The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-06

pesed And the only effect Of the repeating statute was TO
question al once while ii was yet Territory, and not wait
tin they should form their constitution, 1t was only ques
ton of between the laws for man denies the
right to the territorial to prohibit admit ss
very by its constitution. Popular sovereignty in the repeal
Of We e and brighten the people Of
North. So do the Turner's make Christian' 20 may you
make other thing ss damaging nsr
affairs so did Old England contend for the same thing
against her colonies rerrtorss which demanded 2, ner
Of all foreign intersHoe This England denied 70 the
colonies, Massachusetts, and Missouri deny to Kansas
For this fathers fought and achieved independence
Old Massachusetts, en in favor OF popular
But where her that for Fremont no1 Let her
next November. IL the principle was rgA IN one
case, it is 80 in the other.
II will be here that Judge Morris the Fillmore can
date for governor fully endorsed in his letter OF accept
the principles OF the Kansas ana ne was
known throughout the State by his conversations and ex
pressed opinions 20 be not only but bitterly hostile to
the Fremont Nebraska republican party and its princ
pies With these facts well known to the voters OF Hi
nos he received 1924 votes
Mr. Fillmore received 81 5l votes running the nomi
nee of party which had adopted resolution, as plank
its PLATFORM declaring that il "the best guarantee
of common justice and future peace to abide by and main
tain the ersrg ias upon the subject OF slavery as hnal
and conclusive settlement of that subject in spirit and in
substance The Kansas act formed part OF the
ne1istng laws' which the American convention thus
pledged itself to abide by and maintain and further de-
cared hat Congress ought not to legslae upon the sub
ect of slavery within the Territories Of the United States
Such being the opinions of the Fillmore party upon the
principles Of the act and such being the
opinions of Judge Norris the Fillmore candidate for gov
ernor in Illinois with what can it be claimed that
athe Fillmore vote of Illinois is thoroughly antiNebras
ka IS the republican vote Does not such declaration
in effect that those who voted for Fillmore and Nor
rs were governed by principle whateyer2 And Isl
does not know the fact him be informed that in Central
and Southern Illinois, and to extent in the northern
part large portion Of the Fillmore vote and nearly all
the Morris vote only approved the principles of the
Nebraska act but denounced the entire anNebraska
publican party and its principles quite severely as did
the democratic party Most Of Them indeed, odline
wings who had spent lifetime in opposition to the demo-
cratic party and they reluctant to unite at with
its organization. But upon the massachusetts issue
there contest in Central and Southern Illinois be-
tween the Fillmore and Buchanan parties except perhaps
with that portion Of the former which went of and voted
for Col Bse for governor as the candidate
for that office Bssel the candidate for
governor Fremont for President The former
In minority Of l4512 votes, and the latter in mi
nority Of 50655 Nearly all of those who voted for
Morris decidedly for the Nebraska act as those who
voted for Richardson Add them the vote of Norris 49,
24l to that of Richardson 06644 and we have the Ne
braska of Illinois, l25S5b; from which deducng Bis
sells vote 372 leaves majority Of 45l3 In favor OF
that measure and against the combined vote OF antiNe
braskas republicansm freeseism and abolitonism in
all their FORMS
To complete his atrue statement Of facts 49, has
to the votes for the congressional candidates. in eve
ry instance of which, but one there perfect union Of
all the opposons to the democratic candidates But let
take them they gives that Of what ne terms
the aan Nebraska candidates at 1891 Another est
mate makes it ll6209 rs" makes the Of the demo-
cratic candidates lOo4s2 Their vote is 1854 "Sn
has made mistake of about ten thousand votes and the
true difference is 5668 votes and not l5s39 as "S has
stated it. But the for Congress quite unreliable
test for ANOTHER fell short of the vote for Pres
1899 votes and short Of that for governor by about
900 votes The vote too for the republican candidates
for Congress is in minority of 22766 the total vote
Now with this minority the congressional ticket staring
him in the face and with the knowledge that in of
the districts republican candidates did not at but
American candidates received votes against the democra-
Cyl not on anti-Nebraska but American grounds and
with the knowledge that in most Of the counties the two
opposition parties traded one voting for the county and
State legislature officers of the other and receiving
their congressional ticket In return and yet being in
minority of upon the total vote does it require
bodness to cite il proof that the State of Illinois
| Is anti Nebraska2
Again adding together the votes Of all the antN
ka electors and for all their State officers we have
GIG votes Taking the for the democratic electors
and their candidates for State officers they give
difference 5Sb7 votes. Dividing by seventeen, the
number Of candidates gives the average vote
l025l0; while the democratic vote divided in the same
gives the at 1896 thus giving aver
age democratic majority of 1896 But perhaps the most
accurate estimate OF the Nebraska and anti-Nebraska
strength in Illinois is attained thus
Democratic vote for President 344
Vote given to Morris ,24l
..#a.a.E 3d.. ua.a. l24,5e5
Republican vote for President. @
Fillmore vote cast for Bssel... S,2l0
/ 800