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'I: do' pot aespoto that he mat to insult the
South) by ■ talking about Ur. Yaooey usd Mr.
iValksr, and aU .the other ditnnlouUtt, is npru
ainting til* Booth. Why,'sir. since they, have'
gunojhask .to their State,, there has. risen
cp each a shout of indignation against them
that I do believe Mr. Billet, when hexanes to
Baltimore, wllt be far “ weaker. In the hnees”
thw ho has aver been. rLasghtsl!»nd, applause.]
; B et let si Ha what more was left for that* people
to say. < Yon ean't sleet Mr/.Boagles.'/-; Can’t,
eleet him'. -How dose to eay
that? A voles, ead:-!ele«.;hlinjß
Who, een yos eleet .M/MV Douglas?:. CM
yoh". elect .. Ur. Winter,’ of Yitgirita-r-*
taut. Who had but half a Stateio the Convention?
Can yon eleet Mr. flnthrle. a man who had. hot
taw State really for him ? Can we eleet that htgklp
who"
boon said weSnjtbV towieet—DavU, of Mls
tUut; WeUilfhevea, greet.respect ft*. Jeffer
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nOwrapreeeot DatnoeraUe Btotes.. It,
thataanaf the Korth .have bean _tni» to you,. the
taan bl the North have foiaght, your battlesthe
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. tjf aueo wulTud eetablUbed tham ao flrmly, that
' thorela no dUputa In tha South, and tharaforo it
. i..,n easy mattor-to he a Democrat.” Where are
; ,J>s^tried?Aro they trtadinihe^tates where
i thatels no light? Ia it a fair teat ofa man's oourauc
(whan he has no snesay to taaot him,
;ndt.' r A «aau may be yary brave whan there ia no
> fuetag him; it ia vary easy to talk : but
' del these tatu.eoaae, to the North,—‘*t thorn oome
to"tbes*Ua»l old State of Pennsylvania, and ask,
: W Ur.Tßeehaitan’s Iraretaiy of the Treuury did
ib’i 1846* “Whan theptopta of tbnTerritary lost
theireovoralitEty,” and than tbeywiUsee whutlt
tt;toWVßeSo«t. The men of the South will
■ Iflijd'.ea eUadlngnn for their rirtito-atandlog np.
foi the OonatttoUon—end though striokon down
PfWlll led at Mltl, battling, yair attar year,
an hoMtty of purpbie asd a bravery that
rlho'fllaeMagiriye, andawtll that carries
i on ultimately to victory. You have, found
Pennsylvania- macaae ; constantly standing by
'tltfr OOBStitaUoaal right* of.the Sooth. [Applan**. j
aid for tfaU we an ohorrod u not repreienting
Democratic Spates; -Wbea has Illinois and Indiana
failed you,? And wben you laid the Union was in
dangir, dldtho Keystone State falter?.
■ 85, the people have.not yet ostablishsd the doe
brine that wo of the North an sot entitled to assist
; ini uxaklog the Bsuoeratie notatnation. [A voioe.
“Tbay nevar ,wUi," .aiid gnat applause.] But,
there la a prtnaiple higher than all, whieh will
aaaily aettla this matter. I understand tha great
dohtdneof tha DeaoeraUe party that underlies its
very esistenee to be that the majority shall be au
prnao.'V: [Load appleuea.j Whan..that dootrine
shrill oeaeeto.bs.thstawlexriwilling to walk out
out ?f the Democratic party. I Whenever tha great
pvrty/of tha people—whenever the great party of
the eouritryahsll ao far forgot its noble prinelplss,
shrill sir for forget tbs tsachiozi of Us illustrious
leaders, as, to decide that a'handful of of Southeru
or Northern disunionlate and aeeeselonlats shall
manage and, oontrol ita affairs, I will say “go, I
am hot with or of you.” - ’
- Now, gentlemen, than ware many more things
injthet Convention to whioh I might, refer, if I had
time, rind tha power of voice to do eo; bat I fee]
that I have neither. There is maoh eoneemiog
the trenaaetians ai Charleston which will, neces
sarily, never be told, but I have, ones for all, to
sty of the anti-Dongles men from Pennsylvania,
that, with one or, two honorable exceptions, there
.'Sri no'mon'violent disanioniata in the Sonth than
-they .there showed themselves to be. Uon than that,
I ieharge han that William Bigler and his
aotually sign, or agree to sign, a
paper rosensßting that when Tannemee anfVir
tioia, in oonuaon with, .the other Sonthem Butos,
withdraw,'.‘that they too woeld foUow. [Hiaaee.J
Wehaudof ltandfeltthat, In God’s name, let.
thorn go on!,-'for, we wduld he glad togatridof
(him. [Applanaa.] And f do hooaatly believe
that, if the gnat Democratic party of this glorious
Keystone Butte oonld relieve thsmaelvea of,the
dMlwelght-ofimbeeUity whloh la upon It,.the,
- better , (t, would, be for it. [Applause.] I think,
air, the dawn ot tha poUtloai mllleninm ia nigh at
hand, whan the, fowls' Utah like tke Old Han of
thb lifltßttain, =;«iia sinking the party to the earth,
will be swept from politlcal exlsiencs.
Sows it if said it is not worth while to nominate
MivDoajrißS, bsesuie he cannot carry a Southern
Slate. Well, how. do you know that ? Baa he not
bwh trse to the oonsutationat rights of the Bouth?
-Y*s(;' : every, one edmiti 'that. Wren extreme
Southern man, whan put to the wall, admit he has.
He has not ohanged his position, as have the
very men who'new denonnoe him! The seoret of
the Sght against Dodglas, is that the adventurers
. add pclltloal miutagers ef the country fool that if
: the Glint of Illleou, tha Hua-oySd man of das
tisy,” wers to be plaSed in the Presidential ohair,
they would bs obliged to rottrs, new men
would coma Into pceitlOn. a pew era would dawn
hpoutfao eonntry, and .the aupportera of the eor
rupttOh aBA the tyrenny of ottoe would be swept
: awey.ferovait..- ' . ,
stateiaan who are willing to stand nplilif tB4
■ arid put It upon tbareeord. From the testlmouy of
i auTh^meia: to,show, yea- that Stephen A.
■ Hijnrlai sen do more, ts earsy tha Sooth than the
vary maaof tha Boefo thamriiTas. I have here a
ecpyofalettlrfrom Angastas B. Wright, of Qaor.
rii, whoae aactimesta are entitled to peat raapaet,
for he was a.,distinguished'ptatabur of .Congrsss
from thitt ptata for Several. years, Ur. Wright,
ataopg other, things, soya: : “Douglas is the same
mdn L now tbat he was when three thousand
Northern .clergyman presented him to the Bonita
Tot' a tnitor to. ,Us ;«ad nulsanoe to the.
eoarmU .ehamber. He has .ehsnged
. Sri£ Ipuelple siOeO i Sturrouaded by the maddened
AkolidOa rahUe nf Chisago, armed with bowie
tadrou Sad pUtois, he monnta the platform to do
food. Cis .rtnts or 'tho Soulb, or; shod hts blood
npon tho SOuof kis nOtlvs State. [Cheers.] Pit
(type of oar. country's. program, and of the truc
kaartOdDeuiooraoyof utaUnlon, if ho U nomf
amitodgt Charleston, lot our baonar-ory be “ On-,
wndio the Beoono ” [lrond applaue.]
Thors Is tha taatlmony of Georg Ea. and I do not
think you can Sdd* non'decided Southern State
than; that. X have harp also the evidence of Hon.
JTohn Pbr?ytk, of Alabams, who at tha time he
made thls spsaoh vui mambsr oi the Loglalatare
of) that man who was so good a Democrat,
ao sound in prineiple,' that Ur. Boohauan, the
President of tha Cnttad States, appointed, him
minlsfertoHuico within the last twoysars. He
says : l 'l kava forborss to do justice to the great
Statesman.;of:,'the"'lfTsH, whoso name' is the
thsmo of gippant opprobrium on the Hpo of.
ao:many membars on tbs.floor.' It ia time,'sir,
for’.this forbearance to oease. It is time.to
breast this wild torrent of obloquy and injus-
Uee, arid to vindieata tha character of a publio man
to whom wo owo gratitode as a banafoetor, initead
of iounaa u a traitor. [Applause.] I Stand.here
in iha lilts, bis champion and his defender, and I
thank God for th# pride I foal In the impulse and
the power to do it. I thank God (for that, while
be haebprhe upon hla naok the Southern uroas on
Nbrthern gronnd,i[eheer«,] and bore It bravely
through ordeals of. Are arid persecution, that I this
day. u beurl&g his eroas on Southern ground, oan
riualeate the ,otalm of. Soatheru magnanimity
■to: equality pith (that, of ,tha North. [Ap
gouaa.] ' .Habis-fought the goodflghtforme end
r mine in theNortn; twill dobattle for him in
the Bputh, though it (lead me to a political Oalve
ry.’’ [Great ehearing.] ' ,
I could go on forbears reheanlng anoh taatlmony
as this—that of the groat Stephans, Boullgny and
Taylor j of Louisiana, Hamilton, of Texas, and
others. Tbay say not:only that Hr., Douglas can
carry thaßdulh, bat that thsre are Sou thorn Bute*
.whieh no taan brit the “ LlttlaGlant ’’ can pretend
to carry! [ldmd applause.]
a ln eoneluinn, what I ask of you la, that yon
•ball apeak out in, tones that cannot bo misunder
stood/ , There are gentlemen who desire to go for
Hr. Douglas,’but who, unfortunately, are under
.UK .leadof that distinguished Bshator who Is re
markablefor, beingVrordl-knced. , [Laughter.]
They desire to do what, la right, but either they,
or.thaif.friends, hold offlee under the Foderul Ad
mielstTatlOn, tod they are pot gnat eaough to
rise abeva these paftry trammela. I nan tell
snehVmeU'': that:(the., paopla will not tole
rato(: polltleal : triokOry—that the maeeea if
tbo aro forona man for Presldtnt, arid that
no amountof sehriulrig or mariagamont will answer
at Baldtaere. - : Tha people dartre the eta teaman of
thegreaf Northwest, and' they mutt have him.
