Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-08
THE RICHMOY ENQUIRER.
FRIDAY, sEPTEMBER :, ie'-
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caoo. As is strongly said by the \. l. hera"' "
,srce number of the people OF th"tci'E were "pP"s'o
On tha Nebraska bill: have held meetings Ill" he"'o
,neecbes against il; and encouraged P''i1ic"i PA'
sons. ouartercd in their midst, 10 write piaslhe"io"'
,.,ars to Senator Douglas, upbraiding HIM Win HE
conduct in introducing it. On his return from ""n
;,u,o, tho latter lost no time in announcing his III
ten,on of exculpatiug himself with his tello"-c''","'
N. ln,.raod 70 he hoard, and to be judged our oi
bis own lips. He asked the men who have beeh Pou'
ing ou. calumnies on bis head ior on' -. a..
sion to Justify himself in their sish1. IA H..
exercise of n right which, even IN .h'"s"' ="
n;es 70 the felon, the murderer or Inc pchPo.N'''
Yet this inalieuable privilcge-the r'ehl Vi Z
WAS refused by Chicago to one oil her .
.r;sbcd sons. A crowd gathered round inc P'"t'o'"
%, rb;cb he stood, and hoo;ed and beloved whenever
bs s+,em,tod TO raise his voice. Bo"rish s"'"'c
drowned every syllable ind after n VAN coh'es' u
,nwards of twoh hours, the Senator was Oaiicu ~ "
,i.n,.v os brute noise, such us, we rejoice to say has
seldou; been heard in any city on this continent
"..so;lad in n manner equally unlustihapie' 'h""S"
in O ditreren: way, and i'll the order OF congressman
d.bate-John Randolph of Roanokeis known 10 ha''
.ilenced a cowardly antagonist with the "''hei'"Sit
ns,.ss 1.-The member boasts of an attribute III WHICH
the negro is his equal, and the ~jackass ms superior
When the people Of Chicago boast OF Their success
in silencinp Senator Douglas. they too must recoiice'
Tim, they have achieved emincnce in a pursuit III
which the calf is their equal and the .jackass their SUI
Der;or. As many calves, or halt as many lackasses'
q. ,bere were men assembled round Douglas piut-
form, would have done the job more efiectuaAy all" III
a shorter time and Of the two, we THINK inc -FOUR
..n,ld bo,. ahnIyu 70 most advantage.
"af,er this we hope the people of Chicago will re-
main s,eadiast in their abslitionist beilei. me cohS''u'
tiopal cause gains strength by such exhibitions OF the
true character of its foes: and men who silence u
sneaker instead of hearing and answering him. are nj
allies tor the Garrison and Greeley sect. a cardinal
no;nt in the abolitionist creed has always been TO re-
fuse argument, and 10 substitute i'll ls stead declnma-
ton any abuse; free sellers never discuss u principle
or a practicc-they call the one "a he, the other 'vil-
lainv.' Summarily disposng of their antagonists by
,tyliur them in q wholesale way 'scoundrcls and
thieves they relieve themselves from any necessity Of
examinin. their cause or testing its merits. The peo-
ple Of Chicago are profcients in this sort of tactics
SENATOR DOUGLAS IN CHICAGO.
Grcof GutRrriHg Ot tie characterization Rioters
V,ctociOus-7hc Senator Refused a Hcdring-Frcc
Speech RepudiQtcd IN a Free CUy-Aaarchy IN
Chicago.
From the Chicago Times, uDem) Sept. =
During the whole OF yesterday, the expected meet
inc of last night was the universal topic nj cunversa-
ton. Crowds of visitors arrived by the several trains
from the surrounding cities and towns, even from as
far as Detroit end 81. Louis, attracted by the All
nouncemept that Judge Douglas was 10 address his
constituents
During the afternoon the Tribune, true to its fiend-
ish instinct, issued, ms a last effort 10 create a disturb
ance, an ~inaammatory handbIll, headed by the excl
ting words:
FERMENTATION OF THE IRISH BODY GUARD
that all Irish body guard had been organ
ICED TO prevent Americans entering or participating
iu the meeting.
means on the public mind will be seen hereafter.
In consequence of the extreme heat OF the weather,
Il vas deemed advisable to hold the meeting on the
outside of the hall instead of the interior, Us had been
At early canilc-light q throng Of eight thousand
persons had assembled at the south part Of North
Market Hall.
