Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-20
.s.M.gTTER OFHxSTORY'
Last Appearance of Senator Douglas
in Public.
HIS RECEPTION AT CHICAGO
THE WORDS OF A TRUE PATRIOT.

THE WORDS OF A TRUE PATRIOT.
Senator Douglas reached Chicago on the
lst of Nav. He was received at the depot,
and conducted to National Hall, where an
immense crowd awaited his appearance.-
There he made the last speech Of his life,
his illness, which resulted in death, occur
ring soon after that event. AS matter OF
history, and as memorial to the departed
statesman that will pass into history, and
prove far more enduring than monuments OF
iron, or stone, or marble, we reproduce his
patriotic deliverance on that occasion. This
last speech of the lamcnted statesman will
be read and admired by patriots when this
generation shall have passed away, even to
the end Of time. 1t is worthy Of place
alongside the most important utterances OF
American statesmen 1t deserves to be
printed in letters of gold. Lett be engraved
upon the table of every patriot heart.
MIR. DOUGLAS SPEECH
Mr.. CuAIRMAN:-I thank you for the
kind terms in which you have been pleased
to welcome me. / thank the committee and
citizens of Chicago fors this grand and inn
posing reception. | beg You to believe that
| will not do you nor myself the injustice to
believe this magnificent ovation is personal
homage to myself | rejoice to know that
it expresses your devotion to the Constitu
ton, the Union and the flag of our country.
| [Cheers
| will not conceal qualification at the un-
controVertiple tesO tnls yarG I:g auuicnco pre-
sents-tnaC VIVA. iontlco; .;i u.heIe,'oos y, p",
y, questiohs may nav Wsr.eu ui, ye1 YOU
al haa cohylc.lon .iia' Wldn .no JVun.l!
shouid DC m m uane'r, my ioyil.y coulu 'c II
hed on lhat tnc presont ua'1geI Is iillnii
heht, no Iiaii can oo'iooa' - wa' "',s'
cohe-ii 'ho "a! ono' 'l1uoo po ''aIu w n,S''' %
tam thV consVlVe.'ol 'an say oelolo oo1
my cohScieiice 10 oiI".: nto S5..f.sSiou 5.n
long ior peaceiui solutIo,1 vi 'tlc ulihcui.y.
nave not only tehoercu uiose states WHAT
was theirs OF right, but nave gone 10 the
very extreme OF magnanlmity.
The return we receive Is war, armies
marched upon our Capital, ,obstructions and
dang ,rs to our navigation, letters OF marqne
to invite pirates to prey upon our commerce,
a concerted movement toblot out the United
States OF America from the map OF the globe.
The question Is, Are we to MAINTAIN the
country OF our fathers, or allow 1t ito be
stricken down by those who, when they can
no longer govern, threaten to Destroy
ii w nat cause, wnat eXeuse DO dlsumonlsts
give us for breaking pithe best Government
on which the sun OF heaven ever shed IT
rays? They are dissatisfied with the result
ofa Presidential election. Did they neveI
get beaten before Are we to resort to thu
| M dptnntpI
, | understand 1t that the voice of the people
' expressed in the mode appointed by th'
Constitution must command the obedience
), of every citizen. They assume, on the elec
y tlon ola particular candidate, that thel
y y rights are not safe IN the Union. What evl
: dence do they present OF this. defy an,
. man to show any act on which it Is based
! What act has been omitted to be done ?
:, appeal to these assembled thousands tina
u u 80 far as the constitutional! rights of tn
! Southern States, Iwilt say the constitution
i rights oi'slaveholderS are concerned, hoth
i ing has been done ana lothlnS ohltteu g
y which they can complain.
y There has never been time, from tn
i day that washington was Inausurated hr'
p PRESIDENT OF these Ihlted states, when IN
a rights OF the southern states stood ilrme
Is under the laws OF the land than they d
n now there never was time when they ha
d not us go9da cause ior disunlon as they nav
i to-day what good cause have they mo-
"a "a that has not existed under every Adminl'
tratlon d, =,
1t they say the Territorial qnestion-no"
7 Tor the lrst tine, there is no act Of Congre'
II prohibiting slavery anywhere, Ii 1t be tn
!, , n0n-eniorcement OF me laws, the only con
20 plants that nave heard nave I'VE, been OF tn
n. 700 vigorous ana laitniui lu,hllmeht oi I'll
ID rhus,''Vo o'"'e ''"' i"en what reaSoii nav
a 'igS, ~, e,,,r0r os,;, :. ,n
le r,a nJ n.;so's u,s.In ;nI y niere oAouse'
as me NE c'eo',u, VI i.'',io, x mere llo!tAG
,c hho p.oseao suee"a'nn l,Ga onitna - 1"e r'
s, ., u, u.'o;t ao ,dd VumSpnnuy h noI,neG n'1'
" snat so"ir r,E,Ja1, 'S W 'o.uolS .l "
Is nou.ilo'n .'.nn oo"''"o'a'' i'o'o 'h"" '"ei>
,y '''1T'us ThnS ,, "so ,bo s,o,oru ,os,;o, -. o.,
is aly a;a ,h u'o ono 1. I'y nu'otV ~ .'ie"'
10 Tha NJ au ".ad lG ,hn olao,;nu ne omus
IN i;Ia, ime, uIseu so,;ouai .H J 9..no,n l's
"a u,ua,I ,ha oy soo.'G ,oso !" oluo, 20 siio
re W.. .nI oTG so.,ons % tha ,Uo uose mer
Is , nom .no i''eys Ghs ". dnu ~" ,.oij, p "
in p,a.; aLni, !" ;, ~ .no 'i.o 'e
o. 1 Shnwn t, ,hat tho ' Schomo NJ " was dohorn,o m
is snvM" 'hao hroaL tn' M H th;s Tio"a % ''''o'a''
III Thov desired Northern Ronubl;con
bc elected by purely Northern vote, & the
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