The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-09-12
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it might be readl Hero The audience became
uugovernable, and cries Of all description rem
the air.
"Nobody reads that paper!" at would be
of use if they did; douglas thinks no one
but himself knows anything!" which subsided
for few moments, only TO break out again al
some fresh insult.
We shall not pretend to give anything like
a report of his speech. We do not hesitate tc
say that more miserable, sophislical and un
sound defamation was ever made by the mos
ignorant pettifogger. Added to this, it was
in:ercarded with the most insulting epthets
which tho resources of Billngsgate could furn
ish, and full of tho most unwarrantable and
ungrounded accusations against tho charac.
ter of our city and citizens. Therere was moi
a show of argument through the whole effort
there was not a position which he advanced
but from which tho most feeble reasoncr could
drive him and he was given up to blindne 81
and defeat
For the first three quarters Of an hour, he
was destined to with most remarkable patience
and forbearanco, considering the circumstances
nndor which IL was delivered. 1t was true
that every proslavery sentiment that he utter
cd was received with indignation, and was dis
armed with cries of "no' groans, and hisses.-
But when he did talk for moment, sensibly
i
the crowd evidently was, to listen to reason,
but to dsown and decry sophcstry, and to show
Douglas and his clique that they were no Ion
ger to be imposed upon.
Throughout tho speech Douglas refused to
say one word in defence Of his vote against the
River and I1arbor, bill. although he was fire.
quently requested to DO 40. He probably
thought that his course in that matter was
wholly Ddefensibc and that the least said up
OH it the better for him.
During this speech he claimed Chicago as
his home. The crowd repudiatcd this claim
by groans and ordinations asserting that he
was no longer worthy to be citizen of the
/ place ho had so foully disgraced The most
| ly put to him, by various persons in the crowd,
which stripped his pretended logic of its false
covcrn and showed it IN its true light, filling
the audieace with mingled feelings of disgust
and mirth at the person who thus attempted to
deceive them. Many of these questions and
retorts were of the happiest and witt lest order,
| and the crowd received them with much zsst.
Douglas avoided an answer to them generally,
| as Il ey were often of such character as 10 be
too dangerous for reply.
After he had spoken about fifteen minutes.
Mayor Millikcn again arose and ordered the
police, who were scattered among the crowd.
to Immediately arrest any person who should
throw any missiles. No missiles had been
thrown, and the order is generally suppose to
only have been given in order to iniimidate
tho crowd from expressing their dissent from
the pro- slavery sentiments of Douglas. fthat
was that was the intention of the ORDER it GER
tainly failed of accomplishing lis object.
After speaking for something more than an
hour, and finding that the people regarded
him very much as the people of the Revol1-
tion would have regarded Benedict Arnold,
had he come among them for the purpose of
indicating his treachory, ard that thcy trent
ed him in protiy near the same way that Ar
mold would have been treated. Douglas lost his
temper which upon this time, he had pre-
ser, ed pretty well, and began to rave, and at
the end ofanother hour, his downfall was CON-
plete.
The entire crowd, with the exception of the
Body Guard and tho Irish hackers, who we're
all present, bot who were cowed by the i'm
mensc numerical superiority of their oppo-
nents, were against him, and received his in
suits, falsehoods and misrepresentation with
most terrific groans and hisses. Douglas
soon became perfectly transported with rage.
and his face assumed that diabolical and sinis-
ter exprosson so strongly suggestive of tho
feline race in anger, which is peculiar TO him
whom rritated. lie began TO denounce the
ossemblage as a mob, and dcclored shat the
tone of it was produced and regulated by the
influence of that organ of the Wing and Free
Soil ariies ofihe State, the Chicago TreJune'
AT this, three hearty cheers were given for
the Tribune, and the same number of groans
for the Press and Times, all Of which were af-
terwords frequently repeated.
Douglas now apparently gavo up all hope
of modifying the assemblagc, and putting on
his hat, faced the crowd, and attempted to tire
and pully them into silence Leaning upon
the top rail Of the platform, he assumed Bhoy
air and attempted every art within his scope
to accomplish that purpose but in vain. Thos.
HoyLe advanced and attempted to speak, but
Douglas took him by tho shoulders, turned
him around, and sent him back again; an illus
tration, we presume of his remark in the SEN
ate that this was "his fight and that he wish
ed for no interference.
Towards the close Of the scene, Douglas drew
letter from his pocket and attempted to read
IL. 1t purported to be letter threatening
personal violence if bo spoke here. 1t is need
loss to say that no such letter was never writ
ten, ut least by any reliable person here. EIo
denounced the Know Nothings. for which he
received no lack of groans. He again attack
cd this paper-laid tho result of tho meeting
at our door, (where we ark very well content
to have it lie.) and denounced us as the organ
of tho Wbig FREQ Soil and Abolition parties.
All his allusion to the Tribune wero receiv-
ed by groans, always followed by cheers for
the the paper. He finally said that as he saw
II was useless for him TO prosecd, be would
leave the stand. Cries of good! good, He
said, however that no would not give it up sol
That he would speak again tn tho people, and
that they should hear him. He would now
leave the stand, and resign j: to the mobl He
went off with his hat on his head, his face dis.
torted with rage, and shaking his fist at ihe
audience. His disappearance from the stand
was tho signal for renewed outburst of the
most terrific cheers and groans VIC ever heard,
which continued for somo moments. Apprc-
hcnsions were entertained that the unhcnrable
insults which he had given the citizens might
impcl them TO infict upon him somo personal
violence upon his way TO tho Hotel, but wo
are happy to say that nothing of The kind las
attempted. His BODY Guard followed in close
order, placed tho Little Giant in their midst |
(ittle enough now,) and lighted by torcli bear
crs, escorted him 10 his Hotel, tho fremont
House. Tho crowd lined Tie sides of tho
streets through which the guard passed. and !
saluted them with heavy Eroans and then fol |