New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-11


lunch 10 the shade. The scene about this nme was
graz ond description. The hundreds of ~sgo,s
~ ba mere and flags upumerabe; the musi' Of the
bands the hundreds of ladies and gentlemen On horse
back, the faibOsts los-eab ms, great platforms on
wheels where rail-eoittiug Matchmaking cooperng,
shoemaking and other trades were repTSssnteai tne
Wide-Awakes from Quincy, Marcelns Lima, Imp ,n,
Point and Ia Prairie; Immense delegations from
Honey Creek, Keene, Ellington, IRA Columbus,
Glmer, Bear Creek, Qancy, CEh, IN hancock
County and il fact from ell points IN tne surrounu
ing country. Speeches were made az three dlieron,
stands By Grm'a aaT S'I Mach Of Hancook our
candidate for State Attorney young aWyef Oh
b. lIant promise and good sound practical Western
,epse-apd Mr.. Lane Of Wareew. Inc speeches "rre
ali good and listened to with great attention 6Y tns
ysst crowd But The great speech OF the Hon. O IL.
Rrovniug has added additional fame TO the atresdy
q, sat repntston of this brilliant and profound orator.
Never before had been placed where the magic speh
Of This gifted orator and profound lawyer ard states
msn could be thrown around me- Indeed the
atempt AT intimidation at Hannibal and Stone Praire
seema 10 have aroused the sleeping lion within him. ana
tbs speech had all the fire and brilliancy OF ms
voupeer DAYS and the profound and logical soundness
of aiurer years. Once under the magical spell OF
that powerful intellect and splendid and persuasive
voice, was irresistably held willing captive. II
ever before Sham Democracy and the Little Squatter
got such drubbing and Kidding, the Lord pity them
# thew do not repent. When he took within his grasp
the wOuld.be mourners and selfstyed deieuders oil
Henry Clay and by the "Great Commonsr's' acts
II
and falsers of history it seemed that the very bones
of the shedders of these crocodile tears cracked in the
ears of his auditors, crushing were the blows ne
dealt them. This meeting all in all, was The most bril-
liant of the campaign. We have made large gains
from the Sbams since So so look out for good news
from old Adams III November
The following letter from President Buchanan ap-
pears in The Washington Constitution of the 9TH
inst: ,o
"WAsHISGToS, Aug. II, 1860.
"MY DEAR SIR: have received your favor of the
9Th inst, ncosing printed extract from me recent
spec ch Of Judge Douglas at Concord You inform me
Won expect TO be at the Charlottesville Convention aud
I woulo be glad to know something of the interview
referred 10 in that speech. According TO this extract
The President told me If did obey him and to
force the Le9Gmon G9EoOn upon H. P% e9P ,s sI ta
alt unnecessary to quote the alleged reply Of the
Judge.
0Surely there must have been some mistake in the
report Of The speech, because / never held any such
conversation with Judge Douglas any conversation
whatever aordDg the least color or prete for such
statement. IL not in my nature to address such
threatening and insulting language to any gentleman
Besides have not removed in ten OF his friends,
and not one of HE relatives Even among those of his
friends who have rendered themselves prominer ty hos
tile to the measures of the Administration, majority
still remain in Office.
saton with Judge Douglas this any other subject
since the day my fret Annual Message of the 8h De-
cenber 1857, was read in the Senate; and did not
antmi the Kansas Constitution to Congress until the
Cd February 1855 the question OF slavery not having
been decided by vote of the peoplsntl 2lst Deem
Der, 1857.
Now my dear sir in writing this to you / have
ransgressed rule which had prescribed Tor myself
not contradict any statements assailing my public
conduct and character until after the conclusion Of my
term of Office. state ment however comes with such
force from Senator of the United States who is one
of nv cor Institutional advisers and this too in pub
E-b al do ve hV i'm In hia
highest elective office in the world. that deem the
present case proper exception. - 49, ~
{" Yours, very Is.peetfgliy, JAMES BUCHANAN
The correspondence of 7He Chicago Press and
Tribune contains the following, dated Joliet Illinois,
Sept 6:
"The Republican meeting here to day was an excel
lent one aud bias done great good for the of true
Democracy. The grand campaign demonstration for
VIII County is fixed for Oct. 10. This meeting was
spon'ar gathering of those who desired TO hear
Mr.. Clay. There were 1000 people present-eolid,
thoughtful est freemen, who came to eten TO the
truth from the mouth of the Kentucky Apostle Of Lib
erty. The number of VIII County people present was
certainly Elk to eight times many attended the
skim-mik meeting of Governor Allen. Ii will be
recolected that Allen imported twotbfds of bis crowd
from Chicago and with that reinforcement his meet
ing considerably less than half the gathering OF
to-day. Ard there was another marked difference IN
the two crowds. The people at Mr.. Gays meeting
were as sober and we-behaved as Aliens were drunk
en- and disordery. Mr.. Clay spoke two hours. II was
among HE ablest efforts. lie Interrupted by Doug
lasit's 10 wake him up His interrogators got the hot
end of TIE poker"
The correspondent Of Tie Chicago Journal gives
the following account of an immense Isadtpg of Re-
pubieans at DeKalb, ILL.,, on the 18th inst.
There has been a grand rally of the Republicans
here 10 day, second only to the great gathering at
Springfield four weeks ago. The masses began TO
gather about O'Clock in the morning, and by noon no
less than 30 600 people the ground. The dele
paons from the several towns and counties exceeded
ANYTHING have ever seen. The Sycamore delegation,
in which Mr., Clay came numbered 5000, extending
for miles in length Genoa 900 strong; southern
towns 5000, &c The grand procession was one Of
the moet imposing that have ever witnessed The
meeting was held in the Grove west OF the town,
where the addressed at three stands at the
came tme-at the first by the Hon. Cassius NJ Clay,
James II. Baker Senator Bingham, and Isaac n. Ar.
mold; at the second stand by Joseph Knox, T. G.
More, and DIR. Dus,oH; and ct the third by j. +.
Farnswo Ih large aud beautiful flag was presented
TO the Lane delegation Of Wide Awakes they having
the greatest number. The Wide-Awakes formed into
order in the evening, and addressed by Messrs.
Clay, Knox, and Others
Roswell Hart, esq., Of Rochester, n. y, who was
run by the Americans for Mayor Of that city, ad-
dressed the great meeting held there last Friday
evening in favor Of lincoln and Hamln. He de-
nouDCed that secret and doubtful arrangement by
which ten pretended Bell mea were put upon the
Douglas ticket and retorted with admirable force the
charge that the Lincoln ticket is sectional one. He
concluded as follows:
abraham Lincoln il the only man who can be
elected by the people, and therefore who should be.
He is honest he is able he is conservative cannot,
old Wing and American, support any one else in
this campaign want to have this agitation of the
Slavery question put at rest and it never be until
Z South taught the lesson that it mut not he longer
used element OF political power. The election of
Lincoln will bring peace TO the country, advance lis
national interests restore fraternity and Ina mony be-
tween he different sections of the Union. The S'uth