, 1865-02-01

There las ncvcT Lecn tine IN the l.sttoryc c
Clicago, whsn n her clli-ers woald more G!sl
" overlook IN crser On tue part o. their fzp
1cseuta:'ves th1n nov. As ths-c has ner :,
Iccn pe-in3 Of such vital and far re1ca'ns
danger, SO has there never been so f.:. m o.
lortuuity 1or tbs dss:''9y Of M.Sn21;m:.y oI
.hc pa'l Of both puh,lc servants and pco
l1c. The people arc a!ways generous. Tl>.
only ask that the:= representatives, shall b:
Just. We lave n:ve. DOUBTED tue intesrit.
of the seven gentleman from this county WI;
voted flr the horse railway biil. Nha': =
Eusp:clons hare existed in the paG!;c m II
lave proceeded f-om the chars .ter o. the bill
for which they voted, and no. 1o.n anyth;as
1hat wss uttered Mt the Bryan Hal ,ae lin :,
OR anything that we hare ultcscd. I'll.
members themselv-3 have b.cn Al
home recently. They have Mingled will
their constituents So f1- as We ART
::b1c to ascertain, tue feeling Of t1c public i!
That their representatives, yotea honestly FOL
"a measure to which they had no. g.yea dnl
consideration. This mc :sure happened to BE- 8
vc:y bad one. II las drawn, rs ':e are informed
7'y Wabash c. Gondy. It's sn ooth p!-aseo.ogy
covered multitude Of Gins. II Was no:
easy to penetrate lis mcaulsT, and without
accc: to score OF old city ord;noaces, i'm.
possible, At any rate there is no sufficient
trason ts bclicrc 1Aat the rep. sentative;
from COX county wire moved By any cor
,ui't influence to yts. fov the b"l.
1llat these Ecn:lcsa: i made grave mistake
We presume lnaic:,;y OF them u11::. This
hcing Il mistake which involves not o1'y
themselves nnl their itslvx citizens, bat thr:.
1'ostc1isy for tb'.c generators, Is It not rca'
sonuulc 10 ask that 1hcy repair that wrong
so far as the Opportunity still r1naIass We
Encw that 1t is unpleasant to rccede from
. pusi;iol which has b N TAKEN with one IS
eyes open. But great men d, E, every day
both in mi1is 'ry and civil Ill, aa5 ;;1er ,nass
nan:msty Is no less conspicuous in aban5onin:
t'.w days since Secretary Fes:c7der, who has
7:ecn somewhat distinguished a M opponent
.:e:ilc policy Of taxing State banks oat ofexist:
.rcc, Or into The National sys cm, and has re-
i .eted that policy in the Stnate with command
ing ability, laid paper before Congress say7
5n~ that The policy which he had lczetofora
opposed WIS, in his present belief, The correct
<sne, and that he hoped Congress would adopt
II without delay. Did any b:dy think less
If NJ. Fessenlcn for Emitting tl.!! he Ind
made mistakts On The contrary, every
man Of sense deemed him better at.ed to d.
charge the duties Of bis high position, for the
very fact that he WIS not 0lfndly riycted to
IN opinion, right or wrong. No member Of our
Legislature will suffer by the: comparison we
Lave made. They can only suffer by showing
themselves incapable Of such elevation or
character as that which we have cited. Thtir
1ltufe is III their own hands. We are not
whit more IN earnest OH this subject Than the
multitndes in Chicago who ide on lorss1ail.
ways without owning !,orse railway stock .thc
multitudcs who loyc jus:ic. and ha+a ii, mo
nopolics conducted on the p.nc;pae that
stealing cent d day from each man in ch;c,-
80 for nInety-nine years is no cFi,nr,
Every 1nan, woman and child in nlino.s ia
Interested in defeating this bill. II Chicago
may be annexed to horse raflwas>by ae: Of
the Legislature. the rights Of no town wilt be
safe. Corporations equally" dangerous. will
spring up everywhere. first begging d little
and soon grnsplng a'l that Il LETT. We b.ss
The present Legislature 10 bear this in mind.
and let Il not be said they establish d the
precedent FIR ii! the evil that may fow from
t'ne such dangerous example. :
4 word to the horse railroad meaayers may
not lie asniss. They arc pressing this b:1,
WILL 'n'cmpcratr zeal, add to their oxn hurt.
Many Of them arc gentlemen Of high respect
ability but thcy may part with their stock
tomorrow or 1he next day, aud they cannot
sell their responsibility with it. wc ask
them whether 1t is wise to provoke the peo-
lIe 10 make war upon then. 4 mun,c1n.1
election Is approaching, md old PARTY lines
are disappearing. We take ii That i. is mas.
flblc to elect city government thu, will m
systematically to work to teach these corpor.