New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12
Seuator Douglas at Chicago.
CHICAGO Fridsy, July ,, II

CHICAGO. fT1ty July >, loJo.
sa,s.or Douolas wa. received tnls evening with
go. d0al.y All oo!ocka a Com nittee Of 400 from
Chicago ard the ADJOINING COUNTIES pro 'eeded 10 mcn
;o.p CIV ard there met edge Douglas and escorted
HIN 10 tDis CITY. ,.., 49, e.;.o
of cnrnon spo the cheers Of te people. procession
Wa rrned and cobopc pced 10 tue fremont ii juse
where he was selcOu il 0fe. speech on Dehai "
the citizens By CHARLES Walker, President OF tne
NJ, Dou.Ias' after returning his thanks for the
i6cspt fece ptOu reviewed he sction Of the last
Co,gre.s on the Kansas bill He extolled the Cttten
dsp bill a. honest and the very best proposition Tor
the ctoa Illustration Of Popular Sovereignty. lie
claimed that the struggle with Lecomptonlsm wA Tor
tbe integrity of principe That struggle was triumph
ant al Lecon ptoIism virtually ab1nd0ned by ITS
friepds and bad been defeated forever. lie hsd op-
posed the English bill, although practically 1t sent
back the Constitution to be accepted or REJECT
ed by the people, because tue manner as
well AZ the firm of that subnission wss at
variance with every prncips OF popular govern
InsIt IL was submission OF toe Consultation
fo the peopIs with the ttrest tnst ii they not
cent s,ye Constitution Its % 600 Inhabitants should
pd come ip a. Free State until 1t had 95 OGo. tie
coulo reyeI cOuhtenduce such u'cnuiiuston De
tae.u Free and Save States. The best erergies OF
M. td had been several years devoted to the great
prpcipe Of the rights Of the people OF the Territories
10 re their Fundamental laws, and he intended
to devote ALI bis future life 70 the came doctroe he
cnt.pd.d that the CouprOmse Measures Of oJO were
fout ded ON tDat plDc rle, and were cerItu OUT in
The Kansas Nebl nsks bill He aihrned the C'n-
cinuatl platform and rrsfhmed President Buchan-
an inaugural He regretted 10 see however, a po'
l,ca party of the cou1ty determlred not to acqul-
esce 10 this line of policy The Repuollcan Convenuoh
recently sssembed st Springfield nomins'ed Mr. Lln-
coin a. his Dougsse succ. ssor 10 the Sense 70 re-
pudia'e the doctTloe Of squattsr sovereignty lie
Lpcolrl proclaimed that Congress- and not toe peo-
Die Of the Territories had the rSot to estaonsn the
domestic institutions Of the Territories Lincoln To-
doIsed not only this ooclrihe, out proclaimed nne
- nth fhn Axlat
Of p,licy shicn was Incompatible win tne eA,stehce
OF tie Union; for lie declared that the Union,
0,yioed INTO an equal number OF Free and
Slave States, cannot endure. Mr. Douglas soowed
The dangerous tendency If this ctne, and RAID that
n invited and proclaimed a war OF ex erm'nation-
one section against the other. He regarded it as
subversve OF the fundamental pnoclplss upon
which our complex system OF government rested:
He denied that a uoOrmity OF local policy ana oil
dom. stc institutions in the different btstes was
eitt or oesirable or po-ibe the contrary he
held that our political system rested upon the theory
and tie practise OF dleiDianty OF local pocy ana OF
domestic nst utiOIs "a the ditetnt states OuI oio
fathers cerly perc. that the KIND OF domestic IN
st,tutions which would ruit Nsw HsmpsDue would De
totally ucft for the rice plantations oil Caoca Helc
they adopted = Constitution wnleh pioVioes .e .nas
sscb State should be sovereign ana supreme ,uid
ifs own hmits the supposton that tuey W'uiu
be "a diver lsIfed States as they were nu"y Jus
Taus il would seem, the diversity ana disslmiarny
of the domestic institutions Of the sovereign States
are the cardinal principles underlying the "hoie
,ystem of our Government. Its strength harmony
snd adaptation TO the wants and interests OF the Peo
pie oil oepeI ded upon the night OF esco state 70 FORM
ard guste lts teInal policy without references
10 its similarity diesiullarlty 10 otner oses. he-
ne n,ed uniformity j. neither desirable nor possible
po.sible how Can II be obtained Ihere Is out one
process IL rough which 1t can be accomplished, and
that would be 10 abolish the state legislatures con-
vert the Government into one consolidated empire In
rss,Irg Congress with fall power TO adopt police
regulations regulate internal policy, and adopt DO
nestle institutions for all the States. Let this be
do,e and there would be uniformity. Inen tne
States would be either all free or slave States Ihen
tbe negroes could vote everywhere nowhere. Then
our glorious confederation OF thrty-two sovereign
States would be merged into ore consolidated empe
AID the uniformity of despotsm would reign triumph
ant Throughout tue land Mr. Douglas proceeded 10
answer Mr.. LincOlns crusade sgsinst the Supreme
Court on account of the Dred scot, decision. lie
could sanction crusade, he said, against the high
est judicial tribunal In the land, nor yet was he pre-
pared eld obedier to the law as expoupded by
tDat Court. He 0ld not agree with Mr.. Lincoln,
that it was a great wrong to deprive no
gro of tbs rights Of citizenship. He did not be-
lieve they were ever III ended 10 be ci'izens. Ou
Goveinu ent WAS fOquded on white basis, anu was
created by white men. True humanity required thss
negroes and other inferior races SHOULD be permitted
TO enjoy only such rights and privileges as tney were
capsule Of exeIci,,pg, consistent WIN tne eooa W
sooiety. Mr.. Douglas sovered 10 Tue utceSsny Va
the -'ion of the DE uocrStic party
nile there might be ffeIences of opinion with re-
tptct TO the true construction OF particular articles OF
tie creed party toeIaton ne said must oe 'ndagod.
There SHOULD be no poscr ptlon OF souna Dehocta"
because Of such difforeuces Government office
bo.de,s and Republicans working in unison for the
purpose of defeating the regular Democratic nomlns-
tiops would be like the Russisns st Sevsstopol, VINO
KEEP Oh firing, without cHlng which they hi, French
or Er gsh.
E Mr.. l.lrool was present, aud heard Mr.. Douglas
thTough houi.
Firssorks were discharged in several parts OF the
town during the delivery of Mr.. Douglass remarks.
The number of persons III attendance was vsflousiy
estimated al from 10 coo to % COO