, 1862-06-18
Che Ttthuut.


There can be no doubt at present wri-
ing that The new constitution has been
adopted By the voters Of Illinois by a clear
majority This result Of yesterdays cleo
d"u we regret as seriously as We have op-
posed it earnestly When the. figures in
cur own city and vicinity tell 50 strongly
against the issue for which NC have labor
cd, there can be no question how the grand
total Of the State at large Will foot up The
verk II the Convention at Springfield is
complete, and the infamies that until such
adoption belonged only to a clique Of poll
ticians, have passed from personal to
public possession We regret it the more,
in that it is principles and not men That the
people have thus passed upon. At o-dina-
r. elections results depend much upon the
personal characteristics and popularity Of
the candidates In this there were no such |
modifying influences. 1t Was simply de-
cisien at the ballot-bo1 on public policy.
AS such it should have received all the
more careful attention Of OUT people, but
as such, and for this very reason lacking
the spur Of personal appeal and considera-
lion, it did not.
The result Of yesterday is saddening, as
i proof that our people have learned 50
little from the great rebellion, so little OF
What pertains TO the freeman's right at the
ballot box, 50 little enlightenment OF the
great questions OF the age. It should al
Ways stand On record that the apathy Of !
good men and good citizens has thrown
the reins Of control in ou- State into the
clutch Of those whose handiwork is shown
in the Few constitution. How many Of |
the readers Of the TR1ICSE in city and |
country will couple With their regret at |
the disgrace Of our State, a sense Of per
sonal share in such result, III allowing tri- |
fling pursuits, or .1nconcern 20 dcfraud |
them Of their yote2 Ought we not 10 have !
learned from the costly tuition Of this war /
that the voters franchise is Z sacred trust j? |
We regret the result, because Us far as it |
goes, it is q blight and insult thrown upon
:hc humanity Of our age As long as the |
Infamous Black Laws rested imperative
upon our statute books, the citizen Of lii
nois who was ashamed Of their inhumanitF
could gather the consolation that they
came down to us from an unenlightcned
car. Now we have the same atrocious
statutes exhumed, reconstructed, and
freshly t1auntcd in the light now dawning
broadly around US on the great question Of
the age. In the midst Of 4 Shareholders
rebellion the President issues an emanci~
p21ion message In the Border States the
scheme of emancipation is putting forth
its buds Of promise, which, as surely as
the seasons in their order, will bring
Missouri and kentucky into the galaxy
of Free States. In our halls Of Congress
the debate is in progress on the question Of
declaring liberty to the slaves Of all rebels
Who have lifted their hands against the
Tuion. And it is al this juncture that the
Toice Of Illinois rises lissonant and harsh
saying to the President, and to Congress,
and to the struggling bands in The COIL
vults.d commoawealths If you emanci-
nate, the product Of your labors, the freed
MN and women are unworthy, and shall
not enter our r7airies. Keep them in
bondage if you will; Illinois is for white
men, What can but be the effect Of this
as far as it goes, but to chill and stay in
their formation the free principles and the
better manhood this rebellion had 1oosed
from old time trammels.
We regret this, and the sober sense Of a
rajori,y Of OUT people will regret it, but
all too late. It bellies us abroad, for such
is not the sentiment Of OUT citizens. We
refer to this main feature in the defeat sa5
tanned, because it is national and humani
tarian in its bearing. The other cnormi
ties of the constitution are to come square
IT down upon the voters and taxpayers o.
The State, and the collar will very speedily
dcyclope those sore spots it will be Of n1
value here to point out III advance. Thcft
will be punishment enough for yesterday
busincss in its appointed time. The mail
reasons which prevailed to hoodwink tn
reop1e to their own injury, were apparcn
10 ali who visited the crowds at til
election precincts yesterday The grea
and prominent CRY was against Stump
tail Banks and :. Death to Wildcats" an
in this sign the victory was won. 1t VA
Instructive to sec men who have neye
given the cause Of the Union one word c
thought men who once in the first zes
for fer1eting out traitors, were watched an
marked as tlis1oyal-blatanty discouEsn1
by tic hour at The polls, On the evils OF tt
the wild cut banking, OF perhaE
urging { mechanic to votc for the Coz
Th.,
were no other two var cries more prom
ucut. There were strange companionshil
sprung out of this new constitution schem
Wc cannot greatly regret for itself alo1
that anything has served to tuck Lber
and Economy" snug1y under the san
quilt with the secession Times.
But now if ever WAS a time when hum:
rights can sustain such defeats and st
continue fighting. Never before were Sd
mighty agencies abroad for the utter c
tinction Of oppression and the establis
mcnt Of liberty throughout O
land It will come as reslstless as t
march Of the glacier and the men ri
in the Missouri convention yote doV
emancipation measures and their congens
in Illinois who scheme to keep high Al
broad the dykes of prejudices Of caste d!
cclur, and the pride Of race which have
long and well served the monster evil
human bondage, will alike be put to Ct
fusion and utter rout. " Humanity swec
orxa1l' and among its early wrecks "
bear away the baIbarism OF ulne
43,<,,rl ra-anarfci Yesterday