, 1866-10-23
BREAD AND BuTTERHUr,
4 Small Response to a Big Call-T,
Philips and 7. L. Dickey
Oh the Situation.

~ =, " 80 iseuo " sektc1aAft eurmounted BY f0ul
lines Of big type:
,,%; %colsne1 ! 1:y,e pietey, ths Democratic can
Gs1srl T. oI b rhh:'Ps c2Pdi4ate fe5
Peoria, will address the eiiizens Of c6icsso from
I.e CSsrt House steps this evening At half past
"Tte bare announcement OF this nacs wifi nm.
donb;edly nttract fhc Un1on.lovIns Citizens ' q,
Chicago 10 The Court House tQuarc bv thunsnn,ls
10 tender th:se brsyc and sts.llng patrlots VEL
which holds place in The hearts Of the people"
Ire gentlemen announced 10 speak cuncre-
gated nj the oatcc OF tbe RecorGes's Clerk nj an
early hour, but The crowd came not. AT ha1f.past
seven O'clock exactly three perroas were on The
Court House steps, besides three reporters. An.
other fifteen minutes brought halfa doxen more,
cie,tly large to enable coupcfAcad reporter, by
adding three cyphcsr, to telegraph that fEeen
TIC o e5s A 1eGss
KccotcGr's Court Roupi, On the prescription Of
u. 5. Nickcse!.a1n, WIN was chosen Chairman oi
o das l ihd % on1a I5 at
euou.h to attract .by thousands to fender, &c.
aEu their principles dcc,dcdy repusiye to tue
great mass oftle people.
Colonel Phillips. candidate for tha Office of
thai Tie Republican party had, prior 10 the mesi.
ing Of the last Congressional session, sustained
t te T,cw. nov csRsssed ia the annnciatlon Of
difference b.lwten the Congress aud Tic E1ccai.
tive WAS IN ,elalion 10 Representation. This
HSa, hHs[e1h he bad ,ha hn!ways Understood to T.
tb:s were NOT so. then he war
Of the revolution WAS war waged wftiou. profit,
at and dtcet In support Q! his vcws hs eed 10
Adams declared iha! taxation without 1cprescnta.
don was tyIanny; Already, in Ills view! he lately
febe! Stascs Lad performed all the duty which
6EONlu be tOruhrH tho
ss:sp ss la ne sss's ss",e se otdas;ass
e. es ss b,ly, ,nsy bad tsppassd ef
ceucn,rence in The abolition Of slavery, they
sh1uld now come irto the national council
possd aonsi,nta @ ho!aIe ID inc tR,@ Rso,
- be unnecessary for The safety Of ihs United
states Ihs f9n5ih amentmen1, n relation 10
% e ssan:sy. = s.es,t asss* e..sd ssi
npGpn + In relation 70 the rebel debt be contend
&c baeed this belief upon the presumed impov
e,islcd condition Of The South, and ihe G{,ser
ess s aa T. ss,Ss III sPe "a m es sasb sed
en cause which her leaders demanded and cx-
RsSied ss 1hs third amendment dstza1shisins t'e
deanc,lrc Of The rire q 3ae peop,e pPwfs pf re-,
States. A. the same time the elauee does not psr-
elective franchise b. red.nanded cus.shroa a. .,
lee, who might Be expected to use influence 1I 10
excluded from tEe chance Of 1.akinE thcis 60
qncncc and power felt
~ The a5tlele IN relation to eutI!aec he argued,
1tn,n0 willie malce in Tenncssce, one bnnir.tl
Thousand If whom hare been engaged in tue rc.
bellfo1', the basis wifi bc upon the whole number,
aud a!1ty th0useud Will cast the votes of hun
d.cd aud sixty thousand people Of illinois. In
this tho speaker seemed to forget that under the
Eew provision thc onr hundred Thousand not Ic-
.n$ so,e1s lhsy wonld not be included in the basis
Ihs taritiwas next subjected to casusl review,
He declared Tito be detrimental to tho Western
Interest. and Tho means by which Landed and
| bonded aEiFtocracy may be raised In America.
TO cleans. bfmtt1t from The io.outation Of syu-
nahy Will Viii or 11r tIa1oss be cited a. suppo,in=
heroic Rousseau. Opposing the i'rvsidcu, are a
scl Of home patriots aud certain class Of unfor-
S III to ne Of
Presidential action and policy. Twice during ite
debate thu speaker, not eontentcd with the State
orator5 which trenchss un the line between The
ridiculous and the sublime. and became Gru1,,,ci.
atn!y arrsjng, !" the ascn! COLDER the cptthei Of
| from The colored troops all credit ioT nrowca;
or va1or during the war. He stuffed thai never
were The negroes PLACED In ihc Front Of battle or
| elscwhtre tkan where tller cowardce prevailed
over the perfect means OF ilcfcacc, they were de-
feascd without giving battlc to tho crcmy. He
opposed, generally, tue Idea OF :'tinAcring The
upon the expression Of Washington IN lis eau
lion against innovation, contained In his farewell
| address.
