, 1862-06-09

1tuIS, +. ". lATTTIDfsE.
Ma jor 18th Illinois.
That is the way the soldiers have disposed
Of Inc thing in that regiment. |Applause.l
He agreed that this was no time to maxi. a
new constitution. It vas no time when the
people wire so 1uuch excited and Interested
ty the struggles in which the country WAS en-
gagged to ask thcm to sit down and go over six
columns of constitution, to decide whether
it WAS good or bad. We had all lived under
the present constitution, and where was the
evil Of it, And were VT now to leave the re-
gions OF the positive and good and venture
out upon unknown regions Of experiment?
He called uTon all to vote consc;rntiously in
this MATER; it WIS IS foolish TO call IN party
issues a; this time, rs to raise questions Of au-
thoTity III einkine ship. After careful exam
1rat'on, he >'as convinced that its adoption
wtuld be more rcruicious 10 the interests Of
lhc S1;te, cause more disaster coIumcrcilly.
end more litigation than anything else which
could be formed. He dwelt at lengt! upon the
evil Of ahe]ishng the grand jury, the greatest
safeguard to orr libtrty, and leaving US at the
mercy Of a l4,:y Judge, elected by PARTY
whose dirty work he wls hound to do, and
whose mandates tic must obey. That Aoae
he considered enough to dana the whole
tlirg. IAtpausc.]
AT this point the Secretary read The follow
ing 1cttrr from Ecn. Z. f. Lirder, which was
received with loud applsase:
CHICAGO, JnueT, 1852.
Mr.. WAJKEE-Ztar Sir: Yesterday ,vas at
tacRea with hrlntl1l1 h*d severe spell .ld yip-
3e1:t fever which lasted snr"ugh the night III.
TIT fshx jt r.,,,tI +
WY cansvroil- FOR ME to 60 out to.u:lr-hut
%,li %a ns AZ sour service Ill next week, III: ami
r S.-Bst if sou think it best to KIN ill.,. rouse
10 Ell ts ib,n t1a ,s1 gT IT, and CONS
T. F. L1NoER-
Mr.. 8, 4. Goodwin said he was an old tranor
in the Democratic ranks, but thought that in
this matter ,ll parry considerations should be
}aid asfde. Mousjrg politicians should pcver
make him IN instrument to attain their ends.
The old platform Of the Democratic party WAS
being used as a skulking- ground for traitors.
ihene was an attempt to pro-slavcryize the
party, and DOW is the time to stamp j: to the
sround. Wherever you find h4lfseccs-
sionlst. he claims to be q good Dcmocrat
lettering to the Supreme Judges, he said
tne1r lnoors were now 60 heavy tnat tbey had
''aroiy any time 10 listen to arguments, and
were obliged to th1ow out decisions 4 hun
dred at time; ard by this new constitution
the force could not be increased until 1870.
That WAS enough to condemn it. he spoke
OF tho objections to the banking provi-
sions; concluded with glowing tribute
TO the late lamented Senator Dour-
las, who never would have lent hi,
sanction to such an instrument, and called
upon Ms brother Democrats to follow h,a
| example in alf coming time.
Col. Cummings, tue gallant commander of
! 'he 5ls, Illinois regiment, was then Introduced
amidst loud applause. He had read this
new constitution while on a sick bed
dccunest framed By men who had neyrrt .k.n
HI oath, and for which any tyrant might
blush. The first thing in the bill Of rights
placed Illinois in direct antsgonlsm with the
General Government. He spoke Of the home
stead exemption bill as a husnbug, By which
| honest purchasers might be swindled in buy
11s exempted farms; Of the banking la 7s as
perfect rehash Of john Wentworth's asti-
c!es IN the Democrat at the time Of his
quarrel with the Murine Bank. The Morinc
bank must 90 down, and for that reason
all the other banks with it. He referred
10 INC feeling in the army AGAINST
it, and Of the action Of the commissioners in
not allowing many Of the regiments to vote,
AID said it could not be adopted withou. the
votes of all the soldiers. Ii the commission
ers would not come to take the votes, if they
were afraid to face the music, the Coiouels
"ouiu call the men up, collect the votes in
Their bats, at;d stnd the result to them Ia the