, 1864-03-11


tr1otic src7 Of tho Stale Of Illinois, and agreed to
scct =. all volunteers. She had at that time aent
Fix tcn thousand troops 10 othe. States, becsnse
1ner Il ese ,a Fsfss
P1,uIau1-that Mrliisan, thAt Hecker, that White,
and FnrEewortl aud General Grant, and John A.
LoEtn, , sId John 1oSsn; and host Of other brave
me1is, and commenced to shout the a. Battle Ciy
Of Freedom" tC1leezs.1 BIT fcllow-citisens, VIC
eeS ,bst onTseyes with the cheering con
VII occupy proud 1S~ posst,oa anu III ra1e'fl I'll
alright pafo In tho history of this var. she h.s
answered evcsy cali Of The Government Ehe has eI-
OFT Of the drais every time. {Enth.slaetic ap:
}auBc. Sho has scui 10 The battlefield 1G5 011 Of
her brave snd gallant sons, four per eeut Of hcs
IN the 9cs. Unon every battieed @ ed Of % Iii was lex e1
troops IN tlst nght teTausdte5l- evefy battle
irem to VesSaI om sks6us &
NIlsoa's C1rsk; from WIton's Creek to Pea
Ridge: Cpon every battlefield Illinois soldiers
consolation; We t:!k q p,,rlo;isn and g,ory. he
man Nl.o leaves Ills wife and children to be absent
fer perhaps many xcar. when he leaves behind
e @ nS rs ana Pocs 70 r.
lrownIcc batteries Of tue enemy, and to crimson It
may be- the earth With the warm current Of his
eood 81 ioE ,hs sse e. bis country sed her Go
prona 10 tav that the volunteers IN this var have
Gecu ccEfEtd to 60 political pssty-oclthcr 10 the
b1t men hnye forgotten their party affiliations and
nssoeiat.ons-thcy haye as one man. shoulder 10
shoulder md :aud to hsEa ,ll 1sea . .o3nd oe ouE
upon tho same battle fields. When It was said to
me-coml.laiuts were made-that made !nE ap-
po.ntmenta, too many Of them, from the Demo-
from Whnt party d man came so that he brought .
wasn los3l heart and s'ronE; r1sons ATT IT, 10 @ INC
In the list four yeare VIC have lived fifty. Our Old
party Issues are tcad, forever extinct know no
ss h y Ws5 ne
with treason, the enemies OF our country. at the
r1ceclt time, that 1naa IL traitor and deserved
want te know ny opinion about Coppethcadf
l..Ies1" "IcsTtI Then have only 40 say, Of
al 1he creatures that God Almighty eyer 1nadc-tf
Ae ga make thcm-.he meaaest ia coppsrhsad.
srnpathizca With JeI. Davis instead ia. Lincoln:
the nahn who :ejciccs In the sucoess OF orr enc
tnies, who wishes oEr so.dics should rcturn ho:ne
IN disgrace and defeat. the man waois no: on the
sGe Of his country u this criss for that man there
IL no station on Garth low enough NO name black
enoneh and no rlacsi in l.sil Geep cnough ichee5sl
gaesti1n. Bc said lie had 1,ecn 10 The war and
ptss ehed the doctrine Of universal saivaltun hut
when lie saw thc cncruitits and barlaritics prac-
and saw the Mali.nity Of the CopperheAds,
he lad changed LIE religion in one particular. Hc
bad preached tl;at there was no heilt but be nov
tGrsat chet.lns They have .,eld ont m Invitation
to thr rebels 10 invade our mother country who
belIese5 1hat the in,as.oa Of Penasylrnnia BY Lee
ibc,rtc and well concoctcd plan Of Southern trai-
Tors and Northern <yEara,kszcrs, by which they
ehoa'd eeMs iIto he No1sh enS obtain aeeessions ion
their tanEcr wss traNcd il the dust; thank
God for tie eurth Of duly, for vicksbur; and Get
cur blayc and gallant Eastern men aszoss thr line
10 TitGinian soil ard thsnka that Morgan, after
haying invaded Indiana ;aad oaio, WAS permitted
ThsnI Cod that this disloy.l clement is bcconin.
al.sini9e euch lsrre md respectable majority
par: Of The State Of Illinois and spoke II ths peo
hs 'hs 'Nsa hane9 ea of % ssas 's sent % tds e
e s ~s sna IS ses " SReseni reoye RsF'?it t
surpassed by no Fa1t Of the State Of Illinois, ty no
people On The face Of the EARTH. .cheers.] Cop
q the sse Yon EnoE tn phst It It i. az Il
spring and summer the soil oi Illinois Is fertile.
