The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-12-18


Constitution the Magma Charta of the right
Of the States, and that ia the cordial we
come extended to him, irrespective ofparty
ali felt too, that the great capital Of tn
south in hoaoring the champion whe bea
! down its enimies, honored itself Verify
the blood of Douglas" as Home finely ex
E pressed it, and as the multitude thought
could protect itself!'
he was introduced-and the introduction
was acknowledged by a laundering hurral
by the Mayor who addressed him brief,
as follows, in rendering the hospitalities 0
the city:
Mr. Douslas,-In the name of the people
OF New Orleans, tender you . harty wei
come, and offer you the freedom of the me
troPolis of the South, and hope you will re-
main with US sufficient time to enable all
our citizens to greet you. not as partizan,
but as citizen Of our common country,
who has won their admiration by his bold
and noble defence of the Constitution.
The Mayor then stepped back, and Pierre
Soule, the chivalrous and stately minded
Louisianian, with his modest niea and no
ble looking face, approached. The greeting
their previous meeting being prevented
by the crowd'-was most cordial, and evil
| IDENTITY thrilling scene Of pleasure was felt
by the gallant Nsrthernsr, ~ be grasped
the welcome hand of the Southern states
man. Mr.. Soule was present on behalf Of
the following gentleman, members of the
Citizens Committee l.. j. Ward, FranklA
II. Clark, Charles Bienvenu, E. II. Dix, E.
Ames, b. S. Tsppaa, Philip Lanaux, Thorn
as Warren, j. B. &. Arnoult and Logan
Mcknight. Mr.. Soule, as representative,
addressed the city's guest as follows:
SENAToR DjrGLAs: AS chairman Of a
committee selected frsm among your politi-
cal friends and admirers, tender yeu in
the name of that committee, and Of those
friends, harty welcome, and ask leave to
place IN your hands . letie expressive of
sentiments which they hope will inset your
appreciation aud Of wishes with which it
will, doubtless, be your pleasure to com
ply.
We had wished to have you as our spe-
ciil guest; but the Municipal authsritIes,
impelled by the feelings Of this whole com
munty, having evnced . desire to claim
you As such, we have gladly surrendered to
them the enjoyment OF an hour which, from
the delicate manner in which il was sought,
could not but be as tiattcring 10 you as il is
grateful to ourselves.
BE at home among u.s. You are in the
midst Of men who know how to appreciate
the exalted character, the indornitable firm
ness, and the transce ndant ability and talent
you have so glorioufly displayed in the de-
fence ofrights most dear to them and on
the maintsinance of which depends, As they
sincerely believe, THE stability ofthe Repub-
lie with It's present institutions.
During the delivery OF tbs addresses Of
Pierre Soule and the Mayor, necessarily spo-
ken too low for the crowd 10 hear, some OF
the more excitable became impatient, and
cal.od loudly for Douglas. When the greet
ings were over, the Senator vent forward to
the railing, and with an earnest and sono-
rous utterance he said:
present my grateful Acknowledgements
for this cordial aud unexpected reception-a
reception in two fold capacty-frorn the
city authorities and from my political
friends, which is most grateful under exist
came here GitesrsnsHs,r 5fHis private business. Ny sp-
proach was as priya Q as it could be. | ha
no time 10 attend TO other affairs, but find
my fellow citizens Of Louisiana prepared to
give me n magnificent welcome, in which
the constitution authorities unite with nv
political associates. and for this am heart
ly grateful.
have just emerged from a struggle, on
behalf OF the constitution, against sectional
ism and fanaticism-and no State in the Am
erican confcderacy ought TO rejoice more in
the triumph of States rights and the FEEDER
al constitution than Louisiana.
Looking South to the Gulf Of Mexico and
East 10 the Gulf o! Sk. Lawrence, there is an
equality OF interests ths, should ever be pre-
served under the common constitution
The Union can be preserved and maintained
even in the spirit in which our fathers
made it.
Through the constitution the Union can
be preserved, and by no other mode is it
worth preserving.
Again let me give you my sincere and
grateful acknowledgements, and proffcr my
thanks for the cordial greeting you have eX-
tended to me- And may say on returning
to nv home on the lake shall ever remem- /
Der this spontaneous uprising, and welcome /
received at yeur hands.
The Senator then retired to his apart /
rnents, and the multitude, after . parting
and rousing cheer, separated.
We understand that, on Monday night .
next, Douglas will address the Democracy |
and citizens Of New Orleans generally, ac-
cordng to the request of the committee rep !
resented by Pierre Soule.
Report OF the Secretary OF the Interior.
port are those rchearsing the statements of
the Indian Bureau and Land Office, both OF
which we give summaries in thisspaper.-
With regard to pensions, the Secretary says ,
that the whole number of army pensioners |
under the various acts of Congress is 10, |
723, requiring for their payment the annual
sum of S902, ,70O29. The whole number Of
navy pensioners is S92, and the aggregate /
amount Of their annual payments is $780,.
5Ol.1O. The entire amount which has here
tofore been paid under the various pension /
and bounty land acts, far exceeds all the an
ticipations of those who advocated their en-
actment, and will be learned by the country t
with some surprise. 1t appears that the tG7
tai disbursement for pensions up to this date |
is about $4,000, 900. If to this sum We
add the bountes in land, 2,739, ,362 acres,
and estimate that land at sl.25 per acre, the !
total amount granted for bounties and pen I
sions will be $l6S, 424. .202.
The Secretary thinks that some new legis-
lation should be had concerning the District |
Of Columbia, in order to settle how far the |
government should be taxed toward the mu-
n:cipal and other local expenses Of George |
town and Washington. The digest of the !
statistics Of manufacturers, according t" the |
returns Of the census of 1850, are it, active
The results thus far ascertain |
ed are as follows: Manufactures of the |
United States, 1850: capital, $500, ,O0o, ,ooOi
cost of labor and raw material, $773,00O,- |
600; value of products, 81 600, 900, ,0CO.
The income of the Patent Office for the
three quarters ending Sept. 80, 1858, was
Its expenditures during the
same period amounted to Sl44, ,4S3.47, show.
ing surplus Of revenue over expenditure Of
6,55O.44, against an excess Of expenditure
over the receipts of S2,526.07 for the cor
responding quarters of 1857. From the
frst of January to the 30th of September, |