At the time announced, the Mayor of Chicago call
ed the assembly to order, aud } Judge Douglas then adj
dressed the meeting. We have been unable 10 prepare
in time for this mornings paper q full report OF the
speech. What follows is but the mcrcst skeleton u!
what was said: -
Fellow citizens: l come before you Tonight To cx-
plain to you the provisions OF the act OF Congress
known as the Nebraska and Kansas net. tGroaus
and cheers.j II at any time Tonight | make any
statement which YOU will AK the authority for, | as
IT YOU u IA q q NllNl ulu tcBtNb
tCheers.) All | want is to present that measure i'll
its true light. | know that considerable excitement
exists in this city respecting the measure. but | do
not know whether you have had any opportunity TO
read tho bill. The whole press of this city has de-
nounced this measure, but never till this day has any
paper in this city ever published that net. Iou have
been told that the bill lcgislatcd slavery into territory
now free, by act of Congress. | will read the llth
section of the bill to You, by which you Will see that
the act itself declares that its true intent and meaning
is not 70 legislate slavery intoGny territory, or 10 eX-
clude il theretrom, but 10 leave the people thereof free
10 regulate that subject fcc themselves. CHEERS and
noise.) II is perfectly consistent for those who have
denounced and slandered me 10 seek to prevent me
from being heard in my own behalf. Tremendous
cheering.J | say that | have been charged with le-
gislating slavery into free territory. l say that the
bill leaves the American people in the territory free
10 decide that question for themselves.
A NoICE.-We knew that before.
Judge Diff you knew that before then You knew
that the charge against me was false. (Great cheer
ing.) The bill il framed on the great principle Of the
right OF the people TO regulate their own government.
(Great noise was here made in the crowd, interrupting
him for some tine.) When order was restored Judge
ID. resumed by saying thut the attemptto prevent him
from speaking indicated u desire that the truth should
no; be discussed. 4 good cause needed no violence
20 defend it. He slid he knew his rights. and would
not permit them to be violated. He knew that threats
of personal violence had been made II liz attempted
TO speak, or TO offer any explanation. After further
confusion and remarks respecting II by the speaker,
he read the 18th section Of the act, that slavery was
not legisla;ed into or excluded from the t"rritorles.-
He asked was the correctness Of that principle de-
MED.
A YoIcE-We deny it.
Judge D.-Then You deny the right Of the people
to self-government. That is the principle "f the
Nebraska bill. The great objection you have is the
repeal of the Missouri compromise. (Crirs of yes,
ycs.) Well; what was the Missouri compromise =
1t was the prohibition of slavery north OF n line,
and the recognition Of slavery south OF that line.
Was there, he asked, Il Iuan in this crowd in favor
nj rpcOvnIZlnr slavery south OF any line Ire
mendous checring.) He would show that the
aboltionists and free soi!ers, III 1915, were pledged to
the repeal of tho Missouri compromise; the candidate
who was on the Buffalo platform wis pledged for the
total prohibition of slavery i'll all the territories Of the
United States, north and south OF the line Of 81 30:
therefore the whole abolition and free soil party VIII"
voted for Van Buren, in 1915, voted for tho repeal Of
the Missouri compromise. Having disposed of the
free soilcrs and abUlitiun!sts, he desired ~ give them
company. The wing party in al the free States i'll
ls4S were pledged to the Wil.nst proviso, and the ex-
clusion Of slavery in all the Territories. Consequent
~ they, too, were in favor of the repeal o! the Mis-
souri, compromise. The whig party and the free soil
es and abolitiunis:s all having been i'll favor of its re-
peal i'll 1913, the democratic party nominated Lewis
Cass, who had previously proclaimed that that COM
promise was demonstrations, aud he received the
votes of the democratic party. Who, then, IN 1918,
was in favor Of the Missouri compromise Not one
Of the crowd around him. "a ~voce-Stcphcn "A.
Douglas.) Well, then. said he, | was the only man
in Illinois in favor of the Missouri compromise. He
said that il lSiS lie had offered the Missouri compro-
mise as q settlement Of the slavery question, and it
was resisted i'll the House OF Representatives by
Northern votes.
A Vuice-Why did you repeal IL
Judge D.-The reason for It's repeal, he said, was
because it had been rcpudia:cd by the North. and Il
new settlement was necessary. He SAID that in lieu
of the Missouri compromise, was adopted Il principle
Of allowing the people to regulate their own ins,itu-
lions. In 1850 the people OF Chicago. by a GnGil-
imous vote OF tho CITY Councils, endorsed the princi.
Piles of the compromise measures Of 1850. The lIli-
nois Legislature endorsed the principles of these
measures, and in the House OF Representatives 81;
the Legislature of Illinois resolutions were adopted
instructing him to vote To apply the principle OF these
compromise measures Ia ali future territorial govern
ment. on both sides of the line. That resolution
(which he readI WAS voted by ill the representatives,