Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-03-03
EIoquens and Pa.rlotIc Leiter
WRITTEN By =
] HON 8. W. RANDALL.
FE,e True Union sentiments

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In repl}te an initiation to address the
Democracy q LIVINGSTON county at the re-
cent meeting IN Pontiac. H3n. S. W. Ran
dali, Of this city, addressed the folloNin
excehe"t'ietteT5 whiehswe. cory from the
Pontiac Meas:
Chairman Democratic Committee
DEAR SIR: y urs Of the 9th inst. in
yitiHg tsSe 10 be present and address the !
peneersGE in nAssr lnee iipg at, Pontiac. on !
the 18th inst. is just received. I regret TO /
say thas ny engageraep sa5e .suah az to 7
require me 20 iatclIne year invitation, II
might perhaps 7clpse with this SimpIe an
sweT, but saGh IS, the iR YFeasian made uns
90 my memory bNt,Ie kindness. heretofore
shown ~ tlsa, Democracy of Livingston
county, on seEetsl = oeeasHGns ,96en had
The haoor. IT, adde's hem -mIngIsd with
the inil appreciation 0! the terrible crisis
through 'Hslph DEF eaTRtry 81 row passing
that lei! imre'l=d 10 address. Though
you. to the asQy4s 5yapr county, a few
se1t1p1enfs, hfeil shall DO justice to my
own feelings, and which hope NAV aid 10
preserving the organization aad union of
the Democratic paTtyaiAtaeh,as earnestly
nope thaf throGgh such Organization and
unios, the boGntrv'Day yet be rescued
'funi ATS perl's, and peaco snd prosperity
restored. a.. -.-
lfhas been nay province heretofore to,
address the people Of Livingston countv.-
/ ana 10 en1eaFOr tn-imPress upon them the
/ great dangers which would result from a
continuance OF angry sectional agitation.
/ he lahsd 40 years have eisea the most
] Az IsIi fprpatS. f,f tha
tens. E&o years have not yet ussseG since
! the iBauguraii0o ?. Of IN admi,,is,ration
which gave. to q .nsrv, Gedssed political narty
its hTat national triumph What a Eesrf1t
volume viii be the history of these TIVE
yearsi - vli.5a.4a1 - =, -,
The fepubiican PARTY entered upoa its
national sen2ageneAts- amidst prosperity
unpreeedented--it undertook tie admins,
tatIVe charge OF nation whose adyanes-
ment had challenged the admiration of the
CIVILIZED world. 1t fund peace and plenty
surrounding rs On all hands and happiness
oelng shnwered upon the cuuntrY as if
-ponfed out ttenldAe 'bpunt4ful4 gEanariss of
tne GTeAtASfsataT. That psseg went INTO
4 power with the Wild boast thht it would
lnlphoVe np9n3tdese great blessings; md
give greater pbosperltYa and .happiaeEs to
peopie. How has. thai. beast hosH fulfilled
is II IN national debt go enormous that
people turn hopeless from the attemnt 70
compute 1t! Is 1t throwing hundreds of
parsons INTO prisons as leathsome as the in
rnOus tastTle, tbsTR to remain fer months.
and ihea turning them loose without trial
or punishment, or even charges preferred
against them? II Old times it would have
been said that IL they Rnre5not guiIty of en-
oHensa. their arrest aud imprisonment was
an outrage upon civil liberty, which wonld
condemn aag. administration to an ever
lasting iEiamy, and if hey were guilty
OF oteases 10 justify their arrest, thee the
turning them lposoa upon sgcieby without
punishment or trial, or ,eEe9 :, charges. pre-
ierred qgaiIst them, was a disregard oi
duty wPIeP weuil haYe received. the exc
er2tI2n Of q ViT.napF ecnmu unity. Or Lss
tttat b9sst been filed by nuzGling the press
OF the country, aud making it 6angcrou,
| tQr tan 10 speak, his honest. sentiment:
IN .eiy Aized pdihteliigant community
}. A!s 1t i, trampg aBdeG foot the cousti.u
.llon 81 the country, and treating The lay.
