, 1860-04-17

The Cub bernntoria1 Qucstio
ltsosa tie E.ypuas E4lsat.ic.I
Last week we placed ut the head Of our col |
umns, as candidate for the Office Of Governor, |
the namo Of the Hon. Norman u. Judd. Of Cook |
County. We now propose to g're a few reasons |
for 10 doing.
When the Republican party Of Illinois Was
organized ut Bloomington, in Nay, 1886, si1
State officers were put III nomination. taken |
from counties south Of Peoria II is true that |
Ar. Hofl;man Of Cook County was nominated |
for lieutenant Governor, but be remained q can
didate only few weeks.
The State ticket for that year found our caa- |
didate for Governor in St. Clair County; Lieu |
tenant Governor in Adams; Secretary Of State !
in Pike; Treasurer in Mclean; Auditor II
Lawrence; and Superintendent O. rubhc H.
came around, the counties north Of; Peoria
threw 5000 minority into the scale, and
elected the ticket. Al this election the county
Of Cook, in which Chicago is situated, gare
the Republican State officers :, ,sa1 majority.
All same time Mclean County, which now
presents candidate for Governor, gare the Re-
publican State officers 40 majority. Hmoy h
oJseyrfl in tlis connection tAd< .AeL<dn county
has laith+ candidate for State 1t1aturtr at tlrte
sucxssir slectiont. and that nestler Cdotnor dny
d;dat<. for any og7tf at the handsef tie Rpu5li-
caaparty.
In the campaign Of 1865, NC had candidate
for u. S. Senator from Saugamon county no.
bic man, whom We yet hope to see President Of
the United States; & candidate for Treasurer
from Mclean, and for Superintendent of Public
Instruction from Morgan. On this occasion, as
on the former, the Northern cauaties heaped up
sufficient maorities (uearly $4,000 to elect the
State ticket. 1t occurs to us in view uf these
facts, that We, in Egypt, can afford TO be mod
est in our demands upon the Republican State
49,fS $E1f1r {fcrA% 1n&
the " prize" counties Of the North say word
or two in the formation Of the State ticket
Egypt is m important part of this country,
and is becoming more and more 50; but it is
not the whole Of it. We observe that some Of
our southern counties are instructing their
delegates for this man for Governor, and that
man for Treasurer, and t. third fer Secretary Of
State; all very proper in itself, if the instruc-
tions work no injustice in any other quarter,
! aud carry with them no assertion Of claim on
| the party at large 1t is entirely proper for
! candidates to procure all the endorsements they
| can get before the meeting Of the Convention
| but We submit, it is not quite the thing for
Southern counties to take the iatidtirf in giving
/ those endorsements for all the offices; thereby
iorestalling the preferences Of those counties to
which, after all, we must leok for the malorities
t to carry us through.
| We Hrc advised that the Northern counties
are likely to present the name Of the Hon. n.
! B. Judd Of Cook county, for the office Of Gov
| ernor this year. If they do SO, it will be done
in spirit Of wise and conciiiatory moderation,
which will 1eave the way open for anT diff
ferent action on the part Of the Convention
| which may seem the better policy. The oft-re-
peated declaration Of The Northern counties in
our State Conventions" want no Offices !;
We want to elect the ticket; we want to conquer
the slave driving Democracy" is still1he upper
most thought in the minds Of OUT brethren in
that quarter. They simply desire that the
weighed with those Of all others and that he be
nominated, unless it can be fairly shown that
some other possesses better running qualities,
and can add more strength to the ticket.
Mr. Judd has been IL member Of our State
Senate for about sixteen years, and is low the
extraordinary tenure Of Office lie has enjoy cd,
would Indicate that the people Of Cook county
| have good degree Of confidence in his ability
aud integrity. Those who have sat with hun in
tie Legislature, know him to be man Ct un'
potiea3, sagas'y Ihfy know ;1st s
last session was largely due to his coolncss and
discretion. Mr. Lincoln has taken occasion rc
| publish lis indebtedness to Ar. Judd for tht
management Of the campaign Of 1s5S, in which
we secured minority o; the popular vote
, though We failed to break down the unjust su
: | preniacv Of the Democrats IN the Legislature.