[Tnmendoai.' applause.] I sm sure, gentlemen,
that (Whan I oall your attoatton to a little feet In
.tha history ef Jriaga Donglas, yon will feel prouder
of him than srar. Does anybody doubt that if
SUpben A, Ifoegdas.lurt kapt quial in the Seriate
bo woidd bare, hron foa pomisao at Obarleaton
vrithool adtssentteivota? [A Voloa—“That's sol*’]
Wastt not part Of,Ufa agreement at Olnelnuatl that
if tha Northwest Would stand by Pennsylvania Bn
IBM. tha Northwest should have Douglas in 18W?
fApplesaa.j 'All that ba had to do was to keep
pOtfriiUy ‘quiet aod bo would bars besn tha noat
na*.; Bnt wbatdid Dongtaado? Whan the frauds
sotomitted In KaaiaOs stared him in the face—when
he aaw that tha Nadoaal Admintstratlon, in vlola
thmeflaw,. in violation of everything like right,
Wars bndoaysring to aaaaage the great party ofthe
Unkta, SltjmiT' Douglas proforred to be right
rather than to bo Preaiaent. Ho stood np in the
Sonata alone arid fought that great flght—a light
•galosiatbosaandfoes.Aye/and the path still
leads him to wharo.it Would bars led him had ha
nmaihSd (rtlaat; .it attll leads unerringly to the
Whlto.House, arid while 1 he holds the proud port-
Co» rf ha'ring earned it, tha foot stands out with
f“!?, l H WUiMw, that ha,' above all other men
great: natfon. li the peopla’s eholoe. [Tre
4Mdouaapntiwro,] r
vrßafon l rtt down, gentlemen, allow me to move
of too following reoointlon, which I
,o®raaaplrideparidan»proporttlon: .
■ atMting. it la tlje
.SSJOt IN itpy|immT»i m this Comoon««alth. m
■\ EaUadaotlo and Jofl* oonUnoad applanaa, da
»lß*whfebMr. QfmMf "tirad. Tiachalrmao
tfcon pat tko gnootlonon tfcf, adoption oftha ra*o
:*!»», ond it witfOtatM wtthhaorty aoalamations.
w: NBBINaBB.' .
; KUMienewea then introduced,
SißjWMentnHod Cheering, end ■ greet deal of
cold he wu giadto he with hie
who hudboen each
«oh n had joined the
:*♦ won hen lor the pur
tei- de eB. ’ ■ [Oheerel ; It ft act the Bemo!
entte_hre*na efthe South who araeaiHne
.djeUjJlitrtherri men to defeat Doaglaa at BeltK
■jaWK leant ttopeopte of the South' who make
politlcUM. Do .they eek ua to
defkatJUaeheeaaee be hae beau feomaht to anjr wo
pltnetfhFaf DeaMeme;? •' Ko!' The* know foil
weU ttatf he b elected Freeident ef the Halted
BUtttf they molt necessarily bo driven into
obscurity. [Cheers.] It l* ® ot » 'theo, for
auy ]oto these men boar to the South) but more
fur a selfish end they hero in; view. Douglas has
become a necessity to the Democratic party. Any
talk of naming a new tnau was all moonshine.
[Cheers! No other-man nominated couldearry
tho united Democracy.- The people of the North
have determined to be men .and to give their sup*
port to men Hke Douglas.. We mdst'go, to Balti
more—talking here to-night will do no good.' We
moat see that the Pennsylvania delegations do their
duty. He had no defence to make ofJndge Douglas
or nitAourse; that was sot necessary.' He was
going to Baltimore to fight', If fighting be neces
sary, /Great applause.] He would rather be
whipped there, than whipped in the contest after
wards. We should make the issue there, for there
the battle must be fought.
We must not submit to a handful of faotionlsts.
[A voice, “ No.”] We had a majority of the dele
gates in the Baltimore Convention, and we would
not yield our preference to the minority. [A voice,
“Of course not.”] If e majority of the party
must yield to a minority, he would so for organ
ising a new, party; In . which the voice of
majority should rule. We must forget the exist
ence of .Government patronage—that there arc
offices within the gift of the President, and eling
to the prosperity of our great country. Our party
would not be.struggling to-day were it not that
men, who were inthetr hearts for Douglas, dared
not utter their real sentiments for a fear of those
in power. At the rime when Douglas took issue
with the President, he knew hosts of his neighbors
who admitted the justice of Douglas’ position. We,
had then fresh in our memories the pledges of
1856., Until they are fulfilled we shall , never oc
cupy as a party our former proud position. It the
Democratic party would be successful. in this con
test she must abandon platforms which an expiring
Administration had rendered odious. Confidence
mutt.be restored, or the party will never bp—con
fidence only to 1 be gained by the nomination of
Mr. Douglas. ■
■ In conclusion, the speaker urged his auditors to
work in the canvass, and ended by'saying that
.they must-go to Baltimore as the last best hope of
man| the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas.
[Great cheering, amid which the speaker retired.]
THE MEETING ON TWELFTH STREET.
The hall being filled to overflowing, and hun
dreds being unable to find admission, a meeting
was organised ea. Twelfth, street on the ahlval
of the Thirteenth'*and Fourteenth-ward, delega-
tions. These wards made an imposing display
under the chief marshalsbip of Mr. Albert Law
rence. Among the mottoes on the transparencies
we noUcpd the following: (L The Reading Conven
tion exprewed the sentiment of Pennsylvania in
their platform. • Let traitors beware of the ven
geanoe of an outraged people;” “Our choice is
Stephen A. Dongles;” “We go for Douglas be
cause be can win;” “152i*. no baker’s doien;”
“S. :A. Douglas: 202 in the Baltimore Conven
tion “ Douglas is our eholee,” Ao., do.
Ihe meeting was organised by ohoosing John K
Gahblb, Esq., as President. Mr. Gamble made
a few eloquent remarks on assuming the position
of President.
2be following gentlemen were ohosen officers o
the meeting:
Vic* Pbbsidbmts— r Georg«. R. Berreil, Wm
Palmer, Thomas Brooks, Jehp F. Boyle, John
Hill, Thomas F Merston, Albert Lawrence, Frank
McCormick, and Edwin L. Fryer. '
- Sbobbtabus— David Goodbread, George Kel
ley, Samuel Van Stover, Antony Moran, Job R.
Gibbs, and John S. Brown.
The President introduced to the assembly Ed
ward G. Webb, Esq., who was received with loud
applause:
SPEECH OF EDWARD G. WEBB, ESQ.
Fbllow-Citizbhs : It may be considered a
fortunate oireumstanoe in the future welfare of the
United States that her people never despair of the
Republic. Political contests, however violent in
their oharaoter, are bat the moral sterms which
purify the partisan atmosphere, apd improve the
standard of national representation. To maintain
the liberties of a country, a constant struggle is
necessary. Party seal is the very saltof a nation's
existence, and presents the best evidence of a peo
ple’s vitality, what, then, have we to fear noth
the rancorous malignity of a few, against the
chosen man of the nation ? Is not every freeman
entitled to a preference in the ehoioe of nis candi
date for the Presidency? Who has the hardi
hood to deny this right ? There is a power of re
sistance in the human mind whioh death alone can
conquer; and he who attempts to foToe the con
sciences of men upon either religious or political
subjects fails of his purpose, and eventually meets
with an overthrow. What two of us think precisely
alike upon any subject within the scope of
our intellectual faculties? The studious old'
philosopher, who proclaimed the dootrioe
of a future state of rewards and punishments,
perished exultantly in his belief, the victim of per
secution, centuries before the advent of Christianity.
Inliter days, a ripe Italian so holer avowed tpe
fact thai the earth moves around the sun, and re
ceived, for the temerity of his discovery, the re
ward of the dungeon. , Did either of those aots of
venganee atop the career of truth, or dim the radi
ance of intellectual.light? Has force ever eradi
cated the emotions of human sympathy or contro
verted the rule of justice? What harSlephen A.
Douglas to fear from the fact that he has Drought
the decision of an exciting question in political
economy down to the tribunal of the people them
selves, who are the source of all power In a re
publican government. In this oountry, we decide
most questions by a majority of votes, and the ex
ception! to this rule ate out few in number, and
strictly for conservative purposes. We have found
security and prosperity la the rule of the suuority,
and in a ready acquiescence in whatever it may
■ iwit mwiwiwi w upiimm awy USIWSIJ euCOp
r»ged, without the d.nj.r of daeolated homea or
th« extinction of libertj. Ha only ii ■ fremiti
whom the truth make* free.
What haaeauMdall.tfce reoeotoommotion among
th. extern, man of tlis South 7 Do youbeliere
that it iiiui Aram the dames ted exhortations of a
•mall band of oxeitad Abolltionlet*, who preach
treason toths Union at vooifarctuly as the Southern
DUunlonbtf thomMires ? It is a singular ffcot that
while Abolitlonisti and fire-eater, travel in oppo
sita directions In argument, they arrive at precisely
thf same remedy for ailtbelr trooblee, and that
'lm in a rupture of the ties whioh bind this Union
together. No better evidenoe of the erroneous
views of both these elessee of axtremlits could be
had than the remedy they propose. They eon
found all the roles of logio, and seek. only to con
fnie theunderitandingi or men. Morbid sensibility
in the one cleat, often resulting from a tottering
intellect, nrddaoes the seme effect ae towering am
bition ana uttar selfishness in the other. Neither
comprehend the pnetieel lessons of life, for they
boih deride the teachings of experlenoe, and resist
the Integrity of oontraete. That elevating sympathy
whioh expands the mind and purifies the heart
does hot counsel the planing of deadly pikes in the
bandf of ignorant negroes, that they may destroy a
superior reoo and debauch a nation, any more than
It seeks to renew the horrors of the slave trade by
evading the laws of oar country and of humanity.
Whatever grievances society hes to redress, wisdom
dirests that tke remedy shall be applied withealm
ness, after mature deliberation. Beformt, to be
effeotual, mutt be gradual. Violent remedies are
generally productive of mischief. The human
mind receives its knowledge in minute quantities,
until the aggregated matter la snfiloient to form
the intellect
But what exoitea the Southern extremists at this
particular juncture of oar national affaire ? The
truth flaahee through the uus ol incoherent the*
torlo with whieh the nation has been deluge*.
The South hu controlled our Government from the
very moment of Its formation to the present in
stant; but no*r feeli assured that the power is
pawing from her hands. The free States of the
Union, and particularly the Northwest, loom up
with impeelng magnitude, and are destined to shape
the future or tbe country. The next census, and
the ratio oi representation under it, will place the
Bonth in a meagre minority in the Kouse*of Repre
sentatirei. She feels this deprivation, and with
sensitive declamation utters threats ot disunion,
through her half traitorous Yanceys and Iversons.
Although she holds the Senate, both as a check
upon improper legislation against her interest, and
frequently as a scourge to refraotory Northern po-
HUoans, gad will continue to sway its power to long
as parties are divided as they now are at the North,
yet she is jealous of the increasing strength of the
free States, and seeks to load their Democracy with
platforms which lead directly to the destruc
tion of our organisation What produast this in
cessant effort to conple a large number of the
free States with defeat? Judged by tho ordinary
methods of seeking the truth, it would appear that
the South, acting as a unit, desires success only in
a sufficient number of free States to make up a
bare working majority in the House of Represent*’
lives, eo that, by a preponderating vote, Southern
influence may direot the legislation of the two
Houses of Congress, and thus control the President
himself, to whatever party he may belong What
other motive can the extremists of the South have
in dooming u* to defeat npon a strictly seoticnsl
platform ? Every free State, except Vermont and
Massachusetts, has been earned by the Demoo racy,
add could be again, if it were not for the domineer
ing spirit, of Southern ultralstf. This would give
the House of Representatives to the Democrats of
the North, aid, of oeuree, divide the power of the
nation between the Northern and Southern De
mocracy. Against such a just contingency the
South ereets her platforms, and presents them as
her ultimatums in national conventions and halls
of legislation. She will have no divided authority.
