Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-14
Mr. LinCOIn's Departure for
Washington.
HIS SPEECH TO HIS FRIENDs-AFFEcTING
SCENE.
SpRINGFIELD, III, Feb. II.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. III.
Mr. Lincoln lett the hotel 1T 1880 A. NJ. 4,
accompanied by u large concou's 'se to the de-
pot, where nearly 1000 citizens l. I'D already
collected. After he had shaken h. pds with
n number of friends, he took his stard Oh
the platform ofthe car, & spoke as follows:
| My FRIENDs-No one not in my positi IN
can appreciate the sadness feel at this
parting. 10 this people owe all that am
here. | have lived more than a quarter of
n century here. My children were born
here, and here one of them lies buried.
know not how soon shall see you again. A
| greater than that which has deyolved upon
any yother man since the days Of Washing
ton. He never would have succeeded ex-
cept for the aid of Divine Providence, upon
which he at all times relied / feel that ]
cannot succeed without the same Divine aid
: which sustained him, and in the same AL
|, mighty Being place my reliance for sup
, port. hope you, my friends, will all pray
that may receive that Divine assistance
without which cannot succeed, but with
$ which success is certain. Again bid you
all an affectionate farewell. Loud applause
n and cries of ''Wc will pray for YOU"
During the speech Mr.. Lincoln betrayed
l much emotion, and the crowd was affected
e to tears. The train left precisely at hal
(! past eight The following persons accom-
panied Mr.. Lincoln. j. G.. Nicolny, Priyat,
| Secretary to the President elect; Jno. Hay
Robt. l.. Lincoln, Major Hunter, U. s. A.
, Col. f. 4. Ellsworth, Hon. j. X. Dubois
State Auditor; Col III. II. Lawson, Aid t,
Governor Yates; Judge David Davis, Hon
Q. H. Browning, H. L. Baker, Editor of tn
. Springfield Journal; -Robt. Irwin, N. b
|, Judd and George Latham. j.
Mrs. Lincoln remains in Springfield un
til next week. and will meet Mr.. Lincoln il
New York.
ARRIVAL AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Il INDIANAPOLIS, Feb IL.
The firing of "a guns announced the up
proach of the train bearing the President
elect. The President was received and wei
coined by Gov. Morton and was escorted il
a carriage drawn by four white horses. The
. procession formed into a'pageant such as wa
I never witnessed here before. Great enthu
siasm was manifested along the line off march
Lincoln stood in the carriage acknowledging
: the welcome of surrounding thousands Fl,
, was escorted to the balcony of the Bate
House. He said he came here to thanh
: Indiana for giving her support to true ant
just cause. Coercion and invasion aro term
much used now with temper and hot blood
t Let us mot misunderstood their meaning no
the meaning Of those who use them. LIE
us get their meaning from men who woulc
deprecate the things they would represen
by their use: What is the meaning Of thes
words? Would marching an army int
n South Carolina with hostile intent be inya
Q ercion also If South Caroiina was o torccd y :
submit: bnt If tho TIn;ted STATES sha,i
|. merely hold and retake ;ts own forts oal,a'
= dnt;os mr. w;tbbold tbe mail ,vbarn 4, IL o h.t
finally violated would onu ~, ali ~ 49, aa"b
= Invasion or coerc;on2 no 1rofsss;onai liz ff~;o
h lovers Who have roso,veJ to ros;st ooo,no Wm;o
% understand such things as these to % be ooe,
q cion or invasion? ifthey do their idea 1 !
y preservation Is exceedingly tb;n and mir,
o I'm their Wow the Union no n Em;lu ro,at;o
d would seem TO be no regular marr;,oe bnt
1t sort of free love arrangement to he no;nta;,
ed by passional attraction
~ what r;ghtfnl nr;nc;,lo NAV s,o.,
1t being NOT moro tban one t;f,;etS na,t ~ "f
e Nation in soil and manhattan b,paL un
" Nation and then coerce n larger d;v;s;onP uP ,
1. itselfP What mvster;ops ,;r6t ,o Nav ~
tvrant 10 confsrrSd ON n J;st,;o, neaa.., W
~ with ;ts noonls hv mnrev call;ng !. % S,nta
a. Mr. Ismnin IN NJ canrlus;s, % s nv; ~ n.s'o
n asserting nnv,b;ng bnt asr;ns % s,,,aS,;cns s q
40 them 10 consider and Jec;Jss %s n .har on, ~
:, - minds what was right and what was sv~ w,om, ~"
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