North Carolina standard., 1850-11-02
cH1cAGo-IupGE DOUGLAS.

We copy from the Washington Union the iOiio"-
;,r Teleqraphic account of the action OF the N,'y
Coupcil of Chicago, Illinois, with reference TO Tue
r,r;,;ve Slave Law, together with the weli-merIeo
concentrations bestowed by that paper =. 'Us e :
Douglas, for his patriotic efforts IN OressN
storm of folly and fanaticism in ma' my ~"
Union says: :. ,..L A.,od
1--WE have received telegTaPhlc aesp;s, usee s,e,.
!e 80. .nr,a of The city council to n"Ihfy the late
ns;,;,. aIre law. and the conseqent assemoiagS %
nnbIic meeting to disapProve OF the ac'' we
anh;e;n The interesting bulletin to our ar'lcle:
indge Douglas, of the Senate aooleSSeu ",;
most able and eloquent speech Vnolcaung
s my, law and condemning the efforts to evade IL ine
feet was tremendous-the meeting ANONYMOUSLY uis
ted from the act of the council, and that oooy sun
seouentlv rescinded the act. Such Is the Iolce u
truth, boldly, openly, and manIuy &c. his
triotic efforts to sustain the law and the constiIu
ton of his country. .-;,nrb
W. Gee in this memorable transaction the trump"
of GREAT principle which we haveso often e"IHS w
vored to impress upon our young connuyh yhan che is
soc in this case the triumph of Truth "ie" nI
boldly and frankly vindicated. "1ru.n Is 10 s L.
and will prevail " but it is because sne ''dS oma
MONS worthy of her cause. Had Juose D go
consulted the dictates of prudence anI
the contest. or had he entered uPox S"f h;s moral
Nrith
~ VIZ II - ,o,Id no, have achieved the DECIDED VicVo-
Po";' III SasS,von Never was more trumPnant
-, I'D 70 the cause oftruth, maintained WIN nru II
ness nd advocated with eoquence, than III Tue e.o'
- Don0Ias on this delicate and trying OCCASION
,rhat noe single man should, BY his moral courage
Intellectual resources, successfully turn tne
Io nf oninion in meeting of 1000 citlzens-tha
ue ho,H bv single speech, have effected an zen
~. ~; -oIn,ion ot public sentiment" and that ne
.ho,id have induced even the council of Chicago to
oonnciI its nufying resolutions-is feather IN MS
c.n which any orator might desire to wear we know
Uot whether it is a higher compliment to the force
IS b;s talents or to the power of truth. With such
cbamnions. the Union may defy every attack Let
American patriots but boldly speak out IN the Nor
&C we'll az in the South and all sectlonahsm' all ui-
,r.ism all Sewardism, all disunionsm would Vansn'
.nd this Union would stand upon a rock, whlch
would defy all the winds of Heaven and all the ee
nents of Nature to shake it from the frm basis Oh
which it rests: ~ or ,ozo
IT, The Editor Of the Union:
s. Great excitement in Chicago. The council has
passed resolutions multiplying the act OF congress ie
a,ino TO the fugitive slave law, releasing the ponce
from obedience, urging resistance ana uenouncls
our conuressmen Last night four thousand cItIzens
assembled, the Mayor presiding. Senator Douglas
made great and glorious speech in defence OF all
measures of the Compromise, and the fugltlVeslave
law particularly, efecting an entire revolution IN
nubIc sentiment 1t was resolved unanimously to
sustain the law and the action of the city council
was repudiated. S. D. HAS
CHICAGO, Oct. 26, 1850.
Since Judge Douglass speech, the city c0nnci
has rescnded the nullifying resolutions.