Oligarchies are always because there is a
concentrated power in the hands of a few,' who are
trained to a peculiar system of political economy.
What hu Judge Douglas done that he should ne
made the subjeet of such hostile demonstrations as
we have reoeuUy visited? He has been the un
wavering friend of Southern rights, and has bent
the power of his glgantio intellect to their support
and preservation, whenever and wherever assailed.
The South demanded the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise line, established by herself, and en
listed Douglas as the chamnion of her cause.
Neither the establishment of that line nor Its re
peal was the suggestion of his mind. Southern
men asserted thatits abrogation would give peace
to- the Union; and, to allay the excitements of the
d*y, like a true patriot-, Douglas gave his loftiest
energies to its repeal, at a measure of justlee. The
Kansas and Nebraska act became necessary as an
explanatory statute to the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise; and here, again, be waspusbed
forward as its boldest and ablest advocate. The loi
ter and spirit of the latter act proclaimed the right
of the people to mould the Institutions under which
they desired to live; subjeet only to the Constitu
tion of the Union. AU the speeches delivered upon
the subject in Congress, before the passage of this
act, bore the same unmistakable Interpretation.
The.Cinoinasti platform presented the same fea
ture, . and Mr. Buohanan*s letter of aooeptanoe,
sealed both the meaning and contract con tafned in
that platform. Having been tt delegate to the
Cieeinnati Convention, I eaa tori ify to the single
ness of purpose in.that body, when the platform
was framed. It had but one meanlag there, and
not the slightest intimation was given that it would
bear any other construction than that now riven
it by Judge Beagles. With rare fidelity amt he
stowage he has met every attempt to destroy
the right or .the people to govern themselves, and
now appeals to that same people to maintain the
conditions of the bond as ratified by the Demo
cracy in national council smembled. If the prin
ciples contained in the Cincinnati platform nave
operated in favor of freedom in some of the Terri*
torilff, an . opposite effect has resulted from those
principles In more Southern localities. The prin
ciple of self«goverameut has become too deeply
seated In the public mind to be eradicated by the
vaporlog breath, of dUunionists, either North or
South. Judge Douglas, is the exponent of that
just and lofty principle, and the pulse of the na
tion throbsresponsively tohUowa. The Charles
ton Convention declared in hi* favor by a majority
of the whole number, of votes contained in that
body, and yet the imperious demand is made that
he nail withdraw from the oauvaas, in order tp
THE PRESS. -PHILADELPI
satisfy ike ambitious designs of the cuml traitor,
ou awedere. Beif-respeol is the eWei element In
manhood* Whenever this is seeriflaed to either
threats -or persuariov the condition of «ia
very is upon the disarmed victim. Tha idle
declaration that. tha strength' of Judge Douglas
Ues in States whioh tha Opposlttos.wiU carry, loses
even its shadowy force fcaentt IS known that bis
friends represented in tha Charleston Convention
more than double the number of Democratic votes
cast by the whole Southern delegation. Are the
Damooratxof the North to have *no voioe in our
National Convention., simply beoanie'they have
been thrown into a minority by the very action of
the South itself? , In this city, at the recent local
election, the gallant Democracy, marshalled by the
friends of Douglas, polled more than thirty-five
thousand votes ; a number equal to the entire vote
of South Carolina, of every shade of politics. And
yet we are to be denied a representation of imy
weight in the National Convention, for the absurd
reason that ;we were defeated' by a fewhutidred
votes.' This may be called* justice' in the cotton
growing States, but such an idea is spumed with
sontempt wherever manhood is held in proper esti
mation. .That we have been ussaocessfalinthe
Sut is owing to the rampant spirit manifested by
re-eatiog demagogue! in Congress.' It will be oar
fault if we continue to obey their dlotatioa. The
minds of our citisenshave caught the glow of in
tellectual light as it has fallen from'the brain of
Douglas, ana all the terror! of earth cannot now
darken the truth.
The doctrine taught by our great leader is, that
this Union was formed by our fathers upon terms
of perfect equality. The Constitution whioh they
prepared for us, Bnd laws necessary to the execu-,
non of its requirements, should be rigidly enforced.
Its advantages should enure alike to every por
tion of the Confederacy. Less than this would
make one section of the Union inferior and subjeot
to the other. Tbe States are members of one fa
mily, divided Into several households, and each
member must be permitted to regulate her domes
tic concerns according to her best judgment for the
seounty of both person and property. From the
foundation of our Governments domestic servitude
baS existed in tbe South, and received a two-fold
recognition as property and person,' entitled to re
presentation in the National House of Represents-,
lives by ts latter char aeteristic. AH the motives
which bind men to an honesty of purpose, require
that we should allow the South to manage their “ pe
culiar institution” in their own way, free from the
slightest interference on our part The peace
ana safety of Bullions of freemen are not to be jeo
pardised by the wild ambition of .ranting demage-
Sues, who are always fecundated by blood, or by the
emented ravings of skeptical philanthropists. The
South cannot, without the greatest danger to the
white raoe, liberate her slvavas on her own soil,
and Pennsylvania, as a herder State, would resist,
at all haaanls, any attempt to flood her territory
with hordes of manumitted Africans.
Let us not suppose that fanaticism exists only in
the North. It luxuriates with equal rankness ip
the South, and reoeives its hue from the same dar
color. By different theories, seemingly paradoxi
cal, the two fanaticisms arrive at disunion as tee
curative of all their troubles. He who flippantly
speaks of disunion Is already half a traitor in hfa
heart, and for the first oyert act should die upon a
gallows. A rapture of this'Confederacy is not to
be peaoeably accomplished. Widespread desola
tion and rivers of blood would mark the career of
some military despot who would arise in the san
gainary strife, and seise the liberties we were
madly attempting to destroy. Suppose the North
should conquer the South, or the South the North:
would either event bring repose'or safety? Tbe
lessons of history answer this question with an em
phatic negative. Soooestfal vengeanee would have
but a joyless and precarious safety if established
upon fearorforoe, and, like some conquerors, would
probably die of a pestilence exoited by the dead
bodies of the vanquished. Stephen. A. Douglas has
discovered the remedy for ail our grievances in
tee dootrine of non-intervention, ana in his mas
terly etateszp&pship the nation: will flourish io
safety. The voioe of the majority has called him
to be our standard?bearer, and the Baltimore Con
vention should ratify the selection. \
Capt. E. W. Rower, on being introduced, was
repeatedly cheered. As Democrats, we bad the
right to proclaim our choice among the candidates
for the position of President. Stephen A. Douglas,
during bis life, had been the advocate of the right
of thought, speeoh, and action. We olaim tbe
right to adopt him as our standard-bearer—and we
presented him, toe, as tbe life-long defender of the
principles of Jefferson, fif*dison, Monroe, and the'
illustrious Jackson, who gulfled th! b«lm
the' Union in a dark and troublous orisii.
[Cheers.J The question was one of patronage
against principle. The one wished to rule
or ruin the Democratlo party, the other desired
to build, up the party and the nation. In 1850,
at Cincinnati, Mr. Douglas, with characteristic
magnanimity, withdrew his name and secured Mr.
Buchanan’s nomination. He need not aay that this
magnanimity had not been returned. We were
now preparing logo to Baltimore and insist upon
the nomination of Mr. Douglas, and they would
represent at that Convention the sontiment of thou
sands of Philadelphia Democrats.
At the conclusion of Captain Power’s speech the
Fifteenth-ward delegation arrived in great-num
bers, with musio, banners, lanterns, and fireworks.
The President introduced, to tee assembly as the
next speaker Hon. Ira C Mitchell, of Centre coun
ty, who was received with three oheors. J
SPEECH OF HON. IRA C. MITjJHKLL.
Fble.ow-Dbvgcp.ats op the Citt of Philadel
phia: When 1 u...v me array of Democrats sur
rounding me, u hj t ou account of their vast ability
and unfaltering fidelity to the principles of our
; popular Government, have long' been regarded by
the entire country as the exponents of tee pafrfy*
I am extremely reluctant' ip response to the call
nan be promleed expected, tne faaUbatl am
freah from the interior, where Democrat* lire in'
natire almplkity, will luetify nie In eayin. to too
that tbe deutonetration of to night la hot the reflex
of the waited eeutlmentof our petty tbroaghoar
tha Oommonwaalth.
We are now about entering a political oontest
only equalled in im&orUnco-(and I so say after de
liberate oonsideratlßn, and in obedienoe to my
solemn Conviotione) by the great struggle to whioh
we owe our civil liberty, and which called forth the,
heroism of a Washington, the eloquence of a Henry,
and the magnanimous patriotism of a Morris. An
attempt toforoe upon the country the “irrepressible
confliot dootrine,” first taught by Abe Lincoln,
and echoed throughout the land by. that prince of
eeetionalists, William H. Seward, li now.'.being
made in the North and in the South. It is need
lees for me to say to this treedom-iovlhg mass that
such an antagonism would most certainly in
volve the vitality and perpetuity of the Ameri
can Union, and, per consequence, . the fate of
oivU liberty and social happiness throughout
the world. jn an immense empire, such
as that over which the banper of the “stars
and stripes ” waves in its unequalled magnifi
cence, the local and sectional feelings of its differ
ent divisions are necessarily hostile and intense;
enlisting op either side armies whiob/if hrougnt
in'confliot, most prove alarmingly destructive to
eaob other-i-moving forward to conquer or to die—
each animated ana fired by the Strongest passions
of the homan breast, and surrendering only when
the prise for which they fight has been trampled in
the dost, destroyed and ruined. priso in
the contest whioh will ensue in this nation, should
the National Demooratlq party be subverted, will
be the Goddess of Liberty herself; and speaking
clearly within bounds, the iasue would be fearfully
uncertain. And, my fellow-citi*ehs, there iw }
in my humble opinion, but one course by which this
lamentable orisis may be avoided. That oourse is
simply to pursue, with fidelity, the polar-star of
our Republic; to adhere striotly and deoidediy to
the fundamental principles ef the American Go
vernment, and carry out that great idea growing
out of the diversity of our interests, and developed
by our political fathers. The substantive loot
which led to the formation of a confederated De
mocracy was tfie diversity of surface, soil, cli
mate, and interests essentially and continually ex
isting within our boundaries, and forbidding tbe
application of uniform legislation to the varied
business, commercial, poliuoai, and social pecu
liarities of our people. The question now ip—
and the decision ot that question is for the
National Democracy exclusively—whether this
vital idea of our confederation shall be
destroyed, for it is only by its annihilation
that the “ Irrepressible conflict” can ever be inau
gurated. A collision of interests bad mdoh to do
with the subversion of tbe great Republic of an
tiquity, and to-day it enervates the Germanic Diet,
and venders it powerless even for self-preservation.
