Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-08-23
Wna1 ibis Nation wants


T,o rsonIe of the United States~-in the
,.brseIoid sense os needing it, lacking IL
Iaekine it. and earnestly desiring tan
honest. wise, statesmanlike administration
ofIbe government. They want chahRe
could be for the worse.
They want President who can hoiu
Washington safe from the danger OF cap"
,nre for at least twelve consecutive months.
Tbey want President who Will permit
rhe inhabitants of any State to return 10
their allegiance without competing tneh
to swear that they will support she poilcy
which be may dictate, and vote lot anu
support him, instead ofswearIng oDeulehoe
to the Constitution.
They want President who wont 's"hp
forty regiments CT white kentucky rin@-
men for a few hundred Kentucky hegroes'
and who will not put henlucky uhue'
martial law, and alenate her lfom 'nG
UniGn because her gallant people Eoiuseu
70 be "swapped."
.rond another three thousand million OF
dollars. and another million Of men, 10 a
wsr for the Emancipation Of negroes and
far Southern bogus electoral! votes.
They want President who viii not del
uye the country with rapidly depreciat-
ing currency ; load down the people with
tsXstion, and dccimate the population for
the same objects, while each year u war
fare is but cycle of disasters, without
material advancement.
They want President who will ignore
all considerations, save the Union OF the
North and South and endeaVoT to recon
Gle their indIferences who will endeavUr
60 redress sectional hostility, and thus re-
move the ouly obstacle to reunion and
who will give US peace upon the only sale
snd honorable basis, the Constitution OF
the United States.
They want President who will recog-
nice them-the peopIe--as the rulers OF
the Rel ubic; " no " III net aTrogate HIM
self the title and ell the powers OF 1.-THE
Governments" and who will not distract
md divide the North by destroying the
liberties Of the people, overIhrowing their
Constitutions, and multiplying their laws.
y They want q President who will repress
and punish frauds on the army aud on the
reople. and will see justice executed upon
public p!underers. -,
They went q President who will not,
through jealousy of their power, lnHugur-
ute the policy Of disbanding the militia OF
the States, and leave them defeneeless
when they are invaded. .,,
They want President who will be true
to the great trust cOnfded to his Charge +;
who will faithfully maintain the PRINCIPLES
Of American liberty, rs embodied 10 the
Constitution of the United States, and OF
the States respectively ; who will not be
The chief enemy of the civil authority In
the loyal States, but will steadfasIly up
hold II F; who will maintain personal llber-
", and freedom Of speech, Ut the p:ess,
and Of the ballot box
Thew want President who will dismiss
dishonest spectators and contractors from
positions Of trust and responsibility, aud
institute rigid system OF economy III pub
lie expenditures.
Thew want a President who will rely up-
on the devotion of the people to their rights
and liberties, upon their patriotism and
intelligence; who will heed their wishes
and seek to advance their interests, instead
of eDdeavOring to force them into cOmpll'
snoe with ever va!ying schemes Of policy
who will protect the white man as we'll at
the negro and who will, by thus securing
the confidence, unite the people of the
North.
They want President who will facili
tate o restoration of the Union, and pre-
vent unnecessary sacrifice OF lives and prop
erty of Union men. by extending the pro-
tsctiCnof the Constitution and laws of the
United States 10 ell who will return t
their allegiance and obey the civil author
ity.
They want President who will with
drew the emancipation PROCLAIM alton, an
recommend the repeal of the confscatio
act, which measures serve but to rendc
Southern property holders desperate, b
making the success Of seces5ionism the
only chance of escape from beggdry.
They want q President who, with CT
unity and prosperity at home, will restoE
and reassert our power and infuenC
abroad who will make the shadow Of tt
American flag once more the defence, Q
sea and land, of ali who TepJse beneath j
and will render the name OF Fan Amer
can citizen" passport iUViClable 10y aD
nation and who, by the vindiostion Of Ia
Monroe doctrine, vii. guard our own DO
ders from invasion, and render tue Who'll
continent nursery for Republics and
homo for white freemen.
They want President who will 5acrifC
every prejudice and ell passion. every SCI
fish aud partisan object, TO the people an
the prosperity aad honor Of the America
Union.