sl rit ~~ date their rights are» not safe. 156! S78 bene mares = earns ’ tyes tie iter Zs a “tHican a ig to! - The, False fevbaatedcs| ! “Tie ad Den oa | A + B¥-: Bs “BOG; oo Thy dying prayer was raised for me, = _¥or blessings on my head, Fut didnot set’ my conscience free From ee appaling dre: ad. . ne Unde: I nip ached icinide kept, “=> & Minéhafpinéss Were mine, i thes “and sorrow v culd far, aye hate fed, ; cue wy sd shite a He. ssant oh Ree bre ke hy eee heat iad - And laid the in thy grave, While mine issoriew and remerso whieh repower can save. ' Cha ht 4 ie follow ing is ilie last Ethank’ the citi- BBS. of Chicago fer this grand and © oimpesing reception. “But 1 beg yo believe that. - do not- do’ you the in- ane ce to consider thi ; per one, but rather. dre cjoice in rowledge’ ‘that it is an expression of your “devotion to the Constitution |, znd laws.ef cur country. Iwill not conceal my grat ification at thei incon- ~ trovertible: ‘testimony | which this vast Ens ba’ ABHTIO LG Ante The un-" udence’ presents, that whatever dif- renees of opinion may have hiereto- * exists. your- mind that in’ danger oony loyalty to my country may be re- ( Sails n That d spite r 1s ian ] a mi he evil ;, “ at war * ~ bayonet must crush social order ‘and| liberty, then, before God, I feel my conscience clear. 1 have struggled as _ Jorg as there was hope, and ‘even af ter hope had almost disappeared, for: a peaceful solution of the trouble. I have not only. tendered full satisfaction and ample justice, but proffered con- _Giiation, even to the extent of inag- ‘“Paninity and generosity. The return which we receive is war on our gov- ernment, the mareb of armies on our “capital, the obstruction of our trade, | “the issue of letters of marque: author- izing. pirates to prey: upon our’ come. merce, in short, a concerted movement to blot out the United States from the map of the world. The simple ques- tion is “whether we are. to maintain , the Government, or allow: it'to” be “stricken dut of existence by those who no longer acknowledge its authority, and seek only to destroy it. What. exense can the disunionists give for breaking up the best Govern- ment the sun ever shed its ight upon? ~ Phey-ave dissatisfied with the réult of the Jast Presidential election. Were they neser. beaten “before?> Are we to tolerate the idea that the defeated “party is to resort to the deféated party is_to resort to the sword? _Lunder- “stand it to be a fundament ral principle: * that the voice of the” people’ must commaad. obeaience... They assume that in the clection of a party eandi- What | in the United , States, more sapere cus and overwhelming i: ig fata "ag of women and children. sm|born> ander the ~ Constitution - -of the }Use all your power to maintain the fore. divided we, _ ‘thre conviction now Liament ‘ahha as Te ull Rae but that docs not surprise me. . It is The scheme will involve civil war and- bloodshed in the United States, and the Calanflity "is Only to “be averted by | united action. | I repeat that so long as. there was a) possibility of settling” the “troubles | peacefully, every sacrifice, was. made_ and proposed, “now; when the question is to be transferred from the. cofton States to: the corn-figlds of Ill n- ols, T say the farther off the better. War is sasad-tbingobuticivil war must now be recognized as existing in the _ We,cvan no longer clése our “eyes “to. the solemn fact. In this exigency the Govern- nets beomuintained, and - “the and shorter will untry- atain are to be observed ve are our preparations, restrictior and that wer inst be: ie ia a Christian spirit—not against the rights! Say that} you" wiil'sanctieh nd “War oiy Tights, ard say that never will you lay down your arms until those which you ¢ claim, aS your Cwn are te cogized. >. We were United States, and its provisions are our birthright. Then ‘be prepared to eee orestt the Jnalicnable, rights ; which it confers. | We have peculiar reasons why” we eannot recognize the right to’ secede and break up the Union. Once re- cognize it and you not only destroy} the Gov ernment,, but. annihilate order, -and inaugurate “anarchy’such as dis- graced the history of the worst days of thé French revulution. My friends “you have