, 1862-10-15
Chs TrituuE.
SPEECH OF JUDGE TRvMBJtl
TIE BALL OPENED LII MICHIGAN,
A MAGAZINE OF fAcT2,

A MAGAZINE OF FAcT&,
Judge Trumbuu W.. as.sunounced to address
the people Of Jackson, Michigan, On Last
1huTsdaJ. This people focked to hazr him
from great distance He spoke ~ follows,
aa reported verbatim for the Detroit Tri>une:
SPEECH or HON. LYMAN rKuMBr1L, OF ILL.,
NoIs.
FELLOW CITIZENS: In times Of great excite
MeLt, like the present, amid flle coGfitrt OF
4r1ns between thousands ard ten. Of tuoas-
aDus, al hurdTeds OF Thousands, striving for
Lite ard victory on the battlefield; when the
cars Of our whole county are opening for news
1rum the army OF tie Potomac aud thu army
Of the West, when fathers, mothers and sis
teTs are es9erly watching the arrival Of the
CATS to zee what Eou, or fa:her, or brother has
fallen, words have but little effect upon you.
You are not In the best frame OF mind to stop
calmly and coneider what ycur duty At toms
il. Yet j. Is Of the utmost importance that
We at lame sec to it that they suffer no detri-
melt tor wAu1 OF eur ut ending to the <ants
at he1nt- Know it is hard t, Interest you
when your minds arc running OF to the ba:-
tie field. While our armies are c0ptending to
1n.istan tie supremacy Of the government,
thsi is foe at home that Is trying to bring
tc ran.ht our victory.
FalnlIiar as it may be to you, it is still i'm
Eor'ant that We should look back into the his
tory OF the last two Year,. It has keeu . long
two years, IRON the sc7ree enacted; it seems
to Ee like forty yeus-it seems to me like na'f
q century since Abraham Lincoln was inaugu-
rated president l. is not yet two ye1rs since
We we're engoged In struggle in the Caited
S ates With E political adversary as to ~ho
slou!d have control Of The government. The
Issue Vas slavery, whether it should be eX-
tended all over or be confined to the states
where it txisted- By the b!.ssicg ct God ne
| triumphed-won victory in accordance with
| the :ortis OF tte constitution.
No st oner vAs the sesu1: ascerta1ned, and
the telegraph 9ave notice that, Abraham Ltn.
ccln was elected president, than those having
! control Of the government, eet to work TO d..
strcS-to betrAy. They were not satisfied with
The result, and determined not to eubmi.~
They E@d borne sway in the government fol
many years. At that time the Executive and
judiciary were in the bands Of the Dem ,crati:
| Iarty, so-called. Tia House If Representa-
| fires vas no. completely undc- their ,:aatro'
No parry had I majority Tue Executive. tht
Democrats bad The control ot; SO the Jul,
| ciary. Tie Republicans in The House N,
har'rg clear minority, did not h.ve toe Goa
| OIL
| HoHcll Cobb, then S acretary OF the U lite
Suites Treasury, nov general in the rebel
army, ,seht to work 10 tcstroy the credit U
:le E'-vtrs rent. ard We 60 successful tia
the tutds Il the government, which has com
| G:acdtd ~ ptr Cent premium ran doWu 10 >.
per cent He borro%cd 1uoney to curry ou
i.e government a: l.. per cent. interest, ani
foul j j. difficult to OBJ ain j. at that
Floyd, Secretary OF War, aud nov in ths
+. b+l army, went t. work systematically t
p'ac~ arms in the hands OF men xhu were plot
ring for the overthrow of the government
TIE army. 17.0c0 =1roug, WAS scattered to thi
The navy of the United States, under Tou
cey, Has in condition almost as disastrou
to the government as the army. Every yes
Gel, save the Brooklyn, was sent away on dis
fant service
In December, after the rebellion hid culnli
nated. be fTOucey) sent the last sloop Of VIA
on cruise Of two yea1s-the last one, excep
| TIE Brooklyn.
| Floyd not only transported all the arns t,
tie South, but Issued an order to tnnspor
cannon from Pittebarg to q fort at the moutl
Of the Mi-sissippi. The people Of Pittsbur!
