, 1860-11-22

SPEECH OF
HON. LYMAN TRUMBULL,
At s2ring6sla, Nov. goth.
I'VE publish the speech Of Judge Trumbu1l
made in Springfield On Tucsday night, on tho
occasion Of the Republican Jubilee described
in yesterdays TE1B:SE- The speech Is moro
particularly important ut the present juucturc
OF national afE.irs, as it il presumed to speak
the sentiments at the President elect It is
short and to tho point.]
sPEEcu OF SENATOR TRrN3CL
TsTou CKi=cas: II In meet that Republicans
sho..d make merry and be :,l1d; /; for The spirit
osliberty, which, with our rulers was dead, Is
alive a.a; n; alI tho Constitution, ordained to
SECURE lis blessings, which was lost sight OF, is
found: In ric,: OF the recent political triumphs
Illinois Republicans lave especial reason for
congrnutai.on. j.: common with their political
brethren throughout The Union, they rejoice lit
the general result, which secures to the country
nRepus,lican President, who, NC trust and b.
lryc, Is to bring back the government to the
policy Of the fathers, and thereby restore
the trater,al feeling which existed between
the different SECTIONS OF the country in the
purcr aud better days Of the Republic. In
addition, 1hey lasc elected the cutire RE
publican Suite ticket, and have tho sat-
ia6action Of having secured Republican Leg
ielsturc, aud thereby Republican Cnitcd
States Senator, nnd the power to enact tic ncc
essary Laws to prevent Illegal voting, md to
give 10 every part Of the State, according to
population, lis proportlUEate tllare In The leg
1linoisans have especial reason to rejoice III
the fact tsat tho standard hcaTcr in this great
political contcst, who has led tho Republican
losts 10 yictsHy. is our own fellow citizen the
pure, incoErupt.blc, patriotic and talented LIN
coin, than whom the Constitution In al Its
parts, ll.s rot 4 more faithful supporter, nor
the Union an aaler defender.
But willis vi rejoice over victory 80 COM
plctc, let 1t not he hy way Of triumph oyerpo-
1itical opponents, for NE arc all, hy whatercr
na1ne called, brethren Of & common country,
md interested alike In SO guiding the ship Of
State through the hoisterocs waves OF these
tcupestuous times, as to bring it to 4 haven of
peace and safety: Father let us rejoice over tho
SUCCESS OF the principles VIC advocate. the
mala;ennuce Of wjslcl. wc bclicyc essential 10
the preservation OF our free institutions nnd
Tie pcr1'rtuity of constitutional liberty.
HI. Lincoln, although tho candidate Of tho
Republican party, is Chief Magistrate, will
neither belong u that or any Other party
When inaugurctca, he will be the President Of
tue country aud the whole country, and doubt
State III which he has not received solitary
vote against any eucroachmcut III, on its consti+
tutional riyh:s. as the one in which lie has re-
ceived the largg Isl majority.
While they by whose votes he has been des-
l9natel as Chici Magistrate Of the Republic,
will expect him to maintain and carry forward
tho principles On which he was 6l"ctcd, they
know tia: in doing SO, no enctoachments will
be made On the reserved rights Of my Of the
States. They know that the Federal Govern
fc rft.T n
do nothing except the authority for the act can
be found in the instrument which created 1t,
aud that oil powers not conferred are reserved
to the States OF the people Of the States.
Hence, when their political opponents have
chasgel them will, abolitiunism, or attributed
to them desire to Interfere with slaycry In the
States, or some fanatic has insisted they ought
to do SO, the reply has Invariably been, that1hc
people who madt: the Federal Government did
not think proper to confer on it such authori-
", and It has, therefore, 10 more right to med
dlI with slavery in State, than it has to inter
fcfe with scrtdoul In Russia, norarc the people
of the Mun--lavcholGing States In any way re-
gponsiblc for slavery in the States which tolcr-
ate 1t, because, a. to TINT question, they ARE as
foreign to each other as independent govern
mruis
have labo.ed in aaa for the Republican
organization with entire confidence that whcl-
eyer II should be in power, each and al OF The
States would be left tn as complete control cl
fHEl5 uNu 61E1itCClltCt3t HAA ~ 10 kfttICtA
liberty 10 chousc and erap1oy thcir own means
OF protecting property. and, Tttcrying peace
and order within their respective limits, as
they have cyer been under nny Administration
Those who have voted for Ar. Lincoln have
cxpcctel and still expect this, and they wonll
not have voted for him had they expected 9TH
erwisc. regard It rs extremely fortunate for
the peace Of the whole country 1hnt this point,
upon which the Republicans have been 50
long and SO pcl6is -cntty m;srcpsesenfed,ls ,ls noW
- ..a1 and Via xtri
beyond thc possibility Of doubt. It should
be matter Of rejoicing to MI true Republi.
cans that they will now have an opportunity
Of demonstrating to their political advertarics
aad to the world, that they arc not Tor in.
fcricring with the domestic institutions of
my OF lie States, nor tue advocates Of negro
equality OF an,alsar2ation, with which political
dcmagog,les have 60 often charged them.
When tliis is shown, reaction will assuFed!s
lake place in favor Of Rcpublicanism. the
rights Of Surthcru men will be respected, and
the frateral.1 feeling cxisllng in otdcn times
when ruen from all parts Of the country went
forth together to battlc for common causc
against u common enemy, will bc restored.
Uisunlonietx. pr se, If whom, unfortunate
,y, there l,ayc been fcm in tic country 10,
some years, understand this, and arc now IT
hot hastc to ret out Of thc Union, precisely
because they perceive they cannot much long
er maintain a. apprehension among the South
cfn peopae toat Luck nonies nu2 AlGatuts ~ aut
1tres a1e to be endangered " tue action OF the
Federal Government. With such, Aoa
or netxr" Is the maxim nencc, thct
seek to !ndamc the pullic mind W nj.
representing the o':tre!s and purposes OF IN
Republican party. with Tao hope o. 'prec'I'a
tattnS some Of TIC Southern S.atcs into 8 po
sltlon from which they cannut without dishop
or, afterwards reccdc, well knowing, the,
delay till after the new Administration Is in
1uguratc.i and tested, It Will furnish no caus
fof their com mplaiuts- Secession is an imprac
Mcability, or rather an Inapossibility. The Con
stitutloM provides no way by which . Stat
may withdraw from the Enion-no way for th
dissolution Of the Government il creates. tn
General Government intcrfcres but little viii
he individual rights Of the citizen, except 70
protection. It is chiefly felt ip its benefits an
{ts blessings, not in lis emotions. If cscr
Federal officer in South Carolina were to IT
eicp their Offices remain vacant, ana sts Lcs9
is{ature declare the State out Of the Union,
would all amount to Little except to lnconTcs
fcncc tue people OF that State, 80 long as tn
gtate did not Interfere with tue collection {
fho revenue on the scaboasd The people !
ofhcr portions Of the Union would not DC
4he Ie1et {nronmoded What Is the Sout