, 1864-05-10

"hen the heart OF the people Is thoroughly aroused
:" the necessity Of action. II was p1sirly percep.
e'c IN The earnest faces Of the Thousands A*senn-
se4 that they were fully alive 10 the importance Of
the work, and that many them atleast were Will
ing TO do their ahare. There Was no distinction Of
lHEss except that she u1tra CoppeIheaas wsse 3d.
+cEt.. The prpprie,or= of the polopsteomotsm1
had generously surrendered their c'a'm 10 the ball
Tor the evening.
Tie aepect OF the hall Wus decidedly lively; it
betokened work All sronnd the front and sIees'
ne1t the entrance were placed tables with muster
rolls, and ecribes in Uniform ready 10 take down
the names Of volunteers. The platform wae oc:u-
pied BY teverz, zatlitas. and naval gentlemen.
nctubcrs OF the Board OF Tesdc and Ut 1er rron1.
neut citizens. The Light Guard Baud furnished
the mugic-
The meeting ~as called 10 order at quarter be.
fore eight O'Clock by Colonel John l. Hancock,
who briefly slated the object Of The meeting. The
s:atc Of uhnote hsd been ca1led on, and the 3adl-
cattons were that If tits call were prompt, re-.
Eponded 10 It wauld he the last, as releasing our
l9ase veteran soldiers to go forward to victory.
lie introduced As1or General Hurlbut.
A,'DnESs or GEN, HunLnUr
The General took occasion on the part OF the
whole army to render thanks to thai honorable
bic gody Of men. Be felt psoud that he beoased
70 Illinois. Well he remembered bow every bat
hened bad been troddcn bE her Victorious 1es esions
who had thus established our tiie to the sol, even @
il disputed before These results are due Ia part
10 The patriotic action OF the Governor and Ada.
ant u Tsg but ne ss s,t t. s n9e
bly before; It vac ready TO do It now. Tho CUES
ion Was whether this great metropolis Of the State
vas willing now to turn aside for . short time TO
do fte ehsTe in the work-it would. He spaEe
to them IN behan Of those who had gone ont A.
ready: they wera the osa!est Of the brave; it was
~ brave q! ac: to ose Gsllantly % to win Gallant
lei Mnlligan who hid been tless gallant because
oFerwheltatd By, superior numbers. Tho city OF
ao xss ed nssabs
and tdusatiop: el the means and appliances Of do
result Q: the Of that lorIons Constitution
nut be severed: be vino would ftsb the life Of the
nation Fas btacE traitor. he conspired to stab the
elimination Of all TIE struggles for liberty which
that the life Of any one man was buta feather when
weighed ssalnet It's importance. In this etzugg'e
ana It, 5esps e.ey an woman and sad has
that be now appealed to them who, although they
had bad large drafts made upon them, and had
sons 10 ni The pisces Of tie Veterans relcasina
idrtcr South, til' II should aexnowiedsa it. swsy.
them 60 down to Dixie and SIC there the relentless
cGnsefiptlol taking all, sparsns none, being hunt
ed down by blooahounds. Yet there were people
here who still assumed to believe that those ends
arc gentlemen. Let thoae ero,kers so there aud
they would be hung on the nearest tres. twas to
educate those Southern whites into the knowledge
not tlat thie wns The primary aim, but one Q! tne
results Of the war, They wets IN Egyptian da,k-
ICES, and If It could not be brought home tn any
| lets. TIE question was not thetepesker's; 1t w4s
theirs. They Must now decide what they would
do to help the nation In t1s agony. he was Gad to
$nA &1 t1n$E
but he! i'd oas done @ ihe duis ~ cd dna a!t do
more. The men now wanted must be sent; those
who had money must Eiye it, snd II vas bnt right
proper. honest, charitable and kind for thoss who
had money to say to the volunteer that neither
| wife Dor family should suffer, Then those who
had no money could 20 saassasci7es eecnrc in the
| provided fol-. The duty 1eansed OF volunteers IN
! der the present call was only to occupE. He be-
lieved that within the next twenty days the armies
were many men weo had stnncd away ali hope Of
pardon, and woIld d,sperse themselves enerilla
tarhion, stealing here and !hete. sc Wa glad to
E,oTe yet made, and he kncw that it would be a
struggle Tor endurance. IN which Grant was just
tns to xi ne bad u.s he h. Sss 81
| j. was the nss, step that cost The misguided
brethren were Eeod at aaah. but they Ind no idea
e. nst 'ns RoGna sIs 1ial Ssa
n:anded the armies Of the fotomsc or of the West
they were MI the armies Of our country. When
|.
parts Of Richmond as planted # --soon win be,
auiverea. ehous Of jog wi 60 up from the East md
H'est alike. that the armies Of the Union have
shemsn Was DONG m ereat % Eorf On % ,hs
II the rebele did not run away from him. All thal
WIS lett them to do waB to take into consideration
Se e seR 1a s,asa 1sspn. n
vindicete the integrity Of the dag and blot out
.rcseon frou every anch Of the soil e7ea though it
Of destruction Ii was part ol BIZ belief thst he
milton wae destined 70 60 on conquesing
ard to conquer. and tha. this struggle was aothlnG
Of which the nature would rise freer and parer,
nerer more to be sullied By the blot OF slavery.
