Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1860-10-16
DousFas fn Chicago.

was OF the most glorious character. Chicago
is an important locality in the history Of mod
eru politics Especially famous Is it in connec-
| ton with the great doctrine Of which Senator
Douglas is the exponent. Here has he met
and defeated the enemies Of the Democracy in
1850, 1854, and again in 1858; after the great
discussions in Congress on the Compromise
measures, the Nebraska-Kansas bill, and the
Lecompton constitution. His triumphs on these
occasions, great as they have been, has been
more than equaled By the splendid enthusiasm
which has poured from generous and just hearts
and welcomed him to the capital of the State
he so proudly makes illustrious in the Senate
of the United States; and before the anxious
eyes not alone Of this continent, but Of Europe.
Europe carnot be an Indifferent spectator Of the
Presidential crisis in this country. The Times
and Herald of the 9th briefly and suggestively
chronicles the great event:
The die is, cast We have no heart to COM
pare the reception of Douglas and Seward. The
humiliation of the Republican demonstration
was so complete, that any attempt at parallel
is simply nonsense The banter was fairly
given, and has been fairly net, and our triumph
has been so overwhelming that IL would be un-
ken by surprise by the sublime display pre-
serted 1t has been expected to make form
al and respectful reception Of Judge Douglas,
ard reserve Our ammunition for the grand dem
onstration of to-day; but the enthusiasm was
''irrepressible,' and as chainless as the waves
of the ocean. The horsemen gathered by hund-
reds, and the footmen by thousands with their
gay uniforms and brilliant torches. to escort
our distinguished chief The people gathered
in front Of the fremont, to the number of twen-
ty-five or thirty thousand. Estimation of the
immense multitude was in fact impossible, for
they could only be counted by thousands.
For hours the dense and ever growing crowd
awaited the arrival of their great political idol
and leader. When at length he arrived, in
the cenjrc Of miles of brilliant torches and the
boom Of the cannon and coruscations of innu-
merable fireworks, the enthusiasm of the crowd
knew 10 bound. The crowd grew actually
Wild with enthusiasm, and as the swelling &C
claim went up from the thousands assembled,
the Little Giant stood up in his open carriage
and nobly acknowledged the devotion of the
Democracy OF Illinois. It is in vain that we at
tempt to describe the bIilliancy Of the scene,
or the utter anazement of the Democracy and
the bla~k tcrror'of the Republicans. What
will happen to-day matters not-we have al
ready distanced all competition. No citizen Of
America has ever received such an ovation as
Judge Douglas received IN Chicago on last
night! 1t defies ali cavi]ing and lying. Judge
Douglas speech and other particulars to some
extent will be seen elsewhere We dare not
go further, without missing our mails. Long
live the people.
is soon as the wild enthusiasm had cornpa-
ratively subsidized, Senator Douglas was forced
! to present himself to the delighted multitude.
He briefly addressed them as follows:
iEr. CHai7man.-I Will not attempt to sup
press the emotions Of a grateful heart in re-
| sponse to this hearty welcome and brilliant re-
! ception. In the performance of my public du-
ties. upon the boiSterous sea of political life 1t
! has been my fortune to encounter those storms
! and adverse currents which threatened to de-
| stroy all exposed to them. 1t is for you my
! fellow citizens, to determine whether [ have
ever quailed before the storm g never, or have
lost my reckoning r" never" " or have permitted
the good old Democratic ship to drift into the
maeistrom of Abol;tionism or to be wrecked
upon the breakers of disunion. Immense ap-
! piause, and cries of Never, never, never It
has always been my aim, whenever have held
the helm, to guide the ship by the lights and
according to the chart Of the Constitution,
T''Good, good" and renewed applause.
Nowhere in the whole country has the vicis-
STUDIES Of political fortune and the alterations
of popular favor and folly been more frequent
aud brief than in Chicago; but the light of the
~
darkness of night, and the bright rays Of the
sun have chased away the mists and fogs
which obscured the horizon, and rendered plain
to the vision of all impartial men the path o.
duty and Of patriotism. [Cheers.l
Never have my convictions of duty been more
clear or my determination to maintain them
more resolute than in this great contest for the
peace of the country and the perpetuity Of the
Union. Tremendous and prolonged cheering
I shall reserve for tomorrow the examination
Of the principles and measures which believe
best calculated to produce those objects. 1r
the meantime my heart is too full of gratitude
to my fellow-citzens for this brilliant and unri
vailed demonstration, and my physical system
too much exhausted to detain you longer. !
thank you from the bottom of my heart for thi
imposing and magnificent reception.
We are unable, says the Times and Herald
in the brief time and space that are left us to
night to do anything like justice to this gran,
reception, which may be truly said to have bee
unsurpassed, unparalleled, IN the modern histc
ry of our country.
| Gov Morgan, of New York, has appointe