, 1862-03-13
Secession Organization in Chicago
DIR, Davis ON Southern Institutions.

Secession Organization in Ch1ca@o--
Dr. Davis ON Southern Institutions.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
Tour readers may not be aware Of the fact
that NC have in our free city in this time OF our
county's peril, an organization for the pur-
pose Of aiding its enemies. Public meetings
are held every Tuesday evening at the rooms
Of society (eslGng i*self Democratic In
yincible club where lectures arc heard from
speakers willingto sacrifice themselves upon
the altar Of their country's foes. This ma-
chine has been running now forseveral weeks.
Judge Arlington was ono Of its first speakers,
but did not come mp to the expectations Of
the managers, as the Judge VA. not very &C.
we're on Northern Institutions, and sympathy
with Southern treason Was not made very
conspicuous. But the Committee were not
to be caugh in this way second time. Dr.
Davis vas invited and responded Of course, on
last Tuesday evening. TheEpeeeh Wis dis
eertation on tue superiority Of Southern over
Northern institutions On the advantages Of
slave labor over free labor; On the exalted po-
sition Of the slave In the South when COM
pared with that Of the working men Of the
North. The doctor seemed to have pecu-
liar antipathy against MI the churches, ezoept
one in the North, charging them with having
inculcated In the minds Of the people fllse
view Of slavery; ssid be could not 60 into a
| PRAYER meeting without hearing OF the wrong
| Of Slavery. Ifthere was apersoa present who
| discarded churches, and held prayer meanings
reach Of religious influence Of any lind, that
! person think went home satisfied.
| The doctor said he WIS no candidate for
| office, and did not want anybody's vote. This
| he might as well have not said, as any man
| sia or Egypt could not have been hired to
| make such speech. And while the doctoI
was giving vent to his pro.slavery views, l
blush to say it, he Was chcered and applauded
by some men who, on the street, claim to be
loyal And, not to do the doctor ln1ustlce,
this society, I will giFe from memory some q
his prominent sayings. He certainly oughi
to have great credit for his boldness. think
It would be hard to find another man who
would SO unb1ushinsly and neediessiy expoae
his Iatrea to our civil and religious Institutions
He declared that slsyery WIS not a traffic in tn
bodies aud souls Of men, women and eh1i
| dren. That slavery had never encroached q
the rights OF the North. That he Toult
rather be elase II the South than %o1Ssg ", Mag
man in the North! Ae ~ sheto do~n n On }e ssc s
cession style: said that Yankee capitaGs
was harder on his hands than slaEeholde
was On his slaves, and worked them NOR
hours. The Doctor Was yeT logical On n n "a
nnint. He claimed that worS1ng-men In u
. Forth were oppressed, 1nasmuch ae they conl
aS1 satsg gss cou19 get PSF Ii6r their work ever
: day. (What pays} r stated that % worAn
men North could; :nes:aS2lge their employer
5sRpo1t 1Ssens ths r. nj % N
, sI1nw he master to emancipate his slave Whe
: he il old. He seemed very much adecte
With his own ideas Of the charming peculiar
: lies Of slave plantation, and drew teati'
!, nfcture Of the affection Of mastefs and nal
: firesses for their dear slaves; saw them NO
S shIppiug at the ssrne family altar, having Il
= Gospel taught them BY the same min!ste
. fTom the same Bible; and he went
r. ssY that he once spent Wos
n Charleston, aud while there he saw
!. honest abolitioofst from the North who loo
= ed around the city to find something b
~ =. about slavery, but did not even see whip
:, auv tblpg crrel; but on the contrary, tou
= that the slaves were the happiest peFsons
- fhe city. This laudAtion Of that rattle sna
>. nfst Of TREASON ?" brought down the houst
- Thera Tas not one word from tho doctor
- = ri5icu1e and contempt for the ,Eastisutioaa
- Chicago and Illinois; but he WaA all in Il
IL With Cba13cston and the secession 8tatc
NJ south Carolina: think ik must b. the f
~ ing on his part that Chjeago and her pco
fn bsve nothing IN eomn5n1 With him, and
T. intention Of removing to. South Cafo
would have besx3< ed the doctor aa.o ~