, 1860-05-11
33re8a Griihtt1rc.


The nominations q: Decatur, made not VIII
reference ~ this or that mans claims Dull
with an eye to the SUCCESS Of the Republican
State aad Electoral tickets. will can1tnaoo ING
cordial appreciation Of every Repuoncan III
Illinoi.:=--Doubtless there are tbose Who arc
disappointed by the results arrived at ana as
there ara never wanting men in all parties who
have higher estimate Of their own sagaaty
than Of the aggregate wisdom o. inc parry, 50
there will be a few who will Severely critciss
what hos rnauiest,y been done for the best;
but the disappointed ones and tho oves~wise
oaes bsar such an iudriteasimA proportion to
the whole that their grumbling will not be
heard in the loud shout Of appreciation with
which the nominations will be received.
Now there is no further excuse for delaying
the work which must be done to secure tho
euccess Of the candidates whom the conSen'
ton has nominated And lot us sag
that that work must be begun early, fol-
lowed industriously and kept up late, or
Illinois is surely lost The battle will
vii not BE- boys play, No motter who is
nominated 1t Baltimore by the Douglas end
Of the Charleston mob, or bY the seceders at
Richmond, for al practical purposes the pro-
Slavery party in Illinois is an unit, and when
the day Of voting comes, we shall find the
members thereof with here and thero an un-
important exception. ranged in solid column
against US. Depend upon il, that the conflict
which now RACES in the pro-slarery ranks will
not e1tsrd to the polls; and If we neglect,
from Al apparent certainty Of an easy victory,
the doing Of that bg which victory may be
ensured disappointment and defeat will be
encountered at last We are not unm1udtul
Of the fact that the alleged gains Of the Repub-
licaus are large, that we have better discipline
and more compact party than erer before;
but the only way in which these gains will
avail us, or By which that discipline may be
made effective, lies in good hard work.
Another caution; let no county look to the
State Central Committee for anything which
1t can do for itself; but so at ouce into the
business Of organization without reference to
what the Central Committee may hereafter do;
and let 70 now town Or precinct depend upon
the County Committee for the aid which should
be found within itself Al effective or ,aniza-
ton comes from below upward-lrom the
town or precinct to the county, from the coun-
n to the State. It is just US hard work to or
ganieea party By the efforts Of State Com
mittee IS it is to boil water by applying the
heat at the top. It is an unnatural and forced
process involving large expenditure and yas1
amount Of unnecessary labor. Our advice il
this: In every School District in which three
Republicans can be found, Jet there be Be
publican Club, whose duty shall be the enu
meraion Of the voters and the designation o
their political preferences. the circulation 0
newspapers and documents, and by quiet
aoiseless exposition Of the bene6cence Of Re
publican DOCTRINES tho creation Of belief il
the necessity Of a Republican triumph. 4
representative Of each school district clus
should bo member Of the town committee
and the chairmen Of the different Town commit
tees should be the effective planning, workin,
foree fos the county. That is organizatio,
from below upward: and that, OF its equira
lent must be The organization effected. i
1856 and again in 1885, the reverse or this pro
cess was tried The labor which should hay'
been done in precincts aud school districts
even to the circulating Of newspapers and sh'
printing Of votes, was turned over to the cen
rra! body, the members Of which, though Ia
boring hard aud necessarily, found themselve
overwhelmed By MACS Of details By whic'
they were swamped early in the fight. Tia
experiment in bola cases failed, and must no
b. repeated Men Of tho rural districts! it i
for VOL TO hrrin