The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-17

sually assembled at the scat OF government, hle'
at .he reading room Of the State Register on inc
evening of the 7th inst, for the purpose oil aSeei-
tanning the feeling of the democracy on the sub
ject of z candidate for governor. AMER que con-
sutation the meeting, among other things una
nimousN agreed in recommending to the de-
mocr,cv IF the state the Hon. Thomas FoRp
as the candidate best calculated TO unite the par
,y. and appointed committee of 20 (being one
from each county from which there were persons
present) to draft an address the people of the state
The following is the address which was accord
ingly prepared by the committee.
TO the lOtGrS Of The State OF Illinois.
In this country the right to meet togeth-
er and consult for the common good is
secured to all, and the privilege of pub
fishing our opinions and views upon all
subjects of public interest, and of endeav-
Oring to persuade others 10 adopt them, is
not denied to any.
Acting upon these rights, a large num-
Der of the democratic citizens from al
most all parts of the State of Illinois, at
tending at Springfield. met together by a
general and public call, 10 consult as to
what course would be proper to pursue
under the present state Of things in rela-
ton to the coming gubenatorlal election.
Those citizens, when thus publicly con
vened, exercising the right common to all,
have advised together and adopted rcsolu-
tons upon the subject about which they
met to consult The result of their DELHI
erations and this address they here pub
lish, not as possessing any authority a.
bove the opinions of others, but for the
purpose Of respectfully soliciting all the
democratic citizens Of Illinois to unite and
cast their votes for one man, and to go to-
gether for the common good.
BY the death Of the Hon. A. W. Sny-
der, the state has been deprived of val
liable citizen and statesman, and the dem
ocratc party Of tavorte candidate for
the office of Governor. Under these cir
cumstances it becomes every true demo-
crat and friend to his country to use every
means within his reach to palllatc the
evil, and avoid the consequences likely to
grow out of this unexpected misfortune.
With sincere desire, alone to this object,
have we been actuated i'll our proceedings
upon this occasion. We know that IN
UNION THERE Is sTRENGTH--To De DIVE
DED, is TO BE DEFEATED.
In making up our minds as to the prop
er person that should be united upon for
an Office like this, more or less difficulty
must necessarily be encountered. We
are forced to choose between friends ; per-
sons equally competent and patriotic pre-
sent themselves to our minds, but we have,
as we trust all persons who set a proper
value on democratic principles will, en-
deavored to divest ourselves OF all person
al predictions, and select one whose
honesty and capability could not be doubt.
ed, and who could not fail to be accPpta
BILE to the greatest number of our demo.
cratic friends. Acting on these principles
we present to you the Hon. THOMAS
FORD as a suitable candidate for the of,
flee of Governor, not because he is more
deserving or competent than other dem
ocralic friends whose names have beer
suggested, but because it is our duty tt
select ONE out of the many, and be united
In presenting Judge FoRD to our dem
ocratic friends, we vouch for his honesty
and integrity, and that he will if eGctet
fully meet your most sangune hopes, ant
that he will in all things, so far as the du
ties of his Office will permit, carry gu
the democratic republican principles o
our government, which were taught an'
practised upon by Jefferson, and that wcr'
restored from the contamination Of ledcr
aism by Jackson; that he will advocate
those principles which confer the great
est good upon the greatest number; pro
teclng equally the rights of all, but gran
ting exclusive privileges TO none.
In making these pledges for the honor
able gentleman we act adylscdIy; we hay
known him long as an honest man, a re
publican and democrat. We also kno,
that in 1886 Y and g, when the count
was flooded with bank paper, and none
and credit was cheap as the air we breatI
ed, at the time when individuals, commit
mites and states were led into wild spe
ulalions and unbounded extravaganza, tn
Thomas Ford stood aloof from all its co
Examinations, and warned his friends al
the country against its consequences
TO all the extravagant systems, and lima
cial schemes Of that day, whereby Il
State of Illinois has become involved
debt, and her credit as a sovereign sta
has been ruined, he was opposed. |