, 1859-12-28
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, TIE ILLINOIS DIsUNIOSISTS.
We do pot aec TINT the so-caled Democratic
mambers Of Congress from Illinois have yet
rsbuked the traitors Of rl,esr own party in tl'el
House Of Representatives who are entertaining;
the galleries with djaunion speeches. We Ind;
.hoped that shame, limo higher and better mo-;
tive, would, before this, hare impelled. them !!
into distinct aud uuequiyocd repndiation Of
ths treason uttered by-thcir party associates
in almost every Democratic harangue that has
been made; but we are disappointed. We
ask shs people o. the ~. {a1orris1 District If
they are ready, in tue event Of the election of
a Republican President, in constitutional
and fatr 1nanne-, e secede from this Union?
Are the constituents. Of, ~AeClernand in The
With District feads to ~pledge themselves
TO- t1aat course? Will those who have
sent James G. Robinson, from the With.
Foake from tie V11l.ll, and Logan from the
Nth, follow their example; and shall We, in
tue contingency contemplated, expect that
Illinois as well as the Union will be torn in
two7 We tu: the question p!ainly-are the
people Ct the-disiric.s named traitors also
traitors to tue principle Of Popular Sovereignty
to WHICH, they pnoIass' 10 much devotion, 10
the Union-loviuy and Union-saying sentiments
to which they have proclaimed themselves for
erer true7 Either this, or else these msn
whom they have empowered to net and speak
for them, are traitors to their trust, aud a1e
maintaining an asserting silence when they
should in tones Of indignant patriotism, be
employed in rebul;ing these who threaten to
lay uuhallowea hands upoa this fabric that
our fathers rearsd.. We appeal to tile Demo
Gratis Of tie fve lover Districts, for an answer:
Do they endorse the doctrines which their re-
presentatives arc taciuy approving? Are
they. willing Ito! giye up the <'.najorlty
principle that Las conducted this people 70 Tie
height of national greatness which they now
occupy, and substitute therefor tile hate aid
frenzy of 8 heeegaray minori.sr To this day,
in tue history Of the Republic,7 what party has
1aken to rebellion MS tie remedy for defeat7
1thas been the glory Of our instituions-this
obedience to the will Of The majority legally,
and consututioually expressed. 1t is this vol
untary submission after periods Of excitement
that has struck foreigners with unaffected ad-..
mlration for TIE vigor: elasticity aud durability
of our form Of government Are ttr Dcmoc-
racy Of Illinois prepared 10 say that except tho
Democratic party, represented by James Blu.
chanan aud his oliee.lulders, are allowed to
govern tsiis country, as a minority. the na-
tional government shall cease, and the Uuion
be dissolved? If not what rebuke, we ask,
have they in store fur the hucksters whom
they have seut to Washington to parcel .ou:
these States. as eggs arc Counted Ont Of a bas-
kes, in the eveut Of Dethocratic leleat?
What will they say when they are loll that
their representatives have not cast vote, ex-
oept for Disuniouist since the session began?
What, We iuqtlire, would haye been tie action
Of the Democrats Of Illinois il tile Republican
party Of 1856, after the defeat Of Fremont, had
declared their intention 10 lar hands Upon the
governmen: aud hurl il 10 the dust, and lad pro-
ceeded to Overt acts iu accordance with their de-
eign? There is not IA old musket or rife in the
fetaosest cabin IN tile ) ate no matter what
Lie politics oi its occupant, that would not
have been taken down and put in order for
WAT. There Is not man in the State, no mat
ter what iis birthplace or lis party, wLo
"oula nos haVe held himself III readiness 10
g. kaA As a. -
NJ 10 arms 10 prevent Tie accomplishment Of
tne tFeasonan'e purpose. Ihe State would
nave fesotnaea "!tI' patriotic war cries, from
Galena and Chicago to Cairo, and disunion
would nave been made impossible Nothing
a4nee that memorable year has changed except
the posit'ons Of lie parties. The Republicans
are nov, as the Democrats were then, in
minority in the nation; but causes of disunion
have not increased. Are the Illinois Demo
Gratis willing, then: to assume responsibility
Which no Republican, no matter lowsocvcr
much heated has ever thought OR dreamed #
taking upon himself? Has it come to This,
Tint the defence Vi Tic popular sovereignty
princ'plc--the right Of tho majority to rule iu
obedience to tbs Constitution and the laws-is
entrusted 70 Republican hands alone, and TINT
the Democrats will refuse 10 assist in its per-
petnation?' We put these questions in good
taith-not to Norris, McClernand Co., but to
the men in whose behalf and br whose au-
thoriiy they assume to speak.
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