Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-10
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e0eial Z ports sf tAs Less Of Artil-
lery ct D1ll's 1oA.
REBELS STRONGLY EKrRENCHED
At FAIRFAX.
lnether Riot n Baltlnere.
BRECHlNRID0E ATTEMPTS TO MAKE
A SECESSION SPEECH
Hampton Burnt by the Rebels.
AFTERNOON DlsPATCnES.
The Rebels q Daleauose give Dseckia
Tlaeo and ValoasAsa- ham Z Public
Dtnser..rhey Make Speeches
REBELS STRONGLY EKrRENCHED
At FAIRFAX.
Aasther Ret IN Baltinsre.
RRECHlNRID0EA ATTEMPTS TO MAKE
A SECESSION SPEECH
Hampton Burnt by tho Rebels.
AFTERNOON DlsPArCnEs.

The ReoeDs oi 0aleanoee give Dsecki1
Eaaee anA Valoanasa- haa Z Public
Dtnaer..rhey Make Speeches
BALrlaoxs. Aug. 9.
AssRa BfsekinP;dge and vallAnainSAac have
parsAken Of graad DINNER as the kusau House
tins morning, ven BY baltimore reb.ls. st IL
o'clock. they we're ssrsnaded BY shs 6l0ss Hand.
0r. nssckin,idgsis 10 nov aete0l 6ngto q eAk but
10 Constantly interrupted by cheer. tor Cntteudea,
zen. Scott, the Ken lucky election and for the
Union. Ii 10 impossible % hear what he - Try
inx % say.
There sr. several Thousand person. present, /.
majority OF whom are Union. They call on The
6Asa for the Sur Span led Banner and Ysnkee
Doodle, bat can get nothing frIot hem but Dixie.
Tue people we're responded 10 by cries OF remem
Der the 18th Of April. remember the week Of tor
ror. Several fights 'ook ps ,e, and soms Of the o
cc.sioni>ts were roughly handled. lie Vas finally
eDmpeled TO re,re.t without speaking, and
cheers Of his friends were given amid the groans
md hisses.
M v>il~edishaa did not attenp. to speak, and
the crowd dispersed with cheers TO- the Union,
groaos for JEFF. Davis, interrupted BY chcsrs and
sr ans.
Mr. Breckinridge continued to speak for about
bali IN hour, interruptions were 80 r. qneDt that
but here and there . lev sentences could be OBJ
tained. He said thA; he desired to speak for the
poor and weak, and no, for The rich and powerful
Here Mr.. Breckinridge was interrupted BY pow
erfal voice with the words"you lie, yva know you
do" Mr.. hreckinridge then referred to the posi-
ton Gf Maryland, whose citisrns had again ald
again been outraged in their dearest constt ton
al rights, to all respectful enquiries the charges
against those who had e. rudey torn from their
homes and their families, nothing but contempt
Gus respoa es had been returned, do you Mr.. B.
asked call this liberty. Cries ot 40, no., AMI in
termingled with cries Of "oh dry mp, you are =
sraiter.'
Mr. Breckinridge here enquired of those who
manifested = disposition not to listen to him, why
they were present if they did not desIe to hear
himl This question Was foil. we'd by loud cheers
and hi-ses. A violent commo,on was now Oh
seemed TO take pace among the crowd. which
swsyed from pavement t. pavement a' il under
strong excitement, the clubs OF policeman were
who were resentlug them. Mr.. Breckinridge
speaking amid the din, said that those ho IN
terrupted him vii o. prObrivus cptnets and bseee
we're poor fellows Who were tightening the de-
grading fctters which bound them. :. feel per-
treated, gsieve 10 think that any one should be
hurt On my account (Cries Of good" aud cheers
fur JED. Davis and thu. Southern Confederscy An
active fight now sprung up, and occupied the 1T
tention of the cr0xd for severs minutes aud &C
casioned q genera stampede Of the timid.
0r. b. sxid-lt 10 evident that the disturbers
are but tew IN number, as they feared to hear
him. DO spenk the truth
The inquiry Was met by renewal of epithets
directed against the speaker.
A voice Never mind, they are just from the
Jail and amshouse.
The cheering was hero renewed, ard was in
startly followed by renewa! Of violent disturb
ance-.
.You poor fellows may hiss now, but your
children will bless me-
A voice-Oh, 60 to South Carolina and be
damned to you.
This WAS met By vehement cheering, and . rush
was again made by the police on the crowd. This
was followed by gang Of men from the Eight to-
ward the side where tho cheers proceeded. The
vas sgain renewed, when ther scene
IF commotlon ensued, during which several men
were severely beaten and pursued BY pol CO from
the st. Get.
Mr.. B-If you do not intead to allow me to
81 esk then dis erse the crowd. did not volun-
teer to address YOU, remember. TCheers and
hlsses If 1 did not know that the squat Of men
this sssembl.ge were no esponents Of
tho sentiments Of the people Of Kent lucky i should
de.pair Of your city. Cheers tor JEFF DAVIS anu
Gen. scott
Amid frequent interruptions the speaker con-
tinued 70 say that since the time when Constitu
lions mad been des gned limits 20 despotic pow
er, nothing 90 outrageous as the ac,s Of the
niaistrati0n had ever o0cursed. Liberty existed
efose the Constitution Wss forme and whenever
the issue Was presented between that On the ono
hand ard mere form Of g0vefnmt mt on tho other
The form uid perish but tho principle would still
survive. lH,sses. groans and hisses