, 1866-09-20

+. cpnli .Fritiay evening, September Il.
l.oeS Ir'ard- "Wednesday evening. Stp,su,bcs ss
Mol mouth. Monday evening, octobe. E
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CnLoNET. DICKEXsS SPEECH.
Nc publish this. morning the speech Of !
Colonel Dickey, y Coppc7hcad candidate
for Congressman At Large, delivered Of
Springfield in this State at tho E7cat
Democratic Peace Convention Of ts;;.
We .cYu' lsn also, one Of the resolutions
adopted by that Conycntion-thc lamous
resolution Of General Singleton against
the further ottsnsiy prosecution Of the
war. 1t will be seen that Dickey spoke as
q soldier who had retired from the service
Thich he could not my longer
consistently uphold, The war, according to
his spcec., l,uil ceased to be : war for the
preservation Of the Cuion, and had become
q war oppressive uptu those who had conf
menccd il. He did not say so, hut his speech
indicates that As soon as the war in its etltcts
bec,mc destructive to slavery t'Icn he quit I
the service II had become an unconstitu- |
tional war, and we suppose Colonel Dicker |
will not take 1t us offensive to suppose that !
he would not fight in au unconst- |
tutional var, or war for uncon- |
Etltutional purposes. We nsk careful !
reading Of the speech and Of tn:
resolutions. We ask also that .nc time Of
its drlivcry be noted. Cofurc. Dickey In tina. |
Epcech made himself l,carse IN dcuouncins
the abolition If slavery in tho District of
Co1uEbIa-and in dcuuuncirg Mr.. Lincoln 8
Proclamation Of Emancipation. These were
terrible acts against which Colonel Dickcy's
conscience revolted. Lincoln had laid his
band upon the eacred institution Of slavery,
ard plckcy could not reprcss his Indignation.
VIC wish tho readers Of this speech of
Dichcy's to remember its date. It was de-
livescd Gu tho 1stlt Of June, 1868. At that
time Grant and Logan were in the trenches
teforc Vicksburg fighting their way Inch by
inch to the rebel works. Brave and heroic
sons If Illinois were in every corps extend
ing around the CITY, Day a!tcr day 1lli-
noisans, sons, brothers and fathers Of the men
who are to vote this iall, were losing their
lives in gallant charges upon The encmy's
works, or prrishing from wounds and Illness
In the hospitals. Dck"y had abandoned
TINT army. He had left his regiment
and hundred thousand other lllinoisans
to fight with the enemy Of the
Union Tie hid len tho front, leaving the
torn day of tho regiment i'll the hands OF
men whose hearts were enlisted In their
: conntry's cause. Willie Grant and Logan
were dclving and fighting their way to the
walls oi yicksbur:, willie the hundred
thousand 1lIinci>ans were mourning
their filling breihrcn, while prfvatcs aud Of.
fccrs were urb"ldin& the tia2g, and each
of n],,,;no IL m the nncmy's
r,r1!s where .r,e nicler-f.,zou., D:rkrr
Ia ,ros ~ snr,nvf1e,a in co,,nonv With Dick
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enc ne'"' ana ~ .n's >Nl'.s' ~ DmNs,, "a
ca,u,'n S'.u ~ .nc s.ien ~: y. a., i'ls 'u"ss !,
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e.us. A'tnou 1Au ..s A.,.ss. 49, -. -
Po"oe1. ne sue" i"a1 70 "caheu tnc ~.
c1nment Nas 10 weaken tac army nc AneV
that 70 gr1ha tAe administration 10 po"ae
was to grind the army 10 po~des
nc Knew that a' thal slasc
the war, MS agahss tue rebels tn
army was the administration, and hc kne'
that his prayer that the Administration b
ground to powder, was prayer that Gran
and Logan anu tllelr comrades be ground l.
powder by the rebels.
Nor was the war alone raging at Wick:
burg, nor along that line where Dickcy's rcs
imcnt fought without It's commander. 4
that vcry time Lee was mastering his tzoot
along tie Upper Potomac; Hooker was fal
Ing back. and the war was about tA hc tran
fencd from Virginia to Pennsylvania and Obi
Did Dickey appeal to that mass Conve
tion to scnd on recruits to drive the rebel l
vader back! Did he tell them that Pcuns.
vanin was invaded, that fhilaoclp'lfa nj
New York were Threatened, anA appeal
them 10 arm Tor the rescue Of their conntr
McH! "at olo biches no: ne lolo III
mass convention tAat thelr hi:,ncst u
most sacfca du.y at thal 1nonlehl' WI
Grant was held before sicksb'lrg, al
HOOKER was rctEeatt's% bc!ofc Lee, ="
not to send recruits to their col
radcs, hnt to unite with Jc
Das's and Lee In grinding Ora
ana l'oeau' hooker ana Meaae and Lanco
u po"acf. i1e pfotcsteo aeaihst inc nsl
o1 Auotuc' snot, o"eIs"e.s' IL lhc Ieoe'
w. w. oinu1 anu t.os"a, uooAcl anu ,1ea'
aIo W So u t4es htea oneus''ely IL
fieAspafs. o7 81 Lee aasa"c!ns Column
then nc caA'ea upon luz country 10 cru
Lsheol', tae ADMINISTRATOR aem'es ano
nlo po"ocr' ..-.--.,,,
solcss u ILLINOIS, you VINO were soialt
oe'ofc s'chsoafE on Inc l'tn Of June ~
aea"t e 'nze i'sat en's ~ laan "no ie,' us r.
a'at. On snal aay was a. nome,
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tla.u's ~ a'A!s. ~ w" w" asNe your 'o'cs
eenu nl, ~ -1ou1e" 'onAso" 4.ve' y.
s'ess' Mnea W 1'aae u,a's Iu'.nsl :. :
pretcnsions OF all sucl. men to powder.
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