Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-12
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Mr.. Ltileoln's Departure For Tya.h-
Il 10 InEton. s Is -
= SPhIEaFiBLO, Ill, Feb. / i.--aEr. i lincoln.
,sll TIE hotel at 1880 A. NJ, inecnmranled
by-a large cOncourse to the depot. where
nearly i 900 citizens had already collected
amer he had shHkeu hands with u nuf,il,eT
OF friends, lie took his stand on The nlat
form OF the car, and spoke as follows
Ay FRIENDSHIP one not in iny position
can appreciate the sadness 1 feel at This
parting. To this people owe all that /
am here. have lived mole than a QUAR-
ter OF century here, Ny children were
oorh here, and here one of them lies bnri-
ca. know not how soon shall see yuu
again. A duty devolves upon me witch
y, Perhaps, greater than that which has
deVoived upon any other mnu since the
days OF Washington. He never would
nave succeeded except for the aid of BIZ
vine providence, upon which he at I'LL
times relied. feel that cannot succeed
without the same Divine aid which sus.
tanned him, and In the sans Almighty
Being place my reliance for support. I
nope you, my friends, will all pray that
may receive that Divine assistance, With
out which cannot succeed, hut with which
success Is certain. Again ! bid yon all an
aheetiouate foreWell. rLond applause.
and cries Of ave will ptSy=fer you'll
During the speech Mr. Lincoln BETRAYED
much emotion, and the crowd was affected
to tears. The train left precisely at half
past eight The tolloWing persons accom-
panied Mr. Lincoln; J. q! Nirolay, Phi
yate Secretary TO the President eletc; Jno.
Hay, Robt. L, Lineotn, Major Hunter, u. s.
A.. Col. Sumner, o. s. A.; Col. s. E.
Ellsworth, Hon. J. K D1boiB, State Audi.
tors Col. II. b. Lawson, Aid to Governor
Yates; Judge David Davis, Hon. o. II.
Browning, E. L. Baker, Editor of the
Springfield Journal; Robt. Irwin, N. B.
Judd and George Latham.
Mrs. Lincoln remains in Springfield uu-
til next week, and will meet Mr.. Lincoln
in New York.
Arrival at indianapolis.
ISD1ANAPoIIs, 18th Feb.LThe firing of
81 guns announced the approach of the
train bearing the President elect, The
President was received and welcomed by
Gov. Morton and was escorted in a carrie
age drawn by four white horses. The
procession formed into Rpageant such Ms
never witnessed here before. Great en-
SAASiSSLA N@So uluutlGSLGu AlOu2 Inc line of
march. Lincoln stood in the carriage ac-
knowledging the welcome of surrounding
thousands. He WAS escorted to the balco
ny of the Bates House. He said he came
here to thank Indiana for giving her sup
port to a true and just cause. Coercion
and invasion are terms much used now
with temper and hot blood. Let us not
misunderstood their meaningnor the mean
ing ofthose who use them. Let US get
their meaning from men who would den
recate the things they would represent by
their use. What is the meaning of these
wonds2 Would marching an army int.
South Carolina with hostile intent be in
vasion? think it would; and it would be
coercion also If South Carolina was forced
to submit; but ir the United States should
merely hold and retNke its own forts, col
ieet dutiea or withhold the mail where it
is habitually violated, would any or all of
these be invasion or coereion2 Do pro-
tessional Union lovers who have resolved
to resist coercion understand such things
as thesc to be coercion or invasion. IF
they do their idea of PRESENTATION ia ex-
ceedtngly thin and airy. In their Wow The
Union as family relation would seem to
be NO regular marriage buta sort of free
love arrangement to be maintained by pas
sional attraction.
By what rightful principle may State.
being not moro than one-fftieth part of
a Nation in soil and population, bresk up
Nation and then coerce larger division
of itself2 What mysterious right to nlay
the tyrant is conferred on a district Of
country with its people by merely calling
Mr. Lincoln in conclusion said he was
not asserting anything, but asking ques-
tons for them to consider and decide in
their own minds what was right and what
was wrong.
Gov. Morton being loudly called for.
appeared and spoke In a congratulatory
tone "a. the multitude, which was now i'm
mense. ESse Nd