The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-14
Departure of MIR. Lincoln for Washing ton.

MIR. Lincoln left Springfield, ILL.,, on the 1lth
inst, on a tour which is to end at Washing
ton City. About one thousand persons as
sembled to witness his departure. dis
patch says
He took his station in the waiting room,
and allowed his friends to pass by him and
take his hand for the last time. His face was
pale, and quiyered with emotion so deep as to
render him almost unable to utter single
word al eight O'Clock precisely he was con-
due ted to the cars by the editors of the Jour-
nal. After exchanging n parting salutation
with his wife, he took his stand on the plat
form, removed his hat, and, asking silence,
spoke as follows to the crowd that stood in
respectful silence and with their heads un-
covered -zt+
MY FgIESDs-No one not in my situation
can appreciate my feelings of sadness at this
parting. To this place and to the kindness OF
these people owe everything; here / have
been quar- FER OF n century, and have passed
from young man TO an old man. Here my
children have been born and one is buried.
now leaVe, not Knowing when. or whether L
ever may return, with Il task before me great
er than that which rested upon Washing ton.
without the assistance of that Divine Being
who ever attended him l cannot succeed,
with this assistance l cannot fail. Trust
ing III Him who can go with me and remain
with you and be everywhere for good, let
confidently hope that all will yet be well. In
that same Almighty Being / place my rei-
ancefor support, and l hope you, my friends,
will ali pray that may receive that Divine
assistance without which / cannot succeed,
but with which success is certain. To his care
commencing you as hope in your prayers
you will commend me. bid you an affection
ate farewell.
As he turned to enter the cars three cheers
were given, and few seconds afterwards the
tram moved slowly out of the sight OF the si-
lent gathering.
THE PRESIDENTIAL coRTEGE.
The following gentlemen compose the par
ty A. Lincoln, Il. I. Lincoln, his son ] ohm
HHV Spcrptory M3ior A nj
Ward IL. Lamar, aid to Gov. Yates, and Col.
Ellsworth of the Chicago Zouaves.
Dr. w, IL: Wallace accompanies the party
as the physician OF the President. Col. Sum
ner did not reach Springfield in time, but will
join the party at Indianapolis.
AT ToloGo, Ill, the train was greet ted with
cannon firing and cheering. In response to
the cheers, Mr. Lincoln appeared upon the
platform ;ind said:
am leaving you errand of national I'M
portance, attended, as you are aware, with con-
sidera Bile diIiicu ties. Let Us believe, as some
poet has expressed it
t" Behind the cloud the sun is still shining
bid you an anectlonate farewell
Mr.. Lincoln continues reserved and thought
full, and stays most OF the time alone in the
private saloon prepared for his special use.
The invitation of the New Jersey Legisla-
ture TO Mr.. Lincoln 10 visit Trenton, has been
accepted, and the 90 President elect" goes
there on Wednesday next
Monday afternoon, nearly 10000 persons were
congregated to greet Mr.. Lincoln. He spoke
from the balcony of the Bates House, from a
manuscript prepared at Springfield, rs fol-
lows:
'FeuOp Citizens Of the State Of TadiGna: /
am here 10 thank you much for this magnfi-
cent welcome, ana still more for the very gem
erous support given by your State to tina no.
1lticai cause which think is the true and lust
nd tha ,,l.
world. Solomon says, There is a time to
keep silence;' and when men wransle by the
mouth with no certainty that they mean the
same tn1ng while using the same word. IL per-
haps Were as well if they would keen silence
The words coercion and Invasion are
much used in these DAYS and often with some
temper and hot blood. Let us make sure, if
we can, that we do not misunders tand the
meaning OF those who use them Let us get
the exact definitions of these words, not from
dictionaries, but from the men themselves
who certainly deprecate the things they would
represent Dy the use OF the words What
then, Is coercion 20 What is "inyasion ~
Would the marching Of an army into South
Carolina, without the consent of her people
ana win hostile intent towards them, be in
Ndslon? L certainly think it would he ''coer-
cion, also, II the South Carolinians We're
forced to submit But if the United States
should merely hold and retake its own forts
and other property, and collect the duties on
IoreiSn Importailons, or even withhold the
mails from places where they were habitually
violated, would any or ali these things be
invasion or coercion ~ Do our protessed
lovers OF the Union, but who spitefillIy re-
resolve that they Will resist coercion and in-
vasion, understand that such things as these
on The part of the United States would be CO.
erclon OF invasion OF Il state? II so, their idea
OF means TO preserve the object of their great
affection would seem 10 be exceedingly thin and
AIRY II sick, the little pills of the
would be much too large for it 10 swallow -
! In their view the Union, as a family relation,
/ II
| rather a SORT of ''iree love- arrangement to
| be maintained on passional attraction. BY
| the way, in what consists the special sacred
ness of State Z L speak not of the position
assigned 10 State i'll the Union by the Con-
| stitution for that by the bond we all recog-
niZe. That position however, a State cannot
| carry out of the Union with it. / speak OF
| that assumed primary right of State to rule
! all which Is less than itself, and 10 ruin all
| which Is larger than itself. If q state and a
! county, in given case, should be eq ual in ex-
| tent OF territory and equal i'll number OF in
| habitants, III what, as matter of principle,
| Is the State better than the county! Would
! an exchange of names be an exchange of
! rights Upon principle, on what righttul
! principle may State, being no more than
one-ni tieth part OF the alton in soil and popu-
laton, break up the nation and then coerce a
| proportonably larger sub division of itself in
| the most arbitrary wayf What mysterious
right 10 play tyrant is conferred on Il distric I
OF country with its people by merely calling
II a State?, Fellow citizens, l am not assert
| ing anything. l am merely asking questions
| for you to consider. And now allow me to
/ bid you areweIl"
All the evening the yestibuIe and parlors
| and stairways were crammed so much by out
siders as TO obstruct altogether the mo vements
! OF the guests. Nothing else promising to sat
| isfy the crowd, an improptu reception was
| opened IN the main parlor at seven O'Clock. -
| The members OF the Legislature were first
| presented, then the committees of escort from
! Cincinnati and Columbus and at last a sha Ike
| OF the Presidents hand was granted to all
| that desired TO take it, No less than three
thousand ladies and gentlemen flied past their
| until O'clock when the Presidents weari-
ness induced him to retire from the public
| gaze, although the rush continued unabatet
| THE SEIZED MusKETs AaAIX-A Portion OF
| Then, StiU Retained.-The thirty eight cases
| containing nine hundred and fifty rifles re.
| Gently seized by order of Police Superintend-
| ent Kennedy, while being shipped on board
| the steamer Monticello for Savannah, and
| taken to the Arsenal in Seventh avenue on
| the specious plea that they were ''contraband
| of war" have not all been delivered up as
was at first reported, that officer still retain
| ing ten cases, which he says he will not oieliy-
er until compelled by due process of law
| The other twenty eight cases, worth $S, 300
! OF which we shall speak hereafter-were de-
! liyered to the rightful owner on Thursday
| last The arms now held by Superintendent
Kennedy, it is said are the property of Rob.
| Toonbs, Jr., of Georgia.
The twenty eight cases which Were deli yer
| ed up ON Thursday last Were. soon after their