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mo1e especial champions. OHIO had her
ValIsndieham; Wisconsin her Sat-
CLARKE; Indiana her Milllgan and her
Bright; Iowa her Henry Clay Dean, and
Illinois her Springer. The zcts OF these
illustrious men hAye nearly Ill passed
into historyand into proverh.. Val1an-
digharn crowned his immortality BY
crushing Pend'eton, and then, esnson-
like, the entire party at New York.
Bright Is contestlng tho honors of the
Crnftderste Z Roads in Kentucky with
Nasby; Miillgan has had a Supreme
Court decision in his favor, and now
Springer han been snuffed ont by the aAme
tribunal. While Vai!andIgham sought
to preserve the Democratic psrty intact
by Trying 10 have the mnmbera all fight
on the same side, while Singleton thought
to deuoralize the rebels by exchanging
gold and bacon for their tobacco, Spring.
ger was vindicating the "tatte1ed lag
menh " Of the cous1itudon, by resis dug !
the collection Of the income tax"
Hsmpden played his part well, but |
Springer enlarged, embe1lished and I'M
proved that part. 'Hampden refused To
pay his taxes, but Springer permitted
the minioua Of the Law ia seize his prop-
cry and sell 1t. Like the boy who en-
dmes The; ;lsbe1 ot pulling his a@ea up The
hilf that he may enjoy .the sensation Of
sliding down, 70 Springer let hia proper
tY be eotd for his income tar. that he
might have the reactionary " sAtistac.
sion Of having the property returned to
Lin, With damsges tor the great outrage
upon his rights ard tetllngs. Mr.
Springer Is lawyer. He prsctises ST
Springfield, In this S,a.e, and, In .obedls
ence to The natural laws Of affinity be-
tween great minds, he Is q business part
ner and associate Of the gentleman who
furnished the brains and captured
Vickspu1e.". Mr. Springer claims to be
the original inventor OF tho Idea that An
income tax Il unconstitutional, Others
have made The aana claim, but Stste
p1!de, II nothing else, compels US 70 IN
Elst that to cur Illinois Democratic chief.
tain belongs all the {Ame- In support Of
this theory BIZ. Springer has written the
longczt briefs ever put together By any
uemher oil bis profession. He managed
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abe who pleads his own cause tas fool
far client" And so it turned out.
Nebs'e,'s legal fame rested upon
a lew leading cases, but Webster
never pleaded the canse Of whole
people, robbed Of thrir substance BY a
rapacious usurping government, uudes
the color Of Laws passed BY Cong.es.
| which had no legal exisseuca. .Webstel
, pleaded the cause OF man against man
: but Springer was to pleid the cause Of. +
, whole people aea1ns.a government whoss
usurpaAons had no partlle] since sht
j, time when. Noah took exclusive posses
, sion orthe ark. Like true Democrat
:. Springer did not appeal to tho Fedora
: Court I'm point Of fact, in his opinion
: thtrc was,no Fedaral Court, because IL
Union had been disintegrated BY the re-
, sumption at their powers by seTera
, "sovereign States" and whst Was lei
!, vas but the trump OF the dismembere
!, government. Though thc Ua:on and th
nation ard the government as Who'll
II had ceased to exist Illinois wAs 81
a "soyere'gn," so Springer appealed t
~ ~ the only sovereign" which 1t
"a as q Democrat, recognized. an
~ asked the Supreme Court {
- 7this 6tate to vacate The seizu1
= = and sale ofhls property fos Al unconst
tutiopai Income tar, which he, as Den
~ ecEat, Ind resolutely and iesraess1y II
=, Il fused to pay. His arguments Al
:" his briefs, II collected, would fl
ba volume. No man could res
~ ~ them without lamenting that a tax prt
h. ductng such result had ever been Ia,
-. No man could read these volumino'
ha documents without feeling certain tht
~ though Hamilton, Madison, Marshall Al
- :. Story were dead, their succcessoss cou
-, rely on the enlighseuinR sid Of Syringe
- The Supreme Court Of this State, att,
- reading these arguments, and uusble
"a combat their reasoning, shirkra The +
N spopsiblllty Of asserting the sovereign
~ oi1llinols, and disclalued ali jnrtsdicsi<
~ ot the matter. '''
= - The W.T. had ended. Andrew job
~. -. son issued bis proclamation declaring 8
= ~ Southern States restored anaethe Uni
- once more Intact, so~spriuget yielded
~ ~ the necessity Of going before = FEEDER
10 ~ Court. B0t,, In The meantime, q feIlo
-, Democrat In California had taken ca
'ao ~ of;the same kind up, aud, On Mand
- last, the. Supreme Coust Of ths Uni.
9ta1ea, mol having had the lid Of Sprtr
er's briefs, decided tha. the Income I
l. mas constitutional Exit Springer.