The true doctrine is that, for all loo*! and domeado
purposes, the people of eaob municipality, so long
as they keep within constitutional restrictions,
shall be tree and independent, and that the
objects and purposes of our Federal Union shall
be general protection, common defence, and
national security, but pot tyranny or inter
vention. Government has the right to demand
of tbe Individual the surrender of so much of his
natural liberty as is nectstary for the public good,
and no more. In accordance with these Demooratio
and indisputable truths, the Oharleston Convention
has noted in the adoption of its platform, and it
now only retrains for the adjourned meeting of that
body, In Baltimore, to adhere to and ratify |U
former action, by plaolng npon tbe platform al
ready made and emphatically endorsed by the peo
ple, the consistent, noble, invinoible champion and
representative of those principles and of the party,
Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. This, sir, the
moat malignant tradoeen of. that great statesman,
in Pennsylvania, pronounce a political necessity,
imperatively demanded, if we desire to elect, next
fall,any candidate, from oounty auditor toPreildent.
The hearts of the American people swell in spontane
ous outbursts of admiration for, and devotion to, the
“ Little Giant.” and their vitality—their energy—
will be crixahed opt and their life ourreuts fatally
stagnated, if he is made the victim of . political en
vy and rival ambition. No man, except perhaps
Washington and Jackson, has ever held tbe masses
of all parties so firmly bound to him with a pham
of mental, heartfelt sympathy, and ooncurrent,
instinctive patriotism, os does the Illinois Senator
to-day. A disregard of this pervading sentiment
at Baltimore would be suioidal madness, and the
confidence inspired by the history of the party for*
bids any apprehensions that such will be the re
sult. Moreover, it behooves us to ignore all connec
tion with, and all responsibility for. tbe follies and
criminality of the present Federal Administration,
in ord rto have the slightest dawn of hope ia the
appr aching campaign. This, sir, we" can never
do xy sacrificing Douglas. Forbid it reason 1 for
bid it justice! that the only prominent public
.nan whose patriotism and oourage have Inspired
him, In advanoo of tbe popular verdiot, to repudi
ate the anti-Demooratio and corrupt tendencies of
his political associates, should be immolated In
order to conciliate that faction with whioh sympa
thy would be suicide. Let him be nominated on
the Charleston platform—let the seceding minority
pursue Its own - promptings, and our worst position
will be to stand as a barrier between the Northern
and Southern dogs of disunion, to prevent their
threatened confliot. Insuohaoaose, wuhsoohpres
tige as we will have, the issue cannot be doubtful—
the victory will be oars, the country wiU be main
tained, and sectionalism will sink, never again to
raise its hideous form over our prosperous and glo
rious land.
Eugene Ahern, Esq., made a few remarks. He
felt a heartfelt pride in meeting with the people of
Philadelphia in doing honor to Stephen A. Doug
las. We were there with the view and the oer
tainty of influencing Ibe opinion of the delegates
of Baltimore. The meeting he was addressing
presented a grand moral speotaoie to tho people, of
this nation. They were supporting a man; and
not only a man, but immortal principles which he
enunciated. He concluded by an earnest tribute
to the Senator from Illinois, which was loudly
cheered.
At the conclusion of Mr. Ahern’s remarks, the
meeting adjourned with cheers for Douglas.
lA, TUESDAY, . JUNE
*««*■ .aRW**
HEEDING ON THIRTEENf H STREET.
In order to accommodate the Urge somber of
people who oonld cot obtaia entrance inty the hall,
a meeting jrai organised on Thirteenth atreet, by
eelllng JoMph Collins, Esq,, to the chair:
SPEECH OF ETJGEN 8 AHERN, ESQ.
'Eugene Ahern, Esq., was the fleet speaker.
They had come there in the strength of cumbers,
and amid the,lnclemency ef the weather, to mini
festthelr devotion to the gallant Senator from Illi
neit, 'Stephen A. Douglas. [Cheers,) They were
Slad' to xneet one another here, and .to fled
hemselens enrolled in a good cause. x
, They were for Stephen A. Douglas booauso he
was the man for the nation’s destiny—because be
embodied to hts whole pabllo life Democratic
principles, and devotion to the union of the States
of the Confederacy. • Had he been nominated be*
fore the last municipal election, the Democratic
ticket Would have triumphed. The speaker bit*
Hefty .attacked the Secessionists ef the party who
attempted to*break down the glorious system of
Uw under which we live. He felt that the unity
of the party demanded the nomination of Hr.
Dongl as, and he closed with an earnest appeal to
the people to me their efforts to accomplish that
result.
SPEECH Ot WM. A. EDWARDS, ESQ.
Woi. A.. Edvards, Esq., was next introduced,
and said: ‘
Fellow-Dsmqcrats : We assemble here to*
night, the personal and political friends of the
great Douglas, to send forth the voioe of the De
mocracy ot Philadelphia In favor of hU nomina
tion by the. Democratic National Convention at
Baltimore- This i‘ a meeting of Demoarats to ex
press to a Democratic Convention their choice for
the nominee of the Democracy in the coming Pre
sidential struggle. Whatever divisions may have
existed in the past upon question* of policy and
principle, we are united now, for the Charleston
Convention has cemented the Democratic brother
hood, by admitting as delegates those who strng.
gled upon either side of tho great question that has
So sadly distracted our glorious eld party. Let us
t*ko wise counsel by tho action of that august
'body, and again march on with united hosts to vic
tory. The Constitution and tho Union, the en
forcement of tho laws of tho land, the mainte
nance of our institutions in all the integrity
and purity in whioh they have been handed
down to us by the patriots of the Revolu
tion, depend upoa the success of tho Democratic
party. And bow shall wo achieve that result, so
naught with good for tho interests of our country?
By taking for oar champion him who alone can
lead us on toviotory—the valiant, bold, and Invin
cible Giant of the Northwest. Give us Douglas,
and Pennsylvania will roll up cuoU a majority as
will forever banish sectionalism and abolitionism,
cause tho old Keystone to wheel into column
' again as a Democratic State. Of right, this nomi
nation belongs to Douglas. He has already re
ceived a‘majority vote «.*!! the delegates of the
Union, and his opponSsts ihould yield to him tho
same courtesy that he extended in 185$, at Oinoin
nati, when Mr. Buohuan havlog received a ma
jority vote, he instructed his friends to yield a
.Vyo-thirds to him who had a majority. Moreover,
the masses of the people throughout this Union are
for Douglas, and the politicians tuqst not, and will
pot, disregard the popalar will. Douglas is my first
only dioic* for President, but at tho same
time | am wilting to sing hosannas to the nominee
of the Convention,.tor X conscientiously believe
any Democrat is hotter than the best seotlonalist.
SPEECH OP COL. JOHNS. PAINTER.
Col. JohnS. Painter next made a few remarks,
in the course of which he denounced' ti)9 Republl
can party as g gpoqopa] organisation, end eulo-'
gised Senator Douglas as'the only man who could
carry Pennsylvania against the Black Republicans.
.[Cheers.] Mr. Docglaa was the friend of
North, the South, the East and Westrrtho favor
ito of no one section, bill tha ohampion of the
whole yniop The speaker Instituted a compari
son between Mr. Douglas aod Mr. Lincoln, and
said the election of the latter would launch us on q
sea of trouble over which we couiq nos rifle with
safety. Jle concluded amid loud applause.
SPEECH OF JAMES B. NICHOLSON, ESQ.
Jakes B. Nicholsok, Esq., was then intro
duced to the meeting, amid great applause. He
said:
Fellow-Democbays : We have met to-night to
exercise some of our rights as freemen. The Na
tional Convention of the Democratic party will
shortly reassemble to nominate candidates for the
highest osoes in the gift of the American people.
As the members of that Convention have no au-
thority, except that delegated to them by tho
masses of the party, it seems peculiarly appropri
ate, iu the prfesont condition of political affairs,
that the masses in oounoil should declare their will
—lndicate unmistakably their preferences—so that
those who -are faithless, and abuse the high trust
reposed In them, may, in the midst of their mad
ness, bobold the handwriting of tho people—Thou
art weighed. In the balance and found wasting.”
Tho National Convention, whioh met at Charles
top, rcafjirmed the doqtnnes qf. tho Qiopinpati
platform. Popular sovereignty has, therefore, been
deolured by tho highest pfditioai authority in the
land to be sound Democratic doctrine; a decision to
the contrary woold have been antagonistic to De
mocratic principles. The doctrine of the supremacy
of the people is ohe that lies at the foundation of
all republican institutions; it is tho corner-stone of
Democracy. The right Is inherent, original; it is
an attribute of man, conferred upon him by his
Creator; it is a pert of man’s being, one of the re
sponsibilities of bis existence. The right of self
govermn'enTnaa been nobly vindicated oy our pa
triot!# sires, and wa are now aalled upon to main
tain it, and to illustrate it upon the pages of
our .country’* history. We assert that this is
a Ttgkt consequent upon manhood; wo exercise
, jriuroluieus oj FennsyivaDla, and so long as we
-htijod upon American soil It la T , part of our birth
■tight, and tits enjoyment one of the legaoies be
queathed to us by our Revolutionary for*f&a#re. I
would be pleksed to learn how a mere change of
destroy what is iiideptraotible—a God
given right; at w&at iooment of t*m*, and what
are the feelings of the Individual when the divine
Virtue and manly prerogative leaves him Demo
cracy ohanges not; <it fs one and lb© same thing,
here andeUei?hor«,- to estate or Territory, now
aodforevrfr ' ‘
Non-interrention with the gutyeot of jilavery,
either la the States or the Territories, leaving the
people thereof entirely free to regulate their do
mestic icJtltuUons in their own way, is a dootrine
thathasmet with the earnest approval of the Union*
loving people of the Keystone State, end nothing
haa transpired to weaken their convictions upon
the subject; on the contrary, everything has com
bined to prove its fitnoss and applicability, and to
show that, if left, uotrameHed, anj suffered to go
into full and perfect operation, it will accomplish
Its benign mission aa a minister of peace and good
, skill. Tht dootrlne of the supremacy of tno peo*
file occupies the ground upon which every
over of Ms country may seonrely rest; based
upon tiie Constitatlon and its compromises, no in
tervening foot Q&noross it. It is not a wild, vision
ary dreaa, bat a real, constant, enduring good.
The efforts of sectionalism to distant sec
tions, and to ase the Federal Government as an in
strument cf conquest, is bat an evidence of the blind
infatuatloi of theorists and secessionists, and serves
but to inotease the necessity of ibo people rising in
their mnjlaty and asserting thoir supremacy, in
order to htsten the day of the final triumph of the
dootrine oi the sovereignty of the people, and to
effect tbo complete aud total overthrow of the
conflicting elements that have oomblned to oppose
Tho great trouble in eighteen hundred end fifty
blx waa to convince the people of Pennsylvania of
the sinoerpy of the nominee of tho Democratic
party upon the question of the subject of slavery
being left to the uncontrolled will of tbe people of
the Territories, The nominee felt this, ana used
the strongest expressions of fealty to the doctrine,
abjuring his personality,and declaring himself to
be the embodiment of tho Cincinnati platform.
