New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-06

During the evening Of the oath ult., Senator Doug
las addressed his friends and the public OF ST. Loul'
from one of the parlor windows Of the PlahteEs
House. The speech was necessarily brlet one, ow'
ing to the ateness of the hour The following report
Of it, taken from the st. Louis Democrat OF the 18th
ult-an unfriendly paper-is the only one which has
come upder our observation. We give it as we
| found it:
1t was grateful to him on coming to st Louis 70
know that his public career was appreciated bOtA by
the ueonle of this city and the State OF Missouri de
onrscidtsd this expression of their sympathy after
having inst come out of terrible strife with Adolf
tions4 and every other ism. In Illinois, Democracy
has riVea the monster, Ab0litonism Its death blow.
Democracy was in the asCendanCy in Illinois rs it al
WAYS had BEEN In some of the free States Abolition
ism had been permitted to triumph for awhile, but
you may set it down as fact, said MIR. Douglas that
Illinois is always faithful. 1t was matter of pride to
him that this Democracy in Illinois was the same as
in other States. These same glorious principles
the same in Illinois in Missouri, in New York as in
Kentucky, in Louisiana as ID Massachusetts,. These
doctrines are believed in, because they are NATIONAL
and not sectional. In illinois, the fearful and false
heresy had been proclaimed, that this Union could
not endure half slave and half free. In New York
Seward had uttered the same fasehood, which he
copied from Lincoln. That faIsehood had been hurled
back with terrible force upon those that uttered it,
and the recent trumphs of the democracy had shown
that the people the best judges OF that matter.
He advised his friends not to rejoice over the msfor
tunes of fallen foe but to rejoice that the glorious
principles of Popular Sovereignty had been triumph
ant. In illinois, this doctrine OF Popular Sovereign
ty Is regarded as the supreme law 1t is acknOWl-
edged that each State is sovereign, and has right to
pursue with equal Yigor whatever course she may
deem best.
Our fathers, said Mr.. Douglas made both free and
slave States and designed that they should remain SO
f the people should 50 choose Let any State attend
to its own affairs and it will be prosperous and happy
If you, here in Missouri will take care Of your own
negroes, and mind your own business, you will be at
peace with the whole world. You have a right to
have slavery if you wish it, or not to have it, just
You please. In Illinois the people tried it for twelve
years when it territory, and they became salts.
fled that they could make more money without it, and
so they decided not to have it longer. In Missouri
the people could also do as they please. Their duty
was pointed out to them by the Constitution, If the
doctrine Of State Rights is carried out and take
the Constitution for our guide, there is no reason
why each State cannot be friendly with the others.
There was no reason, he thought, why we could not
all be friends together and labor for the promotion of
our country's gOnd. Our political confederacy was
susceptible of improvement and EXPANSION. II this
doctrine of Popular Sovereignty is carried out, we
can add new territory and make new States without
any difficulty. We can add to our possessions MEN
IGO AND CUBA, md all the territory adjacent.
" 1t is the mission Of the Democracy toeXpand said
he. If other territory is required and demandedhe
was willing to take it into the Union This cannot
well be done unless Congress shall leave the people
Of those territories and countries to decide for them
selves what they wish to do. The Democratic party
has a mission totperorm.
1t has past history to look back upon, and it is
the only party that has glorious past behind it and
bright future before it; it is the only historical
party in the country 1t was fer the Democratic
party to transmit to posterity the principles they are
now advocating. MIR. Douglas remarked again, on
concluding that he very grateful for this express
sion Of sympathy on the part Of his fellow citizens.
He had Just come out OF a contest, the dangerous
elements of which, threatened the peace and per-
petuity Of the Onion. He was grattied to know that
patriotism was still burning in the breasts Of the'peo-
pie. Wherever he went he found national sentiments
prevailing Mr. Douglas closed his remarks by eX-
horng his friends to be faithful to the principles of
Democracy, If they should firmly contend for these
principles against sectonasm, he thought they would
see the country peaceful aud prosperous
II will be seen that MIR Douglas is rather erpansiue
in his views Whether the South is to be benefited by
the expansions alluded to- is quite another matter If
Mexico should be annexed in the course Of time,
Mexico will unquestionably come in as free territory
ana will be as strongly opposed to Southern slavery
the Northern States Of the Confederacy now are.
In that event there would be no bar to q Constitu-
tona movement on the part of the emaucipationists.
Many more than the number of States required by
the organic law, to effect change, would be on hand
to do the work demanded BY the preiudces Of Christ
endom. And as for Cuba we fear it will be African
lied long before it is annexed If there is any en-,
coaragement in these facts, we hope Southern men
will profit by them
But as Senator Doug set down as 50 strong an
expausonist it's to be hoped he will have something
to say in the Senate the pending session. about the
arbitrary illegal and unconstitutional course of the
Administration in refusing clearance, at Mobile, to
vessel chartered by the Southern Emigration Society
with purely peaceful and legal purposes.
FANCY AND STAPLE Day G0oDs.-Messrs Ben.
thuysen Lewis < Co.. whose establishments ll5 Canal street
Is most important feature Of the great shopping bazaat Of Ca
street. have just opened large invoice of fashionable silks
pou de soies gros De rne5 in all golfers, well plain
which they low prcos5oms Of Them remarkably