, 1862-09-08


More perfectly 1ban any other community
the progressive spirit OF the age.
Your city Is located where the two great
BY ographic basins miugle into one, glViag
you an equal access to botn: Nature h.d us
water course from Lake Michigan through the
Illinois River to the Mississippi, and men still
living have passed through this natural cnan-
mel by water, from this point to 81. Louis.
Why should not this great natural water conn-
mnpica1ion be SO enlarged and improved as to
be enbseryient not only to commerce but en-
plo5ed also aB military advantage, when 1t is
desirable to put our feet Of iron ciads from
the Mississippi to the Lakes. And Wnen here
otter this work shall have been completed,
ard the magnificent results that are to attend
itf development shall have beeu recognized
anG admitted, it will awaken The phllosophic
enquiry wig advantages that we're 30 easily to
be cured, We're so lung and persiatsntly de-
laytd? The answer may have b5en inferred,
that object Il at are al way pressing and lmme-
dia1e 11lnmph invariably over these 1nat are
distant ard r=mote. and in the active pressure
Of inmcCia:E eyCntE, We are SO much absor 1ed
81 occupied as to be incapable OF stre'oh ng
our limittd vision to views more distant,
though We could at once have become aware
Of the bent fclal results th It wo1l! follow.
Infamous as is this wicked rebel
lion, it has achieved one great re-
suit, by committing the policy Of the
go&stnment to 1tat great and patriotic en-
tetf1ike OF uniting the PA:l6e ard AtIAa'ic by
the construction of the Pacific Railroad.
This Single agency shall teId ulore to III axe
us homogeneous people Than all other leSis-
latioD that is upun tue statute book. The
bebt1ice1t results from its construction sh Ill
cent?: ue to flow 1oug after this rebellion has
terninated; openspg not only to your own
d0crs the nIightJ regions tnroug b which il is
tu traverse, butt shall also be4r to Us acTo:s
the breast OF ibis great continent, that mighty
oriental trade OF China and Japan, which has
hitherto enriched every nation which has en-
juytd any portion of it.
We hayt within our limits agricultural and
mintrsl RESOURCES, By Which We may, if prop
ely developed, emerge from this struggle in
E1gcrated for the future. It will perhaps
strike you with surprise that Chicago is the
only Commercial town in the 1uutiy which
fer the last twelve-months ha, hsl the hal
arce Of trade in its favor, and against New
Yotk- It Was the $50, ,000 GOO surplus product
Of the Northwest, witch poured into N.w
ful last autumn, SIX months after the REBEL
ion began, which formed the basis OF our ey-
pcr's, and the balance Of trade with foreign
@ un11its IN our favor, 60 that sterling s.'ld ut
10f and 108, or 2G3 per cent. below the gold
standard.
The question next to the suppression OF
the reht jllon, and Infinitely blended with its
successful prosecution, is how we can build n
our national intert SITS to such gigantic pro.
roTtiorR-aa az to make up the deficiency of the
$200, ,000, 600 Of cotton, sugar and tobacc1
hitherto supplied by the South /? Aud that
brings US to the direct question, "Snau cot
ton or corn be king?'
Cannot the Northwest, even withits present
polu lul,tion, furnish toub!e it's present supply
ii 1he facililts only existed for tr4nsp rt.ng it
| to market? Has she not $300, 600 900 wor:h d
| wheat, corn, cattle, wool, butter aod lard 10
! spare? Your citizens tell me so.
| After November, When the Straits of u acki.
| mac are closed, you lose the natural outlet bg
wafs r.. and E0cn 9EhaUEf r.,iTro4d F.ei11.in:
! ulirois is the centre of the food region, with
| less than one-half Of it's land uuder cnltiya,
| ton, produces ten times aB much as it con
/ SUMS, ard this proportion be1ween demand
snd snpnly will doubtless continue uutil het
| 35 CG0, COO acres are Cultivated by population
| Of not less than 10000 600 Of people.
What is true Of illinois is equally true Of hel
| contiguous sister S:at<s s, and, indeed, Of thai
| magnificent valley watered by the father ol
| rivers, and capable Of supplying food not onlJ
for cur own poi.ul 4tlon, butte MAKE good anJ
| defcit likely to happen in the crops Of the OLD
| world.
| When we come to consider the enormou:
consumption Of Whea'en bread throughout
Europe, and the limited production there
| p hieh is yearly becoming less in ratio to pop
u1a'iop. it is plain that a:y amount that N j
| be tOrwSrd, from the United ates will moi
tend to react iDjurionsly upon prices here.
o. the present prtula, ion of Europe, whict
il 2s0, ,GCU,lo ab. ut l5C 000 COO are consumer
OF wheat exclusively, using annually upwards
OF lCu,ttO,tEO Of Quarters, or probably a
much as l,0G0. .0c0. 900 Of bushels.
This MSS Of people may be considered tx
ence or SUPPLY of food, tince there is 40 in
| Efance within the memory Of ma1 of anT large
accumulation Of wheat for want Of buyers o.
I COLT uners.
G,ntlcmer, your city has ell the attributes
| Of 8 metropolis; and while other cpmnuui
| fifE haze In fh+1 ha ,f
civil strife, even war itself has contributed t,
/ yCur supremacy.
