Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-06
EG YrT-A sCRAroF HISTORY.

1
Ft \ TT \ StRApOF HISTORY
The follow lug brief sketch of his,
| tory We gather from speech deliX-
cred at Shaw oct 10th, by
Col. Clarke T.. Carr
Standing here foI the first time on
| the banks OF The Ohio, ia oiit- al the.
southern COMMITTEES OF Illinois. antunp
| "a people called Egyptians. | must
gay III the pfeseitct al this vast au
tianee, That 4 aia lIlinois.s1a sil,ls. . &
no part Of the State Of which / have
reason to he more proud Never has
the country called upon the heroic
men ot these border counties in ain
They were always first to respond
and +" here the tight was thickeSt and
th.' danger most Imminent, Egyptian
warriors fought aud fell. | aiu told
fhat some of these couutit Of South
ein Illinois furnished more men to
the Union army during the war, in
PROF ortion 10 population, than any
other counties ia ibe United States.
With your own gallant General
John A Logan. IL lead, no foe could
check, nor danger appal you. You
htd your iuil measure OF marching,
OF hghtln@, of starving in prison
dens, ot dying. You are fully rep
resented ia the nameless graves scat
tered along the great river, All the
way to the Gulf.
have had occasion in another
state 10 speak OF the integrity OF IL
lnois at a time of great financial en-
bafrassment, when ii was said that
she would repudiate Then with an
immense debt upon us, our produce
| was worthless and our banks falling
| To such an extent that il was estinla-
/ ted that there was not enough good
! money in the State To pay the inter
est on the debt for one single year.
That Illinois was true to herself and
would not consent to either open or
covert reputation, but paid every
dollar, Is due, TO a great extent 10
the Egyptians.
But ! wish 10 speal, of grand
chapter OF Egyptian history, which
If more generally read, would give
the country an excellent opinion OF
Southern Illinois. In 1SlS, Illinois
was adm tied intg the Union without
slavery, it having been dedicated to
freedom 10y the ordinance OF 1857
Two years later Missouri was admit
ted with slavery. During the sun
mers of 1921 and 1892, the roads lea l.
were alive with long trains of teams
and stock and gangs OF slaves, the
| property of wealthy Nirginians emf
grating To Missouri These lordlv
| planters said 10 the Egyptians who
! came out To see them, ''We like Hli-
/ noIS better than Missouri, and would
| stop here with our wealth and inn
| prove your country, If we could hold
| cur property (alaVes). But you pro-
| hibit slavery. and therefore we must
| go on 10 Missouri where we can hold
| 1T. such an amount of wealth and
| population leav ving Illinois for Mis-
| souri,, WAS II serious matter to the
Egyptians of those early times.
Many Of the ablest men of the you're
| State declared for slavery The pow
er and influence of the old Slave
| States, always active, was eXerted
and the Legislature of 1929 passed
a resolution, by a two-thiris maiori-
| ty OF both houses, calling upon the
| people To- vote for or against Con
| VenUion 10 frame AN amendment u
| the Constitution making Illinois q
| slave State. y that time all there
| was ol illinois WAS what is called
| Egypt There We're very few settle
| ments north Of where the Ohio and
| Mississippi railway now runs Al
/ that time all the country north oI
the illinois river, hich now has
| four Congressional districts, was
| Pike county, With one ntt ml er OF the
Lre eisiatnre. The people were. most
ly emiHrants from Virginia, the Car
nlinas, Kentucky, and Indiana, with
| a few teunsNlVanlans. Immediate
iy upon the adjournment of the Leg
iSlature, the canvass upon the slave
q nH..I,
tinued tor more than "A year NeVei
was there "A more exciting politi,a
contest. On the side. of slavery Wrr.
array ed men of ability, " ho helonV
ed fO the best Families of The South
aud Hi.J had been prominent iu tn,
political dTfairs of the Territory aue
II the new State. But there WA.
| tbtIftN, too, upon me side Of free
tCn Alnonp those " lao were at
| iiai shir was Henry Eddy, of thi'
place, :: man al great talents, " lao i,
AN honor to ShaUneetowu, and {,
t'aliatin county The pIoninrn
ineh who opposed slavery at tina
Ime, were Edward Coles, Henry
itddy, Daniel t.. Cook, David Black
Well, George Churchill, Samuel -
Lock Mood, Thomas Iippincott
| Thomas Mather. Hooper W arrtn ant
| N''ti w itt'tf lii'
| People ot Illinois should forever hol,
l., grateful remembrance. In Aug
n~t, 1924, these Egyptians, nearly al
q whom We're enigrants from ole
| slave States, 10y a majority OF owe
| tNso Thousand dedicated Illinois [,
freedom and declared that neVc
+ 81 9uld man he permitted 10 enslaYt
+ his fellow man upon her broad prai
rIrS
TO the Egyptians Of that day i
Illinois indebted for her presen
proud position. II is only necessar,
Ia contrast the prosperity of Illinoi
10 that of Missouri cup To the tim
| when slavery was abolished in Mis-
souri, To properly appreciate our in
] dcbtedneSS To the men who saved III
II lin0is to freedom in 1874.
II Egypt, il is said, gave To Greect
! hef civilization. So this modern
! Egypt guaranteed 10 Illinois free
81 dom.
II Gentlemen, whcn the people -
II Southern Illinois axe better known
| and under> TODD. wherever patriotism
Il i admired; wherever Integrity is e.
8 teemed hereyer devotion - lber
" is commended wherever sirtu
: i h0nored, the name OF Egypt vii
i cause thrill of pleasure.
| am proud Of the honor Of nj
dressing Won, and thank yun for vou
! attention.
: Solue months age u Ia d, glrl i.
{ q Milwaukee hotel Is said To haV
7 taken such GOOD carr. al a sick las