CHAPTER XXXI.

THE UTTERANCES OF THE PATRIOTISM OF ILLINOIS DURING THE WAR-THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, THE KEY NOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN-THE GREAT SPEECH OF HONEST FARMER FUNK-A STIRRING LETTER FROM GEN. LOGAN TO HIS SOLDIERS-LETTER FROM COL. FRANK SHERMAN-EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES OF HON. RICHARD YATES, HON. LYMAN TRUMBULL, HON. OWEN LOVEJOY, Gen. FarnswORTH, HON. I. N. ARNOLD, &c.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION, INAUGURAL ADDRESS AND LAST SPEECH-THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW AND KENTUCKY LETTER-MR. LINCOLN DEAD,

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HE patriotism of Illinois has not only been manifested on tho field, not only proven at the point of the bayonet and the mouth of the cannon, but in the utterances of her sons on the battle-field, in the halls of Congress, and at home. The literature of the war has been enriched with her eloquence, and adorned with the glowing and zealous appeals in behalf of the constitution and the laws. From the President down to the private, for her soldiers have carried the pen with the sword, these utterances have been made in no uncertain manner, and in the present chapter we propose to select extracts here and there from speeches, proclamations and letters, illustrating the general character and sentiment of the people.

First above all other utterances is that edict which sounded the key-note of the war. For thirty years brave men, the pioneers in the van of human progress had built the approaches, cleared away the obstructions, and by slow steps educated the people up to the necessity of removing slavery as an imperative and vital condition to the permanent safety of the Republic. On the first day of January, 1863, Abraham Lincoln made the first assault upon the citadel of slavery; spoke the immortal words that loosened the shackles of the bondmen and let the oppressed go free; that proclaimed to the world this war was not waged by the North for aggrandizement or

through malice, but that it had drawn its sword in the interests of religion, humanity, equality, civilization and progress.

That memorable edict which so brightly marks the incoming of the year of our Lord 1863 was as follows:

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.

By the President of the United States of America.

"WASHINGTON, January 1, 1863.

"WHEREAS, On the 22d day of September, in the year of our Lord 1862, a procla mation was issued by the President of the United States, containing among other things the following, to wit:

"That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be thenceforth and forever free, and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any effort they may make for their actual freedom; that the executive will on the first day of January aforesaid, issue a proclamation designating the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people therein respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any state, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not in rebellion against the United States.

"Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, in a time of actual armed rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the date of the first above mentioned order, designate as the States and parts of States therein, the people whereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemine, Jefferson, St John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, La Fourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), which excepted parts are for the

present left precisely as if this Proclamation were not issued; and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within the designated States, and parts of States, are and henceforward shall be free, and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of the said persons, and I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense, and I recommend to them that in all cases where allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages, and I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.

"And upon this sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

"Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.

"(Signed)

"By the President:

"WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State."

"HONEST FARMER" FUNK.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

On the 13th of February, in the same year, a speech was delivered in the Illinois Senate by Hon. Isaac Funk, an old man and one of the wealthiest farmers in the State, which, for brevity, bluntness and energy, has rarely been excelled. Made on the spur of the moment, struck off at white heat, and delivered in indignant response to the efforts of partizans to stave off a vote upon the appropriations for the support of the State government, it gained a wide circulation and achieved a national fame. The Senate was crowded with spectators, when Mr. Funk rose and said:

"MR. SPEAKER:-I can sit in my seat no longer and see such boys' play going on. These men are trifling with the best interests of the country. They should have asses' ears to set off their heads, or they are secessionists and traitors at heart.

"I say that there are traitors and secessionists at heart in this Senate. Their actions prove it. Their speeches prove it. Their gibes and laughter and cheers here nightly, when their speakers get up in this hall and denounce the war and the Administration, prove it.

"I can sit here no longer and not tell these traitors what I think of them. And