Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-15
A New York Douglas specimen.

The Douglas and johnson Barbecue il
Jones' Wood was as disgusting as big Ne v
York mob could make it. After the gluttony
ndhowling for more OK, call, hog and sheep
and rowdyism disgraceful to cannibals, the
speaking began. The Georgia candidate fol
Vice President first mounted the stump, and
talked on until the noisy crowd yelled to
him to q dry up followed by cries for Doug
las" When candidate johnson closed
candidate Douglas mounted a chair amid
tremendous cheering and the roar Of s small
field-piece. The Tribune gives his speech
and the responses verbatim, from which we
take just specimen brick:
Are Southern men prepared to acknowledge
the doctrine that States may relieve their
citizens from their obligations TO obey the
Constitution? How was it in Vermont, in
Wisconsin, in Massachusetts, not long ago,
when the Abolitionists attempted to resist by
mob violence the execution of the Fugitive
Slave Law2 Did not the President Of the
United States send troops to Boston2 Would
it not be the duty of the President elect, or
any other who may be elected, in case the
Fugitive Slave Law is resisted, TO employ the
whole power Of the army, navy, and militia
if Unnecessary, to carry it into effect against
mob vlolence2 Applause, And are the
southern men prepared to admit that Yer
mont can pass law called a Personal Lib
erty hill releasing the cnnseionoas OF -hanozt
men from their Constitutional obligations p
No, Sir. Whenever these Abolitionist
states set up their unconstitutional laws as
an excuse for resisting the Federal authority,
We will hang them higher than Haman.-
Applause, and voice, " Well hang
every Cd id Black Republican
in the cOuntry.l When the State OF
South Carolina in 1892 attempted to resist
the laws Of the United States for col
lecting the public revenue, Old Hickory told
them they must and they should obey. Ap-
plause. l wish to God we had an Old Hiek-
ory in our life. T"We have in the person Of
stephen A. Douglas" '0h GOd"1 Hang
Northern and Southern traitors on the same
gallows. Three cheers for Young Hickory.
Three cheers for the next President, Stephen
A. Douglas. Now gentlemen, you can't fail
to perceive that this Union is in danger from
THERE'S disunion partyi in the land. That's
So. They have resolved, whenever they
cIn obtain plausible prctext, to dissolve the
Union. They have determined to make the
.ectiOn of Black Republican President
he pretext, and hence the real Disunion-
ists desire the election of Lincoln, so they can
accomplish their objects of disunion. T''They
nevershall Great confusion, drowning the
next sentence. IfyOuwill keep silent instead
of coming here to obey the order of your
master. Not my masterp ale amt
from S. CT "Put him outT'7 I have
known the Federal office holders TO send
their tools into crowds before to interrupt me-
/" Put him outP' Let him alone. r"An
rightP Yells.l Let him alone; he viii
find out what l think before he gets through.
But I want to tell him that no gentleman
ever gets into a crowd to break up a meet
ing. (Cheers. "He can't break this up
| have been a democrat for thirty-one years.
Shut up, you id nigger-stealing thief,
shut upF'l Now, my fellow citizens l was
about to say to you, there is a scheme to
break up this glorious Union. The pretext
for doing so is the election of Abraham Lin
coin, and so those genuine disunionists desire
his election. l don't charge all the Brecken-
ridge men in the United States with being
l don't charge Mr.. Brecken-
ridge himself with being disunionist; but
do express my firm conviction that there is
not a disunionist in America who is not
Breckenridge man. Applause.