Tkero is ppw no donbt whatever in the public
mind as to iho conscientious conviotlons, tho sin*
cerlty of Stephen A. Douglas, upon the question of
popular eulremaov; his consistency is the only
crime wUbtobich bla bitterest opponents can no*
ouse him. [He has paßSod the ordeal unscathed,
and ho now stands before tho American people, ana
the wholo dvilitod world, ns tho unflinching advo
cate, the and consistent supporter, as the
tried, true embodiment of the oorner-stone of
Amerloan fepublioau institutions— popular sqvb-
RKIGtfTT., :
.those who have been named as candi
dates for the Presidency, Stephen A bougies is the'
first and only oboloe of the uubeugbt, unpurcbase.
able masses of the Dctnooraoy of Pennsylvania.
With him at the standard-bearer of the party, they
will rally by legions, and as In days of old, march
onward to vjotory, for they will fight under the old
storm-st&inid and battle rent banner which they
bo dearly love,on which throogh tho dim discrowning
marks of time, yet peers forth the goldon inscrip
tion, Tub People and Tbb Right ; and if it be
thought that more words should bo added to in.
croEßo the ientbpßiasm, we tyiye bat to append
thereinto, ]llxisimßS and Men, Democracy and
Douglas, aad they will not as talUmen to oheer on
the trlendsof the Cnion in the great struggle for
our whole country, for the brotherhood of Amori*
oans,.for the perpetuation of that glorious outwork
ing of jplVlne Providonoe, tho Pan&RAjb Republic,
and for the maintenance of the Constitution and
its compromises.
This mooting is but a faint indication of the
popular opinion, for those who come in oontaofc with
the people throughout tho State hoar bat one son*
tlinont everywhere, except among the dependents
upon Federal patronage. Douglas and Victobv
are synonymous words, for the people of Pennsyl
vania do most honestly and sinoorely believe that
upon the nomination of Stephon A. Douglas at
Baltimore depend not only immediate success and
tho future well- being of tho Democratic party in
tho Keystone Stato, but the very vitality of the
National Denooraoy; and if the will of the Demo
cratic party Of Pennsylvania be truly represented
in the Baltimore Convention, there will bo no
more bendindtothe decrees of one mao, no more
gratification of personal animosities, but the dele
gation from tljls Stato, realizing the high responsi
bilities that Mat upon them, w*u!d riso as one man,
and east a stlra vote for the champion of the peo
ple, Stephen A. Douglas, of lUluots.
SPEECH 1 OF JOSHUA T. OWEN, ESQ
JoabuaT. Owon, E*q., delivered the concluding
address ;
Tho BemoorKtio part; is noaesgarily progressive
Its maintenance of power is attributable to this
faot. Its leading men aro suooossful in proportion
as they are atyo to oomprehend this necessity of
progress, and: havo the oourngo to Rdvooato
moasures which tend to the development of tho
mutori&t wealth of the country, and the perfection
of its institutions
A great American statesman is he who, regard*
less of consequences to existing otiqnes find fac
tions, regardless of tho intoreats of mere local
parties and sectional men, takes a comprehensive
view of the fundamental principles of our Govern*
ment, and of the interests of the whoto oountry
and of the whole people, and devotes himself to the
defence of .the oonstltotlonkl rights of all tho
btates, and of the whole country.-
The distinguished Senator from Illinois, Stephen
A. Douglas, occupies a proud position before the
country, lie has comprehended the wants of his
age and country, ile points the way to permanent
peace; he stands at the bead of the advancing oo<
lumn of progressive Democraoy. and invites his
countrymen to the realization ox a purer light, a
higher morality, : and a more perfect freedom.
At this juncture in our history ns a peopte, how
invaluable are the serviees of sash a men! Con*
template for a moment our wonderful progress, and
our accumulation of woaUh'kud glory. It is the
rapidity of our advancement whioh subjects us to
so many dangers.
We have In New England a system of manufac
ture already constructed, whioh rivals that of Eng*
land in its perfection and completeness. The cot
ton fabrics of our looms aro for sale in every mart
of the world, and their manufacturers are rolling
In wealth.
In the Middle States we have machine factories,
whose produots are found wherever Art has her
votaries, and the sound of our machinery, like the
drum beat of England's martial power, follows the
sun in his daily mroult. Oar commerce visits every
iB6O.
eliaae; the merchant* of Europe pay tribute to our
entarpriae, and the exclusive Asiatic seeks our
shores, and asks for a, closer intimacy, and an en.
during friendship with our people.
~ In the South wo produce cotton in such vast
quantities that, together with the sugar, tobacco,
rice, and hemp, produced there, will soon reverse
the tide of speoie, and regulate the money market
of the world.
, Unfortunately, there has followed a concentra
tion of wealth in particular localities, and in ' the
bands of particular men, which has very naturally
produced a desire to assume an undue influence In
the Government
New England, with her inherent energy, her
great intelligence, and her vast money-making
manufacturing system, wants to overshadow all
other interests with hers, and oontrol the Govern
ment for the promotion of her speoles of labor. Tha
cotton States, whose planters nave -beeoae - pie
thorio with riches, and ambitious of control, seek
to subvert the Government, and prostitute its
powers to the promotion of their particular into*
rests, and for the protection and extension of their
species of labor. Each of these parties seek to ac
complish their purpose by the same means—the
intervention of Congrees, and the centralisation of
power in the General Government.
But opposed to these are the masses of the peo
ple throughout the whole country. The conserva
tive elements are marshalling their forces for the
dofoat of these extremists, and put forth as their
ohampion Stephen A. Douglas,'whose great doc
trine of “ popular sovereignty ” is the only prac
tical solution of the, vexing .question of.efavery.
Persecuted as he his been, ny,the whole power ef
the Administration, and the cotton States threat
ening dissolution if he should be even nominated
by his party, yet he has defeated them all, and ob
tained a majority of the Charleston Convention.
He is entitled to the nomination, and if nominated,
will be triumphantly elected.
Let the people rebuke the intermeddling of the
General Government and its officials with matters
exclusively belonging to the aleetors, by the nomi
nation of the man whom they have dared to pros
titute their official power to defeat.
At the close of Mr. Owen’s remarks the meeting
adjourned.
During tho progress of the meeting in the hall,
the prooeedings were enlivened by the following
songs, whioh were recited in different parts of the
hall:
The Philistines and Goliah.
THB BONO OV THB PBMOOUAOT.
The Republican Phdiitinet »
Beve arrayed themselves to fight, •
And against the loyal army •
Whpefe is battling for the riiht;
And their Linooln is Ge/faA,
In a braxon coat or mail,
With a fenne-stoke fjt hie soabbard*
And his sword a wooden ml.
Now, this Linooln, their Goliah,
lu his vain and pompous pride—
Coming out, like old Go’lah
Ras our valiant host defied; -
Rut our Douglas ie.our David,
And in him wa place oar trust;
For he’ll srt ite the big Goliah,
And wilt make him kiss ths dost.
He’ll not only slay Goliah,
But the Han in hie trail*
And Republican Ph'hf tines, -
Finding all tfleir efforts vain,
WjU retreat In wild disorder,
And will never make a halt,
Till they reaoh a safe position,
On the River known*as ’• Salt;'*
And, beside that briny river,
Where the water oever fsile,
They may do their ooautry service,
Using axes, splitting rails:
With theiT harps noon the willows.
In their sorrow, they’ll admit
That the raller* old Abe Lincoln,
Was the toll on whioh they split
Douglas.
Men may rail about their Linooln;
Qf their Hamlin they may tel!;
Of their Everett may bluster,
- While they brag about their Bell;
But the Democrats here Douglas,
Who is ann*d with Truth and Right,
And his soldiers are the voters,
In their majesty and might.
On the records of our country
There is not a brighter name
Than the honored name of Douglas,
Who shall ever lire in Dime,
He will stood a loyal statesman,
Famed for wisdom, marked with wit.
Far above the man who’s honored
For a pileof railahesplit.
With the stars and stripes above üb,
Floating o’er ths brave end free,
We will vote for Btephen Douglas,
Who onr Commodore shall be;
And our ’’Ship of State,” in eafety
O’er the stormy sea he’ll «*ii,
While, before the meet, Abe Linooln
Will be looking .o'er the rati.
TUESDAY. JUNE 5. 1860.
The Japanese Entertainment at the
Academy of Music.
;Wo aro poeitively assured that to Messrs.
Wheatley & Clabkb has been entrusted the
direction of tbe amusements of the Japanese
in'Philadelphia. JVhatever other entertain.
j»i>»4«n««i«yTie _ oBered them, it Jj certain that
the Matings, at the Academy of Music, will be
the grand feature of this department of civic
hospitality, and Messrs. Wiirmr li Claire
are now busily engaged in preparing a pro
gramme which shall be at once varied, bril
liant, and expressive. The'precise day of the
Matinee we hope to be able to announce in
our issue of Thursday.
Mrs. Grey's New Novel.
For tho last twenty years, Mrs. Grey, an English
authoress of great ability, has published about one
work of fio tion annually. “ The Belle of the Fami
ly;" “The Young Prima Donna,” «Sibyl Le
card," and “ The Gambler's Wife,” are the beet
known of her works in this oountry, and we attri
bute their great popularity to their author's evi
dent knowledge of the manifold phases of English
.society. Peterson A Brothers will this day pub
lish, simultaneously with its appearance In London
a sew and fascinating novel by Mrs. Grey, ealled
“The Little Beauty.” We have read it with at
tention and pleamre, because the obaraoters are
natural and the incidents striking, without being
forced. With a single - exception, this is Mrs.
Grey's best work. The heroine, belonging to the
lower rank of life, yet educated into and adopted
by tho very highest, is a oharming oreatarc, and
we followed her adventures with delighted expec
tation “ The Little Beanty” will, hare numerous
admirers.
Auction §ale or Rich Carpets and Mattings,
Boots, Fhoes, and Hats, Ac —The attention of
purchasers is requested to the large and valuable
assortment of rich velvet, Brussels tapestry, in
grain, Venetian, hemp and list carpets, mats,,
white and red check, Canton and cocoa mattings,
with samples of 726 packages boots, shoes, brogans,
Leghorn, Swiss, and palm-leaf bats and bloomers,
embracing a desirable assortment, to be perempto
rily sold by catalogue, on a liberal credit. The
Bale will commence at ten o'olook, with the oarpets
and matting; the hats, and shoes, and boots at
eleven o'olook. By Myers, Glaghorn, A Company,
auctioneers, Ho. 232 Market street.
