, 1863-09-06

n yireinIa, lost = hundred thousand dollars
ear II Slaves, and he {tho apcaker) .foueI J
,pon calculation that tho loss, pe1 cont, upon
um offour mil4 on the dollar 'tBuLyI" im-
le thought ron1a bo ito loss per cent il no
ueceeded In breaking, up tho Vnion. We I'LL
know now what that 1oas was; aud so did he,
With him, wero Infatuated. God had mado
ne mudness and tanattcIsm Of tho Southern
eadcra do mora 10 destroy slavery than anT-
hing else could have done for hundreds of
5ea7 TO come, Immense cheers. 10 DE-,
Glazed what he knew, and Ill knew, Inst, untn
ills rebellion broke out. no power on this
continent could have destroyed slaveEyi It
was 20 girt about NTH laws, and strengths OF
Ill sorts, that It was Impossible to get wedge
In anywhere to root 1t ont. Well, now the
And he sald, "Iet it dIei LIT It diol and
let those WIo mourn attend It's funeral l
(said the speaker shall not bo thcrel Fer
me, slavery and all its denominations may die.
and be d-d!" [sensstion,- md immense,
>09a as sn o2s anses s5a would coss
Ihe1e could be no such thing as neutrality,
according to International Ian, for any sub
ject, when the Stato he belongs to Ii IN rebel
lion That was the LAW Of nations. Every.
bedy in this country--man, woman and child;
Of against The Government. He repeated It,
there could be DO neutral posltion taken Ia |
civil war. The States Of Illinois, Wisconsin,
aud the rest Of them, were at mar to put |
down this rebellion, and every man and wo,,
couldn't get cut Of It. [At this point dele
cation from Macoupin county came in-si1ty !
car loads Of people. Five thousand three
hundred were also announced on one train
on the Chicago and Alton Incl
h' he lad statea icy eenaa Saoa'n ses that meo no
man In Illinois could sit In his house and say
that he had nothing to do with the ws1 They
were nll IN the came boat, aud must slnk OF
swim together. Immense chcers.l Tbs
whole entirety, from sea to sea, and whenever
man committed m overt act ngainst tho
Government, he WIS liable to be arrested as .
traitor, and deserved to bo arrested.
Is' Monld they NOT help to arrest him.
vefa Dn D u cG9RRs'hisa 9ERs taa1s a1eis0ssa
believed that no man in ali hlstory had borne
greater responsibility than Presidsnt Lincoln.
He was a Providentl1 man for the crisis, and
be Che speaker( believed in God and in Abra.
ham Lincoln. No man had ever conducted
such immense affairs, involving such mighty
consequences, with clearer intellect, md =
bIayer and nob1er heart, than our baloved
| President. Any one who doubted 1t could
look to the glorlsus results. They remem-
bezed what the country MAS " hen Ar. Lincoln
!
would show what It was now, 60 fir as terri
| tory WAS concerned, md for the rest, when
was the country morn prospcrous2
Mr.. Doontt1r concluded bis speech With
fine peroration, which we could not report
on account Of the crush.
spEEc1T OF GOVERNOR YATES.
Governor Yates regretted that he had not
| phyIica1 strength to be heard By the vast con-
course before him. lie would not have said
enc word after SO much had been said, and 80
tie proud position which be did, % Governor
Of the State, he could not be silent on the
I subject Of the present condition Of the coun-
try, which this vast meeting WAS assembled
to discuss. BE Fas glad to be able to tell
them, that Of gil tho States In the Union, ull-
a,aft. And how he asked. Why, when tho
Government first Of all called for volunteers,
the brave young. men Of tho State
came forward by thousands, and
thus prevented tho Executive from from hay.
II si@ nPof as s s pssa
sf the brave boys, who had fought under he1
banners, and never On any occasion, had
turned their backs upon the enemy. I'm
mcuse cheers.] Whenever history shall write
nccount Of Illinois and her regiments. lin.
mense cheering: He Was glad to meet Will
Ter, because they could. see for themselves
the state; Of popular feeling in Illinois
fore item. [cbeers,l To was . plain man
with not much ornamente about him, aud ht
could tell them that he WAS for the Unlon
and the ConAtltutionl but 10 help him God
1t was not for tie Constitution Of JEFF. Dlvi
he was forl Tremendous cheering, over aus
over sgain.l He was for the Constitution o
The United States and for furnishing ever.
