Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-28
Speech of Senator Douglas in Baltim ore.


The following is a telegraphc report, or
rather synopsis of Douglas speech at Bald-
more September 9th, so much of it as is
reply to Breekinridges late speech at Ash
land Kentucky:
BALTIMORE, September th-Douglas ar.
rived from Frederick at four O'Clock p. NJ. He
was received at the depot by large con
course of his friends. who enthusiastically
cheered him. The crowd followed his car.
riage to the Gilmore House. On reaching
the hotel, copy of Breekinridges speech
was placed in his hands. He Immediately
stripped Off and, awaiting his baggage.
wrapped himself up in a blanket, and then,
lighting cigar, he read the speech of Breck
inridge through before dressing himself At
o'clock this evening" he was serenaded 10y
the Blues" band, and Immediately appeared
on the lower balcony. He was greeted with
cheers, and proceeded with a stentorian voice
to address an immense concourse Of listeners
being frequently interrupted by cheers
lie referred to the Wilmot Proviso as an
attempt to enforce an Unconstitutional in.
frngement on the right of the people to gov.
ern themselver and to regulate our domestic
affairs He held that the right Of the mas.
ter to his slave was Independent of the Fed
eral Government by virtue of local laws
Abiding to the secessionists he said that
their doctrine was to force slavery where it
was not wanted. They agreed with the
Black Republicans in the assertion of the
right of Congress to interfere with slavery
one to force slavery where people don't want
1t, the other 10 abolish it where people do
want it. One wants Congress to interfere
against the North, and the other against the
South. The greatest curse that could bemll
the country was TO have section parties but
there was one remedy for sectional strife
the old Democratic creed-non -interv ention
by Congress with slavery in the Territories,
in States, or in the district of Columbia
Then he referred to Breckinridge's sDeech
which he said had only been placed in his
hands on his arrival here to night, and to
which he proceeded briefly to respond lie
said Breckinridge, in defending the oction of
the secessonsts, charged She Front Street
Theater Convention with attempting to fore
show the Democracy new dogma, and the
leader of that do Lma of non interventon-
All my friends asked at Charleston was re
affirmation of the Cincinnati platform, on
which Buchanan and Breckinridge were
nominated and elected. That platform asser.
ted the doctrine of non intervention. They
could not have been elected on any other
Now, Mr. Breckenridge tells you that no man
Is II BOOu DeuOcluu or Il IfleDU OF Inc south,
who stands where he stood four years ago
that man who holds this doctrine is no
better than an Abolitonist, and that rather
than have this dogma recognized be would
prefer to see the Democratic party broken
up. Breckinridge says he supported Cass
and Butler in opposition to General Taylor
because they represented his principles Cass
had just then written his famous Nicholson
letter. supporting this dogma of non inter-
Yention 10y Congress in the question of slave
Ty in the Territories. Cass, Breckinrdge
and himself were then all in favor of this
dogma of non interv vention-they all worked
under the same harness. The godlike Web
ster, the immortal Clay, and the whole Wing
party were then in favor Of the same dogma
1t was on this dogma Breckenridge
was elected. In 1886 he (Doughs)
went to Kentucky and addressed the
people there for three mortal hours on
this question of Popular Sovereignty. lie
explained it TO them just as he had explained
it to this assemblage tonight, and Breckin-
ridge stood 10y applauding him as he pro-
crossed and patting him on the back for his
efforts in behalf of the dogma. Cheers and
laughter In September, 1856, Mr.. Brecl,-
inrdge visited Illinois, and spoke first in be-
half the dogmas, and he explained it so well
that he could not restrain himself from ex-
pressing his delight by patting him on the
back He declared then that the whole
South was sound on the dogma. Now we
in Illinois are threatened to be hunted down
by the very man we then raised to the Vice
Presidency on this dogma In alluding to
Mr. Brecknridges speech he always spoke Of
1t as stump speech Mr. Breckinridge as
serts that | am not the regular nominee of
the party, but assure you that have never
descended SO low as to accept a nomination
from less than one third of any party, when
L was not the first choice of a majority
of my party. lie would not have alluded to
Mr. Breckenridge had he not assaulted him
in his speech made at Lexington yesterday
lie had charged him with IA breach of filth
in relation to the decision of the supreme
Court Now he held that no honest man
would oppose a decision of the Supreme
Court If Mr.. Breckinridge had not been
nominated he (Douglas} would have beat
Lincoln in every State but Vermont and
Massachusetts,.
He then proceeded to repeat his views as
expressed at Norfolk, declaring that the elec-
fion Of no man would be cause for the disso-
luton of the Union, and he would hang any
maa who would raise his hand to break mp
and dissolve this Union. as high as Virginia
hung John Brown. lie (Douglas) did not
believe that Breckinrige was a disunoaist,
but he did believe that every disunionist in
this Union is Breckenridge man. Laugh
ter and applause.
lie concluded bya powerful appeal for the
Union. lie was for burying Northern Abo-
litonalism and Southern sectonalism in the
the same grave. He then returned his
thanks for the attention that had been given
him. and retired, after speaking for over two
hours.
CLUE MEETINGS IN SAN FRANorsco. The San
Francisco Nation of Thursday, says: