, 1860-10-31
[Tron, the Illinois Staats Zcitung, Oct. 19.]
Senator Trunalu1l md the Elcc1lons
for the Legislature.

Senator Trunalu1l and the Elections
for the Legislature.
We l,nvc stated it frequently thai the De1noc-
racy have E;yesi Up Illinois. For This very
rcaeon Dou"1as thoustst it Eun'rfluous to
slump the State any lunycr aud thus liz has
vanished in the South. where tn tho 5t; nf
November, Il: Mobile, lit is to deliver Ills Inst
s1,c-ch.
Eut while The Democracy comedies to Lin
cofa the II electoral votes nf this STATE, they
struggle with The force IF despair Tor thc el-
1,.cmacy in Tue next Illinois Legislature. They
claim no: only the doubtful districts, bnt cvcil
Republican precincts, al, for instance, sh..
Southern district Of Cook county. AL aya:i.-
ble means are put into ycquisition to elect a
Legislature which will let Governor Mattcson
escape with his swiud!c Of about half mil
lion, and which, in the place Df the Republican
Senator Tru1nt,uil, will elect Democratic
doughface like A1. Oslalllo Ficklin Or some
man Of that sorl. II Is i notorious fact tia:
the Springfield Register obstinatcly refuses to
pledge til. Democratic candidates 1or The Leg
lsla1urc to keep t;or. Ma,.cson 10 II strict ac-
court fnr the amount of the money which Lr
tt4Ie from the State Treasury.
Thix view nf tho Matttson matter should
mime he sufficient 10 induce every aul.cst Inan
to vote for the Democratic candidates. But
there is a higher motive atfll 10 rouse the Re-
lublicanE to The utmost cxcrtions. We must
make the reelection Of Lyman TrImbu!. 4
lna!terof certainty.
TO accomplish this VIC want Republican
majority in our Legislature, and every Kelub-
iican who shurld not give lis earnest and cor
dial support 10 the K'l'ul,licas. candidates FOR
the Legislature, would be un.Tatcful and
fathlcss to the 1nt'6t vital intcrcSts ol te Re
publican party. Lyman TruuIbull was the lirrt
Republican Senator ever cIcttcd by nn 1lli,n'is
Legislature. III, for the first time, brukc thu
uninterrupted chain Of Democratic Senators
lie Jc! the corrupt Democratic party aud aided
10 build up the great Republican party Of this
S;ute and elsewhere Iiu stak>,d Ills .whG!e lso-
li;}cal existence on The Republican card. aud
hc has worked for the Republican party of this
State with perseverance,: and with such tai
cnt that cila:lcusc the admiration uf every kc-
publican. Iic, In the Enitcd Siah:s Senate,
kcpt his indc{asi:.ablc control over his Dr1.n,.
cratic colleague, s. l. Douglas, and his point
I'd questions end critical analysis made Dc
mocracy morc than once vince and writhc,
and un{olded 10 the country the pcrniclous
doctrines Of that party. In the present cam
1,aiyn, Us well Is in ISIS, he did memorable
scrvire. and now he stands before thu 1'coplc
If The State without single Republican com
IIctiior who might claim his hcat In The ocnatc
His continuance in Office as Scnator from
this etatc Is Il matter of 1l'c utmost import
ancc Indeed, how can 4 Eci,ub'ic.n Of l1!i
the state should not he represented by Ut least
one Republican Senator, when the Presfdcu
fial chair will be occupied by Abraham Lin
cola! How csn q Republican of State in
which the baltic between Republicanism and
Democracy most neresly ragcs, sutfcr himself
Democratic colleague to Douglas. who. soii:
tary and alone, tho last column OF broken
splcndor, stands In the United Suites Senate as
the representative Of doxniallcu Dcmoc.
racy! All the other Northern States, by thci,
last Legislative elections, have recalled thei,
&Sn IN 111t-
did the sane thing already in 1858, when eh,
gave 125p votes Tor Lincoln aud only III, ,00
Tor Doug1as. But the unjust and unfoHunat
apporttoamcnt Of our State frustrated the ci
fects Of this Republican majority: Therefore
we have to work the harder this time.
is 60 doubt about theLVLlth District. a{essr
Wilmarth and S. II. Wilson will be elected b
brilliant ma}orities. But the LVIth or Soutt
en- DlstEct1 requires more attention, bccaus