, 1859-09-29
SPEECH OF
uON. LYMAN TIt u II NULL
OF xLLI.H'DIS.
lFtou the santu<ky Register, lath.1

Hon. Lyman Trunbul1, United States Senator
ar Illinois, spoke to q large and attentive audi
cnce nj the Court House, on Friday evening last.
IL was introduced 10 bis hearers By Hon. !. H.
Root, Chairman Of the meeting, and arose aud
said:
Fg.Lnw C1rlzgxs:-In copsenting to stop for
n few days in Ohio on my retusn 20 The 6tatt ot
y41iuos. from which hare been absent for ses.
cr4l weeks, have done 50 not 30 much for the
purpasu Of addressing sou. or supposing
should be able to communicate anything new or
particularly interesting to the people Of this
State, but rather 1hns might .ninEts with the
citizens Of Ohio, learn something from them,
and calcl, aud bear with me to Illinois, il posi-
BILE, little Of TINT spirit and Ere which have
mud The foremost Of the Union, in tho aavnnee-
meat Of Constitutional rights ind Human Lib
ersy. (Arp1auae.)
habit at being addressed by eloquent men. You
hare in the Slate Of Ohio some Of the most pop
u,ar speakers in the Union. cannot, therefore,
expect that shall saT anything 10 excite your
admiration OF call forth your applause. NJ Oh
;ect will rather be to converse with yau in IN
earnest way, to lay before you what under
ssand to be the posltion Of parties, aud to ask
you to cooperate, If you agree with me in sen.
tincns, in establishing those principles which
seem to be right. l do not claim to tie fnfatfi-
IT. M Htsas 49, ~ a,,r.,ar s,,n.-r .od I'll 7
,r,,st ac,uated hv desira ao to conduct The af.
f.:rs 1T til. co,n;non country NJ vii redouud tn
the best interests Of the great masses Of the
people al over the Union.
Without tuking up time in preliminary re-
marks, !. vii! call your attention to the present
a;9tdae tl,a.r + aar cut.f.or Ecr uor4;eaa-a oow
or,sn;,s ID I'D 5;T;drd unon sinrle 1uestion
Ra;t no,t;es n, now rristtt,r IRE Of but com,ar-
at;ra,r ren.1t c,5u;, Thav a. hoth If tle *avna
40 .'.;ns ,,nrn tnrs,her. ho,h date their erist-
80 frn,n 1ss4 vii fake mo,neni 10 ;,1..
..o,o t,';s ~, init + ca~n nnstb;nr far nartv
~, ahsra "ra thase whn ses5, tn .ftsc5
= u1asS' 49, 49, 49, ,rord na-nocrat;c ,nd ti,a
msS3' ..ap3 nan"t,;can
w -, - ii tnn,r Tint in 1850 there were missed
hr ,he connress If Ibe Tinted States ser;es Of
Measures t1own "a tbe Comprouise Measured.
Thrre werc fiye of them. which It is NOT neccs-
sary In cnnmrra,e. Aud u!,Aourh soue Of these
ire measures ,yere unacceptable to one portion
~ tha cnu,,trr anil some IN another. and al.
,nonoh therr ,rer, nersons in ali parts of tbe
Enion who we're yery mucl, disinclined to &C.
1.;esrc in them vrt when the struggle in 1850
was oyer, and the measures we're pissed, both
rha .,1sat nr;nr;,,le nf nnn intervention IN
Tho rnhssc, ~ s1averr hr the Conoress nf thu
1I.;tnS sta,as ,ros thar aid n he estaI1;sh4d
ana ~ mn ,'ort,on If ,he I1nion d;sitrd the
E.,@;,;~a Siars ia,v some d;s,;ked the ahoj;tion
| Of the slave trade in the District Of Co'umh1a,
! aud others took exception to the admission Of
California as free State, but after the mea-
| ,rr t,a misses ~ hnth nar,;es. nci1ateti by a
.,,,r,, da.;ra ~ bc NJ neaca ,non ti,is veYed
,..,as,;on ~ .isrs1r resaiSed tbrr wouid resist
any and every attempt to agitate the question
in Congress, or out Of Congress, no matter un.
der ~hat pretence it should be attempted This
was IN 1852, when resolutions to that elect were
adopted in the National Conventions Of bott
narsies, And it was supposed then that we
should haze quiet and peace upon this subject
We were told that il should be baoished from
| the hnlts Of Congress. franklin Pierce wa:
elected President Of the United States. and or
hrin,r inau"urated. be announced ia his mes
s,1a hat Tie Coonromisc measures should te
l,a Ind thc mower to prrent.
-. .rin,or tf 1si4- 4 MEASURE was intro
droad ~ :, Coneress for tbe organization Of til.
nsrs ,rorr;tor;es Of Kansas and Nebraska. ant
"e" s.nr+ ,raa nrenared by the commute,
.,.:eI :.,,-od,,a5 t11,t mensure. se,tinr G,rtf
%n,ca an.aooue.u ss t,c . sinya1r nnes,on i'd bee,
".,,aJ I,. H. ,rcnsurps Of ia:o the committee
~ tr ,h;x Iii FIR tie organzaiion O
,t.nsn T.-r;tnr;es or one Territorv us original,
,ronosed..had noi thought proper to interfer;;
Tx tha Missnur, Compr0mise, because it woui,
n, a denartnre from ,le polcy adopted iu 1850
..i.:.ts '.ns ,ba ,,,1irr Of non.interyentipn
WA tts Measures Of that year passed. m,
~ ~ T..;ta-;"s ~. or IT,ah and New Nr.ico wer
:s s"e .t.orn ,rox mt n Terr;tory brtonein,
II. 1Is;,sa st,ta. in which s1arery was no
iaea ans u h, iaw Washington. Oregon. an,
sAc.ouea - - I'a., or1aniyed' will a ctans
nrn,l;.;nc SLAVERY inserted in their organi
P1on'on,"IG; ~ ~ Vavs Wcrico had laws t,To
ac':: uno Ar. G.an hof,ra ,re ocouirea the terri
nion'ns sIate' s,;n.,aa o. i, firc. of,sT ;ts ac
sofs. aau Mn'ca III ,-rast n,Tt;e. lad ar,ec,