Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-09-23


occupy in relation to his scheme Of eman-
cipation. alluded TO in one of these resolu-
tons. The truth is. gentlemen, do pot
believe that Congress, or the President. q,
we OF Illinois. have any business TO inter
tere with the institution of slavery in III.
States. Cheers. think the proposition
Of the President 10 purchase the slave, Of
this country that they NAV be set free. and
to tax the people to pay for them, unde,
the constitution, il munstrous in the ex
,ren,e. Continued cheering.l Hence
am in favor of the resolution that denonnr
/ es il.
think the policy that has been pursued
for some tiTe-l know not whether i, pro.
ceeds from the President, or whether !,
proceeds from the Secretary of War, or
whether u proceeds from some sub-fune-
| tionary.-l think the policy of arres,ine
free citizens Of loyal States, and iocareer-
ating them in military prisons without the
limits OF their States, thus bringing the
faint OF treason upon them and their child.
ren, without afprdirg an opportunity o;
defending themselves, is most damnable.
/ lDeafening and prolonged cheering.I In a
State like ours, which has sent her sons 70
night lite battles u2on the tented field by
thousands and tens Of thousands in a
State like ours, that is pouring out her
acknowledgements and republicans
sons and brothers,-were, too, courts are
open for the Punishment Of crime. and
where, II man IS guilty of treason, you
can indict him, try him, and he will be
convicted and hnng.-l say, in State like
ours, there is no apology for taking our
citizens from home and incarceratine them
IN prisons at s.. Louis CT elsewhere. In
State given over to rebellion, where
| the civil law cannot be executed, and there
! rs no Law but military law, there NAV. in
extreme cases, be an apology for it but in
ours, where we have Judges,-no man
will doubt Judge Treats integrity: the
President does not the Secretary dare not
while, l say, we have the court, in which
cases OF treason are punishable, / repeat
again that it is unjus;ihab!e, and hereto.
fore an unheard of thing in a country
| claiming 10 be lol al and a law-abiding
country. Cheers. ! iDdorse. then. nv
| fellnw-citizens, that resolution fully. And
unless our State socedes from the Union or
the power of our courts and their officers
is destroyed, ! feel that there is no given
cause upon which these arrefts can he ms
tilted. IL any Of our citizens are CHARGED
with treason, let them be sent to the conrts
organized for trying such cases, and there
be either convicted and punished. ifguil,y.
or honorsbly acquitted; if not, that those
who defame them may meet the reward or
punishment due them from a thankful or
an indignant people. Applause. | do
hope no longer to hear that the power of
the government is engaged in incarcerat-
ing men. keeping them in dungeons. and
then turning them out ithout giving them
a faE trial befnre a jury of their peers
Applause. If, in talking this way, am
guilty Of treason, why let them take me
before the courts. Laughter
My fellow-citizens. indorse fully that
other resolution which the COMMITTEES re-
ported fpr. yaur, adaptiep, s-prohihitips-aha
5nhux 81 ifee negroes into IiiiB6is. Itbink
we are at present in great danger of being
cursed with tree negro population in Iii
DoiE, unless we can vindicate the law as IL
stands upon the statute books, by exclud-
ing them. know the hard-workinp and
honest men of the country do not desire to
be brought into competition with free ne
gro labor. think the dictates os right
and justice to our white population require
that we should enforce that law and keen
negroes out of the State while we have
them out. Let me tell you, | have never
known Negroes condition to be bettered
by setting him free, Nnety-nine out of
every hundred are in worse condition
than they were before they were free. If
we get community of free negroes n.
mOngst Us, we will he soon satisfied of thi.
fact. Sometimes a portion of those raised
free will do very well, but, iu addition to
war tax. do not want to be taxed TO
support them. Applause
know Jam trespassiug upon your time
EGO en- and feel that / am making
these remarks without any sort of prepare.
ton. Inever make much Of a speech.
even when am prepared. and DO not Oft
en- try to prepare.
Other resolutions have escaped nv no.
tice. / have alluded ~ them TO indicate
to you what / think of them. If they meet
your views as representatives of the great
democratic party, and you ADOPT them
Noice-"They have been adopted"1. |
shall accept the nomination which YOU
have conferred upon me to-day with great
deal of pleasure; and it will give me plea
sure to 60 throughout this State, wherever
/ can go. and vindicate them for upon
them feel tt at | am prepared to stand or
fall before the honest voters Of this State.
[Cheers
in reference to the soldiers Ii does nv
heart good t. speak of their deeds upon the
bloody battlefield. | have been instru
mental IN persuading sJme Of them to go,
and, when the news came back that thew
have acquitted themselves with credit in
their conflict with the rebels in aims. IL
makes me feel tina: we yet have a hone OF
saving the constitution and of saving the
a
the valor Of our people, and those who &C.
quit themselves with credit. think, are
entitled to our highest regard aud deserve
our warme t encDmiums.
While am on this suhjsct, permit me
to say that there seem to Lave been, since
this rebellion broke out, an effort, on the
part OF the a5'litiou press Of Illinois, TO
give out the idea that Southern Illinois or
Egypt. was in rebellion against the consti
tuition and the laws; that il was untrue In
our government; and that it was nothing
but nest Of traitors, deserving the halter
Gentlemen, a more willful falsehoOd never
was printed against the people of any
country than such charge against the
people Of Southern Illinois. IAppause.
They have shown 10 this war that tbey
not only had the lIyalty. but the courage.
~ ebS SOhotttuLOu dOO lace rlo
Toes OF the Union. My own little city has
been denounced as being almost rebel. and
yet she has sent one man out of every two
liable to military duty. Applause. Ny
own little township, that in 1860 gave me
a majority of seventeeo-the first time she
ever voted demOcratic-bas been dsnounc-
ed az q nest Of traitors; and yet, out of a
voting population Of 1913. she has sent rs
soldiers to battle. Cheers. And there
are other counties in Southern Illinois
which have sent more than one ont of
every two liable to military duty. Can
these taunting hypocrites and liars who
denounee Us say as much for their couu-
ties in Northern Illinois? [Cheers. Voices
mo" NO." Until they present their
military rolls. aud show that they possess
patriotism, let them refrain [chesrsl from
their calumnies upon Southern Illinois.