The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-08-11

I ifepuDHIan, o. tODk county COl. jonathan
Kimball, republican, of Kane county sam
uel Stra WIDER, democrat, OF Whiteside county
Gen. John c. Cox, republican, of Adams
DIR. y. NJ. Gibson, republican, of Peoria
Hon. +. S. Terry, republican, of Vermilion
d. Little, republican, of Logan y. 6. Slack
republican, of Schuyler county: Major w
3. Little, democrat, of Christian county
Tazewell w. Turner. republican, JofiersvF
county Major Thomas Morgan, republican
Monroe and Louis Honick, democrat, o
Alexander county.
observation-disclosures O'Sulivau, republican
Of Adams county; Joseph " Dow, republi,
can, of La Sale county; J. M'Guinness, jr.
democrat, of Cook. and r. W. Townsend
democrat, of Hamilton.
srEECH BY THE PRESIDENT.
Hon D. X. Green, in taking the chair
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen IF lie COnteation-l thank vou
heartily for the honor done me on this occa-
| sion, i'll selecting me to preside over this
very respectable and first convention of the
| kind that has ever assembled in the city O
| Springfield. have mingled with the gen
tlemen composing this convention very con
siderably yesterday morning, last evening
and this evening. | have attended every
|
have been a member of every state cCuyen>
ton which has ever been held by the repub>
lican party in this state. and | say. withou,
fear of contradiction. that 50 far tie gem
temen composing this convention are con
cerncd, they certainly compare favorably
with any convention of which | have ever
been member in this state. AZ far as |
| have been able TO discover, no difference OF
opinion has. prevailed. | meet gentlemen
whom / used 70 meet III republican couyen~
tions, and many who have been lit. long
! democrats, and what is to me very chceriu =
| is that ! meet here geut,emcn who have
! honored Illinois upon the field of battle. |
/ have met here gentlemen who have worn the
! double star upon their shoulders. have
met those who have worn the single star, and
! those who haze worn the .daa'5 and silver
{ leaf, and gentlemen who hav5 worn the bars,
and am happy TO say that have met gen
| ilcmen who have stood at the breech o: the
I g-ln. Applause We have come together
with a common object. and ! nnst say To
! you tn those gentlemen WHO haze worn The
insignia OF office during the war have lad
my heartfelt svrn pa;hy. We have met here
for common object First, those gentlemen
and met here for the first time iu l~6l.-
/ We endeavored then to recruit the army of
Illinois for a purpose. That purpose was TO
save the unity Of oar states That Vas tho
object of our meeting. of our drumming
through the s'rcels, and thI Io"yh the ciiie>
and village ri our states. vas 20 rc.-iu
intact the union Of tAe-n states. Those
brave hoyS Of Illinois have bbasicd that they
carried the liaq with siI= =lo erased.
1t was their object to preserve them from
being erased. Tier id-a was that no sta
could be erased.
The war has been over for Is or IT
months. During that time n5 rebel flag has
foat5d over any portion o1 these United
States: over any foot Of terri tory. | -ay 'hat
those gentlemen who have been in the army
have a right to say why i i that the Union
Is not intact; WHY j, is that voa and have
to come TO Springfield to make iuquirje-
upon this subiect2 We saidto the boz. four
or five yeas ago, put down the rebellion
. They did as VIC told them. and vet We dn mo-.
Gnd the state existing tha: We had q right to
think would exist. We Ead- that. although
the rebellion Is destroyed, Vet these states
are uncalled among these United S,ateS,-
vet border country. 1t is yo=r business to
inquire, citizens of this great Republic,
why it is that these states are not restored.
and when We find the cause it must be
removed. ! say to you, gentlemen, for one
propose to ind the cause and remove It. ]
you once more, gentlemen, for the honor you
have conferred me.
On the conclusion of Mr.. Green 3 remarks
the following resolutions were offered and
unanimously adopted:
REVOLUTIONS.
Rcso'vcd, That we cordial accept and
heartily indose the principles contained in
the call hereto annexed for the National
Il IL
inst, at Philadelphia. and t,lat re pledge
ourselves, eacA to the other and to our couu-
try, to maintain and uphold them always in>
violate
Rcsolred, That the faltious majority Of
our present congress deserves rebuse io,. is
reckless disre-S-d "f the constitution. for Iis
usurpa,iOn, tor vacjllation for its denial of
representation to 10 states of this Union
that while claiming that these states can
only he allowed representation by the action
of the law>making power. we assert this ruling
faction has utte.ly failed to prescribe a1y
basis upon which sYch states may ever be
admitted.
Resoircd THAI congress in its last hours
made a fittin" monument Of its own seliish-
ness and weakness by appropriating to each
member thereof an extra sum o. $4,000.
while with nig2ard hand they dpled cut to
each Of the brave soldiers of the republic, for
their efforts in saving the Union, only the
zum OF 500.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
1t was then moved that n CON hmittee Of II
be appointed TO form an executive committee
10 consist of ore delegate from each congress
sional district. The resolution was carried
and the following gcntlem declared by the
chairman TO constitute such committee =.
:. Hoyne, 2. f. Parks, Wm. Barr, II. o.
Sullivan, =. T. Lindsay. ". \. Steel, L. +,
Ferry, :. L Kosettc, d. Il. Wilson, II. J.
At,.ins, ". johnson, L. ii. Hite and 5. T.
Wheeler.
ADDRESSES, ETC.
After the conclusion of the business of the
convention, sevsral gentlemen. arnorg Others
Hon. Geo. {. Eates, of Chicago Gen. j. 4.
McCiernand, of Sprin Gfeld, and Mr.. |. J.
ketchum, of Jacksonville, were called upon
90 addresses, and responded in well-worded
and eloquent remarks which were frequently
and loudly app!auded. The convention then
adjourned.
Ruslin abat;s not jot of his sharp,
biting, sarcastic style in his new essays.
This bit from one OF them IS exceedingly
pungent:
You women Of England are ali nov
shrieking with one voice-you and your
clergymen ogether-because you Eear OF
yodr bibles being attacked II you choose
TO OBEY your Bibles, you T;N HSvor care vho
attacks Them. t s just becan4e you never
.ai.i! single, downright: rsc4ept OF the
book that you ere 80 e-.e.a. q as credit.