The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-07-27
DOUGLAS IN NEW ENGLAND.
sEis grand Reception in Boston
and other Places.
SPEECH OF DOUGLAS.
THE PEOPLE WILD WIN ExCgrEHEsr
From the Bos on Post Of July IS

VI iLIiIc4oj IlduS Lue oCC1SIOU OF his arr
val IN Boston yesterday, one for the dis
play Of great enthusiasm. Information
reached lere last week that the presiden-
4 tai candidate in question intended, in
company with Mrs. Douglas, to witness
I the commencement exercises at Harvard
uniyersity-a brother of Mrs d. gradual
ing this year-and the supporters of the
distinguished statesman at once took act
i've measures for his proper reception. At
a meeting held in the Parker House the
necessary committees were appointed, and
/ no arrangement that would tend 10 en-
hance tue interest and success of the
event was neglected. - a-..
7 1t being understood that Mr.. Douglas
! intended to take the train, arriving In this
city at 81 o'clock, the committee Of re-
| ception, composed Of Messrs. &. O. Bailey,
Joseph Smith, Charles Thompson, Oliver
Stevens and T. Q. Pfiuce, took the ears
I to meet the expected guest At birmingham
The committee were accompanied by Hon
solomon Parsons, Of Illinois, MI. L. S.
Spoff'ord, jr, Of Newhuryport, aud lion.
! Walter tessendep, OF Iowlssni. -.... .
AL along the route Mr.. Douglas took
/ he was received with the utmost entAGsi-
asin, and at several places short stops were
made by tie cars 20 enable those present
at the station to shake him by the hand.
AT Springfield the passengers stopped
for dinner, when Mr.. Dougias was made
the recipient of many complimentary con
gratuIatons, although DO general demon
STATION was made.
In Worcester the admirers of the West
erD statesman had taken time BIZ the fore
lock, and drafted a programme OF arrange
ments, with view to q political raoep
ton and welcome. BY the time the train
arrived at The depot In that city, some five
thousand people ihaa assembled, ana con
siderable enthusiasm prevailed. On the
, arrival Of the ears salute Of thirty three
guns was fired as a welcome, and amid
| the loud cheers Of the crowd Mr. Douglas
stepped from the car. On his reaching
the depot platform be was taken under
escort by committee, headed by Hon.
| Isaac Davis, and conducted % q rromi-
neut position, from Which the ASSEM- blaze
could lear him.
| bic gentleman, expressing the pleasure he.
! together with the entire company, felt IL
welcoming Mr.. Douglas, and said that as
thetiHe OF the st'ppags OF the train was
brief, OF necessity, he would much preler
that this time should be occupied By him.
/ He welcomed Him as d son of New Tag
land, and Us the great statos@3an Of the
West. .".s-a J. ...1 -
Judge DougIas, in commencing his re
/ ply, WAS greeted With the giea,est en,hu-
siasm' = He said tie New England people
were the first to institute self government
and this is popular sovereignty. Tlere
are extremists, he continued, both North
and South, who DO not believe IL dis ana
he hoped the people in tho coming cam
pajgt and he hoped the people in the
campaign would maintain the position
taken BY their ancestors. -""1 ~ -a-
In closing he expressed regret that he
! had net time to say more aud bid the
a$se'nbiage a hearty good bre. '...
As soon IS the Judge had ceased speak
ing lie again took lis place in the err,
witch. Oh starting, #was snrrdan,let by
tlo 4fr9s Grove, an a9AtouS 10 snake the
IHnstiTqna Senator by the hand, and not
ocing at once grained many. were II I'M
nineut danger Of being run over, so great
was the crowd that accompanied the train
from tie depot. .@.~a- .#Il. K .o,..
arriving at birmingham at iour O'Clock,
the ci''zens lhere mad turned out IN g'od,
y numbers TO receive MN, and some OF
"a ..saSl hi, bol
'iie more eiitnuS' '' had procured can
noo, no'it "nicu Oh 'ne approach 81 81 lhe
't",h a s"tuJe was nfeq. Inc boston
co.hlii1 ,t GeF ezchanseu ordinations
win ~. Mf = Doog,sS, enc ailer he mad
'f, .ile ieh9tn OF. s'ne depot 10 give
as admirers an 'CfPof'aq,ty % seeing i''In
I 7, lfa' do tooh Us SPECIFY departure ioF
i'os''n' ~ ~.
Accompanying Judge Douglas in tie
train from Worcester, were Hon. Isaac
DAVIS, Col. Lew Parker, and Messrs Peter
!, i il'Il' Nathan ''aShoufh ana Joseph
" IA i1asl ''''l oioo ,., sub ,.....f
r. On reaching Boston, the depot and It's
surroundings was one mass Of human
faces, all eager TO. see the " Little Grant
and this curiosity was carried SO tar that