a. ‘solemn : duty. to perform. * Constitution and the Gov ernment our animity, the less the loss of - life and we have § eae peju ice’ to encounter ‘a few short months since we pass- da stormy election, and it takes some o drive-soubthe-party~con- | ftentions and substitute patriotism 5 and yet he who~would not. sacritice political differences dues not deserve the support of his country. How then are we to present a. an front? ‘Cease to discuss, cease to criminate and recriminate.. Indulge in no taunts as to who caused the trouble, but unite | manfully now, and. whem the. flag waves,over ev ery” inch of our countr y: argue the point.o of authorship. When we shall have a government for our} | children toJ ive under, it will -bestime enough to discuss its difficulties, but now. let him be-marked an-untr vie pa- | triot who disfrusts our ‘cause and sows dissension,» Ihave said more than I intended. It.is a sad task, but sad as it isy: bloody as i it- will be, I believe in re) justice: ‘of. our cause, and earnestly hope to see every patriot rally around | the fla of his country in the, hour of its peril. TI renew to you my grateful acknowledgements, for . the imposing. i reception you havé given’ me. I ac- knowledge it on behalf of the Gov- ernment andthe flag of our country. You hare demonstrated that you pre-| fer to lay aside party feelings, and unite toa man-in-the councils of the nation, in the field, and everywhere the men can make themselves useful jand patriotic. . Alinois | cen ‘proud position | ‘before the | Ore let her sons unite in the determined! resolveaney pesto» wept “this Govern- ment to be ‘dissolve 5 evidence have we. of it? 1 T dehy any “ainan to shew moa fact that-ean gnb- stantinte it. What one act has been! committed which they can_complain 4 of 2. So far as the vights:of the South “are. eoncerned—ihe rights “of slave: | -holders—no_ act bas been. cominitted | of which they can_ complain, There has*never been the day since the hour “of Washington’s inauguration down to] this moment, when the rights of the Soath-have stood firmer under the laws of the Jand. There never was a time When they had not quite as good cause ‘for disunion as now. What specific grievance can they assign from the day of Washington ‘to this moment? If.they vefer to the territorial ques- : tion, it is an extraordinary fact that! there.is--new no act on our statute “books limiting slavery in any manner. . Iftothe enforcement of the laws, the ss only complaint is that too much _has ‘been done, that we have been. too eager to enforce the fugitive slave law. Then Task what excuse has the South for the scheme which they have con-. cocted to wind up the Union! The ‘slavery question is a mere excuse.— ‘The election of Lincoln is but a pre- text. The present ‘secessien move- mea is the result of an enormous con- spir y which was matured a year ago. This-conspiracy was framed by the leaders of the secession movement “twelve. months ago, and they have used every means to urge iton. They - ee a man to be elected by a / Union was- eee and. eee the “meantime which was for no end ex- _ cept to break it up,.and they used the slavery question asa means. They -@esired to. create a purely sectional | vote, to demonstrate that the two sec- lone . could not live together. The _ disunion, ecard dictated that ‘the South “avas to carry. its own election, and ‘that.the North was to elect Lincoln. “Thema united South was to assail a a divided North, and gain an easy Victory. ‘Ehis scheme was defeated by the overthrow ef the disunion ean-’ _.didates. in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. _ Still the grand conspiracy existed, aud the disunion movement was the zesult of is Bat Ihave no ‘time to-enter. ‘into details... “Armies ‘The! "history of country, from the .time of] : “; the Lecompten Constitution to the date | of Lincoln’s election, is written, it will | | appear, that a achenie was maturing | ee ie A f i are raised and. war bas been levied. ‘Vhere-are buttwo mdesto the’ question and every man. must be on the side of the United States or against it~ Thre. ean -be-none~but patri Thank God, Hlinois or aoe ed on this question. They conspired to ech a civil war apne Renu, 57 he bie : o7