, 1859-03-11

der Of bad cause generally makea the matter
worse and this is the Case with the writer In
the Timer. The reader will naturally inquire
what line Of argument or eophistry he adopts
to sustain the manifest fraud upon the Con
etitution and rights Of tile psople contained
il the vetoed bill7
he sets out, by stating the population Of
tho Republican counties $500 too lew, and
the Democratic counties that number too
high. We arc willing to consider this an
oversight. In our former article we put Mar
shall County, by mistake, among the Demo
cratic counties. h places her in the proper
list, but omits to subtract her population from
the Democratic column and add it to the Re
publican. In the next place be has the audAci.
ty to ASSERT that al the close and doubtful
equities which We enumerated, !" are III GER
tain|y Democratic - Johnson" which only
polls seven Republican votesl And in the
third place he ssts down the following staunch
and reliable Republican counties a. doubt
ful ;"viz.: Coles, Dewitt, Edwards, Living
aton, Logan, Rock Island, St Clair aud Will !
We can lay greater claim to Fulton, Cas-,
Mason, Clark, Macon, Macoupio, Pike and
Wood4ord, whose Democratic prool1vities are
not 10 reliable as thoss Republican counties
are to the Republican cause, and 1860 will
prove it.
The counties that We classified as "close
and doubtful" we're those that hare gone
Republican one year and Democratic tue
next, and whose political status remains to be
still further contested before either party can
lay positive claim to the i. We will again
call them over, viz: Bond, Edgar, Madiso1,
Menard, Morgan, Monltrie, McDonough,
Peoria, sapgamon, TAzewcll, Wabash. ".
omit Randolph, eonccdins it to be "Demo-
cratic" but place Hancock in the "close and
doubtful" list. We take tue last three gen
cral elestions a. the basis upon which to cal
culate party strength, viz: 1854-6-s.
In 1854 Hancock gave Col. Richardson,
Dem. 2 maj. aud Moore, Dem. 50; in '56 It
gave Miller, Rep. 50 maj. Last fall, Morris,
Dem. had $50 votes over Grimshaw. Two
years hence there is more than IN eren chance
that it will 60 Republican, as Douglas got
many Totes that will not adhere 10 the De-
mocracy.
Bond went Republican in "a by 2o5 votes,
in '56 by 163, and last 1all By 81 for Con
gress aud about the same for the Legislature
She may be safely transferred from tue
doubtful" into The Republican column, after
going through the ordc al OF Douglas and
squatter sovereignty, and coming out tri~
umphaut.
Edgar gave 274 Republican majority in
Sd; went for Moore by n votes in '56;
elected Republican Representative in '58,
and gave os'esby, Rep. Is mai for Congress.
She is safe for the Republican ticket in 'G0,
and The Democrats we'll know it.
Madison WIS an old Whig county. She
never 1altered until last tall; it is hardly
probable that she will soon again give ma
jority for the bogus Democracy.
sangzmon is another old Whig stronghold.
She is dcbatable ground in go, wita the
chunces on the side OF the Republicans. Gov.
Nattcson will NO longer control her politics
Menard has long been close. She went for
Gen. Taylor, then for Pierce, then fog Miller,
Rep. in '54, AID in '56 and '58 tor the Demo.
Gratis by handful Of vo,es. Shs is "close,''
at least, If not " doubtiul.''
Morgan has always been close, hut usually
against the Democrats. The Republicans
carried her in '54 aud ,56, mud eau do so again
in go.
Moultrie has gone against the Democrats
At every general election since 1910, except
last fall, when Douglas carried hsr BY 60
majority. She is as reliable for the Rcpubli
GALS in go rs DcKalb or Cook
The Wings carried McDoaough in 40, "a.
~ and '52 by small majorities; in '54 The
Democratic minority for Congress was n
voice, and for Treasurer IS; but ia '5s Mil
ler' Hep. had "A majority, and tie Republican
candidate for the Legislature had 78 uaior-
lty. Las: full, Douglas had Isl majority.
The most thai can be said il, that MeDoaoueh
is "close" county, aud doubtful" in go
Win good organization and steady work she
is safe Tor the Opposition.
Peoria went Republican by 70 mai. in ~.
Democrats by 70 in '5c, by 2l on Congress.
and 46 on Treasurer last fall, It ;s now
known that there we're over $50 fraudulent
Democratic votes polled. Peoria is good far
= handsome Republican majority in 1860; the
republicans are steadily gaining ground.
Iaze"el WAS staunch old Wing County,
but WAS led astray last fall for the arst time.
She will be all right hereafter. The crv Of
negro equality will cease to ecarc her voters.
Wabash was also an old Whig County from
ls40 till the dissolution Of that party. II va,
enrolled in the Opposition in 81 and ,56. bnt
1su behind last fall. Wabash will catch m,
again at the nexl Presidential election.
We have gone over these counties thus far
in detail, to expose tbs silly impudence of tho
statement that " every county placed i, tha
doubtful List is rs certainly Democratic as
"Johnson."
Transferring Hancock to tue List Of "donht
iul' counties, Bond out Of The ..doubtfn1n ;nta
the Republican side, and Randolph to the
Democrats column, the population sf Tho -.
Tised lists foot up as follows:
q pa6ic.n........ 1aAostsa...
i % 1ioes I'd 1oaa;ai:
Total population In 1867 eI
II the State WAS equitably and honestly.
apporuoned, the reliably Republican counties,
which contain little over oAr HArY OF nm
ks11RE foPc1A11os Of Illinois, won1d be
clearly entitled to roR1r -mf1nhcre ~ ~.
Hoase. Ihe Democratic counties, which con: |
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