In conclusion, he urged that mercy should be
extended 10 the errng oues Of tho rebellion. lie
COZ could see no slorJ 10 result fton, prosecutions.
but, 10 his view, the punishment by creating dsa.
b{li1tcs among those who have surrendered of
thosc people, wnull BE- violation Of the p.irhted
faith Of tho nation. He considered the PROMISED
amendments to ,hs Fundamental laws. as means
lnmation OF amnesty Of the President.
IN Mf: y. /: D'skey was then pnt forward. lie
Large, andthe was received With come mantests-
Having gracefully bowed, and removed bis
(SoIi- bossed> snectar!ce, the speaker announced
now pending before thc American people. Hc
st e hifc to tas stec Of the
Ec placed It before Ills auditors that the pracucai
effect Of the action offast Congress was to give TO
bounty Of thrce hundred dollars. whic :he willie
SOLDIERS Goi but df'y o. one hundred doll.ss.
This, Ee thought, WAS not proper equalization,
con1fs ofIceislaton. The present i lime e4 foa
calm and earnest dclfberattoll, and he would
talk r E's9ye1y IN IN whst he should SAY, The
the questions now submitted to The people. That
paper eays: "One Of the chief results Of the past
The Gre: G1 The power ot Congress
States TO each other and to tho Federal Govern
ment. Before the war The most remarkable ia.
esp4a q e aaop polly ": ostn s xnsnf' Of
changed In The letter, but Its spirii AMI praclce
arc no longer TIC same. Amid The convulsions Of
fss q @ ap
power which Is not likely again to be seriously
asrn1ea:, Ihs unlcn Precisely as i was can
gress v u be practically almost as supreme as the
British Iarliameht.r
When the affairs Of the nation arc in such poe.
inse as TO Gall foF snch remarks as these from
think: The fault fonnd by Europeans Is that
there fs nor sicor and power. enough In the Gov
Of Tie Rtpnble 20 prized The Fiehi Of seltgose1n.
nvnt in the people of,he States that they Careful
" Erar'ed lf0tn encruachmcpt By the Nj
tional Government those rights. Now, afer
| nearly century OF success, no one can doubt the
snsile'eneE Ct ths power Of the National Govern.
Len , fsSo:ni5sa n BY all ne pas1ss Of The Union
nf 1s6i. and it vas taken up as the statement oi
iIK essential he would atl II the American peopie
are prepared to endorse tho coudnct Of the Had.
'eals. teaching ths foreign nations that they
desire ccntra1tZaton Of power. He understood
the legislation arrived at this result, and
as Congress now does not talo moment OF the
stit for anaernentr. whica have 70 NOR. onas force
than the ancient inslrumen. which is dali.
tAlap!el r,rder foot.
lie charged thai The Republican masses one
year ago we're supporting The policy Of Johu
son. tus now they hna been earned away
| ny lEeir naetfonr aud picjndiees to advocat. thai
whish tlsy IT, TSP asspi Cd IT, IT. g.. connection h
billion would be. leld a. provinces or rs tenito
r;st: sorG9em,ed q m y fo,ee Of arms. rhe presen
was !svoFtnS this view. Iu the case Of usnrpatio1
osaas S See.dR:s ,ners sssns Is ii to IN n
war no legitimate power to subdne; Til.
beng 50, thS States hass their rights uninpaired
tie surrender, md moi in the treason
Hc commenced 10 examine the lnatter Of the 70,
!af!nEs In which tlc people 6! The conrtry an
hereafter 10 live. BE Ecared The result would bs
sss' e., s ns;! eS's .sss ~ '9s;ssss ss:s Vi; e
wihoai causing Confusion madc a mose sSs con-
from The raised aaIs. III Dickey Is probably no 10
nscd to other than grave discussion; he sesmct
subject Of perpetual bundase, he bads
eesod1 night ro!o !o 1hese present and sab
for Iby Or. wiel ershan, and declared b. him ss e
harc been rendered, aud In Il remote corner somt
gentleman Of lnsty VOICE Proposed three cheer
ios Colonel hh,ps; IT, he shet5s we,e gsenel
cnlrd young man. who, being near the door. ha,
| amused himself during the evening By crying
out ''hurrah for Johnson." The meeting wAs thci
adjourned in time foT its constituent paris to b
present at The Orc in district " thirteen"
Hnbeas Corpus.
Yesterday, in tho Circuit Court; the h1bro
CORPUS case, mentioned = few days since, in III
1n1prN1 cnme on for a hearing. lt.was tho cas-
Of Edward ". Grnpdin a. relator, against job