, 1863-09-07

cure under the fugitive slave law; but he |
maintaiped that no kind Of property was more p
idelt Lincoln's administration. Mr. Mason, |
of Virginia, complained that he and others, |
in Virginia, lost . hundred thousand dollars |
year IN slayes, and he 1.-THE speaker) found
npon calculation that the loss, per cent, upon
sum offour mill. on the dollar Bully ~ i'm
men6e chee1lngJ He asked Mr.. Mason what
he thought would be the loss per cent. II he |
succeeded In breaking up tie Union. We all |
know low what that loss was; and SO did he, |
to his cost! But he, and those who acted |
With him, were Infatuated. God had made
the adness and tanaticlsm Of the Southern |
leaders do more to destroy slavery than any
;hirg else could have done for hundreds of |
years to come t1mmenee cheers.1 He de- !
c2ared what he knew, and Ill knew, that, until
this rebellion broke out. no power on this
VAS 20 git about with laws. and strengths ct
all sorts, that itwas impossible to get awedge
In anywhere to root It ont. Well, now the
honr Of slavery had come! Slavery must die!
And he said, '"Let 1t diel Let It die! and
let those Who mourn attend Its funeral. 7
me, slavery and Ill Its denominations may die
and be 6-d!" I6ensation, and immense,
loud and continued cheering.1
One more. subject and he would close.
There could be no such thing as neutrality,
according to international Law, for any SUBJ
lion That was the law Of nations. Every
body in this country--man, woman and child,
white or black, Was at war, and was either for
or against the Government. He repeated it,
there could be no neutral pogition taken In
civil war. The States Of Illinois, Wisconsin,
down this rebellion, and every man and wo-
man, and child In them, we're also at war, and
couldn't get ont Of 1t. At this point dele
CATION from Macoupin county came in-s1xty
cur loads Of people. Five thousand three
en ennaSs Sa VIZ G so a9a aoa nns
From the legal proposition which
he had stated, they could see that no
man In Illinois could sit in his house and say
that he had nothing to do with the war. They
were al in the same boat, and must sink OF
swim together. Immense cheers.] The
whole entirety, from sea to sea, and whenever
man committed m overt act against the
Government, he was liable to be arrested as o
traitor, and deserved to be arrested.
W9Rld they not help to arrest hi92
A word as to the future. Ha
believed that no man In all history had borne
greater responsibility than President Lincoln.
He was Providential man for the crisis, aud
he (the speaker2 believed In God and In Abra.
such immense affairs, involving such mighty
consequences, with clearer Intellect, and a
braver and nobler heart, than on: beloved
President. ANY one who donbted it could
look to the glorious results; They remem-
bertd what the country was when Mr. Lincoln
would show what 1t was now, 30 Ear as terri
tory was concerned; and for the rest, when
Wls the country more prosperous?
Mr. Doouttle concluded lis speech with .
lne Feroration, which Nc could not report
| on account Of the crush.
SPEECH OF GOVERNOR YATES.
Governor Yates regretted that he Ind not
| ply efca1 strength to be heard by the yast con-
course before him. uc would not have said
| one word after SO much had been said, and SO
the proud position which he did, as Governor
| Of tie State, be could not be Silent On the
| subject Of the present condition Of the coun-
| try, which this vast meeting was assembled
| to dtscuss. He was glad to be able to tell
them, that Of all the States in the Union, ILL
nois had cheated the Government out Of o
uraft. And how ? he asked. Why, when the
Government first Of an called for volunteers,
the bfaye young, men Of the State
canc forward BY thousands, and
thus prevented the Executive from from lav-
i1g any farther claim upon them; Immense
| Of the brave boys, who had fought under her
| banners, and never on any occasion, had
turned their backs upon the enemy. Tim
mense cheers Whenever history shall write
the record Of this war, she will give good
account Of Illinois and her regiments. lin
his Old friends, Senators Doolittle and Chand
Ter, because they could see for themselves
the state ct popular feeling in Illinois,
through the vast mulutud who mere now be-
with not much ornaments about him, and he
could tell them that he was for the Union,
and the Constitution! but so help him God,
It was not for the Constitution Of JEFF. Davis
he WAS for! Tremendous cheering, over and
over again. He was for the Constitution Of
raecal who dared to raise his hand against it.
