Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-08-09
From the Boston Post Of July sOth.l
MR.. DOUGLAS AT BUNKER HILL.
Addresses nj the Battle Ground by Judge
Douglas. Hon. Charles Thompson and
Mayor Uanna.

O0usfhrs bohs thhffcs hohpson an u
Mayor Uanna.
Judge Douglas visited the battlefield
Of Lexington yesterday afternoon, and on
his return, after retiring for u time to his
quarters at the Revere House, he proceed
ed to Charleston, arriving at Monument
Square about 7 o'clock He came mp in
a barouchc, accompanied by Mayor Dana,
Of Charleston, Hon. Charles Thompson
and Mr. Richard X. Spofford jr. Notice
Of his coming bad been duly given. and a
large crowd, Numbering perhaps, two or
three thousand, waited to welcome him,
and when he reached the grounds hc was
warmly cheered. The original intention
was, that the speeches should be delivered
at the monument, but the crowd was so
great and SO eager to obtain sight Of the
distinguished Senator, that it was thought
advisable to give up this plan. and Mayor
Dana, accordingly requested the multitude
to give way, and all ow Judge Douglas to
walk round the monument. stating that
the welcome ceremonies would afterward
be performed at the steps fronting High
Hon. Charles Thompson as follows:
REMARKS OF HON. CHARLES THOMPSON.
Mr.. MAYoR,-On this sacred ground
consecrated to freedom and by the blood
trodden by the feet Of Webs;s:, Jack
son, and other worthies, we have now
before us an illustrious stranger-a stran-
gerto us personally, but known to the
whole country through his deeds and acts.
1t is fitting and proper that gentleman Of
his standing, and of his character and EN- :
inence, should visit Bunker Hill, and
should be shown to the citizens who res
ide on the sumits of Bunker Hill and
around it. Sir, it is my honor and priv
iege to introduce to you my friend, the
champion ofthe rights Of man, (applause }
whose labors in the Senate of our country
have done as much, to say the least, as
those of any other living man, TO sustain
the great Fundamental principles of non
intervention and popular sovereignty-the
corner stones upon which the citadel Of our
liberty stands, and must stand. When
these fail, the superstructure must fall.
Sir, it is my pleasure to introduce to
you the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, Of ii
linois. (Three cheers. poo
SPEECH OF MAYOR DANA. -I
JUDGE DoUGLAs.-As the chief execu
tive officer of this city. and as the organ
of my fellow citizens, it gives me pleasure
in their behalf, to extend to you cordia
welcome to this city We desired tha
you, before You left this section of tn,
country, should stand upon this sacret
ground; that you should tread upon thc
soll once pressed by the feet Of Putnam, o
Warren, Of Prescott, of Stark, and o
those other heroes whose deeds on this
spot have made the name of Bunker Hill
immortal. We are glad, sir, to have you
stand under the shadow of that majestic
shaft, and see what tribute grateful sons
have paid to heroic sires. But, sir, we
have also invited you to visit MS, because
we wished to see one who fills a high
place in the high councils of our nation;
because we desired to see one who has
filled and does now fill SC large space
in the minds of the people of this coun-
try. ["Amen"-"Good, ""Good," and
three cheers. Sir, You see around you a
large number of your political friends
We cannot all agree with all your polit-
ical views on the policy of the country,
but, sir, we can all respect and admire
the man who, not propped by ancestry or
the power of his friends, by his own gen.
ius and indomitabe energy and industry,
has risen from the humble walks of life
to fill some of the highest place in the ma
ton. Applause.
Sir, this audience are waiting to hear
from you, and l will no longer detain
them; but again, in behalf of the citizens
of this Monumental city, bid you welcome
to the city. [Applause, and three cheers
for Douglas. asa
SPEECH OF JUDGE DOUGLAS.
Mr.. MAYOR AND FELLOW -ClTIzENs.--l
have just returned from pilgrimage to
Lexington, preparatory to visiting this
sacred spot where we are now assembled
OF all the battle fields and all the places
consecrated to patriotism by the blood o
our revolutionary fathers, none is so deal
to the American heart as Bunker Hill
['tHear, hear" and applause. There il