The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16

He was then escorted to the st. Charles
Hotel. The hotel was surrounded by an
immense crowd, and douglas" was the cry
from thousands of tongues. Says the Delta:
The great statesman then came forth.
Every body knew him at glance. Not
man in all that multitude who was not
familiar with that proud, erect and massive
form, the "stormy eyes" broad, heavy brow
and firm lips of the man before them.
There was no such thing as installing him
for anybody else. Like all men who have
made their mark upon the age in which
they live, by the mere force of character,
service and intellect, Douglas has an unmis-
taxable individuality which separates him
from ordinary human beings. He towers
among even intellectual men,
"Like some tall cliff that lifts its awful form.
Swels from the vale and midway leaves the
storm,
While round its base the rolling clouds are
spread
Eternal sunshine settles On its head
When the "Little Giant" appeared, the
widest enthusiasm was manifested; cheer
after cheer went up, loud and prolonged.
His speech was interrupted by frequent
vociferous cheers, and it was strange to see
how his words held that great audience.
There they stood, some in the most un.
comfortable positions, pressed against each
other, jjostled, damned, with faces upturned,
and rending the air with shouts when an
emphatic or particularly felicitous or patri.
otto sentiment was uttered by the speaker.
Now his face glowed with patriotic pride
when he talked of the glory of the "model
republic" and its proud future, and now ex-
pressed the deepest indignation while speak,
ing of the incendiaries who would pull it to
pieces, and who, though they had arrived at
power, could yet be driven from the high
places which they might profane. His eyes
flashed, bis brow knit, his lips became COM
pressed, and bis singularly clear and EN-.
phatic enunciation became clearer and more
emphatic when be spoke of Lincoln as being
powerless with both Houses of Congress
against him, and, holding only the place of
President, would be less an object of con-
tempt than Of pity"
But here is the speech:
Fetlo,O-citisens OF New Orleans: Two
years ago, when had just concluded a
struggle in defence of the constitution, the
Union and the equal rights of the States,
in my own State, came here on private
business and you gave me such reception
as had never before been extended to me.
CHEERS. Then 1 came before you as
victor in great contest, and you received
me like "a conqueror. Cheers. And now
l appear before you, having just gone
through another and still greater struggle
in defence of the same principles and the
same rights, defeated 10 the contest, and yet
| you extend to me a welcome which could
not have been excelled, even if l had come
among you as the President-elect. Loud
cries of you will be in 1864" A banner,
bearing fine painting of Douglas with
1884" inscribed upon it, was here waved
aloft amid the widest cheering and enthu-
siasm. These are the right kind of friends.
Cheers. They adhere to man in the
right, whether defeated or victorious.
["Hurrah for Douglas" and cheers.1 I
have pleasure in believing that this demon
stration is not intended as mere personal
compliment to myself. 1t is more gratify~
ing to me because it is the evidence of your
devotion to those great principles of self
government and constitutional liberty to
which my life is devoted. I" That's it,"
and cheers.) believe that if we are faith
full to the constitution, there is no grievance
which cannot be remedied under that in,
strument and within the Union. Cheers
If We are true to ourselves, there is no
grievance for which disunion would be a
remedy. [Cheers. Ali we have to do is
to maintain inviolate every position of the
constitution, perform faithfully every
duty it requires, and fulfill every obi
cation it imposes. Cheers. So long as we
live under constitution which is the su-
preme law of the land, it must be admin
istered so as to secure many equal rights,
equal justice and equal protection to the
people Of all the States. (Cheers) These
principles of equality are not confined in
their operation to the state alone, but ex-
tend to the territories and wherever else the
American flag waves over American soil.
CHEERS. Let US now bury the excitement
and angry passions which have manifested
themselves during the contest. Let US lay
aside all partizan feeling and act as becomes
patriots and lovers of our country. (Cheers.)
Let us unite to put down sectionalism and
abolitonism, and every other element of pc.
litical and national discord. (Cheers.) Let
no grievances, no embittered feelings impair
the force ofour efforts. Let US put ourselves
to work to rescue the government of the
country from the hands of those who we
think unworthy to administer it. (Cheers.)
If Abraham Lincoln is President, what
harm can be do? ["None"1 There is
majority against him in the Senate, and
majority in the House of Representatives.
He is powerless for mischief-all he can do
is to fill the Offices, and the majority in the
Senate will reject those he dominates if they
are not good men. [Cheers.l he will be
an object of commiseration and pity, rather
than Of fear. Cheers Then why should
we break up the best government that the
sun in its circuit around the earth ever shone
upon, merely because we have been defeated
in Presidential election? Cheers Let
Us rather rally with renewed energy and
dauntless courage to the performance of our
duties and rescue the country from those
hands in which it should never have been
placed.
The report of the loss of the Time and
Tide is confirmed. She was loaded with
grain and potatoes, and as she had been