The Cairo bulletin., 1873-02-18

Ths amendment has double puspese
| !. 10 deprive the ininesisy Of voice Ia
framing the laws aud inposing taxss.
1 ). 10 compel the voter 10 vote IN lh,
way hing caucus dictates. Asd IL show
dissrust Of The people and Of ths,r iasslli
genes, and an risty 20 lead them asd cen
troll them and dictate to them ssd BAN
beosls them.
have faith 10 the people, and In thei
intelligence, ard In their capacity for frs
government, in their perfect sxerciss o
all the rishta and privilege which an
now entrusted 10 them under our nag ri q
cent constitution. This 10
NOT A NEW QUESTION,
30 TO spsak, for this fast age. Il was prs,t,
fairly canvasscd In Great Britain sii year
ago. IL was canvassed In coneress wbil
you M, Spsaker) held . seat there. I
has been cAnvsssod 10 nswspapsrs oil owe
the world. l, among others, have corres
pondsd upon IL.
The people understand . great dsa
more about II than We give them crsdi
for. They havss pretty good idea o
representation and misrepresentation
and the power Of voting Or not voting, Q.
they choose.
Inotics sbas NJ. Can6sld cites largely
from
JOHN BaIaHT.
But the system spoken Of by John
Brig ht was not the Illinois. The i.ibsral,
u Great Britain we're striving 10 oplsroe
the su6rsges Of the people and 10 abolish
what 10 called tho rotten borough sys,.m
After the bill had passed ,he house o,
conmons and gone into the house Of
lords, tue Tories determined 70 deprive
the Liberals Of the advantages which they
would have under the new bill. The
people In the great cities belong 10 the
liberal party, and Il was thsse that were
entitled 70 ths largsst increase in repre-.
rsntation.
rhe Tories added an ams d msnt tbs,
IN oil citiss slscting three msmbsrs Of
parliament the voters should only vote
Tor two mem bsrs; IL four, only Tor two.
But they did not put !. the bill The same
principle that would apply ~ their own
strongholds. For instance, supposine IL
had been made that 10 . dozen couniiss.
Including Cook, this new principls should
apply, but not in the Democratic coupties.
hs~ would that b.! That wss the Tory
plan TO cut the Liberal strength down in
certain cities.
John Bright fought for il.
Joux STUART MILL REPLIrp
To him, aud said: Admit oil you ssv
that II 10 wrong that the object is 70 s,:.
. half-dossn VI twenty votss from III.
Liberal party, yet il 10 . stsp in the pro.
yrsss Of true liberal govern rnsnt: lst u.
seespt it, for soonsr or later il viii az.
sssd 10 ell Great Britain asd 10 eli par.
ties. Ard since then u has been offended
They elect their school boards oil over ths
c"untry, ADD they are adopting to-day ths
syetsm OF Iiiiaois, and they cite this very
pnnelpis continually y; they are looking
WITH anxisty " see how your govern ~ snt
works 10 this state; and il it works we'll
it viii do more than any other sys,stp 70
give the people Of G's.t Britaia equal
proportisnal representation aud fire. bel.
lot. Loud cheers.
Nov, it 10 said that this psv ,ystsm
does not change the
kKLATIvE PosITios ov vIaErAx1,xs
W W the state, - represented on The door.
Iest 70 not correct II We haa elected on,
mem eefs BY county sepre.sntstion, a. pro.
Possd 10 this amend mont kas Rspu blicsos
would have elected one kuAdrsd and fye
nsmbs'h snd The Dsnocrsts only fsrt,.
light. A. IL n,ths Republicans have slsc. |
% siehty-siI, and the Democrats sixiy.
sven, and that sas jas, tie proportion Of
oess east BY the tso great psr,ies Last S.ll
0 'ais state. Supposs that one .fthe y,..,
'srtiss should loss votcs. Take ID. ~.
aoc.scy. eupposs i, lost . few thousand
. Souihsrs Iliinois, and rsiued In
sorthera Iliiosis, yet In . e.ss Of ,h.,
ma u would rot elect one single mem.
ei. II would 70 10 O. minority in every
ss'ict 10 every state, ssd yet the aggrc.
se OF !" ininori'ies b tus very fsS lsM
ban that Of the Republican party. New,
some states that would ks sbsolutslv
l'fied out; the Democracy would no,
ave in whole state like Maine, or Nn.
'chase!t, or Vermont corporal,
aard of representatives, while in Ken
eky one hundred thousssd Rspu blicsp,
. unable ~ have upon the foor
inority sufdcisnt TO call ,hsir souls their
~, and YET the majority 10 the ststs ia
ny lo,Voo 10 10000; but 1t 90 happen,
as that majority is distributed svsry.
here, aad controls everything.
COxcLusIos.
! ssy, 10 conclusion, that the ststs Of
Illinois has . right TO 10 proud Of the DO.
lion u hss taken in the science Of soy.
'nmsnt. Let us not tsrnish that reco,d
nd let us not say 10 the world that ~
70 not compessnt 70 enjoy the Liberties
. have secured In our copstitution.
'thsr let us 20 On and try this system
I'd, IL found to b. what We szpect, is, us
pply IL to the other branch Of this zen.
'al assembly. InstsAA Of . movsSso,
tear It from the Substitution, let us
pPly il to both houses; let us have q true
'mPless and perfect representative sU,
I'm, 10 which every man Win =.
presented: BY ths sssn, u hi,
~n selection 10 making Of laws, 10 III.
0'ing VI ts1es 10 both houses. II The
stem proves 10 Be- the best, lot W. apply
10 the other houss but il Il prove, 10
failure on . fair trial, I will be
nong the nrst to raise my voice and work
N Aoy one ia favor OF the old svstsm
hieh maintains that "mineri,iss hsv. no
ghn which msjoritiss are bound 70 "a.
'eet. Loud and long continued sp.
A vote Of thanks was unsniuou,,v
sardsd to the speaker for his sloqIsnt