, 1860-10-18
SPEECH OF
Hon. Ota EN- LOVEJOY
DelirereL at tie Republican HTyuam, Chica9o,
N,n'ldy, 0:to5-r 18th, 1850.

-uJWIHy, O-t"3tF loH, 4SOU.
{Reporcd expressly for u { r1css md T!bpne.l
Mr.. L,vei,y vas introduced to the meeting
by tue President as champion If free speech,
free press and universal liberty, the brother Of
Elijah Losejoy. the first martyr to liberty ard
The freedom Of the press in Illinois. Whea The
cheering with which h's appearance was greeted
had subsded. Mr.. Lovejo5 spoke Al followst
CITIZENS or fu1cAoo: To quote the language
| Of one who wns interrupted By roya! aiditor,
"When tha lon rosrs, &be beasts Of the forest
| treunbie :" and feel that when Pennsylvania,
| Uh,o and lndsAoa utter their mixb'y united
70! 70, individuals might well be silent, Ap-
| rlsuse hut ~ ID assigned to me this cvt ming
| 10 address you, although every mind il joFout,
aud well nigh cnRrcssed wlth the gratifying ,n*
| te ligelce which hes been coming 10 Us Tor the
past week over The wires and through he CO...
umns Of The newspapers, still will eudcAroF TO
present sonao Of tho political issnes and p17ne1.
pies which me now before he Auerlc In peo.
| pie Tor their ruf1rfKes and decia Gu.
l!lrinx the long, aud We are bound to be.leve,
doubtful pilgrimage If tue nominee Of me
3or,h m win Of the Democracy. the hspubl.
| can marty has BEEN charged, lot oneB, nor
twicr, but mauy times, with bling 70 cngrossed,
/ 90 absorbed with what tn tgentlcnhn IL pleased
| to designate -',be inlermiuAble negro gu g.
| ton. III It NC hare I'd no time 10 give our at
trpti,ou 10 or discuss the important subjects Of
| e9islxtion before Tue country. In one Of thpsu
speeches, counting oEer uppa his nn8sfs several
| important IN alters in which he cation il iute-
restsd-the Ta.in, the Pacific Railroad, the Ia,
citic Telegre Line. the Homestead bill, hu
savs in plaiotire language, T. enteme.. none
| at there subjects Can recei:e the attention
which Their i'm 1orsanct demands oft EN-
can b. discussed ia th4 hnl!s If Iopgtess. aud
passe: into acts ct Legislation. and ~hys Oh!
tas Black Republicans are engrossed NTH this
ioter1niuHtfe negro question.
Nor. ei..zens, propose, briefly Is needs
must. to call your attention to the fnct t: ut one
OF these measure mentioned by the S: ator
from This State, and one Of the most i'm nrtapt
measures. except thss which relates to 'the in
terminsble negro question: mean the Home
stead bill, was d'scn.ted. IVES voied upon, and
so far III Republican rotes could do it, was
passed into law; but it did no. ac;u ILL., bt CO
4 law, because it ~ cefea'ed, not by R-pnbli.
caas who were carried away By the interniaa-
o!e negro quextior,' but By the Demccta'ic
party IL the Houle, in tie cna'e and in the
Executive Char. l wibh Now to state III. fact
that as member Of .he Comm ttee on Public
tn. House, that duty performed to tie best
0! my Abitity l rem-a,ber as theu.h it
1ere ou: ycstetday-I ,biLk never aha for.
ge.-that immediately uopn tie uotor being
made to put tha: bill upnn its passage. there
r q evident : ~ave Of in 'tguaut em3tin1t at
-uept over the Demotra'ic SIDE Of the House
Motions we're made 10 postpone. to recomn I,
- amend; every noii,n was made that Is
knoAn to psr iarneu.ary tactic, to de.,ay apd
deiest the Homestead bill. We were cafe1 On
70 gsve the uyes aud noe wa occnfh.d the
whole Of q legislative day ia aaying Ave" or
"No" On uuInpnrtant and incidental points
connected with The Homestead b,!I-the ayes
and noes being cslied for By the Democratic,
aud not by the Republican side Of til House.
When the bill Was pass d II the House by Rs
pahi'cau votes, Mr. Barksdale ii Mississippi
*praug to h,s feet and enid "Mr Speukrr, I
more TO adjourn; we nve done IL quity enough
tsr Que day" What in,qnity1 Wehad px.oed
a broad, liberal, muui:csut, just II 1mrstead
ollt aud that in the estimation Of the Demo-
cratic party is iniquityt
1{you will bear with ne now, before coming
upon this !" int :rmtnsble neg question:"
which propose to discuss ater y few moments
occnfied up,a this Homestead bill question. I
will pTeseLt TO you in as brilt time and in u
precsse language as cau command, the leading
textures al the Republican aud the Democratic
Homestead bills. Ne presented a bill that WAS
'osl Of iits-a hsiug maa; :he Democrats tore
away everything except tue bare dead kkeet1n
aud called it q m4n-a Homestead bill The
Republican bill said any pcrsoa over t~en'y-
one yeArs Of age, citizen Of the United Sat 3.
