The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-09-16

lIolanu, -. d. oIlt!i, ". W. hlAiStl oHE,
David Walker, John ilisc, o. o. Wakefield,
George Avery; Norman Smith, VIM. Barber,
a. Hoes, A. Fisher, d. Green, Geo. Hill, and
VIM. Rcddick, as Vice Presidents, and D. p.
Jones and VIM. Osman as Secretaries.
Judge DOUGLAS then advanced to the
stand, and his appearance was hailed by
three hearty cheers and by round from the
big gun of the Shields Guards, who did hon
or to themselves and the occasion by parad-
ing in Uniform, and as opportunity afforded,
mingled their thunder with the applause of
the multitude. We shall not attempt full
sketch Of the speech OF Judge d. Suffice
it to say it was in his best style. We never
saw him in better tone; and for two and a
half hours he held the audience cnchained by
his eloqucncc. No speaker could have had
more perfect control of his hearers.
IIcplunged at once into his lject without
preface or circumlocution, and proceeding to
explain and defend the principles of the Ne
braska bill. He showed the necessity there
existed for the organization OF the territories
Of Kansas and Nebraska, from their ilnpor-
tant position with reference - the overland
travel TO our possessions on thc Pacific coast
and their connection with tho great enter
prize OF the Pacific roaroad, &c. &c. The
necessity being conceded, the question pre-
scented Itself on what priEcip'c should they
q 1
the committee on territories, ofwhich lac was
chairman, had adopted the principle Of pop
uar sovereignty, and it was for this decision
that he had been so ferccly assailcd and de-
nounccd by the whg and abolition factions
Of the north. His defence on that point was
| full and conclusive. lie showed how the
wings, aboitionists, and free sellers in 1918
had rcpuliated and abandoned the principle
Of a geographical line, and how that aban.
tonmtnt had created the necessity for a new
settlement in 1850 on the principle of popu-
lar sovereignty That that principle sbad
been endorsed by the whole country. That
the Free sgilers, in their Buffalo. Platform,
had rcpudiated the geographical line that
| the wings in their resolutions at the Balti-
more convention bad approved the. compro-
/ misc measures of 1910 "ia substance 0nd tn
/ PRINCIPLE" that the democratic national
convention had done the same thing; and,
more than all, that the Illinois Legislature
in 1851, in their resolutions repeating the
N;i,,nt ,ro,-;un rpcnlu4;n,u pc :. CNr,,,, cor,
| sion, had Instructed their senators TO apply
the principle of popular sovereignty in refer
| Cncc to slavery in the territories to all fatVe
/ territories, WITHOUT LIMITATION. Thus with
, all parties in the country regulating the
/ Missouri Compromise line, the two parties Of
the country-thc whis and dcmOcratic--on-
dorsing the compromise measures Of 1850
Sin saJytaace and in prjacplc," and his own
legislature, both wings and democrats, a.
s,rwcting himself and Gen. Shields to apply
the principle of popular sovereignty to all
future territories riNout limitation, he
asked tIiunphantly what alternative was
left him but to ongrait that principle in the
Nebraska Kansas bill. Was he to turn u
deaf ear to the voice Of the whole country
fall back on rcpudiatcd and discarded
principle, and dsohoy the instruction of his
own legislatmcy The yindication was per-
fec, and un2nswcrablc. Judgc d. then pro
ceoded to notice the present condition of
parties in this country. He said he had been
] lhnf A " h ts
party, had fought them so many battles, that
he had conceived sort of affection for them.
But they had suddenly disappcarod-cya
Grated. That stalwart band, led on by the
gallant Clay of the West, the god-likc Web.
stcr, by Fillmore, Scott, &c, had suddenly
and most unaccountably been trapped by
their old enemy the aboiitionsts! AND
their surrender was iencmnious and dcgrat
ing. They had been obliged not only &c
give up their name, but all their principles
were taken from them. He read the plat
form of the flsionist or republican, party
. and challenged the wings to point to a sngl,
principle in it that Clay, Webster, or FIJI
more had ever approved, Of the long cata
, loguc ofwhig principles adopted in 1852 nc
one was in it. The remarks Of Judge ID. OF
Q the forlorn and back seat position of th
wings in the new party elected pcals Q
= laughter and thcmost uproorous applause.
I But we shall not attempt to follow tn
a thread his remarks. In his usually clos
: and logical style, he nailed every point as h
went, and left no loop hole for escape. il
y concluded by showing up the principles an
t designs of the new formed secret politics
association called the Know Nothings. an
I. never was narrow minded, bigoted, illibcI
al faction more scathngly handled As h
B.. took his seat cheers were given for douglas
Shields, and popular sovereignty" end
round of six guns was given by the Guards,
C upon which the crowd quietly dispersed.
, During his speech he was occasionally il
+. tcrruptcd by questions from some of tn
2. whiss in the crowd, which he answered W
). presume to their entire satisfaction. W
-, know orno more dangerous man to cucour
y ter in that way, and after few experiment
p there was not much disposition manifested {
repeat them.
The speech was telling and effective. III
c whirs and abolitonisls themselves are con
!. PEELED TO admit that his yindicaion was VI
answcrablc; while the democracy were NOR
than ever confirmed in their faith in III
n soundncss and nationality Of their principle,
:, and in thor high mission as the only grea
v national party of the country, in whose dies
" tiny is involved the destiny of our gloriou
Union.