Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-24
The Douglas Mcsrius OF saturday.

The Douglas Meeting OF Saturday.
The msss meeting Of Saturday was the
great gun of the Douglasitos for Northern
Ohio, and the one which was to strike terror
to the hearts of all opposers of the squatter
Sovereignty Apostle. The Plain Dealer of
Sept. 18th, in announcing the fact that Doug
las would be here on that day, said that "the
occasion will no doubt call together the
largest political assemblage that ever gath
cred in Cleveland" and daily, since that an
nouncement, has urged and entreated the
people to come out in their might and hear
him. It has raised its syren voice in daily
appeals to Z" hear the slogan and prepare
for douglas and his men," Great has been
the cry, but little the wool that has been
gathered. The couriers who went into the
country to stir up the masses couldn't bring
them in; the campaign pictorial couldn't
draw crowd as we'll as it could caricatures
Of old Buck, and the half fare arrange
ments on all the Rail Roads couldn't induce
the people to fill the cars.
To show that these are not bald and un-
founded statements, take a few facts. On
the Lake Shore road, eighteen cars were
sent out for the crowd. When the train
came in, the first six cars were empty and
locked, the last ak had fifty persons and the
whole train all of two hundred and thirty
FIVE. A vote on this train stood: Douglas
100, Lincoln 65, Bell 4, Breckenridge 4, Ger
rit Smith l, Fred Douglass l.
The train on the Southern Division of the
Toledo Road consisted of eight cars having
lsl passengers (three car loads) who voted
as follows Douglas 12S, Lincoln 50.
On the Northern Division of the same
road there were 235 passengers, who voted
thus: Douglas 152, Lincoln as, Brecken-
rioge 3, Bell 2. The Democrats of Elyris
had called for nine hundred excursion tick
cts ard then they sold but one hundred and
thirty.
On the Columbus road the vote on the
Douglas train stood Douglas 100, Lincoln
60, Breckenridge I, Bell Z.
The Pittsburgh train had eight or nine
cars, about half filled.
The aggregate ofthese numbers will hard
Iy make up the Fifteen to twenty thousand"
that the Plain Dealer says were here on
Saturday, even allowing half as many
more (which is very large estimate) from
the country by private conveyances. Three
thousand is fair estimate for the number
here to see and hear Stephen A. Douglas and
FIVE thousand a very large estimate. We
heard but one man place the number as
high as this.
The speakers stand was erected on the
north side of Monument Square. At half
past IL Mr.. Douglas appeared upon the
stand. Mr.. Kinsman nominated David Tod
Chairman, and "Tod and victory" made a
twenty minutes speech to show that Doug
las was the nominee of the Convention at
Baltimore. ct must be desperate case that
needs as much bolstering up as has been
given to the nomination of S. A. d.
Mr.. Douglas then commenced. He is
worn out with his ceaseless travelling and
/ stumping, and his voice, although powerful,
is by no means distinct. He could be heard
all over the Square but not understood by
any except those Immediately around the
stand
He began with the regularity of his nomi-
nation, saying that he would never have
suffered his name to be used if he had not
been regularly nominated. He wouldn't GO
INTO Convention, and, failing of nomina-
ton, bolt and run against the party. He
then went on to the doctrines ofintervention,
and made his usual speech upon popular
sovereignty. Hereferred in terms of admi-
ration to Henry Clay. did he express the
same opinions when Clay was living p He
said there was patriotism, honesty and in
teligence enough to put down Northern and
Southern agitators, and will probably find il
November how true prophet he is. HC
eulogized the Dred Scott decision, of course
and finally closed,-more than one-haf o
his audience at commencing having scatter
ed and left. Indeed, from the time he com
meneod speaking many more left the crowC
than went to it, and the number at closin!
was decidedly meagre.