/ as mere waste paper Z? Has the bras
been fulfilled IN the arming of the tEC
sections With suGhaTmieg as bare ~ rrcce
aert and bringing them into hostile c5n
urea until the very earth j. drunk with hu
map gore. and Tid2ws and orphans, and
chlidless parents fill the land with wsilirs
and sorrow? VII! he any. better fulfill 4
i Ut tie law shall new pass which rronoses e
place every able bodied nan between III,
5 ages oils ard at the bidding of n,
+ ! President SO that the aruiv. shall sgalloY
Up ali tie mUscClar power Of this great IA
tion, and turn its. whole. Industry iutt
a 4 channels of b!oa6 2. Is il fulfilled To- IN.
: the people wien yQgT .Els has ad7aucec
, IN price from ts0ce@ts 10 fity-your cottov
cloth IRON AK cents 10 ffy--when ever,
; Prof2 nlssery note yap giye, brewery deed
Sohcy 3@TesL2e,t, a. i even every checl
, you fake fcT yonr money when ygu sci
yo,,r lea1 at gre ~ at The Yhereheuse. mus
iGys u Stamp 90 Nhlch you must pay r
tax yaIyiap fg3u a teT cents. up TO seg0rs
. dollars? When al-tLf Comforts Of lie ar
heayilytaxad, all o. wh],h were free t,
the people until the adTa,.s Of that par:,
q Whlc5 FrSil,1med as its motto "tree speech
Tree soil, free men," We haze az IS sins
-betn al non!Saeaithas IL greas ev:Isnr,,, : "a
ea IN Ihe green tree, we niiglt squk e.,
CREATE: "a she dry. If lie evils now uoa.
, us are the fruits Of two years role, VIA
may WeeXpect If the r0iuGus courseI- Of
That taFi , are allowed b. become uerTet
uni! These considerations address them
serves o us WIlh fearful yiYidpess when
from Zoe present startling picture v G turn
WIN ptIae, modified, indeed, by melaneho
~ az what surrounds us, u the fact Al q,
, II nearly Jeighiy years while TIE Demo.
! cFaiie pGTty almost uninterFu ot5dly ndniu.
/ lSteo tue government of ths country. ma
elYd HgTs devastated the hnd-ne section.
aistriies ergenizcd great armies to epoao o.
ln,thR terrible work OF humsa biOo5s,ed
no lniraction Of the constitution or laws
: was .e3efs permittefd;-no odiqus ash c
e[eeledI p psAtieaI prisoners incarseIat
e. ppf TIE people glerying in lbeu natur-
\ al grown and pro5FerIty, feeling no bur.
dsn 81 !a4es, TfJaeed in the brighter glo-
Fies OF an eXpaHdlng nati0u-buil. canals.
raur9ads, Sehe2l houses, churches and fire,
sue homes, apd rapidly crowded forward
\ f2NaFa fhe high goal of making America
Inc nrst nation upon The face Of the glybe.
i D, DO not let me be understood Gs bejnc
" opposed to gl7iDg the energies of this ma
ton to the, defense of The government
= whether 1t IS assailed by rebellion OF for
slgn ioes. Let our civil institutions be de
tended under all circumstances and at ali
i hazards. have always and on all occa.
: ,siens' hen proper, given my. voice for. the
pspppQrt and vigorous prosecution Of the
pres war, and have given my % l. Son,
able for the service, to be one Of its via
tims. But we fhke issue with the h5licv
o. party which has made such war nee
essary. We coatend that Just poaieV.
Ejdssly carried out would render peaceio5d
UNION perpetual m these States ana ,va
4 .pQiht TO the Experience Of ne1ffv 7pisb,
years as cohclusiSe evidence ub5n7 tbis
point. We are admonished by the tragic