Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-02-12
SPEECH OF
HON. S. W. RANDALL,
Al the Democratic Meeting I'm
Joliet, Jan. 81, lS6I.

/ In presenting tbasa roooI,,;ons
\ sent ourselves 70 the nrbl;c in The s,;r;, sc
concession. comnromise and GOOD ,r;:i
/ TO all sections W. nresen, ,b.,1 ~
| resolutions of tho Dap,',cra,;c -
| because We wish 80 ,erasorna I'M - ~
party issues which havs dov;dad ,'s t.,
/ other parties bnt becanse The Damoora,;a
party is the only ope which has a bis,,r,
co extensive with onr governmont GA ~
always endeayored 20 adop, i,ssif 90 ,ho
principles of liberal goyernrant ard tba
condition. intesoo,s "a ,,.;shas nr ~ 80
! pie. Oar nartv hos saen 5afoot hocora =,
I day. IL has seen our co,ntrn anconn,o.
storms beGars Rnt in do1aa,; Z. - -.
I been overwhelmed nor disheartened and
1 now when the storm ia more f;srce and ,sr.
! rIbie fhan ever before. that nartv thongb
Z tt,n,,oh -;,'s,, &C.,, -,
and management of the GOOD ola shin are
| willing to cluster round her and unita in
the utmost efforts to save her from dastrnc
zion. We come with regret that onr On.
! ponents will not consent IN min in ,ueos-
ures more direciIv Ieodin, 70 q so,,Iou,ort
of our difficulties The orea, dificuI,v Is
thew nre sectionaI-we are no,;onaI +, -
yerv evident 70 me that II tbev co,ne % orv
measures which can save our ;ns,;,r,;ons
thew must be driven there Inv the vn;ce Of
! the peopIe. Their Marty headers arc bont
upun preserving their marty, tbonob they
! doSit at the expense of the institutions n
the country When Alexander II stevens
| of Georgia, who was an old noIitical friend
of Abraham Lincoln. who was in concress
with him and ALWAYS voted with him ON
! all party measures. was making his giant
canvass of the State If Gaorgia7wbon ,o,
I
surfing him that he wopld do ;ns,;ca 20 tLo
South would have saved the State of Geor
| gia to the Union. why was il that Lincoln's
mouth was sealed in silence? WHY would
he permit his old friend to be stricken
down and the state of Georgia to be hur-
ried by overheated excitement out of the
| Union, when ten such lines could have
saved her?
! 1t is hut comnarativcIv rsu ,oors s;,oo
our State was one of rho ;ntsr;or co,,,,;os
of the Commonwealth Of V;ra;r;o WI,
nv recollection nearly the whole state was
regarded as a wild and dasnl.to oxUonso
nes,iferous with d;seasa ond S,o.t III
with forests of weeds and ranE crassesW
| imnassibie excent 70 tho rod no. Or ,ho
| dasbinp buff,Io II ia d;fEcnIt no,r 20 -,
| agine how these gardens these farms tbeso
cities, these rural homes conIt have been
the seat of So much voste J.ooLed ~
TODAY. one would saw the magic banJ of
a fairy had passed over the Wild evnorse
/ The beadIong tramn nc tho ros, Lard &c
! buffalces which once crossad ,hoso rIa;,s
| bear no comnarison m the tbrndor ef ,ho
/ iron horse rs he dasbes furionsIv onrord
| from the Mississ;nni IN tho lotes nv frou,
! Cairo TO GaIena. The moipsti, sti1Inese oC
| the great Father of Waters y 10 r,,y
broken aud enliyened Inv the nufFng steam
! boat continually nlougbing tho r;nni;no s,,r
| face. WiIdness and 6esolation have
riyen r,laee 10 agriculture commerce and
| civilization.
Illinois il now notion within borsaIF
She NAV look oropdIv nnor tbo ,rordorG,i
security of Der interior Businesses She IL
| surrounded by Gordon of civilized states
! engaged like herselfin all the Departments
! of rapid advancement She is iustIv nroud
| of her progress in education refinement
and morals Bv land and Yotor sbo 10
many hundreds of miles fom the
Great oceans from wb icb ber onnn,;os 80,
EMERGE On evprv side bo,yoon he. "a
those oceans eyarIaS,;ra, Ioru;5o. a" 'r
Cancas farmos ord o;,;os o,.;-aiII y.
/ MA Joe.n,o - Ill 49, L.:I' "or0 W
Ill ST. naaas ~ Do.' 'oioes Vi tiie
Loraaf,,aa Io;.; N.Y. NJ nav TOT
- - o'''A0-iS are Peaceiui anu
"or po'l't 70 peaoc'
Ihe question comes up 10 us at every
WV" Sn., 80. w s Con.ent " lnl9" asiue ai
~ n'iu take our
~ =" &c u.s., u1'io'i VI .n's UT some
o'her government wnlch might throw US
uPon 'ne ooiueIs oi hcstiie coniederacies
ian We oonsenl 10 MAINTAIN a system OF
,I i''Hva'ions aions our "noIe lehstn upon
~. .no ,l.:is PIP i!'el " p:''ecV us from
ste u's.''1 ihcursions o, missouri or iowa!
Si;ai; We NeP oGinHla"E Vi TUG LOOT Vi Iake
ris:y Iu''u's iOi'9 al 'he expense
oi ''ili,'o"s IL seems pretty generally
.'"ceueu '',a' we newer VIII yleld the nav
iSu''o" vi tue MissisSippl' Our southern
eiS'el s'a'es are aireauy proposing 10 secure
US this oy "hat they consider sale stIpula-
IONS ou' 20 they NOT forget that we have
cast our i"t mere ana opened our farms ana
oui'' our ciues anu our railroads ana our
Sa"ai because We nau market the whoie
,eng p o. 'ne Mn,ss'ssipp' the Missouri and
rue i"''e, .ne O"i'; tue "aOash the Ale
ENEMY anu Tue neu hlver 10 our own c9un 7,
Wy, anu oai ,n.y justly ASK tnat we snaii
oe - 'e eAactlPns Oh foreign
SS,;lI;nns "a ,r;,t ~ PV"ao VI vac
iod on ,,oorIo rrooI. IL 'aIy 'qua'
thar canal 70 nonnant ,Lo M;ss;so;; III
the lakes. Can anv one est;m,,e ,ba vaImo
of that canal ir tLe M;ss;ss;nn; : ooo,rnu
cd bv ono f,ra;.,n ro,;or "a ~ - = :.
onotber and onr canoI i ooJdiod - ~,
exactions of both Win WI 80. r,o ,m'
er have our railroads develoned the n;56er
wealth of our state. but how utterly vaIne'
less must they become when oacb ,or,,;u
ms meets the bristIino cxoo,;ons IS = e.
c;g, Government feu, - 60 -.
the cItizens of Eric in ,ho J;s.ont go ne =,
PennsvIvania tnre nm ,bo ra;,rood 80,
f,rm;n,, ,ha l;na IS h..- y ~ ~
Fast and the Wes, on o;,;ao - Gu .Gs
suffer to tho ,mo,,r, If ,,na",,,oS .t nnau
ands. If we are so,nst;rnes r;ahio 60 '" 80
acts pnnrcacb;pg ,;r,c,, in s,a,os - -