Year: 1860




Police.


A BELL AND EVERETT CROWD.


ADDRESS OF Mr.. MAYER AND MIR. GOlGLAS'
SPEECH AT THE ciLMoR HOUSE.


&c. Se. Sc.


According to announcement, the Committee ef
One Hundred, and the numerous friends of Judge
Douplas assembled at the Camden street Station
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, yesterday
afternoon to receive in proper manner this dis
tinguished gentleman.


The hour at which the train was expected was a
quarter to five O'clock but long before that time
the platforms of the depot building were crowded
with citizens anxious to witness the arrival Of Mr..
Douglas in this city, and upon the arrival of the
train, which came dashing along con time" the
concourse collected was immense for an occasion OF
the kind.


ARRIVAL OF THE TRAIN.


At ten minutes of five O'Clock, the whistle and
bell of the locomotive announced to the
crowd that the train was near the depot
which appeared TO be the signal for general
rush towards the lower platform, the Committee o
100 hanging together as well as possible sup
ported on either side by the police and on all sides





men on the sung out that Judge Douglas was
in the last car. This seemed to be reversing
| things, and the Committee, almost carrying their
chairman in their arms, pushed. tugged and scram
bled down to the "ast car Here the crowd was
immense, and the police officers, who had all along
treated everybody very pleasantly, seemed to think
that the sovereigns imposing upon their good
nature, and were forced to frown and push back
the crowd with force to enable the "observed o
all observers to alight from the train.


When an alley had been formed, Judge Douglas
appeared upon the platform of the car uncovered,
and was saluted by three vociferOus cheers. As he
stepped from the great rush was made tow
| ards him, and it with difficulty that he pro-
gressed from the train to the barouche in waiting
for him.


| FOR THE GILMOR HOUSE.


The Judge was escorted along the platform by q
detachment of police and the committee to Barre
street, thence across Howard street to the carriage
in waiting, the crowd all the time pushing, shov'
ing and crying out, ''Hurray for Douglas"
| In a short time Mr.. Douglas reached his
barouche, when the crowd surrounded it and gave
him three tremendous cheers. This demonstration
came from all sides, but upon the north pavement
| of Barre street, and perched upon high steps,
there seemed to be a crowd not of the same way of
thinking, for the Douglas cheers ceased


stentoran voice sung out, ''1hree cheers for Bell
and Everet-hp hip!" and the shout given
with will, but in rather bad taste, that party,
with all others, will have opportunity to 'hur-
rah" and sing psalms until November.
| ARRIVAL AT THE GILMOR.


Judge Douglas, accompanied by General Maulsby
and Colonel Shriver, of Frederick; Messrs. Jervis
Spencer, Samuel j. X. Handy, DR.. Hunt, and the
Committee of Reception, were then driven to the
Gilmcr House, where they were received by Col.
Stone and shown to Judge Douglas private quar-
ters. Mr.. Douglas received his friends until eight
o'clock, when the Blues Band, Prot. Holland, ap-
geared in front of the hotel and played some beau
tiful airs


THE CROWD IN FRONT OF THE GILMOR HOUSE.


BY the hour of So O'Clock, large portion of
Monument Square was densely packed with peo-
| pe all anxious to hear what Mr.. Douglas had to
| saw as it had been announced that he would address
the citizens of Baltimore at 8 o'clock. After the
| performance of several airs by the band Judge
Douglas appeared upon the balcony of the hotel,
| and was greeted with lOud cheering. Charles +.
MAYER, ESQ Chairman of the Committee Recep-
ton, came forward and addressed the distinguished
| gentleman as follows:


MR.. MAYER's SPEECH.


Mr.. DOUGLAs:-We bear to you the welcome of your
friends of the Baltimore Democracy Although hundred
delegates that good will here the bearers of well
come depued thousands might he used to carry you
in all its volume and warmth. We rejoced to you.
We wish to hear the voice of heart true to our blessed
country We wish hear the tones Of the brave expo
son and remonstrance with which, feeling yourself at
the altar of the and speaking for the holiness OF the
sanctuary you confronted the perversions of your
and the impeachment of your sincerity through
| triumphant logic warmed by patriotic soul.
| You do not come to us as the orator of your own
the historian of your public efforts and your
political enets You come to US as the missionary of the
Constitution its grace and wisdom and sacred majesty
|
glorious principle and in the ustrc National rank
and power You carry it through the throngs of our
countrymen, with whose natures this Heaven granted
Union is interviewer as worship and religion and you
hold their hearts to rally all every lltop and
noble authority tie perils of the Republic to the
grandeur of the duties of the crisis In saying this we
design euogy of you as the minister of such prog
through our land and we leave your due merits 10
crown you We know you too manly to welcome the
offerings praise little you need it for your incen
tive We wish but TO characterize your present arduous
| lt.


