Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-20
Douglas in Cincinnati -D;tEeren, Opinions

From the Cincinnati Inquirer" = DouglI,
paper, we copy the following:
The RECEPTION or JrnGE porGLAs--20, 900
PEOPLE IN CINCINNAri.--Thc meeting held last
night in Court street 10 hear Senator Douglas,
was one of the largest. il not the very largest
political aSSemblage ever convened IN Cincinnati
Good Judges estimated that twenty thousand
people were present. Some five or six thou.
sand were present at the depot when he arrived
and gave him most enthusiastic reception
HIS passage from Dayton to Cincinnati was
perfect ovation, such rs no public man has re-
ceivcd in the United States i'll many years.
At Hamilton large crowd assembled, and
along the line of the rail road the most enthu
siastic demonstrations were made. Ii Is evident
from the scenes which have occurred IN ONO
during the last week. that 10 statesman since
the days Of jackson has begun TO possess the
popularity of Senator Douglas. 1t even ex-
cecdS the anticipation OF his most sanguine
friends. He is most emphatcally the peoples
favoritc, and is ;dozed by them. The crowd
on Court street was tremendous.
The whole square was dense mass Of hu-
man beings as closely packed Us they could
stand The speech Of Senator Douglas was
one of his most powerful efforts, although it
voice was in L very bad condition, and he evil
IDENTIFY spoke with great pain. bat nevertheless
he made himself heard 10 the outskirts Of the
meeting. The speech made a profound iui.
| preston, and was listened 10 with remarkable
attention by the vast as>cmblagc. II vii! be
found reported rerba,im in another column.
4 friend writing to Us from Cincinnati, and
who was present on the occasion above referred
to- says
"On Friday. the 9th Of September 1859, &c.
cording to previous arrangement, Stephen \.
Douglas delivered himself Of speech in tho
| Court street market in Cincinnati between hall
after eight and half after nine. 7. NJ. com
mencng with crowd, such as might be ex.
pected in place like this, Of nearly ten thou
sand, but before he had spoken fifteen minutes
half of them had left. and in fifteen minutes
more there was not more than one quarter OF
his audience remaining, and he quit with not
much over one thousand
Mr.. W. NJ Cory. who challenged Mr. Doug
las to q public discussion, which was neither
accepted or declined, writes ITO the people of
Cincinnati Il letter, from which we extract the
following
To TIE PEOPLE or tlSCiNNArL-Nr pouclas
has lost ground with the Democracy OF Ohio
and the Union, as we'll as with all men OF re-
hection in the other parties, the most by re-
cent exhibition of his cowardice and bad breed
ing. lie is prominent Northern candidate
for the Presidency on all the lodges OF Popu'
lar Sovereignty. For ten years lie has been
seeking the office which has always elnded his
grasp, and is now further oil than ever, for he
has been compelled to drop his diSgnises, and
turn his back on the South Vas q not s.g-
nj6eant that he MouM hare changed sides on
tie Market squire The oticr a'ghtf fo"r
years ago he jaced The SonM from he North
side: but noe he .raccd lie N0rh JroR' ne
South side. There was reason enough for 1t
he felt it; within half mile of where he stood
the South begins, and within fortnight the
Democratic Governor elect OF Kentucky, ior
the Sanhedrim Of his party, had held up 70
scorn the Douglas territorial doririn" nt Franz
fort in his Inaugural. As goes Kentucky, SO
20 all the slave States. They have al! turned
their backs on him; and it was time for hIm to
turn his back on them. He did 1t; but they
had done it before He cannot get South
ern vote for President il there should bo
Charleston Convention.