, 1864-12-20
NORTHWESTERN fREsoMEN'sFAlR.
Lecture by Theodore Tilteu, Esq.-The State
Of the Country" No etate Ont ei
The Union, No Slave In It."

kA0oA-4AAN-1 |
evening, by Theodore Tilton, Esq, tho accom-
plishcd edito, OF the New York Independent. who
delivered lecture on Tho State Of the Country.
Il vas m able, logical, convincing effort,
Metropolithn Hail was well 1]lcd, TIC body Of
the building and galleries being occupied In ev-
CRY part The band Of the Fifteenth Veteran Re.
played several tunes in their must STYLE
Tho platform was occupicd by prominent citizens,
@ecne as esed to order a. nc
saTcrfed to tie condition Of he country, past aad
sna sdsRy snd Il e
sbe rafe oi sisyely M and il M nov rePidiy9sias
brought about b the Eez means as aten H. ~ hanq n
million Of slayes had been lifted from the position
Of chattel. to that OF men. These people thus
freed required to he educated 1ntG iae ap 10
nrescn Feir had becn instituted the 0rst that had
becn held. Before introducing the speaker Of the
evening he would make the iollo"1ns announce
The Great Northwestern Freedmcn's. Fair will
open in Bryan Hall at 3 o'clock to-day tTuss.
a aHa pnns, IT T W ss seFsTd fses l. o.
today. In addition to the usual variety Of fancy
Invoice Of every hind OF holiday goods. which
viii be sold at a. low figure as can be Afforded
lie announced also TINT Rev. j. :. Z; abbott
eeIeb4ated discouIse On general Grant and de
Va" and that on Thursday evening he would
az sads f. sF tSs ' Il
The eloee Of each lecture appropriate taoleaux
would be presented.
Mr. Triton wae then introduced, and received
With applause. Heis young man, Of slight build,
but viii nervous power stamped In every linea-
ment Of his features. and flashing forth IN every
movement, The following IL an abstract Of his
Hc congratulated bis hearers upon tbeir ancient
and honorable city Of thirty years, ne had; had eeen
Chicago platform and thoec who had placed them
selyes thereon. AllhouSh he did not take the
' fake he VIC view Of good cheer. IKE he Vicar Of
Wakefield, be bad wonderful knack Of hoping.
War, in other countries was dcmoralizing with
and The nation stands upon higher plana today
The speaker then referred to the prevailing vice
Of drunkenness in the army, using the following
"a Msjor General once saia to him that neres
was there Drawer army than thot Of the Ameri.
hraycly lace any enemy lighting under the southern
flag, rccoiled and covered beneath that insldious
enemy that lies in the bottle. was once the
spssehh1sab &c ehsby9 not o Se u
them were drunk. One Of them was
is not your business to know. [lanshter.l Only
will sny thtB: that When next Western Stato
Tor whom two sidewalks are not vide enoagh:
| lChecrs.l For do you know 1t: The Ship Of
State is tossing upon stotmy sea, therefore
are on The helm. With this exception, eay,
which Is individual and not general, the moral
tone Of the community ie strong This advance is
Of T he public feeling. The Government cannot
be pure when the public morals are corrupt;
ment the eediment Of bosh. Now just look ut the
! spirit Of our Government Not many years ago
Paul Peyton, Of Tennessee, said that the city Of
| Warrington was so corrupt that the man In the
moon held Lis nose as he passed oyerit Now, as IN
Instance Of the spirit Of our Government. Newman
\ Hall said few weeks ago, in the Surrey Chapel,
that the progress OF freedom had kept pace with
| the progress Of the war. A generous statement
for Fin to mase n a. Enshma1 We san sfs
with fint and hesitating footsteps. IN the wake OF
onr armies; but now sbe is the leading power tho
dictator, with war &c her instrument"
| Constitution Of the Improvement In the Supreme
Courts OF the fact that the President Of the United
States, who sid he would y Gppostn;nity offered,
seying thai another, not he, must be the instrn-
mcut of .ha. return. l. not this progress he ask
ed. How VIC stood with foreign lands, for one, he
institutions were On trial. The trial Is ended and
\ they stand crowned with victory. No European
government, during peace, tg @ strong and stahle
| as the Government Of the United Suites In the
| time OF war. lie commended the action Of Secre-
tary Seward IN sending back the British gold sent
ef
scturn the St Abans raidcrs, let her taEe pen
and write one.
