, 1861-01-17
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 16, 1861.
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its proceedings the one object-gratiflcatio1
ofthc hate Of Republican ideas and the Repub
| ncan organization been plainly manifest
! ed But its efforts have not been wholly unau
| amous. a respectable minority Of members-
those, especially, from the Sorth-haye show
cd their rcstiyencss under the assumed con
troll Of the semi-seccssionists who are here II
! numbers from Egypt and from the Times c:
Enlistment. at Chicago. The committee OF
Observation-Disclosures mcmhers-is now i,
session, and the debates arc loud and lour
The question is, the Union, pure and simple
without reservation Or qualification, or th,
Union as the South Caroliniaus would nave i
"A Thing without vitality or power, 4 thing IL
be dissolved now or ut any other tine wher
any faction is pleased to assert it. The excite
fncnt outeidc to Know the result Of the deIib
cratlons Is intense; mud the declarations IRON
each side, that the verdict must correspond Il
their ideas or q rebellion will follow, arc lout
| and frequent. What the result will be il nj
most ccrtain-,he Times faction, stropgl,
backed up BY Egypt, will prevail. Nc shh
see,
The attendance is respectable, and the mate
rial Of the Convention is Of the better sort
Many counties are without representatives, ant
many have bogus delegations picked vi; 10,
the OCCASION. Coy. Casey presidcs with ETca1
dignity and fairness.
SECOND DISPATCH
THE TIMES POLICY TRIUMPHANT.
The Hall Of the House was acnsely crowded
this evening, to hear the report of the Com
nittee on Resolutions. Every man felt thai
the action Of that committee would have i'm
,nenEc weight with the body of The party, aud
its uttcrauccs were looked for with uuccn
ccalcd anxiety. The part that they were tc
take condemnation Of the policy pursued III q
similar emergency By Gen. Jackson and The
puriot;c men who stood by his side III 1S;;sa,
leaked ont Of tlc committee room, and tleu
the anxiety was to know how far tho once
boosted Union party would prove itself will.
Ing to go In for encouraging disurion in otls-
ers.
SPEECH or HENRY s. FITCH, ESQ
While waiting, Henry s. Fitch Of Chicago
TOOK the stand, aud in Il speech Of great beauty
and power. enforced In guarded language, but
with Grvat warmth of sentiment, the necessity
for czhaustlng all means to maintain the Union
OF the Stats. Il WAS evident that hc is Il be,
lever in furce, rs applied to Southern scces
sionlsts, Is well as to John Brown marauder<.
&c WAS followed By Holmes, once Of the St.
Louis EtpuJEicdn, who soon exhausted himself
and sat down.
TIE RESOLUTIONS
Tic Committee now coming in, tic rcsoiu-
tio'ss were read. They arc Tlct wills expected
Il reflex Of The opinions cf the Chicago Times.
amounting 10 this: Secession is bad, but the
enforcement Of the laws is worse; VIC will
compromise on the Crit:cLlcn amendment,
the Douglas resolutions, or the border State
proposition. VIZ, the Democrats Of Illinois,
who aided in destroying the Missouri Compro-
mise, and who hare made dcni-sod Of the
instrument in that atrocious job, will accept a
bad Imitation oitbat compromise; but for the
integrity Of The Union, the maintenance Of
the Constitution, and the supremacy Of the
laws, VIC wi:l:not fight.
LICK RICHARDSON SPEARS.
These announcements were followed ly 4
speech by Dicl Richardson, who enforced
them With Il Il: want Of logic and absence OF
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1 NATIONAL. CONVENTION RECOMMENDED.
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"mse "1te' the speaking is still going on
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men arc yet TO ee heard, some of whom, Tor
TIC honor OF lie state, ousht to "tfcr"ne bold
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larsc aceess'oa7 10 1ne hepuoaeah RANKS.
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