Adlai Stevenson: “There is no tenet so monstrous but in some breast it will find lodgment.”

Never forget that citizenship in such a government carries with it tremendous responsibility, a responsibility that we cannot evade.

The value of the great Ordinance to millions who have since found homes within the limits of the vast area embraced within its provision cannot be overstated.

Illinois, in all that constitutes true grandeur in a people, knows no superior among the great sisterhood of States.

As one standing, alas, 'upon the western slope,' let me adjure the young men of this magnificent county--my home for more than half a century--to study thoroughly the history of our own State, and of the grand republic of which it is a…