W. Alvin Lloyd's Steamboat and Railroad
Guide.— The June number of this established
hand-book of travel, which Is more especially in
tended for the Sbath and West, has reached us
with Its wonted regularity. It oontains a great
deal of reliable information, and is Illustrated with
several fine engravings, it only wants a good
alphabetical index of contents to make it as near
perfeotion as suoh a Guide can be. We have been
requested to add that Mr. Gil Adams is tho agent
for this publication in Philadelphia.
Correction. —ln the business notices of our pa
per of yesterday appeared an orffole refleeting on
tho gift olothing enterpriso of Mr. 'Granville
Stokes, of Ho. 007 Ohestnut street. We should
not have permitted its insertion had we Seen it
previously. Prom our knowledge of Mr. Stokes
we belbve him too fair and honorable to be guilty
of any deception In his business transactions.
Valuable Real Estate, Stocks, Ac., To-day.
—Two sales at the Exohange, at twelve, noon, and
seven and a haU in the craning, comprising a very
large amount of valuable property, by order of
Orphans' Court, executors, and others. Soe Thomas
A Sons' advertisements, and pamphlet catalogues
of both sales.
Caps Mat.*—lt will be seen by reference to our
advertising columns, that on and after Thursday
next, the 7th inst, the steamers for Cape May and
New York will leave dally at 9i o'clock A. M.
Tho steamers of this .line are thorough sea boats,
and furnished with a view to tho oomfort and con
venience of passengers.
Sale of Household Furniture —The sale, this
morning, atßlrohA Sons’ auction room, No. 914
Ohestnut streot, comprises superior household fur
niture, French plate mirrors, largo book-case,
French china dinner set, Japanese tea poys, plated
waro, vases, Ac. The sale will be continued in the
evouing at 8 o'olook.
Handsome Country Residence.— We invite tho
attonthn of those seeking a oountry residenoe to
tho advertisement whioh will be found in another
aolumn. It will be sold on reasonable terms, or ex
changed for mfirobandise or olty property.
A large sale of Peifer Heldsiok wines,
brandies, gins, whisky, Ao., wilt take place at
Gormtey’s auction house, No. 730 Market street,
this morning, commencing at 10 o'clock.
Large Sale.— Valuable silver plate will be add
ed to Thomas A Bona' eaie on Thursday, at the
auction store. A splendid lot of silver plate. Bee
advertisement.
Douglas Convention iu Alabama.
Montgomery Ala., June 4.—A large number of the
friend* of Judge Dongles met in State C* nventien to
day. At first, the Convention wae somewhat annoyed
by attempts at a dtstoranre, through the agenoy of
loud whistling, hisses, eto.
Mr. Cooper, of Cherokee, made a severe speeoh, de
nouncing suoh oouduot on the part «f those who dis
agreed with them as unmanly and not becoming
Southerners. Hie remarks bad the effect or removing
the annoyanoe.
Mr. Robert M. Patton JafLou-erdate,^was electedjtem
porary ohairman, and a Committee on Resolutions were
Washington, June 4.—Another despatch from Mont-'
gomen save a large Rational Democratic Convention
has ccmiaoentlr organised there Dy the eleouon orJ,
E, Saunders as President,
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Frees.
FBOXWASHIIGTO*
» pkcul nirmni t*« the nm>»
WAsHixato*, Jane 4,1640.
qeorob x. liipns,
This distinguished partisan, who publicly ad
heres to Doholas, has been in this city for four
days past, and though navy agent at Hew York, is
not yet removed. He is defiant and bold in his
advocscy of the Little Qipnt.. . ~ >-, ~
CORBICTIOH.
On the authority or Mr.Jf. LAnis, delegate'from
Berks county to Charleston, and- hence to the Bal
timore Convention, who frequently writes to his
friends in Washington, I stated that his
Hiasrsa Cltxbb, had signed the paper to aeeede
irom the Charleston Oonventioq. I have since dis
covered that T was on eeeoant ofthe
mistake of my author. Mr. Cltvch, though wholly
sympathising with the Seeessianbtß, had not the
“nerve” to sign the manifesto. Clyubb is now
exceedingly anxious to be elected Senator from
Berks, in place of Nususxachib, (deceased,) and
therefore, in a late card, concedes that Douslas
li a great men and a good Democrat.
THE OBEAT OBEOOB DEBT BILL.
This monstrous bill has no chance in the House
though it passed the Senate’ by the aid of two or
three. Republicans. My .belief is, that if a true
Northern man waa interested in this measure it
would never have passed the secession Senate.
JUDGE DOUGLAS.
Senator Dodolas, who intended going to Now
York this afternoon, haa been detained in Wash
ington by the sadden illness of , his youngest ohUd ;
THE NOVA SCOIIAN AT FATHER POINT.
A Day Later from Enrope.
Threatened Insurrection in Bernes
Neapolitan Accounts of Heverses to the
Rebels.
NAPOLEON DISSATISFIES WITH SASDIHIA
Bank Bates Beduoed to 4 par cant.
ADVANCE IN CONSOLS.
CONSOLS 95J«95}.
Fatjtxr Fonrr, Jon# 4.—The steamship Ifnva Beo
tian, from Liverpool on the Jirh nit. jt i uni this point
at 4 o’olook this morning. Mar a*me«# era oaa day
later. » * > • - - .
*) he po itioal saws ie unimportant*
. Cotton dull.but unchanged., Braustufis dnlL Wheat
fins. Provision# dolL >
CoiuoisttiKatoX formosev.
The bank rates base ba*n redueed to 4 per cent.
„ (sicomd Disrate*,] , .
Fathbk Point, June 4.—The despatches received I
!u! • l * l * ma hip Nova Scotian, via Queenstown, domain
the following mtelligenoe:.
The steamship North Briton had arrived oat. 1
Another account of the fisrb* Epsom race ears the
American hone umpire waa the sixth and not the ele
venth m the race, fie ran uncer protest as to age.
Mr. Gloria Bawsrd, the secretary of tha Atlantis Te
iegTftph Company,publishes a oommoeioauon relating
certain statements of the Greenland Cable dtpetatioe to
Lord rmmtnton. Mr. Sawsrd shows that there are
greater facilities than are general« believed to exist,
for the safe establishment of* Use between Irelaadaad
America.
„ THE SICIL'A* INSURRECTION,
Nsplub, Mar 25.—The labile encamped nt Ha Mar
tina wsrebeatan, twice, and driven to Farteaieo with
considerable loesioelndiag one of their leaders.
The heights whioh were occupied bj the tebets have
been taken by the royal troops.
.*OM«..May SS.~as offeial dMpateh from Naples,
datsdl the ttd.says the Sicilian iniorsenuwere attacked
and dispersed oa theSUt bra battalion of the Royal
Cbummre. Onehunared and twenty-eight rebels were
The insurrection was making no wTpftress-.
. Lokook. Isay 3t.~Tfea London-Tmes’Vlenua 60
hffbsenl etto'tft?iSirioa! pr^TAI# * t , t^ r *fo»* Ste *
Napoleon ie said to be dissatisfied with Sardinia, who.
he complains, has taken as van two or the period pre
vious to the ratification of the treaty, and sold the Crows
land, which should revert to France.
It is reported that Lsmoriciere has found out that his
hands are completely tied by the French authorities at
Rome.
. The Frenoh commander will not allow him to attack
the Piedmontese or assist the Ring of Naples, y
The Papal Government has received an important
document. containing instructions for raising an insur
reotipn in the Biatea of the Church, in the Abruaxt and
Catalonia# • - >
RUSSIA.
St. Pktbbsbcbo, May 14.—Gortaehakoff has sent in
fractions to the Rassian. ministers representing the
Government at the capitals of the great Powers, ex
plaining that Turkey was not invited to the Conference
on the condition of the Christiana in that oaaatry, be
oaoio she was not one of the five great Power*, and her
admittance wdald make it necessary to admit Sardinia
and the other minor States.
Commercial News.
LrvnrooL, May H.—The Cotton market is dull ; sake
ofthe two days 10,000 bales..
, 1-oxDox, Majll.—Coasols 96% for money, pad MJtf
for aoooant. The bank rates nave been reduced to 4
per cent.
Shipping News.
Arrived from Charleston, ship Sarah Park, at Dan
tehees. m -
Prom Mobile, ships Chester nod Charter Oak, at
meets; KUtie Floyd apd Lorenzo at Liverpool.
FrgmNew brleans,.ships Zetland, Garrotte, Augusta,
ind & w. Bains at Liverpool.
From Apakaohtooia, ship JUndalia at Liverpool,
TERRIBLE TORNADO IN lOWA AND
ILLINOIS:
Dtttnietion of Life asd Property,
THE TOWNS OY CAXASOHE. lOWA.
AND ALBANY, ILLINOIS. COH
PLBTBLY DBMOLISHXD;
■■■ben Killed .ml Wended.
Cmcioo, T une4,—A terrible toranfo passed over the
eastern portion of lowa aad northwestern lUiaois last
Bight.
_ There was more destruction to life and nroserty m
lowa than anything of foe kind has ever before canted.
‘the towns of Comanche, lowa, ana Albany, Illinois,
were completely destroyed.
\ At Camanobe, thirty two dead bodies have already
been recovered, and there is stall a number under foe
rums.
in Albany, five or six dead bodies have been found:
with fifty wounded, some of whom moaned aeriemem-
j lines. - 1 „ . c
, No list of names of the victims in these towns have
been reee ived. « <
The d*st-action was equally great Morrison Illinois
At this place th« killed are Mrs. *ichtnond, Mr. and
Mrs. Derr, George Kovsrth, apda bpy named Swam.
Henouajy injured—Tbomas Bnly. Beniamin Lathe and
wire, Mr. Richmond and Hiram Mann.
it Lyndon several were killed aadfifUwa badly injur
ed, The storm passed North Amboy. In this vioinity
resort says over ten were kilted and a number badly in
jured. The names of those known to be killed are Mrs.
Morse, a child named Biltaby and the injured
are Mr. Mores, a daughter of Mr, tihekstt. a boy named
Northway, and Mr. wiight.
The tornado's oenrs* was almost die east from the
Mississippi to Rook river,. Scarcely a house or barn in
the direct traok of the wind, which was haU a mile in
width, has been left standing.
The totalloss of life is not upder sixty. The lots of
property has not been ascertained, bat is undoubtedly
very large.
The names of the persons killed at Albany. Illinois,
are os follows: D. Buck, E. Eflosr, Mr, Hweet. two
obildren of **r. Riley; Miss Aider is also missing*
The following are fit&lly wounded r Mr. Riley, Mist
Mary etagg. Mrs.Slocam.
Badly Injured —Mr. Perkins, Mrs. Sweet, Mrs.
Cuper and o ild. Mrs. MoManu, Mrs. Cole, Moses
Bishop* wife ando ild; Mrs. WtaitsoQiub, leg broken;
Mrs j-.flner, Fred. Miller, Mr. Ojtrander, ana severs!
others.
ApaM’o meeting has been at Fulton, Illinois
whion resolved to furnish sauerers wi th homes and as
sistance.
