Nebraska advertiser., 1861-02-14

A duty deyolves upon me which Is per
maps greater Than That which has deyoly
ed upon ally other man since the days 81
Washington; he never would have sue
ceeded except for The aid Of Divine Provi.
dence upon which he at all times relied
| feel that I cannot succeed without thu
same divine aid which sustained him, and
IN the same Almighty Being l place MT
reilence for support. ! hope you, mi
friends. VIII all pray that I may receive
Divine assistance, without which / cannol
succeed but with which success is certain.
| bid you all an afechonate FAREWELL
Loud applause and cries Of we will pray
for you.
During the speech Mr.. Lincoln Be.
trayed much emotion and the crowd was
affected to tears. The train left precise
y at 8 o'clock.
IEDIAEAPoLIs, Feb, II.
Thirty-four guns were fred TO announce
the approach Of the President elect and
his party, they were received by Coz.
Morton, who escorted Mr.. Lincoln to a
carriage drawn BY 4 white horses, the
procession and escort, consisting Of both
branches of the Legislature, public Off
GERS, municipal authorities, military and
fire companies, citizens and strangers,
surpassed anything Of The kind ever wit
messed here. Mr.. Lincoln upon reach
ing the Bates House was conducted to the
balcony and addressed the assembly. He
said, he came there to thank them for the
support given by Indiana to the true and
Just u and said that, coercion and
invasion were the same ; let US not then
misunderstood their meaning or the mean
ing Of those who use them let US get
from men who deprecate both what they
would represent by them ; what is the
meaning Of those words, be asked, would
marching an army into S. G. with hostile
intents be invasion? / think it would, and
1t would be coercion if South Carolinians
were forced to submit; but if the u. s..
should merely hold and retake its own
forts and collect duties, or withhold the
mails where they were ~palpably violated
would any or all these things be invasion
or coercion? Do Union-lovers, resolved
to resist coercion, understand that such
things as these on the part Of the U S
would be coercion or invasion ? If they do
their idea of preservation is exceedingly
thin and airy, and their view of The
Union as a family relation would seem to
be that il is no regular marriage but a
sort Of free-love arrangement TO be main.
tanned BY personal attractions. In what
consists the special s~acredness of a State,
| speak Of the position assigned to a State
in the Union by the Constitution; if a
State and a county possess equal ia terri
tory and inhabitants, in what, as a matter
of principal, is the State better than the
county? would an exchange OF names be
an an exchange Of rights apon principal?
by what rightful principle may a State,
being no more than one-6fth part of the
nation in size of population, break up the
nation and then coerce the larger division
of itself 4? what mysterious right to play
tYrant is conferred on a.district Of coun-
try with It's people by merely calling IT a
State. He said in conclusion, that be.
was not asserting anything but asking
questions for them to consider and decide
in their own minds what was right and
what was wrong.
New ORLEANS, Feb. II
The Texas Convention has passed an
ordinance favoring the formation Of a
Southern Confederacy, and elected seven
delegates to the Southern Congress.
The Louisiana Convention has adopted
a State flag; passed an ordinance making
it a penal ofense for pilots at the Balize
to pilot war vessels Of the u S over the
bar; ard an ordinance adopting the crimi-
nal laws Of the u S courts.
Five American war vessels were re-
ported of Pensacola on Friday last.
WAsH1NGrox, Feb. III
HoUsE.-Craig, of N. c., offered q
preamble and resolution re9oiring the
President to acknowledge and sreaf wish
the ~seceeding States as Independent ma
tons.
Mr.. FarnswoFsh moved it BE referred
to committee on Patents laughter
On motion 81 Craig il was referred to
COMMITTEES On Foreign Affairs.
Nj. Forney asked leave to offer a res
olation inslracling the committee on Ju-
dietary 10 inquire into the inexpediency
Of ameuding the Constitution so as to ex-
pressly forbid withdrawal of any State
without the concurrent vote of two-tbftds
of both Houses of Congress, approval Of
tie President and consent Of all the
States. Adopted.
Burch introduced a resolution estab-
fishing territorial government for Nevada.
Nj. Palmer introduced 2 resolutions the
LIST that neither the federal government
nor the people or government Of non
slave holding States have a purpose or
Constitutional right to Legislatee or in
terfere with slavery in any State Of the
Union.
Yeas and nays were ordered.
Hindman objected. proceeding TO quote
from a speach Of Mr.. Lincoln, when he
was called to order.
Mr.. Butler asked for a division Of the
question, which the Speaker declared
could not be done as voting had COM
menced.
Mr.. HIndman, amidst great confusion,
insisted on a division, he believed the as
sertion Of the resolution untrue, voices,
call the roll.
Burnett said he believed the assertion
to be false and could not vote for it,
Cries of order. Several explained their
votes. The vote was announced 1l6 to
C.-.l Do,,bi1oor- oeloI - 49,