Tie old men can remember without effort the In
ceEtion Of this struggle, and the sowing Of the
secds Of this terrific etruscle BY the blinking at
wrong, But DOW this is passed, Cotton IL on'y
@ e IN as hs9ss o. ans peisg sn
sSaa sisa se p m B q
p
very Is dead at the root; The elaves all know that
the day q their bondage Is over; You cannot per
he de' int S sscaass
they have violated The constitution under which
they were formed, and their law makers
last ali as be believed, md ios shss
b ssss HES s% as5o t. s AZ
Iorec Of 2o.oG0 men fnlly able to repel inTasion
florn abroad q 10 repreas insnrrectien Il hone, II
II. ThtIe would yei be work to do ID this iast f.
ewct. They talked about ontraees on peAceable
| me,.. u s1:::.sns. Why, when man has been
iEar country il a. deaf to lin as shat oi d. aei.
AL that WIS necessary for those Ttpers to do vas
!o t;hifper when they Wan;ed IL r:..te treason.
der 10 rs.ie lis mother. or 10 speak III of tbat
coL::t1y who is a mother to us all. The veterans
nor. ii the field aek TO be relicyea from ear7ison
the.s duty, they might safely leave the fts 1t tie
conlty IN the hands Of Providence and of that
nae whom Congress had Paced at tile head ct the
aIn;ss Doing their daty, they and 1he1r children
meea they hsd done what they conld to contrib
ute 10 the augustrrsuI achieved.
ADDRESS or GENERAL WHITE.
C.,onel Hancock then introduced to tho audience
ouss greeted. &c said he had 10 lesSe the cisJ At
haltpast nine o'clock and could therefore DO litte
ed e &c Sef TEX ssss e1ess 81 Is
iorasd militia. Indians aud oSio had been sbie .
thai we ehnnld do our aha1o; should it he done
Yes: He was proud to say TINT Chicago had never
yet :siled to re pond when ca,led on: Look back
Etrrcgle which has gone on egAtnst npptesafont
See how every nation has had its struggle. and
conld We hope to he excusedt It was not to be
their etaze, and VIC must give where we do not go
We r,ust make long pull, strong pull and
1' J., all oa aoGe16si and ,n,;ass tas ;iete,y
Of Ameica Ind been often tall ed Of: he believed
It VI. la JON. The manifest destiny OF q. s.
Grs, was Richmond. The manifest destiny Of
JET. Davis wRs q sonr-a1p1e tree. [Good, RI coI
Tie work Of these voluatscrs will be to occupy
tho POINTS as last as theI vii be conquered: to
take csrt @ of The rear The pfops:tton Of Indiana
xeu:d soon be fnll. He hoped that everybody
there would contribute something to the t1art, Il
they could not 60
ADDREss OF COLONEL NUIL1aAN.
Col Hancock then announced that Coy Yates
could not be present, and TINT Gen. Ransom was
unable 10 attend On account OF Illness he vould.
however; introdacc to them d nan who they al
hgan iEn.hustsstic cheerinr which did no. not sub sub
eide for aoue miuutee.] Col. Mulli.:an sid:
The past OF Illinois II secure and triumphant. To
satis:actory- On every battle field from Csiro to
New o1cans shc has Ffndtcated her lore and hdel-
tty te ihe Union i Is Tllh thls past and the be
determine whether the future shall be aa glo- !
n 5lous az the past has been satisfactory.
bIoeay % alsunent w'e % xe 1aa Stand o heTs hestsua M
about Offering ourselves in the seT1ce ot our conn
". While we are heFe they arc writing in ble9d
se Ss Rspns s
stauCs the chosen son Of Ilnois-Grant. (Tre- |
shs So oeeupe % he poats
hIs rood sword hss won. The Question Is ! plain
one. whether ypu win comc and OWL tln he plants
Of treason At Richmond. VIII Jon form this hun
d1ed dsy column and let Grant move upon the eue-
my'e works at once? He makes thar appeal to |
you ~7...hout distinction of nationality.
country let rs lsy these aside. II you are !
Repubiicans, remember that upon your
party viii rest greatly the honor Of d1ahonor Of the
tssue. II you afe Democrats, ss ! an, remember |
hin whom in life we followed and whom in death !
re t4erished-D Douglas. the Little Qtant"-who,
when our party wAs defeated, wheeled # into mag.
ntdcspt lincs In support Of the Constitution and [
The Union, II you have chiettain m tbs army
whom you think has not been rightly tsested. or