demonstrated, and would not allox the qua
| to Eo- This led to an Inquiry, when it va
:sctrtai2ed that tie foundations of the Tor
we,c yet under water.
property in the South was se!zcd. The fori
wire possessed, the mint tsken, and revenu
vessels seized. A vessel Of the United St9tei
carrying supplies to garrison. was fired on
and turned bsck. Senotors from six State
withdrew, announcing that the governmeu
md Enn1a rss,st The enfar.:ymsnt e. r.. "a !, n
nj III. 1Tnftad states W;t1,in theIr stas
Dm,inv he same rinter renrnss,,t..;ve
from six or Eeven Southern States met 4
Montgomery, A1ahama, and Is 'a5lished rrt
nf rl,e limited stst,a
Ill THE ,rax dane, be it remembered. before Il
tos inaruwrated. '-'',~''
And yet there are those who BAY this is q
nnwers James Rachanan n1acea tbere +
! he nanocTatic n,rtr F.aTrs 1nen ~ nfs,
IN. Hemorrat Fyerv de,;.rtment of Il
government was nn,lcr f1amacrstic ru,e A.
. Set fbey saw that ali this VA brought abo1 M
he the Ren5h1icsp narsr W5at hsd It dom
X xss M in no1er IF Rnchanan 9;dn
conniye with The conspirafors. he saY the1
True. he hal tent n mrssape tn !onpress g.
Ing fhat eecession xas wrong and uncon lii
tional, hut be- saw no way to prevent it,
let them 90 on, as he did not want to offend t
traitors Who wtre stizinx the proosrts of Il
!, government.
On the 4th dav al March Abraham Linen
vas ;nuueurated. When some are disoos
to con plain that immediate and decided ste
we're not taken. they seetu tn forget the RI
ire to do With. The navy ward in Washir
: ton xas under the con,foi Of Buch.uan. d
> james, who since comm anded the rebel yest
,~ Neniuac The chief of police in the c.p1
Was tra'tor. Every department Wa dill
With traitors. The army vas scattered q
= the navy sent 10 far Of quarters. The pre
- dent knew not who to trnst- What would
do. He couldn't know the navy eomnsut
"a tra;tor. 1t touk some time 10 know y
l. liz position,
Shortly Afterwards. the rebn1s oncned III
O. O. pups on Fort Sumter. Then the presidrnt,
n pealed to the nation aud # responded Ct
1Tpes cnrvena6 In snec;al aesaian In Inly a
= Tot.d Ill the men and money that we're wa
N cd. He asked for 300, 600 men, and Congo
- voted SEQ 600, and raised al the mouey rec
ehFy- The people responded The wh
power Wss placed In the prcsideufs hands
II put doa the rebellion.
But at that time ne had mt pot over
u cojicy al the 1sst 1ays of R1chanan-
III III nothi1 to ofIend the rebels. At thet tne
xas theuvht ,hst Te EnnI1 lose thc M
IN States H decided neasnr.a we're adonf,41 7
ID Virpinis Convention wa in session +, Nav
Ric6mopd. and il vas clai,ned that nsin,
Of the members vere elected by. the III
nlen. II coercion were adoRted Il va ~.
- we would lose Vir1inia. Goyernnart 1isre1
to this talk fur months. ViryIuia and a..
StateS vent ont
! Amer the army vas raisad. and We had
= meas to crnsh out The rebellion tter. Was
20 fndisIn.it;on r. r,rosecn.e the Tsr i, a.-n,
Tfis csme fro1n ihe or1o .,t;n, ~ n..o -. =.
II BORDER Stsfes seconded hp soma IN ~ y +,
States. Thev tbcuoht thaf ~ rrs+ ,ue nn. ~ ),
1be ret,a,. .Gv cnE., ths1 - on,s,S ~, ~
. stt.cled - ,n;Tht Ss1s,'1 tvuso1..a Yep.
lie must not deetroT anv nronrrtv onr mi
~ was sdcfcnslye-hnildinrf for1s-and vs;tinr
attacks.
We pursued this po]icy thnoue1, th. fa,,
IL, 1861. and winter, until nearly spr;ng, vhen
q q the West. The army moved from Esjro
~ | Belmont Vbere A hard hatf1e vra fnrc