Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-06
JUDGE D0tGLA AND THE NE
RRAsKa QUESTION.
THE50uTaAeR Ar CHICAGO.
,, :o' sNIGGER1tM RAMPANT! do'
Free s0ilers Opposed to Free Speech!

The Chicago papers, Of Saturday morning
last, contain full particulars of the successfui
attempt Of an organized gang of abolition
rowdies to disturb public meeting which had
assembled In that city, on tho preceding
evening, for the purpose of hearing Judge
Douglass promised address on the Nebraska
question. The following account of this dis.
graceful outrage on the constitutional rights of
an American citizen is copied from tho Chicago
Tsnws: d.
TIE MEETING LAST NIGHr-Durin1 the
whole of yesterday. the expected tneerins OF
last night was the universal topic of conversa-
ton. Crowds OF visitors arrived by the several
trains from the surrounding cities and towns.
even from as far as Detroit and st. Louis, ut
tracted by the announcement that Judge Doug
las was to address his constituents
During the afternoon The Iyi5nns, true to
is iendish instinct, issued as last effort to
create disturbance. an inhammatory hand.
bill headed by the sxciting words:
Reorganization of the I rish body guard
Asserting that an Irish body guard had been
organised to prevent Americans entering or
participating in the meeting
The effect produced by this and other nefa-
rious means on the public minds will be seen
hereafter
In consequence of the extreame heat of tho
weather 1t was deemed advisable to hold the
meeting Oh the outside of the H all instead Of
the interior, as had been announced
At carly candle light thropg of eight thou
sand persons had assembled at The south npft
of North Market Hall.
At the time announced the Mayor of Chicago
called the assemblage to order, and Judge
Douglas then addressed the meeting. We
have been unable to prepare in time for this
mornings pager full report Of the speech.
During thus far Of lis remarks he was fire.
quently interrupted by tho gang OF abolition
rowdies, melted til ersto by the infamous a.
peaIs which for weeks have been made to the a
by the organ In this city. Whenever he ap.
preached the subject of the Nebraska bill, Gn
evidently we'll organized and drilled BODY of
men. comprising about ono twentie eth of tn e
meeting, collected and formed into a compact
body, refused to allow him to be heard They
kept up this disgraceful proceeding until after
10 O'Clock, refusing most DEF ermin edly to allow
one word TO be uttered to be heard by the rest
Of the meeting
In vain did the Mayor Of the city appeal to
their sense Of order, thy refused TO lei him
6s heart: Judge Douglas, Notwithstanding the
uprosr Of these hireliDgs, proceeded at inter-
walls. He told them that no was not unpre.
pared for the conduct He had day or two
since received a letter written by the secretary
Of an organization framed since his arrival in
this CRY for the purpose Of preventing him
from speaking. This organization required
that he should leave the city or keep Silent,
and II he disregarded this notice the orssnf.
zation was pledged, at rhe sacrifice of life, to
prevent bis being heard
He presented himself he said, and oh a, lenped
tho armed gang to execute upon him their
+murderOus pledge. The letter having been
but imperfectly heard. its reading was asked
by some of the orderly citizens present, but
the mob REFUSED to let it be read
At long b, at 10! O'Clock, yielding to the
earnest appeals of his friends, Judge douglas
Withdrew from the stand
We arc confident that we speak the senti-
mPnt of every honorable and manly citizen of
Chicago, OF all shades OF politics, when we
say that the proceedings of last night were dis
graceful in the extreme, aid thai their effect
upon the character and honor of the city
abroad will be grievously felt.
The right Of speech has been crushed in an
American city. That city, too in the free
State OF Illinois and its metropolis. Tho pre-
cedert has been set Where will it stop?
BIO is to be the next victim2 {
These aboiitionists in'enr only upon present
triumph, forget that in refusing 10 hear Judge
Douglas they mark their own cause with being
nm worthy ofexamnation and honor him a. 0
champion of truth before whom they dare not
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