, 1860-02-02

but for principles. In other days other Issues
hnye divided the AmeAican people. 1t is now
Slavery on ono side end Liberty on the other.
Logalty to the Union on the Que hand, Secession
mud Disunlon on the other, and where hare the
Republicans stood. From them not one werd
Of disunion. But from the Democracy threats
to ruin this Government and bury the country
in destruction, because the Republicans seek.
to administer the government as did Washing
ton and jefferson. and othrrs Of the fathers OF
our institutions. Is this simply threat to in
huence Us. They know little the stuff af which
Northern freemcn nrc made. lftl,ey mean it in
earnest they are mad.
We arc loyal to tie Enioo, hut faction say
il We succeed we wiil dissolve the Uaion. Who
are the traitors! The speaker referred ut some
length 10 the abaurdity and 1naaurss Of these
threats Of d:sunlou. Also to the vislatioo daily
by the South Of tie rights Of citizens guarnn
tied By the Constitution. In tie days OF Old
Rome, I" l uni a Roman citizen" WAS protec-
tion, aud as al American citizen have rea.!
with pride Of the prote:tion our government
has furnished to citizens 2brnad, but ruw let
any laborcr sec before me 90 to the South and
express his admiration for free lubor, he will be
assaulted and abused. IL an, IN American CHI.
zen" would serve Lin, nothing.
Mr.. Arnold closed his effective speech with
IN eloquent allusion to The stake ChicSgo, a.
commercial centre, has in the national issues
before the people, in Harhor 1mpro,cmenta.
etc The audience, rs ls LEFT the ssand, sarc
lin three cheers.
Frank I.ambard was loudly calIed for, and be
mounted the table for one Of his capital songs.
lie gave, in admirable style, the " -AarSi}ss
Eymn," several hundred Republican roiees
swelling tllc chorus March on, march on" &c.
Herman Krcisman, 4Ionzo Harvey, and otter
speakers followed, but at too late IN hour to
give more extended notice to our report.
FARM Work N WIS7EE-LooK 70 THE Fkx-
cRs-Thc w;n'er scason is the time when among
tie lighter and less pressing demands Of tho
farner, the intelligent agriculturist wisely de-
rotcs sone time to the matter Of ftness. On
our prairie farms with scarcity OF timber
layed its I'D ajustment. But az the country grows
older, lands more valuable, and crops more I'M
portant, the question Of how to enclose lhc
fields most chcuply and most edectualIy comes
up i1nperatively. Thomas S. Dickerson, ut she
Metal Warehouse, No. Is Wabash Avenue, has
an extensive trade IN, md has been largely iden-
titled in introducing the Annealed Fence Wire
on terms and possessing qualities that are conl-
mendipg it vcrT generally to the farmers
throughout tie Northwest. He also furnishes
everything that is needed except the posts, to
put the fence in place, where it will resist all
agencies for lis destruction for years in a man.
per no other fence can equal.
AcKSowLEpGNESr.-Fort The poor, 800 bread
tickets from the Mechanical bakery"
The cold, piercing winds hare coma round
again. and VIC have not stick of wood to be-
stow upon the empty fire-places Of the poor
children Of sickness aud want. Who Tili re-
pcnish our empty bin with coul, or bestow
little bread 10 cheer up The lonely freside Of the
poor, who arc suffering from, no fault Of their
owns Z. d. TI7rLE;
City Missionary, 81 North Franklin street.
~ At meeting Of tbs Executive Commit
tee Of the Turns Festival, lately held ut the
briggs House, the following resolutions we're
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The arrangements made hy the
prsprirtors Of the Briggs House, for the recent
celebration Of tho Anniversary Of Burns birth,
were Of the most satisfactory character. There
fore
l.>solrea, Tint the thanks Of tlie Committee
be and are hereby rendered to Ncssrs. Tncker
4 French, for their untlring efforts to promote
the happiness and provide for the wants Of their
guests on The OCCASION. =
Resolc<d, That vel hereby recommend tle pro-
prictors Of the Briggs Housc to the rn6ih .!
Chicago, as gentlemen in cvery respect qualified
for the position they occupy in the front rank
Of hotel keepers ia the West. and as being in
every way entitled to the patronage md sup
port Of tie community.
JSo. McARruCR, Wu. DEAToS,
ID. CAMERON, JE., 4. ". TAFgES,
ALEX WH11E, ]. ALs1oS,
t;rc ANDERSON. JSo. Woup. Sec'v.
ME7EoRoLoG1cAL.-The weather came "ea1p'
Judgment night before Inst and the mercury fell
below zero, ranging from sescn to eight degrees
minus before aaybreak yesterday morning.
CnicA.;o -trnCBox CLup.-Tlc regular
monthly meeting Of the Cbicsgo Audubon Club
will be held this (Thursday) evening ct the