The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1860-06-30
From the Eulfimore Republican.

have yet had out sid. the Convention itself By
six aud half o'clock bands ofmusic were stationed
at the ffrrcnt headquarters, which had the effect
OF Instantly attsa ting to the spot quite q large
assemblage. The crowd continued increase until
about hall past O'Clock, ,yheQ it estInat ed
tEat at least 6iO assembled III front Of
the Oilmor Hou.e, the aut-Doug!ss head quarters.
Loud cries were Immediately heard for 'Yanccy "
and upon his failing respond to the summons il
soon became apparent thar the desire of tie multi
.uoe was Tor HIM or n" oody: Seeing this, tue Dou
slas men at the mansion Of Hon. Reytrdv johnson
went TO work Iii gl,t forw ard manner 10 coun-
'e'aet the excitement, and for this purpose SUNNI
"''eo ,"e'r eano OF music, who, in a few minutes
came marching to their lieado,,artcrs having With
them the large banner the keystone Club Of phil
adelnhia. They were Iecelvcs by shsir friends viii
loud and prolonged cheers, wiaicl1 centis.lzl fo
Mr.. Krooks, Of Virginia also arose at this momcn
i'll front or the Gilmor House, and opposed his friends
; from Pa. the speakers not being twenty o.
thirty feet ap rt The greatest excitement prevail!
ed and owing to the nsc # pe SO and th,
deafning either to heir the remarks of speaker
or even get the names OF 2 e !, number of them
Among the speak ers who followed however were
abcto obtain the names of Mr. Wallach, {anti-Dou
of Virginia; Heath of Iowa; Mr. Mcrrick, douglas
OF Illinois, and Mr. Hogc, OF Virginia.
Tie grt at mass Of the mutilm!r however, still re-
mained in front of the !imor House, 'vhere the call
for I incey were again heard.
At this stage OF atflirs the Dougl Is wing, deter
mined to have the first speech Introduced Edward
w. Powers, Of Pennsylvania. q ,elub,r of nc Key
stone CluD, who entertained his friends for
time i'll discussing and setting forth the gooi qua
ties of MS fayorite.
At the conclusion of the remarks of this gentle
man, the crowd in front Of the tsimor House hao
become uprourit,,s that t ey wo Id 1ear e III.
but Mr. lancey, who finally ,ppearedupon the bal
cony, when lie was received with load and proIone
ed cheers.
The following is the substance of his remarks, so
far able 10 hear:
Mr. YANCEY
Ny feIioc cfti=sns--In answer to Your repeated
lls not onl OF this evening but of previous ones
appear before you TO tender you my heart felt
thanks for the compliment thus conferred upon
do not intend to make speech. Cries of go on
go on | intend to reserve what little strength
nave to exert hereafter in defence, if required, OF
Southern rights [:-cul applause, and cries of
1t has been said that am traitor to the South,
that seek to orerturn the Constitution and create
division of the Democracy. The man who says
that disloy val to the South to the Union that
man, say, lies in his teeth, and will tell him
Applause. No my fellow citizens it is that
| OF my Southern brethren carrying against
the Constitution or the Union | oppose factio.,
from whatev,r source it may arise, be It nnuglas
any other l will not favor Stephen 4. Dou-
eias or any other man VINO panders to a section of
.1s Gss!S t. gzatX fslEf HsYs and tap Eaesl "a
this Douglas faction. and TO the Constitution
| Applause.
am here with my Southern brethren, endeavor-
ing to uphold the Constitution asst is and protect
the interests OF the South am ready to do 1t here,
and if foccasion reGniresaF Sourhern ground. fAp-
plause. l was at ss2rleston, and cndcavOred there
only defend the cons ttution from the assaults OF
particular faction, and when that it was
violated, l Withdrew. Applause] l have been
called queer names since them and the democ-
racy of the SOUTH opposed to this Douglas faction,
have been well abused; but will say that
never will | yield point from the stand which
have taken in defense of the constitutional rights of
the South Apps,:se. But, my feow-ciZens;
promised to make no sp.e ech, and will conclude
by thanking you most cordially for the enthusiastic
reception with which have been received Irem-
cn,lous cheering
While Mr.. Nancy was speaking, Mr.. Norris o.
Illinois, addressed the crowd from the Douglas
headquarters. The enthusiasm. however, created
by the Alabama gentleman rendered it almost i'm
possible for any to hear his remarks Occa
ally the words ''Constituton,' Union, and Doug
las" might be heard the latter name being received
by his hearers with applause
Towards II O'clock the crowds began to dwin5le
away, that few minutes before that hour there
was not than handful of men {conparativc vcl y
speaking) in front Of the Douglas quarters. The
crowd in front of the Gilmor House, the other
hand began at the same time to increase and the
enthusiasm kept up throughout until the speak
ing was over
About this time Mr.. Lowre, of Indiana, in
troduced to the crowd in front of the Hon. Rcvcrdy
Johnson's house, and with great warmth proceeded
to address the assembly, and succeeded in bring gny
back the crowd that had drawn off to hear Mr. ian
ceY. lie SAID tt1aC II inc SenUmentS Oh tnOSc VINO
knew Judge Douglas best wished to be aSccrtaincd,
let them appeal the patriotic people of the North
west. The speaker then entered into warm pane
gyric of Judge Douglas, declaring him the only
man for the people, the only man for the Union, and
for the country 70 put Down the hydra-hc
monster secession, Abe Lincoln, he said not
tire man. Such devoutcdfy wished Ter end was to
be accomplished by Douglas, apd by him alone
The supporters of Mr.. Douglas were men Of eeter
| mnation. They would carry their point. would
CRAFTY the people, and never surrender. The sen
timents of the speaker were received with treme.s
dons shouts of applause, end appeared to be Earh
cuarly gratifying ia the people He was FOLLOWED
! hy Mr. Ward of Ohio, whose remarks equally
well received
| At the comm .ncement of his remarks, however
the perfect yellssT applause uttered by the hearers
of the Southern Democratic speakers in front OF tho
Gmor House, drew away large numbers OF bls au
ditorv to learn the cause of the excitement.
It was found that Mr. Hun er, of Louisiana was
addressing the people, and that the remarks uttered
we're particularly caustic He said there we're Iner
on the Committee of Credentials whom he wonlt
not permit to cross the Threshold of his house. IL
went before the Committee to contest with trai
tors from his State who professcd to represent tn
people He was in favor Of the Qnion-he lovet
the Union-''but if it is only to be maintained a
the expenses Of the const tutiocal rights of tn
South he would not give chaw of tobacco to pre-
serve it" He thought that if one-half Of his dele
CATION bad the right to enter the Convention il wa
strange that the other half was denied the sam
privilege.
Alluding to Pierre 6eule's mission to Spain tn
troubles in which be involved himsaH and tn
Government, the speaker paid douhtfnl compl
ment 70 the ex Minister. He went on 70 say tha