e @ L. ~
wss false doctrine and could not bat be offensive
Co1ceInipg adalre at home he said, he believed
| in fhc HtnTd4 nf r38rk4}U tk1hA Tnfnn # n a
the Gull Of Mexico tnch Of territory i ours,
haa once eaid ho would strip the shirt from lis
! back 10 sustain the government. We should not
ssk ~ readers Of the Chicago Times to make that
I don nIt a ab5g e
The seuntry to ps;s she expenses Of he war He
ese aoas II The e 10 sy
hy British GonisAsrate l PtisatSs he spoke q
dated. There was ono debt that conln - - ha Hs,d
1nd that WIS the debt due to those who haa 1one
down iliusuiously into death that the ceudi.ss
grNSx nG e taie IT, abolition
the Electoral College. abraham IL Lincoln vas
elected ;, popp!af majority Of 400 New
made an estimate aud found thai zoo votes had
been distributed among all the close States, Geo
B. Mcclellan would have been our next President
diehnm, and eaid that the cocrrive power OF oul
Constitution WIS based upon consent
BE s4w breakers ahead IN the doctrine OF State!
ancee upon the Government. The phrase g StaIt
Sovereignty" was a misnomer: the Conettudo1
len % yenre @ sso we lad lad 4, tio7a: cursency | "
thould not hare bad the present rebellion;
II Thomas Jefferson could Be- IN the old article
there not the came power in the harder ,p.oyiz
ions Of the CouetitutionF He believed TINT Ii
pestilent he1esy Of States Rights cEcpt into h
fhe couree Of time would FORGET the United States
I and remember the Republic. In reply to the ser
tiuent that ghoee who had been engaged Il
people ararre md are yet the best oi friends vhc
their qaasrela arc over. Even the 1ouraal Q
cos1nhTee, Tie bitterest and most violent of Il
II. u ineole,s ess and analas 20 's eaaisr, !
hs snow .: apEe e as s5 sss ess on5 =
falls upon weasel, the gentle animal boys to tn
5s f. bs end q liz NIL e sS
, upon the 1attlesnake-the reptile win bow to III
verdict The massge Of tas Sabine woman as3a r e
. | brought together in the marriage OF Liberty IN
I onion. (Applause.]
in Charleston aE III Chicago. His terms Of peac
: ! were, "No State ont Of the Onion, and no say
in it" His position could be best illustrated b
WSs1 e. II W. sf ssse ST. SHaf
then: DISCRIMINATION! de eaid II We emite th
| rebellion by crashing out slavery 1t would zoo
be ended. We cannot crush insurrection an
How TO end the var might, perhaps, be bcs
Ehown by an incident In the life Of Alexander tn
Great, who-{after the late Major General McClel
lanewas probably the greatest commander th
world ever eaw. &c went forth TO conquer il
foreign countries, and thncc was called back t
put down rebellion athome. Perplexed: he aske'
II there were no sword sharp enough to Gu
down The rebellion, was Taught BY an old man VIII
brought leopard skin, snd putting his foo: on
in several places on the edge, ulsucccssfnlly, 4
last put his foot In the middle, and it stared down
So must sc put down this war 80 that it will eta.
down. Strike It at Kichmord, snd It will Up q
sat aie Il sarsy vii Ins
.. down. Like the cI.itaph. it would say:
H. lie Il ispst ispe4a sf eSnf 81 e e 4ioa9 H,9?'
Ills wife resigned to Gods high will.
Continues tho same bu6incss s1ili" 80
What therefore Is the duty Of the hoqr-iti
bc ingrained into the organic Law Of the land. Th
President favors it. the people demand It. Delay
1rc dangerous: Write TO Your ConEressmen an
demand that Congress- shall not ALLOW the OF
r 1unihee when the people neglect chances. Jedel
ron wrote the draft Of free Constitution for tn
q State Of Virginia. but the Legislature whic
+ should have passed It neglected 70 mset and ".
oftlnvee. We must purge the land Of the VII
abomination Of Slavery BY Constitutional aunend
ment@ md 1t must be done now. he then sold n
PBps se fe Ths 81
; tinguished orator, wae riding in railroad cal
e when he was addressed by man Of euch ROTH,
e dlty that be eeened TO carry everything befoz
q object of iiie. no 5eaent tie negro" was u
doWn spa soaih to do it, T That III i sorth % tSfnts
: Of see white cEavat around yonr neck; pra,