| or who has declared his intention Of becoming
citizen, ma3 enter any .he unoccupied pub
slc lands, Ike possession Of q qax1ier see;iop,
| cultivate it Tor I've Year., aed. at 1he end OF
thut time, II he is then a citizen Of the uaited
staten, By making proof that he has occupied
and Cultivated the nd TOR ahe exclusive benefit
| Of himself a2d Ills family, be I'll I'll becone tue
owner in lee. simple Of tnat amount Of tho pub
lie lsnds- Loud app ausr That MAS the
proposition III the Republican purity. We
| eAy any person over twenty one yeers Of
age, who desires 10 mend ht fortune, any oue
= o il termined t, better his coad on u.
life. can 60 and take oss=ss On Of this limited
quantity Of The public Ian 9, AID By lh:a PFC
eess 1t shall bel ONE his own. W. 3 ID any
pers over tEenty-onc years Of e; tho
democrats said sny head Of q ian II. Whr,
my democratic friends, will you not let be
| yonng men 20 and taxi po s.sston Of ths Sc ter
'r1tor'es? Why do you exclude them1 will
DO individual Democra tie aotsce 10 say, that
do not thin1 j. is because they hav~ any eel
ing o! hostility toEards the young men. That
Il no. it. Why then old very Democrat, u1ih
af:w exceptions, rotc that none but heads Of
| public land They voted thus because it was
poli.rca net nifty; it wa.ta inexorable dc
| maud Of the slave po+er that The young m n
shu1ld not 70 AID take posseuaion Of the terri.
tories, for then slavery kpeT it could never
yam u footaold there. Loud applause.} That
I believe Is why TIE ID moe, n:ic party almost as
\ Unit yatrd . exclude The young tncn If the
country from goipg 10. a. taking possession ot
united portions Of the public lands, as the Re.
| pub!1cans proposed to allow Them 10 do. And
you must decide. voter Of Chicsgo. voters ci
Illinois, voters OF the Uoihd States-you must
decide whi b palicy you will iRdorss and sup
port by your suGrsges o. the SIKH day Of No.
| Fember It.
We propose to le: the young meu 80, aud
ind eara oi them spot where be would like to
stay and live; gise him IN opportunity to make
sotne little preparation: let him 'east build 9
rude cabin, and break up q garden spot aud
then con'e back and claim the hand Of he.
plause1 The Democrats laid, %; before he
snnll hare the right to enter upon 1hese public
landK be must be the head Of family; be mus
take Mary along in the wagon, aud they mus
do H. best they can; for until he ia tie bead .
afamiiy he sta! not have square foot H..
dies which pooi'cy do you lik. bests Cheer.
Toe Republicans would give the settler ,
homestead upon any Of the unoc:upied pubi'
lands; the Democratic party say: "You tna,
haze apy lands that are lett alter they hayt
been offered for sae.'' The cemocrgtic por,,
s@Js to the poor mnn-" After the c,pla'i,t
hare tnttt wb:.. they sish-ntier Tue sp,cu
lstors have :aken tho lion IS share, lien you M,
aS.e the refuse-the swamp laods and lha sani
hill. to tx. pos s-ession Of them." We toll
them to choose from ali tbs pub ic lands-thc'
might have the cream the Democrats toll
them they might hnve the blue SKINNED mill
after the cream WIS taken oG. fCheers as,
II 1aey preltr bonn5-:!asber TO cream, tht,
| ougat to vo:e the Democratic ticket. lKoars q
u1hter.]
Toe mex. feature of the Republican bill VI
tha: any rorsou, citizen, or y ho has declare
his intention Of becoming citizen, tnny ente
tas' Toe Democratic bill sA1d. "any c.tizs,.
This party claims to be par ercsl'-nce- the gu !,
da'. protector and defenee Of the foreign Ger
citzsn; yet | want my German friends, au
Scandinavian friends, aJe, and mt IRISH f1,eId
and citizens Of foreign birth IRON wi1ateve
cline 10 this refuge OF tho op.. reesed you ma
hayr come, % noslee how the Democratic psrt
alscrimsna.ea against you, aad said you snoul
lit five years 10 get your papers, and the
after Waiting i've years aad going through thi
io1tistor5 process Of cuitu1e, yUu might hBv
Al equal oppor units with the naive born cit
zsa. Now, ms Irish fri~nd4. ca7 yon 4'Hoo1a
. Tor DoogtAsl' fUprotiouH laughter1
We proposed free H,,neste4d bi,l-in su
stance free, charging only ten dollars f.. the ts
pense Of tue surveyor ana receive +, leq uirln
only the proof that the settlement was t 4de i
, good faith. The Democrats proposed IN thei
. bill to charge twenty 1--WE cents per acre. Mar
it now, twenty fire cent. IN are for the re,us
land, whoa you eau 70 to our graduation land
and enter them Tor twelve and hail ceuts-tt
same class of lands. daughter ard app ause
, Sow. SAY asAin, If y1u want to "ulotay' fo
the DEMOCRACY you lnay 90 it; l an not goiu
to CO X III. .rishuan, or German, or Amerca1
10 vote that they n 20 there and settle tbes
lan.r. If you do not want to do it, you nee
, not do it. have no IN re lute' est IN the ma
: tar than ion have. / have always loved It
Homestead bill, ever sincp I knew auy.hio
4b- ut II; 7ut l do not need i: any more tba
you do. and Il yoa want to vote for the DEM
cratic ticket, IT you are determined to be quit
ed hY bind prejudice and x.at for a n