Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-09-26

hED WlNU, UUUDHUI
TIE DOUGLAS BAaBACUE IN
NEW YORK. as
The Largest Crowd ever Assembled at a
Political Meeting In America. .h
SPEECHES OF DOUGLAS, JOHNSON, AND
| GOV. MoREHEAD, OF KENTUCKY.
The New York Herald, Times,
World, and other metropolitan papers,
come to us filed with accounts of the
great barbecue, at jones' Wood, New
York, on the 10Th, at which Judge
Douglas and II. V. johnson made
speeches: Both the Times and Her.
old estimate the crowd at 80, 900, and
the account of the proceedings occu-
pies twelve columns of the fine type of
the Herald. It says that. -"The scene
was m overwhelming one. Nothing
like it in politics ever occurred here
before. The enterprise, the movement,
the spectacle, was a stupendous sue
cess.
August Belmont presided, assisted
by several hundred Vice Presidents,
representing much Of the mercantile
and commercial wealth of the metrop-
oils. #..s.
Herschel V. johnson made the first
speech, in the course of which he re.
viewed a portion of one of Stewards
recent speeches, in which that Peck
sniffian de,nagogue declared that our
government since 1920, had been a
failure. We quote from Mr.. johnson S
speech, emitting the t'hi, hi,' and
"good boy" Interruptions, so charac-
teristic Of New York audience:
Was there ever q period, fellow cit
izens, in the history Of our republic
when we enjoyed more protection or
when we were crowned with richer
blessings, when labor received a more
|reinunerative reward or capital rich
or interest? It has been said by that
distinguished statesman who is the
great head and front of the Republi-
can party, that our government since
the year 1890, has proved a failure
Lest your minds should be imposed
upon by all this, beg of you to de-
eide this question for yourselves. Why,
sir, 10 far from our government being
a failure, it has been one continued
and unalterable march of progress to
freedom and glory--(cheers)-and that
in every step we have achieved, some
thing has also been achieved by us for
the cause of humanity, Of human lib
erty, Of human happiness and Of hu-
man civilization. (Cries of .sthat's SOY
Contemplate for a moment our rapid
growth in all the elements of national
prosperity and greatness. When our
national careor of glory and prosperity
began we ewero but, thirteen States
sparsely populatcd-scattered along
the Atlantic coast--i1npovcrishcd by
seven years revolution, through which
our fathers marched in vindication of
the rights and liberties we row enjoy.
Now we number thirty three States,
covering all the territories from the
Atlantic coast to the fertile shores of
the Pacific ocean, and from the frozen
regions ofthe north to the perpetua!ly
Towering banks ofthe Gulf of Mexico.
| {Applause and cries Of <good) Owe,
all these territories you see scattered
thirty million Of free men in the enjoy.
ment Of thrift and prosperity. On,
territories are now dotted all over with
the evidences of a high and yet advan
cling Observation-Disclosures, religion, in
dustry, enterprise. Every thing thai
contributes to human elevation and te
human happiness is presented to the
eye on every hand, on every hill an6
mountain top, in every glen and val
Hey, and on every smiling plain and up
land, Gil whatever side you direct your
|gaze wherever you turn your eye'
over our broad territories you behold
the smiling evidences Of thrift, of indus
|try, wealth and prosperity. Think you
fellow citizens, if such picture rs thi
presents to the mind Of the fair ani
candid spectator any evidences tina
our government is a failure? (Cries o
''no, no. it is no failure.
! Mr.. Johnson then went into re
|v,ew ofthc proceedings at Charleston
and Baltimore; vindicated the doctrin
Of non-interven:ion; and wound up hi
speech with a scathing denuciation {
Buchanan and his confederates:
ay; DOUGLAS sPEEch.
I'll When Douglas commenced speal
ing, there were from fifteen to twent
!, thousand people about the stand. I'll
n Judges speech, in print, looks as if h
carried on dialogue with The crowt
SO constantly was be interrupted by Ii
enthusiastic Democracy. We quo,
h such extracts from his speech as giy
io,. S6ao IF ito fvnnorol fo,,or .tfs. % II