The Pacific Ratlroad Bill-
ACTION or THE BOUSE SELECT COX MITTBB—THE
GRANTEES TO BE INCOBPOB* T*D.
Washington. June 4 — 1 twill be recollected that the
Paoifin Railroad bill was reeommitt d by the Bouse ot
Repreeentati es to the eeteot committee on the subject,
in order to remove the difficulties crowing onto? the
p *wers proposed to be bestowed on the grantees, and to
render their franchises more ■•cure.
This m rnmg. in comuHtae. Mr Fenton, of New
Yoik. offered an amendment, which was unanimcuslr
a<reed to pro* iding that the grantees,and their asso
ciates snail not be or b come vested with any srant,
right, or.iuterestseoaredbvth* btl. ohe*wis# than in
a corporate character end capacity, to be first acquired
by them, or snoh or them as shall accept the terms am
conditions of this sot within the Territorial sad Htats
Jurisdictions into and through whioh the contemplated
railroad shall be eons'ruoted.
Indian Depredations ou the Overlaud
Route.
St. Louis, Jane 4.—’The correspondent of the Repub-
Itean reports numerous Indian outrages in'varions parts
of Anion-.
A tram of twentv-tour mules, laden with sugar from
*ORor«» was attacked by the Apaohes aod captured.
Five persons were killed
All the mules at Ewell and Dragoon Springs stations,
ontfae overland mail rou'e. were stolen,
The route Is without protection, and liable to inter
ruption.
Port Fillmore is gamsoned by only ten men, who are
ail on the eiok list. The commanding officer wae applied
to for rations for volunteers, bat refusod to famisn
them.
Washington Municipal Election-
Washington, Jose 4.—’The election for Mayor wae
hsldh re to-day. .The entire official vote .will not be
announced before midnight. A ooiopa-fson of tbs re
tarns thus far received, with those of the last two
rears, sh wsthat Mr. Wallach, independent candidate,
is elected over the present incumbent, Mr. Berret. the
regular Democratic and anti-Know-nothing oandldate.
Disturbances oooorred at several of the polls, in
which pistols were fiied, and several persons wets
wounded and beatan. ~ , ,
A number of Baltimore rowdies participated.
Southern Politics*
ALABAMA STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Mon rooMBRT, Ala., June4.—The regular Democratic
State Convention met at the Capitol at noon to day.
There is a large attendance,
Wm. Ackho was e.sated temporary obairman. The
dotage e i are enrolling.
The Dougina Convention is to assemble here also at 4
o clock this evening. «
Mo.>tgombrt, (A’a.,) Jane 4—The regular Demo
cfatio state Convent on was organised permanently by
theelection of Mr.F.S/Lycnsaspre ident,„
The Convention Is soundly Southern; “No step beok
ward*' is the motto. ~
A committee on resolntions was appointed, who will
report at 8 o'olook to night.
Hew York Bank Statement.
New York. June 4.—The bank statement, published
to-day, shows a .... '
Decrease m loans of. 9318,000
‘norcase of specie.... I'mJRP
Decrease of oirouiation .
increase o e deposits. 1,»7,000
The Slaver Wildfire.
Boston June 4 -The bark Wildfire, reeen'ly cap
tured and taken into Key West, .is recoiled as being
owned br a Boston house, whoantieipated oleanng over
9200.000 from her cargo ot slaves. ?
Adjournment of the Methodist Episco<
iml Conference.
Buffalo, June 4.—At the session rf the Methodist
Episcopal donferenoe, this morning, there wes bo quo
rum present, and on motion, the Lonferenoe adjourned
sin* die.
The Remains of John Mcßonogh-
Baltix»re, June 4—The schooner Peter Clinton,
with the rea sms of John MoDoaogh, the New Orledes
millionaire, arrived heie this wbrniog fiwm IsswOr
leans.
Markets by Telegraph-
Nrw Oeleanh, June t.-Qotton dull { sales ofJ.OOQ
bales at unchanged p ices. Flour quiet at 98.71e8.80
Provisions firm' Freights firm.
Baltimore, June 4.—Flour firm; Howaft 6 eiK: Ohio
r Wheelfitu;red 9Mfei.4e.vjuu
Co £s»d v ieaein<{ Toryellow, aa’esstteeTS,
Wietj Meas 91816; Ramp
LejdllM. Whisky auUntSIeSUW.
uwiherea * SIr Rxohange on New York
ravm *iks.-fikt asm
: u. S. C4ri-^L7W^p^tQ>;jaa«'4 l l9WV""
„ •-' -SKNli*. ' rJ '
fte.WlLtQM.of ?
tion that tha
toe United MuteeetibeKEit ■»3ZE7’“*®°“ ~U
eeel, dieenuunetee uieuat tot utoneu ef . -
'*££ KENNEDYiuUIt. wuuld
foppoeiboftwu
interest, -‘-.y:*. 1 ’s,~-* c ■-n . 3
toim eeetwuuoftoe tollreeaueiliax eleLuno to
stneken oat, while the third eecriea woe re-
Min^3r»temXg^SßSßS;
addressed IkeSesatd. .
asfeS&HftaSHiS
soon aaooesnoa.if.l did not tjrnlsrs on the threshold ’
taroagawhaeebe
sign care l waa enabled,-af ar alnehteferiu isnr
°J*?* again to, reeeme my datics bere^a^to
iMsk fpr the Mass wbwh is no asar my hearts -y* - r
.tße embrace tha ocoaiion to return hie tnleibl'
hanks to the Commonwealth ba rape* seated awl to kua
immediate aasoetatoe for the Urn
throakhpotttmseclasioeSs^diifdby meoka) dig, «■»*
excused himself-lor not iwi/Hiiif th. hr tha rfaln
sioss meidentto an invalid., and the aotee fcJaa
earlier reecoratum to health; - “
ReaUudedto-tke fsettka* when fast engaged is this
debate, it beoame hie duty to expose t> • enns eaaiast
Cansss, and to insist upon the
hat femtoiy aa a Btat*, with a .Conetitattoa piohibto- r
lag slavery. 7 , mr hss gnmd, hnrthr uw.tina rameiss
irooeeding with the precisely where he toft'
t,.rewaa happy to avow that nut of Btoderatios whiedi
it is said mav venture even to ax the boaedaneeoe va
dam iiself. HeaaidhekedLopecsoeeJgitoirlpataeror. :
personal wrongs to >veage. Only aimruaroag aatare '
cbnid attempt to wield th«t veagtanoe which bekMuato
{»• The years that have laterveaedv tiatks ..
(mobthathavsbeesopea<4asecehe epoke,MvetlmK --
vpices.w loh he eoold not fail to Le*r. fiewaee, gas .
EM he oraavmaa, living or dead, compered with the
tactuon before the Senate? It waa Uaialooe that he
wontddiMOM.podhearoeaadad,to epentheargament
rrith that easy SMthua whies'is foend in chant>"
Re then, declared tbo oruM .against Renigg stands
rorth in painfoUiKlis, • daaraa bisters,and oa cannot
sad its. parallel The euve trade • bad; bat even this
•iormity i§ petty, compared with that sea-,
tn vance by which, in a Chnsttair aga,,Md witkuLtkP
Unuu of a republic, all -foraa oTiinasmstinosnilerty
were perverted i tw vuel;ali <M ngtttcf kiaii is*
tare were violated, and 4he whole rrsetir 'eM field
trembling on the verge ofcivil war I while ail this lares
exuberance or wio.edaeae, detectoMe is imw?, be
comea teofold.mova datoatatea wiTaitt erif laXtraced
12 slavery. Motive ia leer Mean Pool
to_Aodj; and it is only whan we eompeaead the
motive that we can .truly etnapreheneb the silme
Here, tha ia<<tive is foand in auiver' aiwi tha rase
for its cxLcastoa. Tbrrefore) • by legwal ntoea
•ity. slavery arase he dirnnssed; not lodtreetly, timidly,
aad sparing y, botdireotly, openly, and thoroaghly. lt
Sfi
iiu“j , «tsFjasft'2K£Fsai l sS .
may tarn sway wrath; bat what is the wrathtf mas *
. J his is no lime to abandon aay advantage tn tha ana- ,
meut Senator* «ms times annoaaeethat theyreStot
siaverr'ou political sriiitnds onlv.aad r ouados that
they say nothing ofthe ntor*l qnamion*. Ibis is wrong. -
f lavery most be lemaeed, not only on political '
tntt on a t otner gnmnds, whether social, eooaoaniatl. or
RF* » °9 eoatMteMr wit any etrifis of
nVal faction*—of White a«c Rad Moese, of thtanio
Nerl and SissAii tott it u » whim battle betwaea
right and wrong, between good wod evri tfeOha'wtS
cannot be loaghurith excuses or with roeewncar-Thex*
UAsaetere workTlabelM, aad freedom eanaotonaV =
aenttoflitf awajaay^htrweapoaa.- ? - • -
Tea whole oharaerer of devery am a infsndod form
of civiUxatioa ie pot direcUyin. fonw. with ahSiSS
c|ty and a hardihood dhtahßameh an rate era oa this *
«<*«• 4 tbmaMSßapttoaeSoayiofefrom riontaOmoji
sa na-nratly talm tha toad, la this eox*aetk>a Mr.
Sanmer aaoted from Sesaton Hammoad aM
from CalhMß aad MeUniSaj Lose Btiitwr Pavia and
Brown, ofHimwaini, abojfonatom Ueatsraßd flCaam,
of Virginia., ihaa.ha addpd.by vartoas.votoee ta***#'-
olaun made for sarery, which »pnt forwardoefiaiiny
m a form of emkxation; as if its exist*act were not
plainly ixeonmdfnt with thsr first prindeba of eaythian
thatcan.beoallsdciviltnaaon—except by t at Innn '
■peach in daesical literatara. vurea thine ukwita
name lromsometkiag;whieh-it hh« not. as;the drewd-.
fulfatcs ware called raei eifcl beeaasa that were vmh
oot raeroy.
