The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-02-12

Ted States and their poslerily, Ia all com
ing time. IL IL your busiaess TO rise al
aud pressrye tho Union aud liberty r.,
your sakss aud not for mine. 1 desire
they shall be eoasiituIicaallY preserved -
l. ss already 'intimated, am but an aeci-
dental Instrument. Temporary and 90 serve
but Tor limited tin-; aud | appeal "a
you again To constantly bear IN mind. thu
vi you add not with politicians: mol
With Presidents. not with office. se.k ers
but with you IL the question. shall the Ua
% aud tho liberties OF this country be
prssrvsd I" the latest generation. lchsers ]
After elesieg hi, remarks. he took his
sea, in the carriage with Governor Morton.
The procession was tkss formed The
0rey's hasd headed The procession. Then
came tho military escort: next the carriage
bearing the President; then the eiIieers m 4
the committee Of the Legislature in car
riage Following those were some forty
other earrisxss. containing the City Coun.
cil. eitiEeas. and distinguished visitors. -
Then procession Of the Fire Compani..
Artillery Company. asd citizens generally
After passing through the prime pal streets.
the curI'ge containing Mr.. Lincols drove
10 the Bates House. Here Mr.. Lincoln al.
dressed tho immense multitude assembled
below. from tue South balcony Of the Hs-
tel. His speech vas as follows:
fslle,o Chiseas. Ii IL not possible for me
while am on my journey to the National
Capitol. stopping A. do..so many times
say It Is DOT possible for me undo the cir.
enmsisncss TO mske any loog speechss,
Were 20 do mere than addros. such a.
ssmbliss very briefly should be entirely
worn out before my journeys end. APP
pear before you now TO thank you for this
very magnificent welsom. which you have
given ne, and still more fpr The very gen
sreus support -hich your State recently
gave TO The politiesl cause, which | thick
10 the true aud just cause Of the whole
coustry aud Of the whole world. Tire.
sssndoa- eheer.)
Solomon hiss said there IL . tisets koo
silence. tLssshlss) add When rnsa wrAatlo
~ ihs mouth with no certainty thar tley
mean the same thing. while usius ihs .ams
words. itpsrhsps, you'd bs a. we'll :. they
wcold keep silssee Applause
The words eosreion aud Invasion arc 10
cons,as, uso about those days. sud with
some temper, aud hot anger upon some oc i.
easion.. suppose wssre simply. to try Il
we can 70 sscertsin what 10 the meaninx OF
tbsss words. Let Ne get II We eau the cor
rect di6nitios Of these words-not nom the
dictionary but ffsm men who continually
repeal. them In tones ofdsprscatien whit they
n eau 10 express by the words applause. )
What then is eoereioaf What 10 invssiou9
W ould the marching Of an army into South
Carolina for instance without. the csnsest sf
the people asd In hostility against them.
be coercion or invasiony very frankly
tell you that think II would be invasion
aud think IL would be coerc len IL the PEG.
pie OF that country were forced 10 submit
But il the government OF the Uuited States
should simply Insist upon holding its own
Forts asd re-ta king those Forts which be-
long to 1t. (ehesrs) aud enforcing the laws
OF the United States In the collection OF the
duties upon fsreign imports. or even the
vithdrawal Of the mails from those POT
lions Of the country where the mails are
habitusliy vislated--~ouId any or all II
these things be cserciooS (applass')
Do the prsfesssd lovers Of tn. Union
those Who have 'piteiully resolved that
they will sostinuslly resist the coercion or
or INVASION Of any State, sndarstsnd that
any or all Of these things wosld be the
cosrcirg Or invading Of any Statef Cries
Of no. IL they de. WHY then il occurs to
me that the means for the preservation OF
the thing they say they 80 greatly love
the hing which is so high in their esti
70 a,ion ara of a very light and airy char
seter. II SICK. the little pills Of the
homscpsthists wsuld be altogether too
large for them to swallow. daughter. J
Ia this view the Unisn az q family relate q
would not be like q regular marriage a. all.
sut sort Of Free Love srrapgemsnt'o be
mAistained ia what that sect calls pas
sionsl attractions. Laughter
What 10 the especial sserednsss OF q
Sas' speak DOT Of that pssitios
which is common to State in ADD by ths
ron.iitstisn OF the United States. far that
all sgrse to aud abide by, bat that posi-
tisb and relation = s,ate would e.uy
With IL out Of tie Unisn
It hoids that sserednsss by virtue Of its
connection With the Union. lam srssk
,pg OF that assumed night Of STATE a. q
primary rri.eiPle. back Of the con-ii,oli IA
- rule ali that - less than itself aud Q
rain all that i bigger thss itsef l SIX
you where does exist that night .
ia State in one instance aud County ia
another should be equal is extent Of terri
,orv-squal ia the nunber ~ its people
vher. j. that : ate any better than the
Cosntyf Would the change Of the usmss
ehsngs the right On What rrncipsl Of
orIssesi right is IL. that ons ct eth CT e
ninssi-th Of grss, nauon. by CO ~
themselves = State. have righi ,e briss
ap TIA, sstiaps | say a. = matter Of ofi.
nal prisepls. Nov mind | en- A.
q sss;ions. am not deciding snythinS.
sr ssking these qursiioss Nth t-qa-s'
that yeu Nil. thiak somewhat 81 hi.