On careful survey Of the field Of that memo
> rable conflict, when we reflect upon the powcl
brought to bear against Us, the substantially fre
, soil ground On which Mr. Douglas then stood
> the adverse influence Of prominent Republican
politicians and journals at the East, motto men
Z lion a certain important one in St. Louis,} VI
d are unable to see where another mnn coul,
i huFe done more than Mr. Judd did, from th
beginning to the end Of the campaign. No
only Was his whole time, and much Of his pr
rate mcans given to the cause in that rrotracte'
!, struggle; but he brought to tho contest an ex
pe1ience in the politics Of the State, and judg
> uent Of the elements which 70 to make up
8 victory which few men possess; and Mr. Lin
S coin in his letter to Aessrs Brown, Dole au
8 Hubbard, written one year after that campaig1
closed, and after full review Of the field. state
"tAdt he did not know Of an error committed B.
n Nr. Judd"
q There is ono mode of e!cctionecriug adopte
BY some Of the friends Of one Of the candidates
), against which we must enter our unqualltic
protest; and that is. au attempt to organize
u within The Republican, party, party 10 eontre
its nominations, based upon the political aats
cedc9is Of tie persons; to press the clcims Of
l. farorite on account Of his being an '|0ld Whig,
c, as has been done by one Of our cotenrorarie:
,s To appeal to preiudices Of that kind, for 9
against any particular candidate, 10 unjust IN :
; self, and, if perscveEed in, and acted upon, wi
10 strike blow ut the united and harmonious a
= ton Of the party, that must prove fatal 10 il
succSss: and will l,aralyze the efforts OF som
T. OF the most ellcient working Republicans in th
e State.
4 Tic Northern counties, which have furnishe
nearly all the majorities that have carried th
/ State for us, were almost every one Democrat
t. counties before the days Of Republicanism, m
), If their fayorite men are to be disregarded an
\. cast aside, and that part Of the State dlstrar
- chised, for that cause, in the distribution ,
10 honoss, thinking Republicans why well look
- tho consequences Of such aproceeaing.
"a The excuse given for euch arguments is, til:
the Old Wings" IN the centre must be catere
- to. They hare had Mr. Lincoln rs IL eaudidat
e and what did they Do for him2 and are any
k the gentlemen named abfer iLeu, or bettez ~
ID t Wings" than Abe Lincoln WIS?
~ At the State elections in 1856 and ISIS, sev<
= State oacers have been elected, and all Of thet
Is with the exception Of Cor. Disscll were org
ID ! naIly "Old Wings" Of alt tie cand;dat
named for the various Offices at the next ele
Ct tion, will cur readers ask themselves what II
r. political antecedenis Of the various aspiran
are? We EXPECT Mr. Lincoln to &c on Il
Presidential ticket. How is the State ticket
IN he nrrnnged? Are the working Republican
re who originally came from the Democratic part
al into our organization, to be "hcwcrs Of wot
rs and drawers Of WATER" whist " Old Wings
;. Us such, uaonopolize the honors Of the party
al The gear 1850 il one in politics in which
y. that is not for you is against you: There is
o' middle ground between the TERRITORIAL 'Edre
tionist; and The Republican ticket is to reeei
The votes Of all who are in favo. Of free lab
over save labor in The Territories Of tue Gnit'
- States.
Us We leave to others the task Of d;sparageneu
We hare nothing to say against slr. SWEET
| Bloomington, or Mr.. Yates Of Jacksonville:
any other man whose name mar be brought b
n fore tho Convention. Mr. Yates We know at
is esteem most highiset Nr. Swet. was comrar
at tire'y unknown in this section of the count
:. until within short time past; but we estee
1e him Tor tho sake Of those who do know him, ~
le Who ARE urging his nomination. We shall
N happy 10 support either Of them for the otli
i'd Of Governor. But We ask all fair men in vie
!. Of the facts herein rcciled, whether the ere
to bulk Of our party at the other end Of the Sta
Of are not entitled to the consideration at 0,
hands, which consists in leaving our dclegat
unpledged aud uniustructed until they hare
opportunity to compare notes with their bret
. lightened judgment founded upon tuil view
the subject before them.