New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-27
STEPHEN 4. DOUGLAS BEFORE MIS-
SOTRiANS
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Stetlen A. Douglas ' defined BIZ position, last
nirbt o., the Steps e: the ives. wing OF the Cont
House 10 crowd Of sOme two or toiee 'oousah pr
.ors. The aue Of the Little Giant had p!ece1ei HIN
narv dsvs aud much curiosity Was manifested to zee
lie il AZ sIesys represented htle man, with
hg head and ioerable display of abdominal ro:un-
dirty. He fee besyeeks ho par icuiar refinement or
i1t.lectuaity nor Goes bis prdsen's;ion IN aoy re-
~ ct convey any Inpre> Of the tenor or senate
rl nj L. iie6 lie has at certain periods e1ci.eI IN
certain Iortiors Of the country.
He heo An hi- remark. to lie very good-ns'nred and
curious crowd by ccussDg .nstlcism as GeVelope by
fLe % ss4 - Of i- Fugitive Slave Law en1 CsnouncDg
the M Z OF Z North WHO IT0nOunce1 ;he ntG sure an
coi.,iuious. The Fuei ivelSaye Law VS. con-ttu-
tioI al and tbouii be enforced AM obeyed lie thea
usssed 10 discussion Of t2e principles embraced 10 tle
KsIsas-Nebfsska bill. AID dwti, some time uPon the
position hat Congress hsd 10 rsht 70 in'e.iefe WIN
The lecs ave Of tht Ed s. ro.e hanied s,, Jn
the crowd TO give his views upon the l.te hansss
Troubles aUd what he thought Oh the interference OF
tue MitsOuriars IN the elections III tIat Territory
He said Le had been asked that qUes lou in noi, az
well % here He woCli answer here in the same
mailer he did there. lie was opposed 10 any inter
erefc the par; o. S;etc or people with tie 10.
teysl IL, uaioi Of Il Territory; hu willie IL
aedy 20 CCclaim acs.L.t TIE wrongs cOAme1 by
NJ s,CuIisHs, Ie Was open TO CenOunee 10 un.pa1ng
toms the ciUsadeTs a-ainst Slavery undertaken by
regular oIgariZCd scciees 10 Massachusetts,, who had
marched tlrout d Chicago with bauren and .eyises,
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tie sole intention of mebieg II a Free State.
Ike SPEAKER in this PORTION Of his remarks Displayed
The cunning politician most unulI= 'asGOy. tie In
Weighed ee&ilst both the acts OF Massachusetts aud
hhscU'i, bat dwell in such Siolcn' terms upon the
aos o. tie 70 uer State that the ou'Tages Of the +fer
seemed IS rOhng in the scae be ween the Two, there
by accomplishing what he had deslsned-hat'ey of
the south. He made ecial and Ul.ter auusIo1 10
certain hJ6y Of men who p,ssed through the North
mo Ks.cas and became actual seters, bet had moth
Ing to say against Davy Achiron and BIZ followers,
VITO crossed the borders and, with pistols and bowie
knives made forsy upon the IL hts Of the people AZ
t1r elections aud ten rc 81 to their homes again to
Q Ost and boat over the laWCss victory. The Little
Giant il TOO careful Of hurting Days feeling. II
would lock bao TO see such ola friends and workers
in CUngT. ssOna yllaIies abute another Necily,
there Is hOE6tty among TOkues.
After lorg discussion Of the rights Of Kansas, and
The wrongs committed by neatly every body else but
limsef il regard TO these rights, he went INTO phil
GIic uIOn hEOw hOlhlngtm. large part OF the
c ovid of Tie Southern midnight order, and had
been cleeII IRENE 1dou ~ during the evening" but
as the speaker took his potion and denouuced their
pin cples wholesaledly, their Lurrahs subsidized
somewhat GLd tie nati. Know lings were observed
TO give forth now and hen.
Tie We've Of stephan A. Douglas upon Know
Noihingsm have no novelty or peculiar force 20 re.
comme-,d i en-. They are what have appeare and
been oi.cutsed n thousand times over By the publ
journals ard speakers of the day. They were we'd
enough repeated and wei enough received.
Dunn 9 the of his anti. Know Nothing re-
marks, lie was Ierrogated pretty freely by the sore
OHCS of tie crowd.
Soue OF the que stioDs seemed to rrit ate him and at
lime III tx OF hatred toward tie people Of lDOs
Who lave wide rtpDdiaed hin Huc hi actions, he
exclaimed that There -ere Aboitt0aists and kao'r-
NOfhDgs cUoDgh an he cry 81 Chicago 10 rtOi1te
"CrpV Dr,Hc,yie Of re COHstE3f,OA at The Lnfci
Sfoj,s.' We onurno,d tLs ~e~-rI.-,eHt OF thls
nh 80 our Lake CIT, Neighbors.
We l.ft The crowd e. lie Iiue Giaut Yves about
making Lis Iero alton, den0uncing fauaticsm and al
lie ohCr isms of tire day, ard exhortlny the people TO
stand y the Constitution. The entire speech was 3
cisaTI ointment. The speaker has loud voice, but
7ho,ed delivery. We waited for some ii 'e oratotical
GlsVisys CONNER with the widelybruiiet stories
o liz hyperion eloquI &C. bat Lot single sen.lnen
or bermOIiou period fell upon our ear We listened
10 hear arguments of p cous kind AT least but were
diss ~ oint,d All Ne did see and hear, was little
man, d.esod in black dress coat, back crayat white
vert, ard white bc-cie-, having his hair slightly
iuzYtd standing behind three glass lanterns placed on
h table, delivering timself win loui voice ADD SLOW
accent shaking bis heed anc Jie huger when dei'oIs
of being emphatic. and erdeayoring by all the nom
comnittal cunning of the mere politician, ~ make
"beove that he was a great statesman, Of large and
funtamt nts views, and acuated by 10 other desire
than love for tie Constitution AMI h5 country He
filled. lie was Only po-'ve on thing and that,
hls OF position 10 kLow NoihIugism. This anOuuted
10 Lobpg, for The party is deaf He delivered phil.
yic against Ithe III ht more appropriately have pro-
IouI ed an ,legy upon It, His Chief aim ii4;cr
and cCgcliae the Southern feeling Of orr citizens We
are GuCh mistaken if the people do not set him down
6s q great shGm--an unmitgHted Lumbug-a man of
- IbOuI ded stomach but with resources 70 graf
y bis aplt Ute for political distinction more than those
possessed b. thousands OF his Cul'ing comlecs the
'uneesy oil'i,ans of the land.