, 1866-09-19

Shall VIC E11fUUMH Convention or ASFoE
Interesting Corrcapondcncc.
Wo pubifsli tho following protest Of Mt. aIesing.
accompanied by tho invitation Of the Chairman Of
tho County Committee, and tbo application OF
certain fo}d!oss TO Tho scrcsal committees. for
frtioH Of fAc two. They arc very interesting, anil
sccn 10 rhow tho affiliations and predictions Of
tho Detsaes Committee:
IT,, s e ds.ss !s 2,t e hls d.
ss,us q a'ios he ] axea aoopis fot :; he
Se!s P a .nson y ssanf !",sa sSi s
hody 81 sae u.aon mon ofthis county assia.t: M :uch
"1hc request far mnotlne Of tha a~a con,m!t-
tefa for eonftlt1!ion, cn1nr tn an of1c!a canrac-
T.; tfo ZIP; aes :; Chairman q !hs county Sse ~
f.,tod was uot only ditcnnrtscus u tha County
Committee. lul unfair 10 thu proe Of the cnnHty;
sSldlera ,ceisant to Tho rrluriple, Of tlle great
Union party, aud Il Acrinx. c.ala only hare bcen
conceived il Tho inlere.t Of aunsu c!il.e os ptscon
N Sppos!aon to tae almost uhan'moas Paeus
"Firs.. There. /. no good ssaaon IN sssas Of
.aa ay sa on To-
1he sane constituency elect @ bolh M si,e oonSress.
an aDl .e connty o ~ and , ne 9ssSqs To-
ceased when Cook County a'oae bccama q Con.
grcssional District.
ono consenioa Of @ Delegates slosen " sos1s T H.
tefeatcd Ia both Congressional aud co o.utT aItirs
would more nearly represent the popular will than
.once lel ii be understood that In this crisis We
-hie arc 10 have oac Convention TO represent tue
Union party Of This county aud tna. Tho conven-
lore the Union and universal Iiberty. and We
should Sec SUCH an attendance At the POLLS Of the
1nrued TO lhc Convention as wonld ins1tc to every
lover Of his country In this hour Of great peril the
EuaFdins Of trrtc hepnolleanaam by wisdom, loy-
Aft
ant. cliqueR would have T. take hack etat+,
while the people and the ao1dicrs would star nd IN
pne 9s 5sesss e
and q thorough yind!eatiou Of the good Principles
of the Union Republican party ,e;csywhs1e
such hitherto ias not .6e.a the rnle-iha. in Tic
past the Two Conventions haze been held sepa-
xatcly- The same rule asked 10 be adopted PFC
One Convention Is called, and aitcF nominating
Candidates TO be yoied for by tho cntifc sonnty.
r. f TIN ass 't,s ts s
ticular disuic1 Of the county"
In nconcluston-econony Of Tine, OF money,
the harmony Of our patty, aud tie w11 Of THO
Union votest Of thIs County, combine to demand
one Convention. Then, as i membcr Of the Gun
srcfkio,.r1 Committee, as tnen,bcr Of The Union
af'isnd q he s9iiieis, Whese claims eon only b.
asa.asf Ills has'y, ll'aaSed ,i;s ast9n; e
Wy !. e. LIZ s,so. his Substitute"
To The Republican Congressional Committee Of
The First Congressional District:
''GEx11EAES: believing thai the interest Of
coz connty wosid IL s.sa9iy H. sasesea Il ~ Uniting ie
Congressional md County Con7esldons as ono
BODY delegated TO perform The duties heretofore
Signed. returned soldiers. respectfully request
thai joint call b. Issued by the two committees
for 70 e.
InsEE nomination Tor Congress Is wcH as Tor
county qS.scrs: .,.r ,ao,.
5oai 5ohn |, WITS besstiase aa5 Mm: Il Wa!iis, Ias
Iiashrunck DAVIS, Z. J. Whitehead, :.
FL = :; SslH2n SSa1G2m"n' Mm 4; H. Il n'SSsds T,ylos-
j. {. EarbcT, John ]; Jours,
I'll y Box. JoAn I. fGans. sas.
Colonel Jotu L. Hanrocs, Chairman First Dis
tzict congressional commiites: Y >, ,eec
in favor OF holding joint eonren:ion for pn;tns
fiiatcs for ,hs county pA1ee;, 10 Be voted Tor at
a1Ic ensuinG tortmbe: eicrt!on- ASSUME the lin
crty. As Chairman Of tho CoEn'y c'ntrai Com M
for our respective. commi itccs 10 tucss, ,,,E Iii
a5P e nsssa y 2: s sa
The EcasGti* tu fayor nI joint convention ars
obvions, nnl OF fuel n nature az nut to be llsrc
Control lhc matter lies. Tie peculis: coniItlss
of public asasrs, nt ihts juncture, Requires ID
fullest possible expression Of The popular will II
1l1c selection Of gu: standard hearers fu: tc co7
tus conicFt. We already fnvc seen lAE.e nun
hers ofour mo>t lrEucrlaf citizens f.s0:in, taa+
conren11un fur direct nominations; nnf!. Nhl!
eucl, course may not te n1toctther practicable i
tht present lime, get We cannot fall - secoSniz
5u tic tnorcncht, strong pupu!ar feeling In savo
rs fro and open ne possible. anf mn ani1na
callc the interest. of VOTERS, 20 aaio attain mos
t1v fr 1r,Ft lin ntH+4V
tSlt san 10 hctlef attained by onc set oi ptimar
elections AND one convention, t!13n ~ lWu. "a
hardly admit Of douns. by Il sc shall saso ts:ae
C1pcnec, tpAtc tho conntry towns the Inront:t
iritcc, as Tcl! 1s Our own hn.inrra and fabortn
mcn The annoyance OF donhfc elections nnd cor
vcntiunR, Nn1. h5 hrinEirg together ltc inlcrcs
felt both Ia the Congressional and county e1et
1ipns, sccutc better ret at delegates. and III
Ntscsl discrimination in tic SELECTION of0ur cat
might also, In this connection, add that 4,
advised nen,o11nl is In preparation by Ehc seai
Ing soldiers Of otr country. and their friends, nj
dressed 10 our seHpeeatSc committees, ur1fn. tt
union OF tic two cOnscniiany; aud l mast T.:
press fear tlai neglect On onr part 10 hcc
thcsc 1umcrous c1pEcfstous of public fec1[n:
wpnld seem go dIsrncardful Of 1t ns ~ amount 4
n0et to dchance-a courac, aln slrc, tlciialsr Il
Congressional nor The Comfy Committees ia
take the responsibility OF adopiiEg.''
loutf, 'sHEhnral. SilErAnn,%'
"Chatrman Cook County Central Isrpuhlica
Committee"