, 1862-05-19
Voters! Bead Before you Vote
Illinois Tied Hand and Foot-A1l
Progress Stopped by its Pol
iey-$126, 600 Actually
Added to the Annual
Expense - hot a
Cent Saved.
ELECTION nth DAY OF JUNE,
Go and Vote it Down,

ELECTION 17TH DAY OF JUNE.
so and Vote it Down,
Render and citizen of Illinois, let us con-
Il together and eandid1y. You are asked to
ote away your State constitution, aud to
AXE new one. And why2 Shou1d re not
let well enough aonaf" Are yon an old
aan, let Us look back few years. Perhaps
'ou came here about 1850; if SO, you know
hat from 1880 up to 18a6 it was hard getting
I1ong. You raised enough, but it brought
nothing. Wheat was $1.50@2.o0 in New York
Ehfle you were selling yours for Is cts. per
bushe1; and beef and pork in like proportion
remember that when you took a steam |
boat and went up the Ohio, and q stranger |
asked you where you were from, your first in1- |
pulse was to name the State you were born in,
instead Of the one you lived in,-you were ac-
tua1ly almost ashamed to be called an ILL
nolean! Now, follow along cur history from
1S47 to 1857, ten years, and to the present 1SGo,
and what do we find? TIE MOST uSExAMpLED
PROSPERITY THAT ANY STATE EVER ENJOYED
A PARALLEL IS NOT FOUND IN TIE WORLDS
HISTORY. What made this change?
This, and nothing else-thc development
Of cur States great rcsou.ces by internal im-
proyements and like means, inviting tmmigra-
ton, raising the price Of land, increasing pro-
duction, enhancing prices, and imparting life
to every branch Of industry. There is no de-
nying this. Had the present constitution,
made In 1s47-mark the time-any thing to do
with this change? Yes, mach almost every
thing. But how? First, we know that the
difference Of prices Of produce between New
York and Illinois did exist. The cost Of trans
rertation and difficulty of getting to market
made the difference an immense surplus aad
no outlet always makes cheap produce, We
could not drive our cattle and hogs al the
way to New York, and the closing up OF navi-
cation kept our slaughtered meats in the coun-
try till the opening Of spring, aud threw the
whole upon the market at once, and placed
our dealers at the mercy OF spectators, which,
with losses by long voyages through hot
climate, made the produce business hazard
ous, dealers constantly failed and prices re-
manned merely nominal. Again, the cost Of
hauling over dirt-roads, from the interior Of
eur great State made the raw material at the
farm almost worthless. Now, this might have
been, by wise legislation, in crest degree
remedied under the old constitution Of
! 1SlS-there was nothing in 1t to prevent
but the prosperity Of 4 State always depends
as much on its political policy, as the pros
rerity Of an individual depends on
| his economic and business policy.
The farmer who will not adopt any
system, nor use any Of the improved imple'
ments Of husbandry, though he be honest and
spend less money than his neighbor, who has
| system and who avajls himself Of all the labor:
Eaying, and labor doing instrumeuta1ities thai
scientific invention brings to his hand, will see
his neigh ghbor prospering greatly, while be ap
| pears like fosi1ized sample OF a former gene
raiion- To apply the il1usbation-about tht
| time Of The settlement of this State thert
sprang up in the old States sort Of "agra
rian,' p "lyvelling,'' "baru-burner'' school 0
politicians, who made war upon all progress
and Sous ht to build themselves up by maxim!
the industrial classes believe that there Was
natural antagonism Of interest between thes
l p4VPE1t5 uQlAN1E- AAto GSANt4 VI Py1
tics originated In the great cities npon til
Eea-board, where the laboring classe
might have been somewhat oppres5e
; by the capitalists. As poor men general
emigrated, this school Of politics WAS brougt
into Illinois, where it had no SORT Of apple
lion; and which rightly viewed has no perm
nent application anyHlere in this free countr
under our laws for the distribution Of tt
estates Of diseased persons, and where ii
poor OF to-day arc the rich Of to-mor1o7
But it was very taking idea to ply poor NE
with, aud tile es11y politicians used it. F.
; years, mp to 1847, the cry was no "inonop
les ,''-Fs no chartered privileges, ,"-''no legi
, latirg for the few at the expense Of the macy
-"no making the rich richer and the po'
, roore1"-and with this sort Of nonsense til,
. got themselves into power, and the last N:
Of them avai1cd himself Of their power wis
elected to put money into their own pocket
: and if re now look around scs see thess &c
Y men the nabobs Of the land, who have no u
# for the poor except when they want Eott
e Well, this class Of politicians could new
e vote for charter for anything unless til
: they put "tail'' to it, providing that t
!. Legislature might repeal it at any t;ue. Und
such charters no set Of men would risk 1none
no capital came into the State;
railroads OF other improvements were mao
l. These men knew what We needed; aud VIII
e denying the policy Of internal improvement
K | by the general Government, rather than isno
| tl,.;r nn1it7c,1 ;dc, +,,e1r u,da.,oo1. rho -,
s. NV w.
is OF mtefna1 improvements by the State LII
N plunged heaaloDg into this enterprise, b.
~ roura money nm State credit cra,ted ID
q 49, oan ~ 0' 49,
o1 sumo SlostVo,ooo. ahd never completed
= mile Of railroad in the Statet They did, ho
Il ever. manare-everV onc that tonched it.
.e oo-,a nv -7,h1 T,oo. 49,, 80 ..,.-,
~ W. ee ueu, tnat "ete
le much afraid of making the rich richer, !
d the poor poorer, did that!
ct The Statn VAS orostrate fiisrracad rr;n;
~ r.o-, 1s.- ~ 1a,1 ~ .s.,
'to"' ~. ~ :" 1o3' LIZ p'iAelpA1 aoA4
among politicians was rs to who Lad ato]
the most Of the State railroad mndsi
h In 1s47 The Convention TINT made the n,
r. -..,t...:-'..,- NJ. e, -
- ea' eona1aulon s1sseuioieu' 44A1 convent
8, reversed the whole policy. They prohibited
State from taking stock In anv public work ];
en r,nriaed in tbe constitution ,h,t 1,o-,-'
th fr,nTnSn,,s1,t n,;sbt b.. r.rr;',d 80 ,,ss1.
NJ and 1ifcTal ci"ri,.r. hu ,.nn,nan;,s os,,
Ip- renera1 COMMENCEMENT 10 tts a..re,,nmas anu y
~ Gonr resannces Mari tho rnsrlt, ~. a.
A. fIn7, thn ysrr dav NJ thp .doT,t;nn of -. -.
e,;t-t;an - ipa7 on,,-.,anot ~ -. ~. tos =
m. ! poured in by the million; State credit
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