Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-06-23
UsURPATION REBUKED.

100 600 Freemen in Council.
USURPATION REBUKED.
The Democratic mass convention held at
Springfield on Wednesday the 18th instant,
in accordance With the call of the State
Central Commute, was the most tremend-
eous gathering Of people ever witnessed in
the West. Certain ii is il was larger than
the much boosted lincoln meeting Of 1860,
when it was claimed that one hundred
thousand people were in Springfield.
And unlike the gatherings Of the Re-
publicans, this Springfield meeting was not
an assembiage Of boys. woman and child
rem. 1t was principally made up of far
mers, mechanics, merchants, and those
who earn their living by honest toll. Men
who heretofore have never been known to
attend Political gatherings, as well as the
earnest thinking men of the country, were
there-active participants in the great con-
stitutional movement
The meeting took place on the Fair
/ Ground, about enc mile from the city -
The vast croud gathered at an early hour,
and the shouts of tens Of thousands Of Pat
riots blended with the music of scores of
excellent bands, rendered the occasion one
Of intense interest.
/ An organization was effected att O'Clock,
by selecting Hon. VIM. A. Richardson,
President; Charles H. Constable, and
forty others, Vic Presidents; and r E.
! GoodeIl, and eight others, Secretaries.
| Speeches were made by Hon. D. W.
voorhees,, and ex Governor Reynolds. of
Indiana; Hon. Samuel S. Cox. Of Ohio
! Gen. McKinstry and Hon. C. r kribbsn,
of Missouri Hon. Wm. A Richa rdson, c, l.
D;ckey, S. s. Marshall, J c. Allen, j. c.
Rubirson W r. Morrison, +. T. Merrick,
NJ. Y. Young, J. r. Eden, Charles E Will
ard, Judge Bryan, and others, of Illinois,
from various stands.
The speeches were characterized fpI
ability and eloquence and by a firm and
incorporating hostility to the plans
measures and policy Of the present Admin
| iStratiOn, and were received with the most
enthusiastic applause. The several speek
ers, while they advised obedience to the
laws, denounced the encroachments upon
! the constitution and arbitrary usurpations
Of power by the Administration.
The most Interesting feature Of the
meeting was the liberality with which the
assembled Democracy Of the State respond
! ed to the call of the committee for con-
tributions for the relief of cur brave soldiers
in the field. The muuif2ent sum of forty.
/ seven thousand four hundred dollars was
subscribed and paid in, Such material
evidence of sympathy on the part of the
/ Illinois Democracy with the men who al a
/ PerIhirg their lives fer their country,
/ should shame the AbOltiCnists who make
great professions of regard but never give
anything to alleviate the privations and
sufferings Of those who are fighting our
battles, but on the other hand by their
G1vernor's act, defeat a proposition to
give one hundred Thousand dollars from
our State treasury for the benefit of sick
and wounded Illinois soldiers. After this,
let US hear no more ISLANDERS against the
Democracy for want Of sympathy with
the patriots who are fighting under our
| flag.
The resolutions, which we give in to-
| days paper, were adopted without dis
! sentiug voice. As will be seen, they de-
! clare in mild, but firm and emphatic terms
against the unlawful acts of the Admins
tration. They are decidly clear on the
suspension Of the haJeas corpus, the arrest
of citizens, the suppression Of freedom Of
speech and the press, and the erection
over us Of military despotism. That they
will be endorsed by every Democrat in the
State who desires to see the Union restored
and the flow of fraternal blood to cease,
there cannot lie the least doubt.
The following gentlemen were the CON-
mittee on resolutions:
! s. S. Marshall, Chairman. J. G. Allen.
W. r. Morrison, John T Stewart. J. c.
Robinson. L. W. Ross A. Thornton, A l..
| Knapp, j. r. Eden, c. NJ. Harris, W. J.
Allen, H. X. s. O'Melyeny, A. G. Burr,
W. c G1udy, c. Ii. Lanphier. r. 2. Tan
sew, W. d. Latshaw, B G. Caufeld, O.. c..
Skinner and T. Lyle Dickey.
Among whom our readers will recognize
several Congressman and ex-Congressmeu.
Nobly cid they accomplish their par: of
the task.
The assemble ge was most creditable
one, notwithstanding its vastness. Indeed
we never attended more orderly meeting.
There was no disorder, confusion, or outs
breaks Everything passed of Harmonious.
ly and oil returned feeling satisfied with
the demonstration in every respect.
The citizens of Springfield are entitled
to great credit for their efforts to accommo-
date the gathered thousan Is. They did
every thing in their power to render the
affair a success. .-zr..
The three great States Ct the West, Hi.
nois, Ohio and Indiana, have now spoken.
Will their voice be beaded?
Eating Administration Dirt.
The whole pack of federal Office holders,
including,of course. the editor of the Joliet
Republican, endorse and praise the recent
letter Of President Lincoln in reply to the