1A4cal who dared to raise his hand against Ii
That's It, D!ckl Bully for you'll and cheers.
Some people, he said, spoke against Mr.. Lin
coin. Voices everywhere-" We don't! We
esnt! r, We don't want a, anybody b slssr'l Wel' l
ing as he then felt, he should not now supper
him. He thought he had made many mla
takes, bnt that on the whole be had don
! well. [Yes !; That's so.] Mr, Lincoln wa
. President for tho next tTo years, and nc
wv W S must maEs t6o best o Of i. continue N nc
The Governor. "a yoice-we'll have him fo
:. another four; years i He had done his dut
| nobly, and with great ability, and 1t was on
!, duty to support him and his Administration
e Tnoss 20 s Sso I'D did not % i aa
t traitors. The country WAL worth saving, IN
1 worth fighting foE, and when he looked ubroa
: oycr its beautiful states. and eaw how happ
8 md prosperous the people we're, he felt yer
The curse Of the living God WAS AGAIN.
slavery, which had caused the rebellion, an
!. 1t must die out. Loud cheers] He, then
/ fore, was for the Proclamation, rs well as Il
G the Unioni and the Constitution. lLou
j. cheers Hewas not there as partisan. H
: would help him to put down the war, u
i matter whether he wns Democrat or
' Republican, [Cheersl It wns good Cover
i mtnt, this Of the United States. Never vi
: better. It was the friend Of man, Us well :
o ef Americans. Who ever heard Of q wzon
| hr ff1n Ami rjn nr,hf .
: The only persons OF whom he WIS afraI
J, werethoEe who 20 about the country to prop,
Q I gate Copperhead notions against 1t. Ho NJ
Q rot afrald H England nor Francs, nor Of 70
b eign interEention OF any Eort-ae was onl
!. afraid, as be aald, Of those mleernble sma
!, politicians who 60 about In disgnise, Wit
q dark lanterns in Their h4nds, to ios,Igate Il
4 young men to raIEe their arms against' tn
It grand Government, and as God was his tuda
it these men had no mercy 70 expect from b
8 5ithonor upon the glorious and uuconquere
q flag Of the State which had been borne on
n many battle fields, torn BY 80 many bullet
Ia but never, never, In one single Instance, hs
70 been disho1ored. When ho thought Of Il
# priceless blessings which the Republic b.
d zens-Which had given home and liberty
b 30 many millions Of human beinEs-undcrt Il
If wise and .just proyIsiona and securiues
Ia Whcfe laws commerce, and agriculture ar
t. manufactures had thsiSel 50 abundantly th
D. the name Of America was second to mono
Ia the world, and had become the watchwol
D and the ra11ying CRY Of freedom for the dow
10 trodden and the oppressed nationalities
It Europe-rhen he remembered In how short
.s period, historically speaking, al I'll. b:
4. for humanity, what Titanic hopes, sure Al
10 certain TO be realized, wcre involved in Il
re future Of this great and sublime Republic, b
,e whole heart was bowed within him al
ID broken, until words were ali too feeble to e
ID press either his emotions Of sorrow, or
Of passion Of hatred and abhorrcnce for the WI
10 fouly cruel and malicious traitors who b,
i; brought upon us the terror aud deYastati.
t. Of this pltiltss war. Immense aud prolong,
In cheeriDg.l He had told them that this COZ
sr try was worth fghtIcE foy,s DID they not
u feel It to be so? Tremendous cheers, t
" people rising ca n,d.3<, "nd waving their ha
4. and handkefchIefs.l ue kuew they felt 1t
q sssRy oI nt1.4 q hs Ss.na, DID ~ He knew Il
IN many Of them present h,d giyen!-thelrde:
ID brave boys to defend the Tag OF their cou
at Try, which WAS the nag Of universal freedol
8, Ae could not answer that question himse
b. but they could answer it-those noble lathe
he and mothers before him-they could ausw.
It. At that moment their he1rts were tollin4 I
If, luells Of unutterablo funeral sorrow oy
ey the wounded, the dying or tho Geld bodies
Il the heroes whom they gent from their fl
he eides to the blsody battle field to die [
,r. this moment there were many old and midd
he nged men and women who could cont
'e, Themselves no longer, but wept like lit
70 childrtnl The Governor continued: He 8
rs that they remembered the great sacrias
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