Nebraska advertiser., 1859-01-27

InStOH LIS AppcdFdLitc III tut
Senate.
The following account of The arrival
of Mr.. DOUGLAS at Washington and his
reception, we cOpyfrom the States.
Looking fresh as the morning, and as
firm as a pillar of iron. with his brow
wreathed with the triumph Of reelection,
and his heart full of pleasant memories
of the glad greetings which met him
everywhere in his southern tour; he whom
men in admiration of his genius, politi-
cal success, and indomitable pluck, cali
Little Giant of the Vest, arrived at his
home in Washington last night, amid the
laundering cheers of a delighted people.
"As the hour of z approached, crowds
began to pour like a succession Of waves
into the long passages of the railway sta
ton; they clustered around the columns,
they grouped themselves In the circles Of
light which fell from the many lamps, they
ranged themselves along the ratings, the
nam of Stephen A. Douglass passing
from group to group Nthe while, like the
wind from wave to wave
AT length the bell of the locomotive
was heard ringing in the dark distance,
and the eager groups and knots of Peo-
pie were broken up, and there was a rush
for the position supposed to be the most
favorable for a view. Near and nearer
came the train-its burning lamps igura-
tive of the increasing glory which lights
the Douglas path, and a laundering hur-
rah announced that the expected n was
aboard.
Mr.. Douglas was on the last car, and,
as he stepped from it, he was received
most cordially by a committee and many
an old friend and new retainer, and right
and left he extended his arm to clasp the
many friendly hands held out to him. A
procession was Immediately formed, and
Nh. Douglas, with hat in hand, and lean
ing on the arms of two of his friends,
proceeded toward his carriage, which
was in waiting. On either side the peo-
pie formed In lines, and, as the process
sion passed through, with Capt. Goddard
at its head, a storm of cheers swept on
ward with it, proclaiming, In thunder
tones, that in the hearts of the people
Mr. Douglas has a home.
When Mr.. Douglas carriage reached
the door of bis mansion, a large crowd was
already collected here again loud cheer
arose, and a pyramid of tar barrels
erected on a mound al a little distance
was lighted. The scene was now beau
tiful; every window in Mr.. Douglas
house was lit up the windows in the
houses for many squares around CLEANED
like molten gold; heavenward scared
millions of glowing sparks and a volume
of rolling smoke from the burning tar,
and the fire light as it fell on the sea Of
faces which were collected on the ground.
brought into full view the CLEAN of salts
faction at the Senator's safe return which
they wore.
The crowd continued to grow larger
and larger, and after waiting for some
time, Mr.. Douglas was vehemently call
ed for.
To the cali he proceeded 10 respond as
follows:
Felou-citieens Of Washington: MY
heart is filled with emotions at this spon.
taneous gathering. / thank you sincerely
for your welcome to me on my return
home. l say home, for next to Illinois
there is no place on the face of the. globe
where l feel as much at home as | dc
here in your midst. [Cheers. Sixteer
years of my life, during the sessions Of
Congress, have been spent among you.-
You have been witnesses of my private
life and Of my public duties. To have
commanded your good feeling, to have
secured your confidence, respect anC
kindness, is to me a source of peculiar
pride. l am just fresh from my owl
constituents-from the people who re
ceived me with open arms when l was e
boy, and who have stood firmly by me
and sustained me in every struggle ant
every trial up to this day and hour
Cheers.
The greetings l have received, wher
ever | have been, in every quarter of tht
Union, Is a greater source of qualification
to me than anything relating Individually
to myself. They show that the American
heart beats and throbs wherever thu
cords that bind the American Union to
gether are touched by a patriotic hand
and the American people all rejoice owe
any triumph, in any State of this Union
which is the triumph of the true princi
pies of the Constitution over fanaticisn
and s%ectionalism. Applause. So lon,
as we live under one constitution, operat
ing alike in all parts of the Union, an,
political creed is unsound and dangerou
which cannot be proclaimed in the sam
terms in Chicago as in New Orleans, il
5 New York as in Baltimore, or whereve
the American flag waves over American
soil. lCheers. efl.s
In conclusion, my fellow-citizens, l vii
say to you that it is with peculiar plea
sure that l have been able to %cultivat
kind and friendly relations with the in
habitants of the District of Columbia
f [Cheers, This Distrist is an anomal
IN our political system. Everywher
! else the precious privileges of self-goy
eminent prevail; everywhere else th
representatives of the people make tn
laws for those who elected them; bu
: here you have no direct voice in the LEG
%islation TO which you are required /
yield obedience. 1t is the duty, there