We know that you not on your patriotic circuit in
your own cause as Presidential candidate. Your
reer the Union Your appeal your theme is that that
Union be cherished the of our sphere and OF our
strengththe star, the armament, of all our hope light
Heaven and by Heavens sanction consecrated In
such auspices know you have abiding trust as we
have. You do not believe that thus shielded the Union
is in danger however zealots in their fire their
gross frenzy may flash their threats the threshold OF
the temple You stand at that threshold, to parry and
| to frown of the sacrilege


In your Intrepid reasoning you have shown, that while
you love the UnOn believe that all of this broad
empire, whom Providence has so bounteousy favored
with it, love it you do and deserve it by loving 1t
You do think with those who to magnify the
Presidency into the importance and sway of monarch,
or that any election of any President, little as the linn
tied authority of such an othcer can work the overthrow


You distinguish between the people and the demago,
gues their seinaugurated sword bearers, who presume
to speak for the people, and to fight their battles for
grievances that the people have not felt and cannot
even through the partisan telescopes and microscopes
their sensitive protectors But here the eXgency now
country and hence your task. The feyersh an
tagODlSm
dtrust of loyal justice in the North to oVerrult
any pride of opinion there has divided the power of ou
great Democratic party.


Those who in the South proclaim the sacrifice to ma
tional duty of opinion and personal predectionsand
the maxim that the collisions and friction of debate usi
fy sedton against the council OF a national party
achieving national obect-such men have with peevlsl
intolerance preferred their personal tastes AMI abstrac
tons to the collective and successful will and schisu
and the risk of fatal severeuce, to united and un
broken counses and action. 1t this spirit which ha
raised the demon-thank Heavenl an imaginary one
of fipnIl
rotc ZEAL and as if specific to overthrow the common
foe of Republicanism


dination is necessity" of combined counses, and tha
those who in mutual faith came together for one common
end, stay together to the end, in the ministry
good and in the spirit of sacrifice. But in tn
ritual of honored Union the whisper of hsunio
is vengeful retort for disappointed opinion or PLAN
from any other impulse, the mere lnslnuatlon oil such
rupture work of Providence is treason to the
MUS the soul of Republic The body of men that in
scribes such threat its banner, such conen
plated result from defeat bghts him for whom as thei
representative they enter the field and urge the strife
Here the pain of our schism-hence the stress of tn
crisis for the purity and the reign of our athand her
the burden of the mission to which you have dedicate
yourself.


1t is gratifying-though sadly gratfying-to discover
how the whole anxious public of our country seems
and regret this division in Democratic ranks
As to the Democratic party, political opponents ha
misgvngs for our devout respect for the liberties OF a
ton and opinion and the rights of all property under til
Constitution and for our resolute defence OF thei
equal privileges. The severed fronts now eXhibl
the hearts of ter for the of the unio
and its prosperous progress who do not beon
to Democratic communion. Our political views, a
eXpounded in this encounter but little repugnar
cy, and from many arrayed against us have Rlnd
countenance Whence this harmonizing assimilatin
spirit? It is because State Rights, the vital element
the just Federal organismhe perpetuatng principle
the spheres of States revolving around the centre


limited Federal power-is the text of argument
the charm of your eXhortation.


What does Estates Rights mean but the Constitutions
gna and and prior right State sovereignty by its pre-
eminent bounds restricting, jealousy and whoesomely
the Federal control? On that principle of origina
powerso precious. not from State pride but because 1t
the safeguard of the Federal Union-yOu challenge tn
argument of your Territorial theories. We need not dis
cussn this opening to you of our heart OF welcome
principle of doctrines, although may at eas
say that for purposes of facous hostility, opponent
have endorsed those positions with show of practca
consequence which Nature in the soil and climate of tn
remaining territories, will forever deny TO it. But yo
celebrating in your discussions the value-as well a
the impregnabe dignty-of State Rights Those rights
under political sky and in the balm of our Republl
can atmosphere, necessarily to involve the prn
ciple of selfgovenment in organized politica
communiy-and to confer the power of a State OF tn
Uncn for domestic legislation having the germ Of suc


State by the capacity and title to be admitted int
the fellowship States fairly claiming the rights of tina
internal legislation. But if in these points of consu
tiona law there be error, the arber to 1ohom ace res
them the Supreme Court of the United Staes-sha dis
close error still harmlesly and the sid
the American aections-the love for State Rights


Let then advance under that ensign of State Right


the Safeguard of the Union; and under it let stephen
Douglas proclaim the Of the faith that is in him


Let him persevere despite the dersive phrase Squae
Sovereignty applied to his if he advocated tn
rabble in tumultuous councils and not of
derly temperate political community-one day terrific