The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-06-20

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pOarancc Of Senator Douglas in Public
| --Ais Reception ut ChicagO-The Words
of n True Patriot.
Senator Douglas reached Chicago on the
I let of Nav lie was received at the depot,
4 and conducted to National Hall, where an
immense crowd awaited his appearance
There he made the last speech of his life,
his illncas, which resulted in death, occur
ring soon after that event SIS a matter OF
history and ns a MEMORIAL t1 the departed
sJatcsmau that will pas, into history, and
prove far moro eutering than monuments Of
iron. or stone, or marble, we reproduce lis
pauiut.c d,li>craiyc on that occasion. This
last speech Of the lanentrd statoaman viii
be read and admired by patriots when this
generation shall have p,ssrd away, even to
tho end Of time. Il is worthy Of place
alongside the most important utterances Of
American statesmen. 1t deserves to be
printed in letters Of gold. Let il be GU
grovcd upon the tablet Of every patriotic
/ heart.
MIR. poraIAs SPEECH.
Mn CHAiRMAS Il thank you for the kind
torms in which YOU have been pleased to
welcome ne. ! thank the committee and
citizens Of Chicago for this grand and i'm
posing reception. beg you to believe that
will not do you nor myself the iniuaticc to
believe this magnificent ovation is personal
homage to myacf. rejoice to know that it
expresses your devotion to the Constitution
the Union, and the flag of our country
/ lChecre
! viii not conceal qualification at the un-
/ controvertibIe test this vast audience pre-
ecnts--ihat what political differences on
! party qucStlou6 may have divided It's, yet
/ you all had q conviction That when the coun-
/ try should be IN danger, my loyalty could
| he relied ON. That the present danger is
/ imminent, no man can conceal. 1t war must
cone--i the hayonet must he used TO
maintain Tie ConstltutIon--l can say before
God my conscience is clean. ! have strug-
gicI long Tor peAceinl solution OF the dli-
/ hcuItI. nave not only tGhuefed those
states What was theirs oi rl&ht' but nave
gone to the very extreme oi n'a%uanlmitF.
INC return W" receive IS war: armies
marching on our Capital, obStrlGilon5 and
dangers to- our navigation, letters ol marque
tolnNltc pirates To prey upon our commerce"
a concerted movement to blot out the United
globe. The question IL, Are We to main
tain the country of our fathers, or allow it
to he stricken down by those who. when
they can no longer govern, threaten to dc
stroy?
What cause, what excuse do diSunionistS
give us for breaking up the best Govern.
ment on which the sun of heaven ever shed
it's rays? They are dissatisfied with the
result Of a Presidential election. Did they
never get beaten before? Are we to resort
TO the sword when we get defeated at the
ballot box? understand it that the voice
of the people expressed in the mode ap-
pointed 10y the Constitution must command
the obedience of every citizen. They az
sumo on the election of a particular caudi-
date, that thcr rights arc not safe in the
Union. What evidence do they present of
/ this? defy any man to show any act on
! which it is based. What act has been omit
tel TO be done? | appeal to these assem-
blcd thousands that so far as the Constitu-
/ tioual rights of the Southern States, will
/ say the Constitutional rights of shareholders
are concerned nothing has been done and
nothing omitted Of which they can complain.
There has never been time, from the duv
that Washiugtou was inauguratcd first Pres
idcut Of the Uuitcl States, when the rights
Of the Southern States stood frmer uudcr
the laws of the land than they do now
there never was a tinc when they had not
na good a cause for djsmlon NJ they have
to-day. What good cause have they now
that has not existed udcr every Admins
tration?
If they say tie Territorial qucstjon-uoW
for the first time, there Is no act of Congress
prohibiting Slavery anywhere. II it he tn,
non-oniorcemcht OF the laws, the only com
paints that J have heard have been Ot In,
too vigorous and faithful tnlijIImcnj OF th
the Fugitive Slave Law. Then what reason
have they?
The Slavery question is mere cNcusc-
The election OF Lincoln is mere prctcXt
The present secession movement is the re
suit ot an enormous conspiracy formed NOR
than year since, formed by leaders IN tn
Southern Coa'cdcrarN moro than twcIr
months ago.
They use the Slavery question as u mean
to aid the accomp mpIishmeut OF their ends,
= They desired the election of Il Northern cal
didatc by a sectional vote in order to shoN
that the two sections cannot live together
When the history OF the two years, tror
5 the LCcompton Charter down to the lat
= Presidential election, shall be written, il wi
, be shown that the schomc was dclibc@tcl
made To break mp tins Union.
They desired a Northern Republican To b
elected 10y purely Northern vote, and the
+ assign this fact as reason why the section
- may not longer live together If the Dh
o union candidate IN the late Presidential col
test had carried the united South, the