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

,nhl. ;,.l;a,.,;o, sueh w.. the excitement yt>l''
dav that husines. was almost totally neglected. sH
..,e-.I ;,,r,,.s;on that disturbance worid IT,
evil, ,b. ,r.e,;nc was nervorsly looked forwaTu '"'
ana purbers their fears az being present O
a.. occssion. During the day sbureslueP prog
VA, published and excitement was ineFeased
- I;l ...ertipo that meeting had been heid' a.
which the Irish bad been organized 70 euAiu '-o
! eoors and gueIl all opposition -, ,,o,
" I'll his NAV have had no foundation 10 '''.'
but II cannot be denied, that pe1r-ting 70 ii'''
rsst;po in room thst could not possiol! Gun -"
go ,bs, ton or twelve hundred people IN ei'J oi
s.ventv thnu,apd and when CT Least zen -I'" anu
vould want 10 be present, Was precise! use
,o he taken TO produce such rumor-' In 'ie i"''n-
inc The TrIJHne dared them TO hod me meeting
inside the Hail. and called on the people y lhey dia
50 TO organize mass meeting IN front OF 'he hau'
and there express public sentiment
Early in the afternoon, erery re'se9 in the nver and
bsrbor had its flag flying A0g'mast ktgh; every bell
in The city, about o. clock began TO toll ianeral
dirge and certainly thugs wore most gloomy, not
to say threatening appearance.
AZ last however either shrinking before public
feeiing or from the consequences Of close meeting,
or oay anxious that the people should hear him, the
bonoreI e Senator changed h.s course, and heavy
load was taken off every mans mind, when, on
arriving ct the place Of meeting, snail sand was
secs ~ected outside and in front Of the Han. An
hour before the time the people began TO assemble,
and about u clock there could moi be fewer thaa
from seven TO ten Thousand people present Had It
been known that the meeting would have been held
out OF doors there can be no doabt that at least five
thousand more would have been there.
At length the Mayor came forward and stated that
Senator Douglas about to address them, and con-
GUIDED by ssyng, "It is expected that those who are
"oIposed to the remarks about TO be made will re-
"main silent and not disturb the meeting "A state
ment that wac received with eqI.vOcal cheers. Ihe
Hon Senator was re ,eved with perfect silence, aud
quietly Listened to till the first time he hal to utter
those words, that bCue Of bitter contentiOn) Ne
"braska bill q" when there burst forth, apparently
from the whole crowd. such thunder Of deep-,oned
erosns IS perhaps never heard in Chicago before
and before which the speaker pruiently qusiled with
bitter modification. The Hon. Senator had not pro-
ceeded any sentences before be made the most un-
happy assertion that he believed they had never read
the bill-that they did not understand its meaning
and that oGeh the united cit press had grossly SLAM
dered and abused him, there was not one of them had
dared to PRINT the bill. This last statement SO
generally known to be false that it received with
iooring laughter, and by the whole meeting fatty
contradcted. Yet again and again. aud in the most
insulting tone, were these statements reiterated, and
n fifteen minutes the indignant feelings of the meet
ing had become so strong, and the speaker himself
had become go much excited, that became most evil
dent there was little chance for good speech or a
fair hearing that evening.
From what Judge Douglas did say, no oYcyer it
could easily be seen that he had prepared shrewd
and most destructive line of argument for his oppo
nents. Had hs been permitted TO deliver his speech
and we shall doubtless have il vet, he would have
overwhelmed, at least with sophsiry and denuncia-
ton, all his adversaries He had selected number
of most pointed dilemmas, on the horns of which he
intended numerically to toss them. Going back to
1s4s be goried himself es having stood alone on
the Slavery line he then introduced, which by all
parties-Whgs, Democrats and Frce-Soilers-was
denounced and finally rejected. Having opposed
with all their might the Missouri Compromise, he
taunted them for now abusing him because he had
repealed that measure. He dwet strongly on their
present inconsistency the State Legislature having
almos, unanimously instructed him u vote for the
Nebraska bill. The honorable gentleman, hovever
wcs clearly not himself on this OCCASION he ever and
anon appealed 10 the meeting for answers to his
he contended for this that sentiments course
always irritating; and then, when he received tart
rejonder, he became petulant, denounced his enc
mics and in q short time compelled to lay his manu-
script aside wordy sharpShooting and universal
fusion followed Mr.. Douglas soon lost all sefcon-
troll threw aside the dignity OF the orator placing hs
hat bis head, his arms a-kimbo, and in very un
dignied manner leaning the rail before him. defed
Il 4 no nj od ha
put down the "mob or stay there tlll morning
The Mayor now interferei, stated that any man
who disturbed the meeting should be arrested,
and number of constables with their slaves
Immediately made their way into different parts
OF the meeting. These, however, the moment they
separated found themselves totally pOwerless, and
did not make the slightest effort TO stop the
proces dngs and the attempt only increased the gen.
eral de,ermin alton that Senator Douglas should not
be heard further To quiet outsider the scene now
bectn exceedingly pitiable There stood an hon
orable Senator Of the United States said to be the
strongest politician in the nation, ges,ieulating and
shouting most ferociously; before him were, nov,
near ten thousand Of his constituents, nearly the
whole of whom feeling themselves insuted by his
language and their interests betrayed by his political
sets were determined that he should be signally re-
bule ed. Atength he began tothreaten, TO bully, and
TO demand his right TO be beard; declared he had
labored for Illinois before most Of his hearers had
ever heard the name of Chicago all of which, of
course, only increased the indignation and confusion
of the meeting Affairs now began to wear threat
ening aspect, and it was evident that Mr.. Douglass
friends were earnestly persusdng him not to prOong
the contest but TO leave the platform. This ADVICE
be steinly refused TO follow and Of his friends
coming up 10 him the stard, he ruthlessy thrust
him back again.