Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-16

OFS4StBE III LaulH.
..- What Congress is doing. and what the
~ ao9lItionlsts WouIi like to have it solely
occupy Its time in doing may be discover
TO- ed IRON the following extracts from procse-
- :. ding:
''Mr. Sumner PRESENTED memorial If
ool'red men Of Philadelphia. asking the
privilege Of the elective franchise. Refer
ei :" c9mniItee on freed meo and slay-
cry
NJ. Sdmna: introduced joint resnlu
- Nln to amend the constitution of the Upi.
- t'd States so all persons shall be equal No.
der she law, whethHr white or colored. ard
that no person shall hereafter be hell un
der bondage. Referred to the judiciary
cJmmittee.."
Mr.. Sumner presented the petitions of
D.. l.iO6 women OF New York, Is 800 of Hi.
n1is, and IL GIL Of Massachusetts and a
duplicate number males, pra ?ing for the
r7--- eDiiTe a9al.shment OF slavery. The intro
49,, dnction OF the petitions caused spicy and
interesting debate between Msssrs. Sauls-
-. bury, SnDner. Wills and others"
.-. Now, we may next xpec. that Mr. Sum-
ner Will Introduce petition" urayinr
that Whltemen, unless ab lliianists, shall
d. not % slowed to vote in Illinois. Ii con-
grass can alllw negro to vo!e in Penn
.,-.. sylvania, it can forbid a white man 10 vote
49, IN any other state. We are verv sorry
a. however, tJ-see that 1890 women or Iii.
=. nois, '4ni duplicate number of malaga
-r.- g. were iIuno With no better de fined ideas of
rss..7" amnio" sense. OF law or OF propriety than
III 70 SiSn snch petition as the one prem
tod by atr Sumner. They might, With as
"a mti1 Pr2p'lefy, petition Congress to change
me !'ea;iln'ot The capital of this State
We nave no dou5;. however, that if MIS-
50 Li1kum's' bu against the comet il
- hot sun 'irnt Tor their wants, be will issue
'ss.-., s aL, anything they may. require lie
.I-' tss sHo"n himself capable Of publishing
az manner ut foali1hucss and frivoIi,ips in
!1eih.srests % al iitionism. - tate Reois
ter
Il, GUnscrIPtiOn In a Republic.
q. Toe s.. Luis Anzeig:r, German pape.
o'-tzteu5isa circulation Republican. but
..-, rot radically so--makes the following com.
g-as nenis'upon tho-late c,nscriptlon prOcla
ca -malAn After expressing its surprise that
So. the '-nglisb papers should pay SO little at
49, teatiln to The remarkable pre- iden;ial or
sst der Tor rew draft Of five hundred thong
nnd men, it says:
"ltseens as if our few years of civil
- "aFhRi 81 accustomed our people TO mill
. A. 1tary rnlI, that n06Ody thinks any more Of
q 3; asking the why 2 and wherefore? md This
s1tsSsse smj also to have been presuupossd al
Washington. This new order is al lsc,ni.
and dictatoriai, that if We die not know il
&c $40 emanate from the President of repul.
ESQ lse elected for four years, we should at.
tribute it rather to a'pFiuce of those times
ed sJlWhen the 'sueh is our royal pleasure was
s1is jnFented. We sthl incline to our exolana.
&.Es tioD Of yesterday, that this Lincoln ediet ia
40 hersinteDded to- draw many millions of
o. .basUooey than balf million of soldiers =
But if any ono knows better, we shall be
glad to receive the information. 1t is a.
90 s.ssi,is ~ 80, " ~ s = oi y''ua.
49, isr .oht.lbe least explanation to the people
IIo3rlm2osIug such enormous burdens upon