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DOUGLAS IN WASHINGTON.
DemOnstration IN his Fauor--He Makes
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| WASHINGTON, June 24.--Last night a prc
eession was formed at the illuminate
Douglas headquarters, and proceeded TO tn
railroad station to receive the Illinois an,
other Baltimore Convention delegates, VIII,
were accompanied by the Great Westeri
Band, and came by special train. The,
| repaired to the residence of Mr.. Douglas, an;
complimented him with serenade ant
| huzzas.
In acknowledging these evidences of thei
friendship, he said:
Fettoi0-citizens: thank you for thi
manifestation of your kindness and enthu
slasm. The circumstances under which thi,
vast crowd has assembled, spontaneously ant
without previous notice. demonstrates ar
earnestnesS Of feeling which fills my hear
with gratitude. To be chosen the standard
bearer of the only political organization thai
is conservative and powerful enough to save
the country from Abolitionism and disunion
is indeed an honor of which any citizen may
be proud. l am fully impressed with the
responsibility of the position, and trust thai
Divine Providence will impart to me the
strength and wisdom to comply with all its
requirements. [Applause.] Our beloved
country is threatened with fearful sectional
antagonism which places the Union itself in
imminent peril. This antagonism is pro.
duced by the effort in one section of the
Union to use the Federal Government for
the purpose of restricting and abolishinp
slavery, and corresponding effort in the
other section or the purpose of forcing
slavery into those regions where the people
do not want it. [Cries of ''Thats true.'l
The ultra men in each section demand
Congressional Intervention upon the subject
of the Territories. They agree in respect To
the power and duty of the Federal Govern
ment to control the question, and differ only
as to the mode of exercising the power. The
one demands the intervention of the Federal
Government forslayery, and the other against
it. Each appeals to the passions and pre-
JUDGES of his section against the peace and
harmony Of the whole country. [Cries of
That's SC" andapplause.1 On the other hand,
the position of all conservative and Union.
loving men is, or, at least ought to be, that of
non-intervention of Congress with slavery
in the Territories. [Cries of "That's the true
doctrine, and applause.] This was the po-
sltion OF the Democratic party in the Presi-
Dental contests of l848, 80 and '56. This
was the position upon which Clay, Webster.
Cass, and the friends of the Union, and ali
political atfinities of that day, established the
Compromise of 1850. .ds -
vention they contended with and put to
flight the Abolitionists of the North and the
Secessionists of the South in that memorable
contest [Cries of "We'll do it again. and
three cheers. 1t was on this common
ground of non-intervention that Wings and
Democrats agreed to stand in their respect
i've party platforms of 1852 and each party
adhered faithfully to this principle 80 long
as its organization was maintained, and the
Democrats still maintained it, and the key
stone Of the arch which binds the Federal
lIni0n fnnafhar -apd IN tbia a1 -:
pie Of non-intervention has the Democratic
party rcnowed tho pledge or its faith al
Charleston and Baltimore. TCheers, and
cries of well keep the faith.] H. -
AS the chosen representative of that great
party, it is my fixed purpose to keep the faith
and redeem that pledge at all hazards
and under all circumstances, Three cheers
The safety of the Union depends upon the
strict adherence to the doctrine of non-inter
yention. Intervention means disunion. In
tervention, whether by the North or by the
south, whether for or against slavery, tends
directly to disunion. Upon this identical
question attempts are now being made to
destroy the Democratic party Because the
minority of interventionists could not intim-
idate the majority into an abandonment of
the doctrine Of non-intervention, they have
seeded from the organization of the Demo-
cratic party, and are endeavoring to form a
new party in hostility to it. [Cries of "Let
them go; we can whip the disunionists North
and South. ] Secession from the Democratic
party means secession from the Federal
Union. That's So" and applause.] Those
who enlist under the secession banner now.
will be expected on the 4th of March next to
AXE up arms against the constitutional au-
horities. .... ~. u =
In certain contingencies, we are told, that
n certain event the South must forcibly
'esist the Inauguration of the President elect,
While we find those who are loudest in their
hreats of such resistance, engaged in the
cheme to divide and destroy the Democratic
,arty, thereby securing the election of the
'olicy look to disunion2 [Cries of "Yes."l