New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-19

A PARTIAL LIST OF INFLUENTIAL REFoBMEBs-
TIE INTELLIGENCE AND WEALTH or TIE
STATE II TIE LIBERAL BANKS-A COMPLETE
CANVASS FORTHCOMING.
fYROM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBUNEl
CUIcAGO. Aug. 10.-Free speech is at last
rouiuc in with the turning tide and politicians
who fancy that they have interests to peril and place to
COMPROMISE as we'll those who care for neither, are
passing the dcadiue Of declaration. The Liberal cause
in tl state owes It's building mp from the first to that
better class Of party meu whose wholesome disregard Of
the inevitable future that comes TO those who
dare cast OF the irksOme trammels Of party
dictat0n, did much 10 inspire the great strength
now impclng .he Reform movement here
Illinois presents q very suggestive exception 10
the political action OF nearly all the other markedly
Liberal states From the FIRST the full meaning OF the
contest seems TO have been understood by the men who
led %. party thought Whom quite u months ago Sen
aor schurz announced this city his irreyOcabe Oppo
siOn 10 the perpetuaton Of Grant although there were
few 30 agree with him. there were hundreds set to think
ing ly his open warning. The revolution can, from all
indications accepted the result OF popular thought
provoked by wroDs doing and party abuse. The names
that afc used herein illustrate Che stuff Illinois Lber
o.n is made Of correspond exactly with those OF the
citizens in York State that stand before the public
as expOnents Of progress in political thought and reform
IN pO cal usage. These enumerate. in the main pos
ses- The wealth and lead the thought politically and
socially of their respective communities, and, made Of
such metal are % course much troubled by the asper
sions of scOding opponents.
POWERFUL AND INDEPENDENT PARTY.
The Old taunt has died out. The movement does not
tboy over" nor are the Liberals all sOreheads, nor
are any great part them "Oiceseekers nor are theyin
the main such heed the dictates Of caucus or regular
management. Indeed, in the main the people who
Identify themselves with Reform carry in this State
force Of character as well position. political weight
and general high esteem. OF course, the men who
uaign the Liberal candidate for the Presidency could
fytoau sfGfeu fu irunpa no q
character and standing OF both Gov. Palmer and his
jealous co-wOrker, Lyman Trumbull Nor did II seem
improbable these unwse adherents OF the stronger
1arty TO impugn the eanesness as well as the character
OF the majority Of those who, leaving party ranks
chose with open eyes and with plain speech to cast their
fortunes with the progress Of the movement that prom
,sed st least an overturning the political dry bones
That hitherto bave been Ofiense TO the people 1t
would be an interesting calculation to go through each
county the 1O2 Illinois, and group together the
prominent men who espOuse Liberalism in every section
az the state Indeed the work has been more or less
completely done To give the result complete, however
would be transformation OF TIE TRIBUNE for the time
being into species of cOmpendous directory Ihat OF
course yOu have no room for
However as the opposition have deemed OF sufficient
importance TO print supposittous list OF the elements
mat whm or the inexpncabe exigencies Of time and
place have fastened to the Liberal ranks 1t might be OF
practical benefit TO those concerned to casually study
1he meaning of such a showing that presented by the
Liberals OF Illinois.
THE REFORM LEADERS.
Gov Palmer one Of the most accomplished Execn-
fyes OF his time and statesman Of no ordinary aDiy
NAV le said in official position at least TO lead the
movement in the State. Lyman TTumbu, who has rep
resented his State for years in the United states Sen
ate. and who IS to-day impoverished IN tho puDhc
service may be regarded as the national chaul-
rion or Reform with the Governor associated all
the State offices in the Liberal sentiment men who have
enioyedahe confidence and SURFACES Of then fellow
citizens Of Illinois since the Republican party had an
organization. With Lyman Trunbull, that vast con-
etituency that came know the rights aud reason OF
The contest for human liberty carried on by Abraham
Lincoln and his oOmpeers align themselves steadily IN
the ranks of Reconciliation and Reform. Perhaps the
picture may be made impressive by adding that in
this alignment the forces the old AbolitOnsts, and
Their adgersaries the cohorts Of Democracy, come
squarey 20 the 'front.' wagRg the battle that Abra-
ham Lincoln carried on and glor1ed with his life AS a
Representative OF the Germans Gustaye Koerner Minister
10 spau under Lincoln, heroic type OF the Refu-
gee OF as and compatTiOt Of Carl schurz, and
a man unspcakaDly dear TO the Germans leads the
Liberal ticket az candidate for Governor Perhaps in
oint OF power Il might be pertinent place Mr. Horace
white the editor that great journal which leads the
sentment OF the Northwest The Chicago Tribune even
before the political leaders who the destiny of
,Ieir time Then come such men Gov VIM Bross the
Greeley elector; Leonard SWEET, Of the foremost
H., minds in the state, formerly Senator the warm
1end NJ Abraham Lincoln; eX-COngressmau John Went
.ortb / r. DoOlittlc, IT,, lawyer OF eminence and
Ider Of weight among the younger political students
., the connuuty the Hon. Jesse h DuD0is' exstate
h,ditor the Hon Newton Bates. ana the Hon william
Tuusr all holding 40 ono time OF ano'h'i meh executive
80 IN she sac Government the latter recently as