, 1860-08-08
lContspondenec Of the I'Ic s and Tti! utc.]
A DOUGLAS row WOW.


EA11tuxE. LaS.lle Co.. lEa, July :; lsa0
Tue Democrats gut up one cf their great {?)
nass meetings in this town on Saturday last,
Which, counting meu, women and children,
numbered exactly quo pe1sons. There were ut
least one.half wonaen ncd children. and half Of
the other half were Republicans, who would per.
siss, much to the di$colnfiture Of the unterri-
ted.' in huzrahing for. Lincoln. Among the
speakers were Geo. 4. Mech. of your city, aud
''Guzt" Harrington, who il not Prosecutor for
the Northern District Of Illinois. Mech took
this occasion To rehcarac bis: conversion to The
Democratic faith: lie na1c'a great fzzle, anu
left tie stand after occupying it for the space of
twenty minutes. lie tsla one particular whop-
per, for which. you must call Linn to account, to
wit: that the Republicans OF Chicago had
been repeatedly: ehalleagedt to discuss tue qu.s.
tions at iasue, with the nemocruta, but they
dared not end would NOT do it."
Gust Harrington said "lis mother was T.
saint on earth" {not in heaven} aad Lad sent
him oil the way trosn Geneva to blow for doug
las; and blow Ls would, until he L!owed his
last breath, for in Douglas hc lived, moved end
had his being. II do lot pretend to Give lis
exact words, but the substance Of what he
said Tia: tue Republicans mobbed Douglas
in Chicago, and put down freetlom Of speech,
4 loice =" !. is it down Souta:"
Guss-" Nonr Of your business, you niger
thief. Where ia down Sautht"
4 poics.-" The tittcFn slave State!
1ast-" They don't mob mn down there bnt
only you rile nisgcr Thieves; suca miserable
lnavts and fools II You don't deserve any bet
ter treatment We hare i1ad tn pass \ black
law in Illinois 10 keep you flom marrying
| nixgcrs."
4 1oie..-" l,oug1ns got that law russcl for
the benefit Of his !tiends!''
GHst. That's liz; it was for the benefit of
the Republican pnrty. And / tell you that yon
nny howl and snort as usuch rs you will, Doug-
las is On ho"ft: man," 4 mau in tbs audience
G4st. ''Shake yeur head, sou fool, there is
nothing III it: Wau't Douglas an honest man
when be made Illinois pa! her debts, md saved
Lend By the man III the a,adtence.)
0Wt: "Shakc that internal head Of yours,
YOU infernal niger t1ief. {Gust paused 10 tvke
breath.) Ladies' and gent1csncn, tia: man will
steal any thing he Can ret his hands hold Of and
you had better wa:cl' him. Now" addressing
want to think of something else" Gust wiz
very Hnd and extremely stber, tu. "he cursed
like very drab." Some Of us, noswithsta,t-
ing be said " biz mamma sent him." concluded
11en his condition Of mind, that abe didn't
know he was out" Can't the rood people Of
Geneva keep him nearer t.me in iut.rc. or
teach him better manuers?
Ono Col. Davidson, WHO is not u, S, Marshal,
Was also among the speakers He is u very
lsrge man physically, and his stomuch has
grea er capacity. His lungs also arc large sud
apparently sound Lie said be had been !. law
yer twenty year,, and Of course-ought 70 kcow
thing or two. lie made great speech-a
sailing kind Of speech, which reminds one Of a
turkey buzzard sailing round md round in 4
hot summers day, coming from nowhere and
| going nuwherc in particular, but probably
kteplng an eye on sone carrlon, aud looking
quite majestic. but very much like turkey
buzzard. 49,.
Judge D;ckey, Of Ottawa, was also present,
and made rcry cunairg lawyers plea for
Douglas. hut that letter ii his, which like u
ghoat follows him every where. and which he
cant rub ont. written from Ottawa, to u man in
Rennep'n, dated July eth, 1s4s, endorsing the
Wilmoi prov'so, made its appearance in the
| crowd and pehtered tue Judge exceedingly. II
| mubt be great disturbance To pue's moral
| equilibrium 10 remember that he lad once been
honest utter havipg lost that particular virtue
But The meeting passed ct. and 10, several Dem
ocrats had been caacged TO Republicans. SO
| mote il be. YEn1r.s.