It is nataral that Seutore, when insemiMe to the tme
character of slavery, should evince aa eenai insensibi
lity to the true character of the Co attain tion Thfols
•howa la the claim nownitde aod pmsssd with enstsse 1
dented energy, oegrading the work o* oar iathemTthat .
by Tirtoa of the Coasrittfiaa tha pntaadad stnpartyta.
mu is plaoad beyond tit rg~rli rr fiieTum easimti '-
bibitton v evea wuhiaCoog'aaaioaaljariafiieMQß zoethatr
jggwwa. thereeentagae inah aad.
to ch are; tier two" ti ■nm y ti die the jira aAaesamp
taon MTaet; the most m vatomption otsoaduntMui ’
Jaw* Which are nod made withootapotogy or hemtadto*.
as met them both, in place he omasa tsaaa-
MntiW barbansd of osvegy, In ail its iattaSees. whe
ther high or low, as Satan istatate stall whethertewtr
wg in the sky or squatting in the toad. Totheseeood,
■he oppoeed the anaaawerabie. irreaietiMe truth, that
the • oD«tmiuoflof .*ae Uatcefi Steteewowhere iweot
maet property ia man/ TMiee two nata-.
ndly go, together. ‘Jhej are rtviaf* saokledby the
wo l f :. 1 , b JI iaihi toatat slave
bant, and thr latter cannot be answered without expo
sing the former. It U «ly when slavery mexhibited
tn its truly aatefpl oharaoier. that we eaa
date the absardity of. the assoroption, which, in ask
ance of theexpreee letter of foe Ceimtitutaoe, and m-"
oat asmele eentenee, phrase.
men bondage, yet foists into this Mtmelege ten -the.' >
Mrbaroos idea that man can hold property Ia men.' >-
on the first asanaption. he said slavery is a
bloody touch-me-not, and everywhere in eight now
blooms the bloody Sower. It is on the w*tsioe ad wa
approach the national Capitol; it ie on foe marble stage
• y* mount: it fianntf on tbia fioor. He stood'
ndwip the hoods of its friends. About aim-while ha
■ spoke, were its most sensitive guardians, who have
shown ia tha past how much tasy were reedy either to
■ ddor not to do where slavery ia in question. Menaces
to, deter, him had not been spared, bat he ebon Id iU de
-1 serve this high poet of daty here, with which he had
been hoioretfby a geaeroas and enligatcoedpsosto.ii
(bg coaid beaitate^'Slavery can only be painted la foe
rtarren colors; bat he eoatd sot forget that aatnre'e
sternest printer has been called the beet.
He then proceeded to, n ak of the btrbarism of
slavery, which appears firatu the Marwcter nf siavera* ,
Rttd »>ecoiidly, to fog character of gfass matters. Under
ihe first Mad, he eoasidefod the ‘aw of slavery aadita
; ongia,ipa the practical rewrite of slavery, ne eaawn to
aeqmpanson between the Lee and tha stave States.
Under tne secoad head, be considered slave masters, aa '
•tmwn m.tfaa lawof tUvary; slave master* intaeiv re
lations with slave*, here “ glancing at their three >«ntai
iMttumea-s, n and slave maateis in their relatXKawiih
feaa^Sftdsaaaj2ar»* fc#-
After dtawiig .tbereUtacaauf mave -
hew* |fit^oemMreceive
any iarih-r darantee, it would be by introdating foe
.figarea^foeoosgeniaiagentaforooghwhichtM bar-,
bariam ia maietatead foe atove-ovemeerTfoe slava-
tha eiave-konter, each without a paer ex
-«4fik.in hie toother, and the[whole .ooastitatia* tha tn
umnrate of slavery, in «hom its SMaUat braallty,
vuganty aad grownsei are allembodied. M *
Intheoottreeot hie enssaii. ha Mowed foepeyacealitlea
to. which have bee* ex :
PM»di when nadertfoing to speak for Freedom; apd
ttdtb him to add, that there w too mesh en
denes tiutt these have been aggravated by foe stream
etanoe t*iat, where persons r otcnoosJymfeet on appeai
to tha dnel. soeh lisults cooM be offered with
Ofthts he gave instances.
Be proceeded to argue the “ sJcond sMumptioa,*'
that, nauer the coostatation. sutve matters may take
their slaves Into the a* tfoiial Territories, aad there
eantiDuetoboldthem,uat hurno/n the slave Staten;
and that this would ba the case ia any Territory newly
aotnired, by pnrehaae or by war, *’ of Memoo on the
South,” or Canada on the North.' 44 Assuming,” he mid,
" .foe pretension of property in man otter the Coartata
lion, you slap in foe lace the ws ole theory of State
equality, for > oa disc lose a gigaatio meenaltKy between
foeslave bfoteeaad foe tree Hixtoetft'd Naming the
equality of States ip the House of Roprssottativse, aa
elsewhere, you slap in foe tace foe whole pretension of
property m man. under the Coastatatioa.’' Benrtttd;
“the true pnaeiple.whioh.rrvergiogfooassnmptaaaa
of slave, master*, makes freedom national aad-ataWir
greiioaai, while e»ery jnstoUtmof the slave States ie
haroionixed with the irresistible predominance oftree
dom under the Constitution, has been declared at Chi-
OMO.” t
, The normal condition of the Territories te confinesd -
by foe Constuutipß, wUioh.tohep extended over them. .
renders slavery impossible, while it writee-jßpoa the
sou, ami eof roves npen foe refh everywhere, foe law
of impartial freedom, without dtatanorioa of-eetor or
race.
He said, in oonolosion,' the two asramptlons of
stare-masters have been Answered. But ig mt
seouan. Let \be answsr become a lenslatirea«t,|by
Uteadintssioaofßaaaaaasafree Mate. Then will the
barbarism of slavery be repelled, end tne preleeuos of
property in man be rebuked.
* nob an aou oiosiag this long struggle by the aem
ranoeor the.T«rntDry,ifnotof traaqmliity to
the whole oountry. vDI fce more grateful sti l an the
heraidof ti-atbuiterday near as han«»whun freedom •
fckall be installed everywhere nailer the National go
vernment; wheo the national fl-g.wherever it fioato*
oa s«a or land, within the national jpn-diciioa, will n 3
cover a single stave; and vhea tbsftactaratioa of jode
penuenoo, now revued in tne nau>e ot slavery, will oaee
Again be reverenoed as the American Magna Charts of
Mman ugbts- Aor is this aU : eocß an act wit* oe tne
first sb»ge in those trmmpba by which tbo Republic—
hfted in chmr-cter so a* to tv*oo«ne example to men
ki<d—wittent-rat list upon ite noble " prerogative of
iSKcbmg the nstions »cv t» live " , ,
Tnu«, sir, stemk ng for freedom In Kaases, I have;
■poke, for freedom everywhere, and iorotvtiisatioe:
Md. as the ie*e up contained in the greater, eo ace alr
aits, all eeienees; all eooaotmee. all rehaeseEte, Ell
chantiee, all delights of tile, embodied ia thmoMee.
Yuu may rejeot it ba u will be only for to-day. The
•acred animoeity be*«eea ircedom at.d slavery o n end
only with the triumph'of rsetWra, This same qqeetioe
will soon bo earned beloret&at high tribasaL supreme
o»er the judges will be ooueted
bv miUioos, and wnere the judgment rendered will be
tee solemn charge of an aroused peop e instreettEg a
new Presidontiia the name of freedom, to see that civi
lization receives node’rime&L
* ;Mr. Chr-NU t, of South Carolira, modern brief re
sponse to Mr. Sumner, ch'iraou-rizmg his speech as an
extraordinary one. * besaia,alter rantiug over Europe,
sneaking the b&e -door* ot the Eugliehana
toeraoy, and fawning at their feet, this slanderer of
antes sml men had resppeated in the Senate. Re had
lipped after tbe paniebmeet he had received for his for
mer insotano* he would have learned propriety, bat he
had repeated hie former vnlganty and mendacity, v he
hgyptians daifird reptiles, bat it remained for the
Northern Aioliuodis sro deify the embodiment of ma
lice. meodeclty, and cowardice. He was not laelined to.
deal out further panitbment on the recipient of former
punish meat, who had zone howtiiutfiroußhthOwortd
yelping out voiumceoftlancer, and therefore would'
endeavor L> keep quiet.'
Mr.ttUMNKßsaid m respuise that fee had pointed
out the batharum of slave ry. and the senator’s re
joinder should «o as an appendix, and a moeefittiax
iliosiiauonof hisarg«.BMot«
t Adjourned.
HOUSE OF HEPRESENTATIVBS.
The Honee acted on the Senate’s amendments to the
rost Cmce deficiency bill, md non concurred ia the
strikms eu* of the proviso for the reiteration of the
tawaded Inland ma I service, and requiring propoeeis
from the lowest bidder-for earning the maisbetveen
Charleston and Havana.
- Amoni other bdis reported from the committees were
the followin':
_By Mr. ADAMS, ofKertucky. from the- Poet Office
Commutee, authorizing daily m*i) eervtaebtfirMß Ban
Francisco and Olymut*. Washington Tsmtqry, at a
rate notexoecdmt 9100 000 per year, instead of ue pre
sent semi monthly setvice by steamer at 91tS,MI.
Also a bi'l estabushme a weekly mail service between
the United States and twelve ports on the Mexiean Gulf,
aecordtac to Mr. Butterfield s plea.
Mr. COLFAX, of Indian*- from the nun* committee,
a lull appropriating {J’&LOOO far the erection of a poet
pffice building at Brook yn.N.Y. Be ecatnd that the
committee were equally divided upon this bill, and
therefore reported it withoucrecommendation, amd that,
but for tt e rule adopted by the committee early this
see-inn against making any new appropriation* for the
nuhlio buildings, a majority wouio have favored this
bul vbioh bad special claims over any other applioa
ttnns beforethem.
The biU whs referred lothe Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union.
Mr. LEB. of New York, from the same committee,
reported a bill for the erection of a post rffioe at f hita
dslphi*- This btltwae also referred to the Committee
of the Whole. Ao.
On motion of Mr, CARTER- of New York, Saturday
wan set anart for tne connderationof the Distnotof
CiMumhia business.
Mr..MA v KJ , 4. of New York.from the Committee on
rrinting, rppdrted baok the.oint resolution reducine
the pnoesof the publiopri-ting tortv pereentum. He
**id he would call up the bill on W ednrsefay.
vanoos private bil>s were passed, undvr suspension
of ths rules.
On motion of Mr. MORRIS,' of Pennsylvania, the
House took up and pawed the nil making the consulates
at Hireco o, Assumption. Barcelona, Florenes, Uibral
tar.and Hanover salaried offices.
Adjourned.
Caucus of Geotgia Democrats.
MatßDGßnu.lv Go,. June 4.—The canceeof National
Democrats being hold in this city, bos determined to
with the general Convention now ases tabled,
to tonga* there i* a nope of oTgamaotioa be
ing preserved. Ia the event of deletates being sent to
Biohmoud, or a platform adopted different frees that
adopted at Charleston, thee the Nationals wIU quietly
organise a separata Convention. In the latter event
the Charleston platform will bo adopted, and delegate*
be seat to the Baltimore Contention, , .
The seneral impression »«, that a majority Of *ho
delegates favor both Richmond and Patflaiore, The
Richmond pure are regarded in the tntaomy, and the
Baltimore are to a similar fix. The results, ia anyway,
are very uncertain. .
Perhaps the aojustuig lute - will be to send detegates to
Baltimore, with authority to consult with tk« Richmond
Convention.
Fire at Detroit, Hickiiaß.
Dstboit. June 4.—Rlchardeoa's match factory was
dsstroTfrd by fire lest nigkti The lots awouated to
9U.000. The factory ewpf«ysd MPhaade.
From Harasa.
Nzw Oslsans, abb#A—The ststtashieHibaaSii from
H arena on the Mstmlt., arrived here to-dar.