Sop can eec the com grow When coppc5head
from the war 1t eh1Ees the copperheadism out Of
him, aud he becomes very respectable slavery
man w. foa s,es ean $ Sc ths uni9n feeling grow in h,
President mcsE1sc because he had the email pox,
and wonld advise my copperhead friends not to
3oS mRGn these ne sn q they oI
position occupy in the minds OF these respectable
:entlemen. ! owe .. 5se@ po tavora, thank Cod.
beear.e bes2e t1 lev as ght s
than traitors. md ney have no RIGHTS
which even = nisser Is bound to respect. They
eha,ge nc WITH being n iaTo equality
poor negro 60 much as to with that he may 60
down and down to reach that unfathomable depth
e ha' % Se oeenpa wSsa By a1ose; = = Pie M
1.-The audience here cheercd again aud again amid
cries o: that stripe from every part Of he house It
shey should not i" 1ai1 At my nv itsns: beeaase
been aroused against these creeping
IL: have denounced them isom The start, tex e1-
iheir easonahle peace resolutions; have get my
have cent their scoundrelly. corrupt leSlslaiors
howllng home tapp!ansel with .helr nine dollars
S oa9 5ns ansab sesb and a,nSs hsg
which their yenomoui heads Do coli and
tIev pra;se me-and thnt is seldom-l actually ieel
ter.] Wdcn hey denoance nc feel III: lam Tishs.
wish 10 address myself to one pertinent question
nrd that is. i our cause just : could for one
their homes and their frcsldes to batse i'll al un-
Just canse, u could feel amer al have sad in
lavor Of this waE, and Of organizing md raising
L
say Il could feel 1hat ! was sending ooo ei.,zle
individual OF tlese young men TO the battlefield.
there perhaps to dir: could feel that was in
then indeed this arm would ial poWeriess and pal
sled It my side II il question we should M s:Ewe
na ss s e o9 s hsse n M hay y as
justify ne In its prceecu:iont When look over
The hlool-staincd field. and see our Armies march,
when / sec lie lsyoneta 9lIstening, a1l over the
lnG, and lie shafts OF death falling thickiy; WHEN
see the tle:ts which before were waving with
stcd, and lie duikness of midnight Lit np with the
lnrid gjarr OF burning dwellings; when look
around upon NIL tie devastation and suffering which
has tnsueG. how Fad j. lie picture
How many hearts OF ncb1e fathers and mothers
beat with Ennttc1able soFTow over tho loss OF their
brave sons that they have GENT from their 1reades
u TIM, aro,her +, il he lie which binds tie heart
Of the father TO his cllild. Eut who shall estimate
the occan'Gcpth Of mothers love; and yet when
Of the telerapftc wire when VIC sec anxious groups
.ntic1inC around 10 hear the 1st read Of the dead
ard ths & Teunde upGn 1one di1tnnt battle sa
pale and bleeding in death.
Upon every battlefield In this war from Sumter
to Gettysburg, from Gcttysburg to Charleston. in
| many lone and seqaestsred spot upon the banks
olthe Tennessee, and the CambeTlnna, in the
| wildS Of AIkantns, in the s1amps Of Louisana re-
| poFe the homes Of our gallant dead They have
gone forth to 1l:ht the battles Of their country
thcy sleep the sleep OF death--alone no wife. no:
Children eo%foE h@j be 1e1a in 'hs &c glory Of h.s
his youth; ,Lat trtre hoy IL gone to that land
whe1e armlee never come, and from Whence the 7!
country. In the fFent Of hs foe amidst the roar o
cannon and tie roll OF banners and the rushing ol
armed legions, his spirit went from time to
Fellow citizeue-God Almighty put IT in the hearI
Of that brave boy to die for his country but in hin,
II conccniaiso INC hopes q lather and motncr ana
"1ie and cnitn1en and relal1fes ana f1enaa; any
as long hs patr4opei1, as lons AZ e1afit1de tna!