| That's 1t, Dick! Bully for you! and cheers I
Some people, he said, spoke against Mr.. Lin.
colD. Voices veryHhcre-" We don'tl WH
Mr. Lincoln vas not his candidate. and feel:
ipg as he then felt, he should not now support
him. He thought he had made many mis-
takes, but that on the whole he had done
| well. Yes! That's SOL AIr. Lincoln was
President for the re1t two years, and no:
We %We must make The best Of It, continnca
the Governor. ia voice-we'u have him fo1
another four years i He hal done his duty
nobly, and with great ability, and 1t was ou1
duty to support him and his Administration
now and right on to the end: That's 90! ane
traitors The country was worth saving, anG
worth fighting for, and Wheu be looked abroad
over its beautiful States, and saw how happy
ond pros porous the people we're, he felt TerJ
sor1owfM when he thought Of the rebellion
slavery, wv which bad caused caused the the reSell1o9' s ans
it must die out. Loud chsers.] He, there
fore, was for the Proclamation, as well as 70,
the Union and the Constitution. ILoud
cheera] HeNas not there as partisan. He
would gladly shake hands with any man who
matter whether be was a Democrat Or 3
Republican. [Cheers.1 It was good Govern
Ment, this Of the United States. Never wat
better. It was the friend Of man, as well n
Of Americans. Who ever heard Of wrone
The only persons Of whom he was afrali
were thoEe = ho 60 about the country to propa
gate Copperhend notions against 1t. He va
not afraid Of England nor France, nor Of for
eign Intervention OF my eort-he was onll
atfaid, as he eaid, of those miserable smaf
dark lanterns In their hands, to ias.ieate tn
young men to raise their arms against thi
grand Government, and as God was his judg'
1hese men had no mercy to expect from III!
hands. These were they who wanted to brinl
nag Of The State which had been borne on &
many battle fields, torn By 30 many bullets
hnt never, never, in one single instance. hal
been dlshonored. When he thought Of thl
priceless blessings which the Republic hal
shoWercd 80 profusely upon American citi
| zens-Whlch had given home and liberty tt
SO many millions Of human beIDgs-under tn
wise and inst provisions and securities 0
whose laws commerce, and agriculture ami
manufactures had tht1yed SO abundant1y TIM
the name Of America was second to none il
the world, and had become the watchwori
md the rallying cry Of freedom for the down
t1odden and the oppressed natioualities o
Europe-When he remembered In how short
| period, historically speaking, all this 1ai
been accomplished-nnd what vast interest
for humanity, Whist Titanic hopes, sure AM
certain to be realized, were involved in til,
future Of this great and sublime Republic, li
whole heart WINS bowed within him AM
broken, until words we're all too feeble to ex
press either his emotions Of sorrow, or hi
passion Of hatred and adherence for the wan
tonly cruel and malicious traitors who hat
brought upon Us the terror and devastation
Of this pitiless war. Immense and prolonged
cheering.] He Ind told them that this conn
Try was worth fighting for? DID they not al
feel i to be soF Tremendous cheers, til
people rising g n1asst, and waving their hat
; deeply as he did. He knew the,
would never abandon the Union to th
malice Of its enemies They had giyen--hoE
many Of them present had given ?-thefr dear
brave boys to defend the flag of their coun
try, which Was the aag Of universal freedom
Re could not answer that question himself
but Mey could answer it-those noble father
and mothers before hin-they could answer
At that moment their hearts were to1llug th
knc1ls Of unutterable funeral eorroW ore
! the wounded, the dying or the dead bodies O