Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-10
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Saturday Afternoons Report
poUGLAs IN HARRISBURG
- rr.pureaf-na. Pa Sept.


Mr, Douglas arrived on SOC no9n rfn tneIe s,,i
was a larse crowd at the dfpot, tne hetIls9nrg
kihss urst lim a. York a. an Escort lhc tsefPtlon
r,5t - and escorted TO his quarters az Buttlsrs
Hotel. An address oi welcome was qenNutc9 pY
can II Ounfort % which the Judge briefly replied.
The military paradcd In the afternoon.
A nesting was organized 90 O'Clock. The crowd
was very large. Cannons wcre and aud hreWorA'
kCrr the meeting was organized, Mr. Douglas
coumrnced hts speech by a glowing eulogy uf Penn
sylvania, as AN empire within herself She a. a
Stale had great interest In tho Union Her inter-
esti required the fostering hand ot the govgrnmeht
She had not rVcsved the support from tne nall9hal
government she was entitled TO- Nhl haa me ellolo
Union for market. Her mineral wealtn WI mex
haustnhle aud worth more than mines OF kulu.
H.. pitched generally iuto Congress ana Tue gen-
erul government for the past lew cars re uchouhe
Pennsylyans for several years, Thrsystrin Of gov
erumput must be- chAngcdi OF ui,sst"r Mould Nl'ul'
crease ths revenue Tha unly remedy l. a proper
tarlL When the tariu vas Frvpoaed IN NouAiesh IL
firn Hs vent into al argument defensive % the
protective policy, especially as rtgards fenGsyNA-
MAS interests but thc question will never be set
tied until the negro QUESTION Is thrown out and rs-
pulafed. He ccnsurcs Congress iur ncglcciing leg
h. reierred 20 the Efforts Tor ne rvlle OF old sol.
diers. They could not pass tho bil on their behalf
for want OF time. The negro question interlercd. -
This state uf things cannot last.
he next argued in defense Of the doctrine OF non-
intervention, he made gullant defense Of The
Uuiun aud Constitution. BE denounced buchanan
and Breckenridge in severe terms, conspiators To
destroy the Uuion.
He pitched into Secretasy Cobb; referred 20 his
speeches in los6, piedging Buchanan and the Demo-
cratic party TO q protective pQiicy. lie has since
abandoned that dea, proving rrcant 20 his pledges
10 the people. Mr.. buchanan knew Cobb's uupiic-
ity, and Ee appointed him his Secretary % tho
Treasury, and ever since has worked against PENN
sylvania's Interests. Mr.. breckenridge nov sup
ports this ruinous policy. 10 he and breckenridgc
had avuwed thrr sentiments before election, hv
would not have been troubled With the admintstrs-
tiun Of the government.
lie referred to The convention al Charleston. lie
vns terribly severe in his deuuucaton Of tho action
Of the sacessonisfs Considerable applause was elic
tied in this part Of his speech
The sevessiunists entirely abandoned fhe princi-
pies Of the Cincincinnat Platform, 20 which ho adj
hvseS, and with which he wuuld SINK or swim
The doctrines Of the secesio liHts erC contrary 60
reason, common seuse, and in violation % the Con-
sttution. Pennsylvania would never support seced-
rs and disunionists and traitors. lie compared
Breckenridge with the Republican party, both tCnd-
Ing in he same direction-the ultimate dissolution
Of the Union.
He concluded with glowing eulogy on the Mon.
expressing his determination 70 stand by IL firmly,
resulutey and unlinchingly % the end, establish
ed by she fathers Of the Republic.
Al the close Of the speech three cheers were given
for Douklas, several rockets aseended into The air
The music struck up, and the immense gathering
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