Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-08-27
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Last Appearance of Senator Douglas
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HIS RECEPTION AT CHICAGO
THE wotDs Or TRUE pAraf0T.

BJy RECEPTION AT CHTCAGO'
So
THE WORDS OF TRUE PATHf0T,
IRON ''s .n'one'e' June ena i"i'
senator Douglas reached chicago on the
lst Of May. He was received at the depot, 4
conducted 10 the National Hall. where an
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ring soon after that event As matter of
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statesman tnss ril rass into nistory' ana
prove far more enduring than monuments
of iron, or stone, or ma, BE, We reBroduce
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Inis last speech OF pe iamenteu statesman
will be read and admired by patriots when
this generation shall have nassed avav. even
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alongside the most important utterances OF
American statesmen. 1t deserves to be
printed In letters of gold. Let Il be an.
er.ved uno.. tbe t.hIe oeavs-v n.,-;o, ho.r,
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Mr.. DOUGLAS SPEECH.
MR. CHxyRMAN:--I thank YOU for the
kind terms in whichlyou have been pleased
to welcome me. | thank the committee and
citizens of Chicago for this grand and i'm.
posing reception. Ibeg YOU to believe that
l will not do you nor myself the injustice to
homage to myself / rcioice to know thst
il expresses your devotion to the Coustitu.
ton, the Union and the Aag Of our country.
tCheers. NJ -
I will not conceal qualification at the un!s
controyertible test this vast audi ence pre :.
sents-that whatever political differences or
party questions NAV have diyided,us. yet,vou
al had conviction that when the country
should be in danger, my LOYALTY could be re-.
lied on, That the present danger is itpmi.
nent, no man can conceal. II war must
come--if the bayonet must be used to main.
tain the constitutional can say before God
my conscience is clear. I have struggled
long for peaceful solution Of the difiulty.
1 have not only rendered those States what
was theirs of right, but have gone to the
yery extreme Of mapnanimitv. y 4
The return we receive il war. armies
marched upon our Capital. obstructidus and,
dangers to our NAVIGATION, letters Of maruue
to invite pirates to prey upoti cur commerce.
a concerted. movement 10 blot ont the Uni
ted States Of America fiom the mar Of the
globe. The question Il. Are We 10 main.
tain the country Of our fathers. or allow IL
70 be strickou down .by those who. when
they can no longer govern. threaten to de.
stros? 80 I'7-'-D'", -.
hat course, what excuse do disuniou-
ists give Us for breaking up the best Gov.
srnment on which the sun Of heaven ever
shed It's rays? They are dissatisfied with
the result of Presidential election. Did
they never get beaten before? Are We. 10
resort TO the sword when we get deissted At
the the ballot box? | understand it that the
yoice of the ueople expressed in the mode
appointed by the Constitution must com.
mand the obedience of every citizen. They
assume, on the election of a particular can.
ddate, that rights are not safe id the Union.
What evidence do they present of this,
defy any man to show any act on which il
is based, What act has been omitted to be
donep appeal to these assembled thous-
ands that 90 far p the constitutional rights
OF the Souther? States, Will say the CON
stltutional rights Of shareholders are con.
cerned, n0thlng has been done and nothing
omitted Of which they eau complain. hr.i
Thsre has sneysrlbeenss time, from the
day that washington wss lnaugurated first
President Of these United States, when the
rights ofthe Southern States stood frmer
Under the laws OF the land, than they DC
now, .nsrs never M wa u%s d wnsn tney nao
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Ifths, saw the Territorial ouestiou-nov u,.
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The The present secession movement is the re
sult 81 an snosnous conspiracy Hrmod nsost