New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-07

va, he permitted thu, to be heard, il such preie-
terrnined plan existed
Not the slightest indication was given Of even q
deposition TO distsrb bin until he uttered words Of
proyocatop. He came forward and altered several
sentences amid silence as profound, AID under the
circumstances, as solemn as the grave. The assem-
bly, seemed to feel that like the condemned crnioa
il the box he had right to urge wh4ever words Of
e1tenuaticn be might find, but at the tirae
they doubtless determined at stage Of the
meeting, to give him to understand how unanimous
ard how decided was their judgment of eoDdemns-
ton. Had he confined himself 10 vindicatiOn,
have DOT particle Of doubt the silence would have
continued to the close Of hs speech But be had not
spoken three minutes before he in effect charged them
with ignorance and unfarness in having allowed them
selves 20 condemn him without having read the Kan
sas Nebraska bil-ssserting that until to-day it had
not been published in Chicago and that after hearing
him. every boDest-minded man would approve hs ac-
ton. Then il was the first terrible grOan, referred to
burst forth, and at this time both speaker aud s0u
enoe lost much of their SO control. Still there Wis
s1 evident disposition TO hear him; but as he pro
oeeded with bis argument, be seemed to make
MONT TO am oy and rritate and fpossibe, proVoss
disturbance Tbr was shown in various "ays-in
nsrt by the provoking sophisfry and audacry oil MS
sta.men,s and arguments; in part by The many
noints he unfairly made npart, MS frequent catch
NJ soue silly and censsrable remark OF an adl-
,,dua and treating II as the language of the Assem-
bly and. all tie way through, by the tauntiog jeer-
inc and insulting language tone and gestures used.
A for e1ap e. hig frst point was, that the obnoxious
nrcvisiops of the ansas- Nebraska bill right,
IL. AmarIcan nrlnclDle of
popuar sovereignty. To prove them so based be pro-
ee ded 10 read the notorious stump speech clause
and this be did with tone and manner so triumphant
and defiant, as to have all the effect of saying,
person, unless knave fool, would ever call in
question the correctness Of bis position.
Again, he argued that the repeal Of the Missouri
re strcton was in accordance with their own declared
views. They all in ls4s, and they all nov were op-
posed TO the Missouri restriction For why The
Missouri Compromise not merely restricted Slavery
south Of the Missouri line but by implication was
contract to permit II on that side. Free Soilers and
northern Wings were all expressly pledged in 1873
against any more slave States, and consequently
against the Compromise. Cas- men at the elme
time were by the Nicholson letter pledged to leave
the whole question Of Slavery in the Territories 10 the
people of the same and conseq lenty must be against
the Compromise. Who of all the assembly was now
in favor Of admitting slave St,tes south of that
line7 No one. Then all are now opposed to
to the Compromise consequently against geographical
limitation. They all had declared-they all were now
in favor of the principle Of the bill He, therefore,
had carried cut Their rjees he had been in favor OF
the Missouri line lie had sought TO extend it, and had
been denounced by them for it, After the great dec
araon Of ls4s against il he had yielded his own coz
vctions and had sought to carry out northern yiess
that is, heir piecs on the subject Wac il fair for
them to censure him for carrying out their own de-
clared principles The Legislature of Illinois had
instructed him TO carry out the principle of popular
sovereignty in all new Territories. They had never
protested against these directions. Was ii fair TO ar
raign him az an unfathu representative for obeying
o nearly unanimous vote Of Ofinstrucnons
Such was the general drift of his argument, per
vadiDg every point of it. Every intelligent man
present. must have felt that his aemptto show that in
pulling down the barriers against Slavery in Kansas
md Nebraska and thus striking blow at freedom, |
he best interests Of the Territories and the political
rights of the free States he had in some measure
yielded his convictions of right, and had faith
ully endeayored 10 carry out their views, was wan
on insult to their judgment; nor was it very strange
considering the bullying, defiant manner in which
he whole was uttered that his positions elected de-
,ided expressions of dsapprobaton. Then he was
weak enough invariably to recent every exclamation
rom the crowd Thus provocation was added TO
provo alton, until the meeting degenerated into
scene of bravado betseen him and portion of the
audience. For more than an hour il was continued,
during which he became intensely enraged, and in
dulged in every insulting epithet he could muster;
charged conspiracy of one of your secret bands
read alleged anonymous letter to prove it, defed
malice, and seemed bent provoking riot; and had
the mob as he characterized the meeting, yielded 10
feeling Of resentment, such his remarks were cal
culated TO arouse, he would have been pelted from
the stand and hooted from the city. Fortunately the
assembly preserved its good temper and collision
was avoided. l am fully convinced there no
predetermined plan to prevent his speaking Every
outbreak or disturbance provoked by himself At
he time Of its occurrence, whether by design or
from the ppcurbed impulse of malignant nature
cannot Judge.
c Couespon n6enee Of The N. Y. Tribune
CHICAGO, Saturday, Sept 2, 1884.
This event, which came of last night is Of suth
cient national importance to deserve impartial