Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-09-18
had been instructed to do SO by the Legis-


had been instructed to do SO by the Legis-
sture Of this State He did SO because he
desired the people to exclude slavery or
not, both n arth and South of the line.
A voice asked; how much territory was
South Of the line ? 10 which he respond.
ed, territory as large as New York. Ohio,
Pennsy lvania, Indiana, aud Illinois COM
Gined.
During thus far of his remarks, he was
frequently interrupted by the gang Of aboli.
| lion rowdies, incited thereto by the lnfa.
mous appeals whjrh for weeks have been
made to them by their organ in this city
,Wbeheter pc ypptoached the subject Of
the Nebraska bill' an evidently web Of
ganized end drilled body Of men, eombti-
sing about one-tw entieth OF the meeting,
collected and formed into compact body
refused to allow him to be heard. They
applied to him the most opfrobriois and
| indecent terms, and the most deunciatory
language. They kept up this d,sgracefuI
proceeding until after ten o'clock. refusing
mos! determinsdly, TO, sllow. one word
he uttered to &c heaId BY the rest Of the
meeting. s.. 81 y, i.
/ All vain uIu tue uidNOI VI INC CITY ap-
peal tp their sense Of order, they refused
10 L, Hin Be heard, Judge Douglas, not
understanding the uproar Of these hilelngs,
proceeded at intervals. .Hetolu them that
be was n6tupprepa.fd. fpr the conduct
He had day o. two since received let.
ter written by the Secretary Of an organi-
zatlon framed since his arrival in this city,
| for the purpose. 81. ,bfeyen!inH him from
speaking. !, This organization te9uired that
he should leave the city OF keep silent !;
and If pc disregarded tkis potice the OF
ganissiion was pledged, al lie sacrifice Of
life, to prevent his being heard.
He presented himself, he sa,d and chaI-
lenged the armed pledge. The latter
having been but imperfretly heard, its
reading was SEED By. some Of the orderly
citizehs present but the mob refused to let
it be read :, aa
At Length, at half past ten o'clock yield
ing to the earnest appeals Il his friends,
Judge Douglas; %i;hdysw from the stand.
We are confident that we speak the sem
timent Of eyer5 honorable ard manly citi-
zen Of Chicago, Of all shades Of politics,
when we. say that :Ee proceedings OF last
night WAC disgracelul in the extreme, and
that, thies etfee: upon the character, and
honor of the city abroad will be grieve-
ousy felt. y
One or two facts were particularly IF.
rnarkably throughout last nights. proceed
ings. One Of ihsse was, that the organ.
lied band Of disgraceful actors in the mob,
ever and amen .. intervals cheered mast
Justify the editors of the Tribune -
Another feet was, that not man IN that
vast ,hrong who was opposed 10 the speak
er in politics, made any effort to preserve
order or coptiol tie mob.
The right OF speech has been crushed in
an American city. That city, too in the
free State of Illinois, and its .ns.topo's.-
The precedent has been set Where
will it stop Who is to be the next vic-
timi -,
Gut these things. ,hcr.gh rs.o-;ifyipg To
every lover of his cocntry, vii! have its
results. The American heart is.a gener-
GUS QUE. No enc can suffer injury. and
net recei9e its sympathy. Thousands Of
gallant and glorious minded citizens
throughout lie State Who differ in cpn,
ion with Judge Douglas viii mark their
condemnation Of this conduct of the abo-
lilionlsts Of Chicago, By giving him thei'
support. : -, 81. ~
These. atoli,op,sts, intent only upon
present triumph, forgot that in refusing to
hear Judge Douglas, they mark their own
cause with beng unworhy Of eysmins-
ton. aid honor him as champion Of
truth before when they dare TO stand.
The latenrss Of the hour precludes any
extended remark tonight. We will recur
to this subject again