Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-05-09
senator Douglas Speech at Chi
cagO--A Most Emphatic Utter

A. ~ a. :, :. ,lI
Mr. Onai[man. tnank you ior tne Sind /,
tcrms III WHICH you nave peen peaseu 70
welcome me; .hank the Oommitte, apd
ciu.ens vi Onic'so ior .lis grunI anu iili.
Posine Iec1puon. pcg YOU 70 peneye tnat
l wlll not 40 you nor myself tne injustice 70
peneve ,'l's Ie nlasH'neGlt osa.ioh in persVha.
niomagc 70 myself !eyo'ce 70 Know Low tna'
~ .eApfesses your ussDoiIn ,To To 10 sne oons.,.u
fl0h, S%, ene ohioh anu 'ne rug Vi our county
lNnee:ins' e':n J ,, a.;e...;
- VIII noI ooh.eM sa:,"0a.,on si';n ,. az I III: un
ooa.,u.ei'sp,e % ap hst i;s;, .J;s ass S;a,a o"o 70
ass,, ost;nns "nav na hnno d;v;ded ,'s rot %
parry lq qIess,ons my nase unt,ueu I,e as yeO
try s1oulo pe T IN danger, my ioyai.y co9ld pe
reneu on. !nat .ne presehie odegor - ,ln
ln,nen', n1 man h gan conceai. a. IL, ~ war mus
conen n yle payone' mus. pe useu 70 ',l,'l1 mn5
tam ehe Coilstl'cuoh-i can say peiore uYu,
NY 1Sn'o'enoe @ e. Ilodn ii. i,aye ss;fmEsS.eo
ions ioI q podoo,n solusion y, vi .ie u.liloui.y
nav my oa'y O1nuIlou 'uoeo oea'es VIA 10
was 'ie,,s = y, tsn uuv iave sone W 'ne
very extreme , ., ,nasnanllih'y. n:
Inc return we receive Is war, armies
5larcheu upon our Napi.ai' ons.I oct.ohs ~ anu
uangeis W oul naS'sauon, le..ers Vi anaaque
10 lnvite pirates ~ prey upon our coinIneoe p0i
concer.eu 'novemens 70 pl1t OUT .ne op'.su .Sa
) oIuteS " IN, hnnelloa hon 'he nap VI .no
glope ine question Is. Are we ~ maii T. ~
.mn cne SpunNy "a oul iayners nr anom INV ~ "
stricken uowm py .hose s. mno, @ Mme.i vney 'a''
/, no ,,4nger govern, threaten W ueseioy'
w nat cause, Mha' EXCUSE uo DS, Dlsullon's.s
give us ioi oioahlaS up sne pos. uos.,I.I %
on wnich .hS sun ~ neaveneVel .t shou hse. e
Ihey are 9issatlsneu wt1 the result VI q
e fresloehual e'ec.lon. Dlu .ney never ses,
Deateh Deiore Aie WE W resor' 10 ine swo'9 h
Mneu aJ We "a ,hat ,ba ~ vo;a o of % the neon,e
's l uhuersIoou l. tnaC .ne voice oI tle peoP,e
10 expressed III the nioue app4in.eu ~ Vne
:, OohsIitu!!lon niuSS T conulalu t'ie 9oeu,nce y.
every clti1eh. Ihcy assone on yhe eoo.ion
OF particular Ganqluate tnat tnelr llgn.s
le are ~. sale IL 'ne Iili9" a. .s
le W ohey p'o'.h' y, III 1u :. hyI' a' n WI ~ =,
III show any act on . which l. n Is Dased. na'
net mas peen InlltIed 70 pe zone aGpea
70 these assemDied tnousai1s inat 70 idr ~
s. 1ne OonsuSu'lona' II r'gn. VI Mo DVu:ntl, NJ !.
K oca9es' ! mhi say .he Oons',Su''onai isn. |
in OF slayeholde5s are concerned, nothing ha
pcen oohe anu hotnihg oihiooco oi winch 'he'
It's can mt complain. .La.,
On Ih9pe li:s hevor pecn .l,iie i'9ai .aG ia.
!t asn,nefgn was @ l,augulJh.ea he lls. Ie
in laeno oi snese onieeu oV.es, WIEN .ne lis1'
o. .he ooe.hern I'ates % stqou irner ahae ,ha
an .ne laws vi 'ne i'nui .nai my W INV, .no,
let never was 1ihie wheh tney hau not ~ goo'
d. aTn cause Ior olsunloI as oney nave t1-uayi
N Whao goou ca,se nave tley now .nas ha
hot exlsteu uiuer eyery auiIi'il,s.ratioh n
3, tney say tie terri:orlui Vueseimoh- e ml
les lor tHe ,irsI 'lu ,ele Is ho ao' u GostJs \,
pfohlDiung slavery anywhere. Ii II pe .ll
he n1n.enioEceue'I. @ VI tne & la"s, .ng o.iy eoL ~
er- piaihts Iloe haVe iiea.I nnHE oeen oe W =.
- Fugitive Slave Law. Then what reason hay
g . a they?
, Inc slavery queslion Is mere eAcuS
ion III The election Oh Lincoln a mere preteA
INC present secession llovslieilI s is t,'e :
lies sni' Vi all enoIiious conspiracy iorlieu hio ~
ed than q year slfce' Ioriheu py yieauers In y
sed southern Cohieoeracy more than twer
NOUNS ago.
act 1ney use tle slavery Quesuon as mea
ion 20 70 aiu lne lccp.nPilsninents " .neir CIV
the 5ney ny desired lne e'ec.len oi N9rtherh ga
ain dioate Dy seotlohai vote IN 9tuer 70 slll
;6O M INA. t'G 'wo sec.'o,is cauno' nse ese.nt
irds " men lie hfstory oi tne TWO years iroI1 Dr.
Lecohpton Enarlgr MoTn 10 .he ia.e III, IL
tho DENTAL elec.,on, snail DC wrlrien, II VIII
ass shqmn Ina. 'ne 1t scTine "aS ueiipeia'ciy ma
10 Pi PIeak Pl;. uP .nls Sh,oi Nns,h pon,,h,;o,n ..
ont lney aesireu NoSfnerll nepuphcaI1 M " ~,
tHe s:.,, .L,a root a, . uo.ao,, ,,L,, Al n ,n.t;r
assign .'i's .aoe ar reason % mhy Ile I 1ooHIS ~
act may not longer hVe togelner. II tne
off union cahuiua!e 10 1he iate rIes,oentia' e
M" test naa carried tng united o1ush, IN
scheme was, the tNor:,iern cahuluate succe
tied iul, 70 se'ze .he oap1'oi ias1 sPrlhg, anu
Gee an umteu m noulh ana alvidea Nor.ns n
IT, Ihat scheme was deieateu In tng aei e
act OF the L's9nion cahaidate In several OF
du- oontnerh states ,.u e
ssed ~, but TINS ls no time ior deta,i OF cau'
Inc conspiracy = now know6' Armies ~
for oeen III raised. war Is ieyieu 10 occompi
atcd IT, lhere are only TWO sues 70 the questl
Every man ihusT n, oe ior me united Sld'
m of or against " mere can pe no neu'raN
uisi. TINS Is war, 0ag pa,rtots--or pT tu.tors,
,tes, Thank uo1, Illinois + not divided on
pro. question. loneers,l l know tney exp
ea 70 present an n uniteu oo9th against
item Sided NORTH. dney nopea n tne NORM
- STATES, party questions wquid pring clVll
between democrats ana hepuplicahs,, W
N the south would step In with nef como