Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-07-21
HARRISON ANo ILLINOIS.
The General in His Address to the III
nois Republican Cluba


nois Republican Clubs.
indianapolis, July l9-This was Illi-
nois day with Gen. Harrison, as much |
OF his time was occupied in receiving |
and shaking hands with political clubs
from the Sucker state. The delegations
from Springfield, Monticello, Decatur |
and their neighborhoods arrived, and |
were escorted from the depot to the |
New Dennlson house by the Harrison |
home club, A few moments later the
Jacksonville delegation put in an ap-
pearance. The Veteran Black Eagles |
and Lincoln clubs, OF Springfield, num.
bered 3O4. Altogether there were about |
eight hundred visitors from Illinois.
Gen. Harrison received them in the |
corridor of the New Dennison Attorney
General Hunt of Springfield acted as
spokesman tor the visitors. Gen. Harri-
son was looking much better than on
yesterday, and seemed in perfect health. |
He spoke with unusual vIgor, and from
az orstorioal standpoint surpassed all
his recent extenporsneous addresses
for when he touched upon the slavery
theme he reached pitch of eloeuence
in oratory that fairly thrilled his au-
dience. He said:
thank you for this cordial expression
of your interest in republican success. L
thank you for the kindly terms in which
your spokesman has conveyed to me the
assurance, not only of your political
support, but OF yourpersonsl confidence
| and respect. l rejoice to know that the
| same high spirit OF loyalty and devotion
to she country that characterized the
state OF illinois in time when the nation
l ! 60 30 e..
the states to rescue ITS flag and it's con-
stItution from the insurrection which
had been raised against them wss
equally characteristic OF IndIana-that
| the same great impulse swept over your
state swept over ours-:hat Richard
Yates of Illinois and Oliver Morton OF
Indiana stood together in the fullest
sympathy and cooperation in the great
plan they devised to augment and rein
force the union armies in the field, and
to suppress and put down reasonable
conspirscies ct home. recall that it
was on the soil OF Illinois that Loveioy
died martyr to free speech. He was
the forerunner OF Abraham Lincoln.
Another great epoch in the march Of
liberty formed on the soil of Illinois, the
theater of ats most influential event. /
refer to that high debate in the presence
of your people, but before the world, in
which Douglass won the senatorRhip and
Lincoln the presidency and immortal
fame. But Lincoln's argument and
Lincoln's proclamation must be made
good upon the battiefield--and again
your state was conspicuous; yon gave us
Grant and ogan and multitude Of less
notable, but not less sfaithfulsoldiers, who
underwrote the proclamation with their
swords. / congratulate you to-day that
there has come out of this early agita-
tion, out of the work OF Loveioy, the
disturber; ort of the great debate Of 1858,
out OF the war for the union, nation
without slave; that not the shackles OF
slavery only have been broken, but that
the scarcely less cruel shsckles OF preju-
dice which bound every black man in
the north-haye also been unbound.
l We are glad to know that enlightened
sentiment of the south today nnites with
us in org congratulations that slavery
has been abolished. They have come to
realize, and many OF our best and great
est men to publicly express the thought
that the abolition OF slavery has opened
a gateway OF progress and material de-
Velopment to the south that was forever
closed against her people while domestic
slavery existed. We send them the
assurance that we desire the streams OF
their prosperity shall flow bankfuil. We
would lay upon their people no burdens
tbat We do not willingly bear ourselves.
They will not think it amiss if I say
that the burden which rests willingly
upon our shoulders is q faithful obed
Ienee to the constitution and the laws
A manly assertion by each OF his indivi
dual riehts and manly concession oi
equal rights to every other man is the
boast and the laws OF good citizenship
i The visitors were then presented to the
general, and after a couple OF hours
hand wripging. returned home.