his duty in the coining contest but half us faithfully as Mr. Colfax did his while in Congress, and the gallant Representative of the 9th Coin.’regional district of Indiana will be ejected by an overwhelming majority. Let us then all to work, and Work with a will, and when the ides of October shall roll around, let the 9th district do her duty by returning to his accustomed place in the councils of the nation the man \vhom she delights to honor. At the conclusion of Mr. Colfax’s -account ; his stewardship some one proposed “three cheers for Colfax, which were given with u will, making the roof of the Court‘House fairly crack again, and plainly showing that those who heard him were ready and willing at the proper time to say to him, as was said of old, “friend come up higher,” “thou hast been faithful in a few things, We will make you ruler over many things.” So mote it be.