New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-23
DOUGLAS IN NE " ARK.

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coming happened 10 be very largely attended At the
hour at which Senator Douglas arrived In town and
went to the City Hall that meeting Happened to sd-
ouIn, and s band marched 10 the hoael and played
sutdry patriotic airs there. Mr.. Douglas was OF
coUrst very mech surprised at this, aud uprn being
called upon address the large and euthusasc crowd
witch assembled in front of The City HOtsnot less
than two thousand persoDs-be reluctantly consented
after time enough to recover from his surprise. A
table was placed the piazza of the ho'e; he was
placed upon the table sno Gen Theodore Ruuyon said:
GEETLEMRK.-I have the honor TO iotro luce to you
Stephen A. Douglas Of the Senate OF the United States,
destined by the voice OF the people OF the ntsd States
to be the President Of tits glorious Union. Loud
applause.
Mr. DoUGLAs then said:
FTLLow CITIZENS or NEwAEK, / did not come here
10 night for the purpose Of making public spseeh.
For the LAST few DAYS have been travelling through
large portion of Ne England, and have addressed nv
ftho@. citizens upon the public topics which
now sbsorb 70 large portion of the public attsn-
ton. l gladly avail myself of this spontaneous
meeting for the purpose Of comparing notes
nave political opinion which mag not b. avo wed in
NeW-Jeriey 10 The same terms as in lllnois and 10
Virgin ia In the ssme language in New Eoglard.
SO long as we live der Constitution which is con-
mon all the States of the Union every political cred
mott be wrong which cannot be avowed in all the
ates in precisely the sSme terms Remember thathe
Father of bis Country, III bis Farewell address,
TONED his couDtymeu against the formation of section
parties ar the greatest evil that could bsa this country.
APPEAL 10 you to kno whether are not threatened
now with The very dagger sgaIEi which the i'm mortal
| Washington cautioned bis conntrymen. 40.
| pause We find two great sectional parties,
| the one appealing to the passions and prelu
| oc6s OF the North AGAINST the South and the other
appealing 20 the passio5s and prejudice Of the South
against the North. The Republican party demand that
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ever people desire 1T Southern Secession
party demand that Congress shall maintain aud protect
Slavery wherever the people do net want it. Neither
| of them desire 10 have Congress Intervene 10
tehsli of the % puar will Wherever the people want
Slavery they i'll protect it by aw through their oeal
| lygrstIOn Wherever they don't want it, they will
J prchit-t 1t IN ire same way, That's the Dem
| oeratic Doctrine! And the Republicans
ror-inteIyendon, except where the people want
F, Ssytry. If d people don't want il AID won't pro
| tect il. then tbs ,pubhcans won't inte iere; but
wherever the people 90 want IT, wherever the c,1ste
rtoceIs neee ary ana ,be people pass laws to pro;
ect L. there the Republicans propose to interfere aud
prohibit II by Congress lCheers-" That's right, "
| That's 70 The Southern Seees5ionisls therefore,
demand Congressional Intervention for Slavery only
where necessary Whrs if 1t necessary in their &c !.
| usliOn, for Congress TO interfere Wi the people
Why Trey tell that il is necessary for Congress to
int riere for Slavery wherever people don't want
And 50 o. TIE little Senator said thar the Osmo-
crstic party now siood where it always had IA ar
| illustration, he said:
II the people of Mexico desire q slave code,
they have night to 1t. Two care ago they passed
taye code thIOul their Territorial Legislature They
adopted it by unanimous woe. T6e Repubiiesns de-
sire 10 have Coz Tess repeal that law. say 10 thsm,
Never, 50 long as l can prevent IT, Cheers.
Mr. Douglas said that be would apply the same doc
trpe to Kansas which had chosen not to have Slavery
| No mater whether Slavery was good or bad. What
was good in one part Of the country mis- bit be bad in
another part The timber laws about Il" booms' on the
| Kennebee and Penobs cot, from which he had Just
come, would be entirely oct Of place on the Illinois
| prairies where they bad no timber, aud you'd not
know even the meaI ing OF the word BOOM
| Laughter So with TIE North and the South. The
Southern ates we're entitled to make their own laws
il their own way. In fact, Mr. Douglas claimed for
them aud for the Territ ries the same individual
sovere ghty hich il the foundation Of the FreeLoye
dc trines Of Stephen Pearl Andrews last known 10
| lane as Andrus us, Patriarch james Buchanan, he
said was elected pec ged 10 this doctrine in 1886, and
would not have been elected unless be had
teen pledged In bis letter Of acceptance
| lie said so, aud Mr.. Breckenridge said the
same thing in his Lexington speech. ar Douglas
claimed patent right Of tits principle for the Demo
cratic party. Nj. Douglas referred in an affecting
snI thescenes in the Senate during the formation
Of the Compromise OF 1850 y1t omitted to add that he
h;neslf rad been first 20 overthrow them. Thls 10
diyicua Sovereignty or uoniuteryention doctrine he
eaid was endorsed both by tie Wing and the Demo
cratic parties in the Campaign of 1852. He said this;
was he only plank of either Of those parties eft ami
he would not abandon it even if he found every old
| Wing in America standing IT, He went IN Tor
throwing the Slavery question out Of Congress go that
Congress could ate nd to its business He was not
afraid to speak out bis PRINCIPALS if he was Pre-
sidentia Candidate He continuedd:
"I desire no mans vote under false pretences |
d., mt desire any 10 vote for who AIN willing
70 ba1ish TIE Slavery question ont OF Congress and
lei the people regulate tneir affairs. will form
10 fusion cOsi ion witl sny body OF men VINO hod
opinione on & is leading issue 10 contrasenton OF my
| own. an willing TO Ect with ali men who agree
| attn ne Substantially UPON these great ssnes, asa
vii fight every nan who nights agaif 81 the peace and
| IL rmoby of cur country. lCheers, aod bully Tor
| y,u!'l KO~, my f lends, YOU nav hink this / glaln
isk there Il reason why should not tag plain'
To me the Pretid.ncy is a matter OF very LITTLE 10,
| Iorauoe. copftss that ny ambton-my in1ivldusl
| cEoce-woud be to retain my seat in the oena'e, ~
preference to the Presidency, AID if am elected,
ahs deem that make "a sscTitce IN aeceptfg II rtuei
han g,in by he change Of place. IT. therefore, con
sent t. ac. ept your shall do 1t on tue express
coIdrion that render you quite as great fever by
| receiving them A. YOU 90 by giving tLem. / " lo1
how'll / cont want the Office unless for yoGr good
| and nine, aud the good Of our children ara theif
Iosterit'." lAPpiause
Mr. DOUGLAS Concluded BY another reference 10 th'
size and and spontsl city of the assembage IL ths
street. and by reiterated expression Of thanks