Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-12-01
Speech Of Lyman Trumbul1.
SPRINGEIEID NnN :

and the COnSGltu' on, WllcilNaS OrdaIa-
ed to secure its blessings, which was
lost sight Of, is found. In view CT the
recent political triumphs, Illinois Re
publicans have especial reason for
congratuIation. In common with thsir
political brethren througF1outthe Union.
they rej0ice in the general result, W hich
secures to the country Republican
President, who, we trust and believe.
is to bring back the government to the
policy Of It's fathers, and thereby re-
store the traternaI feeling which exist
ed il the different sections Of tie GOV
ernment il the purcr and better DAYS
Of the Republic. la addition they have
elected the entire Republican State
ticket, and have the satisfaction Of hay
ing secured q Republican Legislature.
and thereby Republican Z. S. Sena-
to-, and the power to enact necessary
laws to prevent illegal Voting, and to
give every part Of the State, according
= population, liz proportionato share
ii the Legislature Of the State. And
more than this, We IiIiroisans.laye rea.
son to rejoice in this fact, tAa standard
bearer il this great political contest,
who has led the Republican hosts to
victory, IS osE fellow citizen, the pure.
Uncorruptbie, patriotic and talented
Lincoln, than vnom the Constitution,
n III IS parts, has not a more faithful
supporter. nor the Union a4nore able
defender. ... d.. mu ...
Kat =.
so complete, let it not be byway Of tri-
umph over political opponents, for we
are all, by whatever name called, hreth-
ren q & common country, Interested
alike in SO guiding the ship Of State
through the boisterous waves Of these
tempestuous times, as to bring it to q
haven OF peace and safety; rather let
us rejoice over the success Of the prin-
ciplcs We advocate, the maintainance
OF which we believe essential to the
preservation Of free institutions and the
perpetuity Of constitutional liberty.
Mr.. Lincoln although the candidate
Of the Republican party, as chief Mag
| istrate, viii neither belong to that, or
any other party. When inaugurated,
lie VII lie the President Of the country
and Of the whole country, and 7 doubt
not vii! be as ready to defend and pro-
tect the State in which he has not re-
ceivcd . solitary vote, against any en-
croachment Oh It's constitutional rights,
rs the one III which he has received
the largest majority. 49, ...
While they, 10y whose votes he has
been Designated as Chief Magistrate
OF the Republic, Will expect him to
maintain and carry forward the pl;nci
pies Oh which he was elected. They
know that i'll doing so no entertainments
viii be made on the reserved RIGHTS of
any Of the States. They know that the
Federal Government is one Of delegat-
ed powers, that it can DO nothing cx
cept the authority Of the act be found
ii tie instrument that created it, and
that all powers not conferred are pre-
served to the States. Hence, when
their political opponents have charged
them with aO0iItionism or attribute to
them D desire to Interfere with slavery
III any OF the States, Or some fanatic
has insisted they ought to do so, the
reply has invariably been that the Dco-
pie who made the Federal Government
did not confer on it such authority, and
1t has therefore, 10 more right to inter
1ere with slavery in State, than it has
to Interfere with serflom in Russia.
nor are the people Of the -slaveholl
ING States IN any way responsible for
slavery iii the States which tolerate if.
because Is TO that question thcv are rs
foreign to each other as independent
governments.
have Iabored in and for the Rapu)-
Iican organization with entire confidence
that whenever it should be ia power.
each and all Of the States would be left
i'll as complete control Of their own al,
fairs respectively, and at as perfect lib
t'rty 70 choose and employ their own
means OF protecting property, ana pre-
serving peace and order within their
respective limits, as they have ever
been under any Administration.
Those who have voted for Dir. Lin
colin have expected and sail expect
this. and they would not have voted
for him had they expected otherwise.
/ regard it as extremity fortunate for
tie peace Of the whole country u4at
this point, and SO pe:5;steatly. naisrep-
resented, Is now to be brought 70 a
practical test and placed beyond the
possibility Of doubt. It should be {
matter Of rejoicing to al true IsepubF-
caus, t!-at they will now have an opDor-
tnnlty OF demonstrating to their .politi
cal adversaries and to the world, that
they are not for interfering with the
domestic institutions Of any Of the
States, nor the advocates Of negro equal
ity, or amaigalnation, with which polit-
zeal dcDagogues have so often charged
them. When this is shown, q reaction
will assuredly take place in favor of