This fact is owing to that element Of powe
Which you REPRESENT. Hear it! recognize it
| believe it
Throughout all the earth sscorn is king
ard lis chosen throne is ut Chicago
| Gentlemen, your present pTe-e1ninence cal
onlJ be 1uaintained by the supremacy Of tn
constitution and the success Of our arms. Le
US therefore lmpiore the government to pu
forth It's overwhelming strength and foreve
The productive labor Of the South ehoul
not be permitted to pesccu1ly pursue its OF
binary ayocatloDs and supply with subsistence
the traitors who are noH thunderlng at tn
gates Of The caplts1.
From ihe bloody fields of Manassas aud Sh
loh-fJo ON the countless graves in the marshe
OF the ChlckahominY, and on tue banks OF tn
James, ns we'll as from every cab1n 1hrougt
ont this great Northwest, from whose hresid
some noble youth has departed never more t
return-come5 one uDbToke1 VOICE from til
i1l1 and the dead, demapding Ut the govern
mehI to use every agency known to civ1llz-
Wa1fare, to make tnia cum est b1i-f and foreve
conclusive, aud That atI VINO aid TO fight i
battles al d save the Union, shall heucefort
). erjoy its freedom aud pro'ection.
| Gsntltnen, at the great loyal mass meetin
Of the citizens OF New York, had the hout
of proposing tue resolutions which I sh;s
now submit to you. They received the unao
nous sanction ot the 50,000 loyal men thel
assembled. I how submit tlem to you. Gel
Wsleridge then read the 1oilo@ing resol
,. tions:
RESOLUTIONS.
Reso'red, That the Uriou and strength OF th
, | great American constitutional government Z
gun abtsed by the honoEenc,iy o. our people the
love OF liberty, their carly rcrosutlunary hi-tot
, aid We coLscientluns1y believe the imnutab
law OF God as expressed In nature, makes Il
territory assigned to the American people on tt
| coIttta 1t but tue 1atlon,
: Hesotred, That the territorial limits Of t
Ull1tu stat es, AZ th. existed when this infa no
\ rebellion began. d the constitution which gu,
L antees their existence should forever remain or
! Etsotfsd, Tha1 1hr division OF the former q
: | tt e tyei1b1tw Of the latter would coust1tuIs
G | damDirg crime to all eternity.
: | Rtsnrt1. That as tht: hlUOd Of our slaughter
cilztn ST lder5 fallen in uefense OF conetltnLlnr
hbel1y, cries to Heaven for rearess, deela
that to suppress this rebellion and save tue na j,
every agenty employ cd by The lebe3s them el,
e to make the war effective, conclusive and Of shs
n | duya1ft,n.
). Restlred, That eince integrity by public serva1
in the iecha,g ge Of official al,y i. the only guar;
tee i.r 6. % EuyernuleHt We Gail upon Congress
6 Ee iht authority, and the government tU exerc
s 1t. OF hanging uptn glhbet. higher than Han
y hrne, every official IN any department + The p'
q lc cseiTzce; who attempts 81 this junc,ure Of
y public aftairs to fatten up 4 The ntsfoetsuues
~ Fury, employing his public p,eiLlon 10 auval
private ptcnniary objects, or VINO shall lie f3u
p gully OF imp si1g np.n our brave soldiers 6
pst+ arlce, e.ther in the fuod OR raj nenr pEov
l. for thin hy The government
ResW7td, THAI Ctrgress should provide
- cLt11lg the great liue Ut Interior ~a1er c I'M
H. bicatltu aloi our atlsntic cast capable Of p
80 lie our Ia.al fleet md our CONNER ci II mar
% IT, N The waters Of ths Ruaro1e and Cheap Il
IS tas to The taste,n terminus of Long Il aud,
i That the loyal states Through whica lhe WORK is
/. be sonti1ncted eh..ule at once opea the meau:
D. lLteihal communication. by which our ganbo
re cen pass fr. II the mississippi, ny the yarl
~ calais and lakes. until they reach the altar
- ttaGoa.d by he mOst cheap and expedi iOn5 70
49, that ecie1 slf1c and practical kEo 1l=dgs may
1r yt1op.
., R.:o'rfd. That Cur commercial marine, r
gt 1argtl. in advance Of any other nation. hould
be fnse, sid that 1t is the duty Of Congress- to
A. Woe tor lhis BY incorporating porlin Of
~ sugura1e Il new element Of national stscug. Il
IL 0clense, csmneDeura1e With our growing imp
to ante aR crest hadipg mat 'i:'me power
m heAtfta. Tbs: eteadsly pursuing the wise po
o. Of ns tathefa. We never NJ an tu Interfere In
1;':e.nai c.1hicts If foreign States. But here,
~ Leah tbis ou1srretched sly. in the pteseace ut
- mighty God, and u one anoth. r. we pledge
~ lives. our tor1nnes aud our e2c1 ed hunor, neve
Mt abandon this s,1ugg'e nh,le there remains
lt- tor in the laud aud that any arned intervent
10. by any fo1sfgn pnwer: IN our present aihict
-. cons1neIce It's triumphant march th,ough Eur
=. | Erprv naraprsnh and nften earh stptenn