The national Republican., 1861-03-07
VISITS OF THE ILLINOIS DELEaA.

we proceed to furnish our readers with the
speeches delivered on the occasion Of the visits
Of the Illinois dele alton OH Tuesday evening.
The delegation first proceeded to the residence
Of Senator Seward, on + street. Upon Mr..
Stewards making his appearance, he was greet.
ed with loud applause. Senator Marshall, of
the Illinois Legislature, then proceeded to ad.
dress him as follows:
SPEECH OF SENATOR MARSHALL.
Gov. Seward. On behalf Of the citizens of
Illinois now in this city, l sm instructed 10 of.
in which you have been this day placed, and
to assure you that whatever duty you may
be called upon to perform as a member of Nj.
Lincoln's Cabinet their own favorite fellow cit.
izen, they are willing to give you their most
hearty assistance. To assure you that in the
present crisis Of our countrys history, every
son Of Illinois in this city, and we think we
may say almost, If not entirely, every son Of
Illinois at home and upon our broad prairies,
is true TO the Union. Applause Allow me
to say to you, in behalf of those here present,
that your own distinguished fame is not un.
known in the broad prairies; that your high
services in the cause of human freedom have
been appreciated, and that If they had not had
q favorite son Of their own to present in the
late canvass, Illinois would have been proud
New York. [spplause.] ..su,s.
SPEECH OF MR.. SEWARD.
Mr.. Seward, in reply, spoke as follows am
very much obliged to the citizens Of Illinois for
this manifestation Of their kind regard and
good feeling. l should enlarge on the topic If
l had not, on so recent an occasion, and in q
much larger presencs Of the citizens of Illinois,
confessed the obligations which l owed to
them, and the respect which / entertain for
them. Do me the favor, when you return to
your homes, to forget that there ever was o ia.
vorte son Of Illinois, or a favorite son of New
York. 1t is the future with which we have TO
deal, and not the, past. shall be quite un-
worthy Of the consideration that you have be-
slowed upon me, if were not 10 forget every
thing of the past in the anxieties and solcitudes
that feel for the future. If there ever have
been any rival interests between any of the cit
izens Of Illinois and New York, they are all
now lost in the common concern and anxieties
in which the fate, fame, and fortune of both
Illinois and New York, and all other favorite
sons, are involved. II you will allow me--for
l am practical and o bold man-to give
you one word Of caution, it is, that If you wish
to save this Administration, and make 1t secure
all that is calculated upon--it is that you, as a
people, forget for the present all that was in
issue. in the contest which has lately been fought
and terminated 50 gloriously in our favor, and
remember that all that was gained and won is
put at stake and hazard by the action Of trai.
tors, in an attempt to subvert the Government.
As l was among the first Z at called the people
Of Illinois away from defending the Union when
it was not in danger, to the rescue Of freedom
when it was in peril, SO now l enjoin upon you
all to forget that freedom ever was in danger,
and to save tho Union, which 10 now in peril
That is the whole. Of our present business
"Press forward" the Apostle said, "to the
things which are before" Let it not be said
that the Republican party of the United States
won its first, and last and only victory, over the
desolation Of the Republic. Applause. When
ever freedom is in danger, the people Of Illinois
may expect to see me willing and anxious to
occupy whatever station may be assigned me
either in the lead or in the ranks, in its defence
The people Of Illinois must excuse me if l an
quicker than they are at home on the broat
prairies, to which you have alluded so heauti
!, fully, to discover that the enemy has retreatet
from the battlefield of freedom, and taken it
position upon the ground of disunion: We pro
pose to dislodge him from the one, Just as HI
has been dislodged from the other. Loud ap
plause.
SPEECH OF Mr.. TRUMDULL.
From the residence of Mr.. Seward the part
f on Eighth street. Having entered his parlors, il
n a brief speech Mr.. .Trumbull welcomed them II
t his house. He reviewed the rise and progress
n Of secession, aud exposed the criminaty Q
e some of the Cabinet. He regarded the inar
gural address as the best State paper ever ISSUED
He urged them to sustain the President an
q if they would, he would soon restore tie cour
/. try to its former position. They had no Go,
, ernment few days ago, but they had one now
Il and it must and should be maintained. Al
n plause. If they were firm and resolute, an
!. showed that they would uphold the Govern
IS ment at all hazards, there would be no need {
i fighting. voice. How's the Cabinet y Th
a Cabinet is with the President. Mr. Lincoln
# President, and the Cabinet will sustain hin
When they 20 back to Illinois, he wanted ther
n to inform the public mind of the state Of eelin
in Washington, of the unity Of the Cabine
% and of their determination to uphold the Go
-e ernment. He thought the crisis was near
r. passed. The border States would not seced
and he believed that peace and prosperity wou
10 soon prevail.
w SPEECH OF Mr.. LOyEJOY.
n. The delegation next proceeded to the res
% dence of the Hon. Owen Lovejoy, of Illnoi
ID where they were addressed by that gentlema
as follows:
There is one overshadowing question, eli
y zens Of Illinois, which presents itself at Il
d. present time to the American people and tn
u, Is, have We a Governmentf |" Yes, now
have."] The question which l have suggeste
e. is, to my own apprehension, the one great que
IL ton which is to be considered and decided.
y, is proposed by some, TO settle the existing d
d, fculties by compromise. 1t is proposed
'r, some, in order to maintain the Union, to sac
n, fee everything which makes the Union val
D. :. able. But suppose gentlemen, you agree wi
ID me, that if freedom is cruciGed, then the me
ge outward material structure of the Union is
desolation. And they propose to compromis
al in the same way as the heathens would go
ry the Jews, and propose to exile Jehovah al