, 1859-03-28
39tc88 &.GCtihitt5te.
MONDAY, MARCH %. 1853.


JUDD AND PECK.
When Mr. JUDD Of tic SENATE, and PECK Of
the House wore at Springfield, laboring man
fully and with rare courage and fidelity for the
interests Of the constituents who commissioned
them, and for tic. Republican party to which
they belong, it would have been not only unfair
hut malcvolcnily unjust to have attacked them
for the incstimable service, Which, in conjunc-
ton with their colleagues, they rendered. They
l1a'e'scen" home but month, yet We find d
newspaper, prolessedly- Republican, assailing
them with degree Of yirulcnco which would
he t'"lnEdofable in political enemy, and
which, coming from prolessed political friend,
is 80 base that1anGuago fails to characterize it
as Il descrVes. With an ingenuity Of invcn-
'lon, and 4 fertility Of resource which would
he admirable in tic support Of d good cause;
but with a:disrcgard Of truth and decency
which only one man in Illinois is shameless
enough to avow, tile Chicago Democrat day
after day, attributes to these gentlemen motives
hy which they were never animated, actions Of
which they ncrer even dreamed aud intentions
which nobody hut rascal would suspect. We
ask the rank and file Of the Republican party,
the heads Of mcsses and the captains Of hun
dreds.-cvcrybody, in fact except the small
squad H toad-eatcrs WHO take their opinions
from the sheet Which VIC have mentioned-if
this ia the way in which faithful and honest
representatives should bc rewarded? We ask il
This Is tic way in which Cook county and the
city If Chicago may be kept faithful to Re
publican rule? Ii this the method by wllichwc
are 10 carry the State in 1860 against the
Democracy? Is this the n,auucr in which We
:.rc to secure that integrity Of organization and
that selErcspect which ure necessary to tho
SUCCESS Of good cause now ar hereafter?
We submit tic questions to Republicans who
l.ayo read tie Democrats attacks with shame
and disgust We submit them to those who
know the old animosity which makes that sheet
false and hitter whenever PEoKs name is NEIL
1ioncd, and WHO know also that JuDD is that
rrobnlle txndidate for Governor Of whom
tlr editor Of the Democrat - himself IN
:lspirant for gubernatorial honors-is most
afraid Ne do not stoop to reply to the
charges which the Democrat urges: They are
beneath rcfutaton, because every man who is
familiar with the history Of last winters leg
isailon knows them to he false, and because
every man who IS acquainted with the gentle
man accused knows them to be undcserycd.
We plead for the harmony Of tue party in
witch the Dtmocrat-to the extent Of its lim-
tied circulation, its insignificant influence, and
cxecrable reputation for TRUTHS a disorgan-
izcr. We rebukc the presumption III that
sheet Which makes the personal hates and am
l'ifio's Of its editor paramount to its zeal for
Rcpublicanism. We make q stand against
that base spirit which rewards faithful public
servants with opprobious cpithcts and ground
less Gllschoods. Ar. PEcK has no support or
sympathy here in lis desire to see Mr.. Beck
with or any other Democrat on the Bench.
His pledges. if he las made any which look
10 that result, do not bind US. His
own candidacy for judicial lo.sors, il lie should
accept the offers OF Lis rrorsscd friends, will
ensure linn our most vigorous opposition. But,
Ill working for the Success Of the Republican
ticket, to which lie stands opposed, VIC shall
not forget that lle il n Republican, after all
nnisled }y Ills private friendships Or }ersona1
antilatllies to the commission Of acts which lie
MIL soo1cr "r later repent; that lie has done
yeoman's service for the constituency which lie
represented; OF that lis aid in the contest Of
1860 is both expected and desired. II Jrnp
waits to be Governor, VIC lave only to say that
lIc is preferable to lis assailaut admitting all
1lIc charges urged against lin to he true. Take
his record as the Democrat makes it, and it in
pure compared with that Of his maligncr, wllo
is possessed Of half i million, without ever hay
is'F made I'LL honest dollar i'll lis life! But tho
Press AND TRlnrSE-l,oncst and ca1,ahlc
Though lie Isis not committed in any mauncr
10 his or any other candidates support. Tie
aud NIL "tlacrs must tight their own fight for all
lie h"i'ors in this direction flat they may have
i'll vicw- But VIC protest that lie is unjus1ly aud
,'nrig]l,eously :ssliled.
II IL not lor us to :lna,|,amasisc or eject from
t'lc Republican organization any paper wllicl,
1roltsscs our faith. That Office belongs
I" the party VI the State. lit is not exercised
for lr correction Of the Chicago Dcmorrut, tl,c
oni>fion will 'e due to tile 1nlcf that its edit
or. incapable If tile truth. is insensiblc to
shame, and callons to rcpr.ah; l.cncc power
less fur misGlirfI