, 1873-04-03

t;re In the balance. For ono, ho trustsd the
e1ple Ct tho State OF illinois had ,passod beyond
Of VITA vitsl iR@popr.nte ~ than
@,end thoir time In tlisoussini, The question Of
1sosttry q tho Jcws What thon. was Tho qucs
pn ta. tnaf tpptorosted thom Ill oyor the B.ste2
re- tho, producers Of tho Btate wero
.nootng In convention and dis.
ss 89.sng 2uSntHnis that interested ths
thoy are not receiving tho legitimate reward Of
their labors, and tho ovldenco ia 30 abundant
that there e no M doubt Of the truth ct the bonn
Wers literally team'ng with tho. produota Of thd
f3ela. Providence appeared to havo smiled upon
thom. Their lnboEs lad boon rewarded abnnd.
nntly, and yet tho farmers conplhinad2 What
was not prosperous II was because Of thei1
produce. They wero compelled to give ia
others too largo b proportion Of what was
f%s1 9he Tnntod thSr property and
change necessary, and for this railways wore
NODDED They could nolongor depend on wagons
or rivera; Indeed tho Inter woro to some ex-
only question whother tho railways, being Sd.
pertor to oxon, wero also. superior to tho ownota
ot,asa Of tho oxen: m lohee5sl Tho question tAs
9pa bas nas TT bsswoa In
manngor Of tho railway, hnd tfio mon vlomade tha
railway, uI rend paid ta1es Tor their aup-
p ho nos ssgsasfbS bS baf hid ; 6Hen M sooS
tint OF tho railroads, hut By events oyef or %vhioh
they hd so1to II The vas ono Of the
encounter dialoalties Tho @ quo Question ''s ms,
would they or could they encounter successfully
ht,,s thoss dillo@ltios They woro tod that thoy
control of tho rail1oads for a time The rail. M
roads olnimod that they had acquired vested
riighta. md so forth. no would warn % them % Of
tho Worship Of words. Words o1orceiHed =
tho phrase "divine right Of Kings" had
boon swept away, 60 also must In time ba
swept away this othor fragment Of the vested
rights ct Of - railroads, placing. them ,nbove ell
rights Of railroad corporations? j? They havo
rght, to condemn land and build tho road. To
eay that they can so boyond tue nmita Of jus
rSts Ne tR hs
and @ take op properly in despotie manner.
n9 anS i ht'soStu19 oreatn hss no s sach power
Tho people should rsalEe that In free govern.
mont there Ia no government superior to tho
people themselves. No people were ever op-
hM combined 70 resist. When it IL understood
that people will not submit their despotism ID
at an end. People must determine what ID
right under their own conviction and laws. Tha
laws must be submitted to Until they Werd
! changed Constitutions aro made for the peo~
plc, and not tho people for the constitutions
When speaking to tho people, We
ssa nS % 9s9 hey BY are 'Gnstsnssi as ess
they must be changed as soon asspoasib|o. The
people should movo against tho railroads with
tho plea that they had power ovor them, ahd
oould enforce tholr rtshts. What can DO gone 1sa
| tain peraons have boon allowed to manage thet1,
who are simply public agents. They were SUBJ
joo to the State, as other public agents are sub
FIN nnrn 0f i'm II
| don't and General Superintendent live along tho
line OF tho railroads, aud arc properly euppoGod
to bo controlled BY local and State laws
hut tho railway stocks are ownod BY jobbers, who
themselves. The atookA must be taken ont OF
tho hands Of tho tobbore. It can be done by 70.
psaling tho lava that mako tho stocks personal
roads: The management OF the railways OF
nlinoiR il practically carried On outsldo Of the
State. 1t iB controlled by tho porHons in Wall
should 1 be divoated Cd Of '' this commercial
character. Thete should DO Registers o1
stock, and othor means should 10 adopted
to prevent it from bolng .watored. The Oonstia
action - this. Tho General Assembly Of Hi
nois will declare that the railways aro highways,
and provide some means by which PERSONS living
along tho line could build, own, aud put oars o1
eut trouble would DO removed. We are IN the
infancy Of tho railroad aystom. Twenty years
from this time tracks will be indefinitely multi
piled. Thore ore already In Illinois over
GOO @ss aaoso Of +, f9s0sa 1asqs ths s'o Ss5 sad
will be quadrupled. Today 1 . single MI man Ssa osn
nit down in Phiiadelphia or In New York, and,
controlling thousands Of miles OF railrond; can
and all other farm products in tho Same pro:
portion. The speaker at this point dramatically
initiated tho GLIDING Of tho telegraph. 4 cup:
italist SID h not long Ego, that he thought Z the
obstruction Of property. This ia not the
first time that property has been said
to be in danger. Two thousand mill;
ions Of slave property W. once s'...ss; ssid j;
The result is, three or four hundred Of them
voted here yesterday; Let the people remNena. y
bor that they must always accomplish what they
must try. II thoy wanted their Representatives
! true to them, they should DO true themselves
: Legislators would nover ho more earnest, more
Eealous, moro honost, than their constituents.
The institutions are mover in advance q
the people who oroate thom. Tht
s2oakor believed tho Governor, tho 1egis
isv and c nS 'Sey 10 sye Ss ptssea n 2 tG do y
But theao dopartmonts mood urging and punch
ing. They will work all the better for it.
THE sA1AnY 0nADBERs " DENOUNCED.
| The following resolution was offered by T.. E.
Moraa, and was adopted by an overwhelming
l.. voto. but ono I" no" being recorded against 1t
Resolved, That without regard to potica OF part,
ties, VIC do most emphaticAlly plhce the seal Of
| condemnation upon our Senators and Representative,
In Congress from thls 8ate who, by their votes In.
| creased thcir own pay to $500 per annum, ant
bonus Of s., 900 for aervicos already rendered and
further condemn the President Of the United States
for aignng tho bill by which they enabled to real
ize tha Increased pay, and hia own soary increased
| $23 600 pcr annunl.
| RESOLUTIONS.
! Tho Committee on RESOLUTIONS then presAntet
| thoir report, "a follows:
feaolred, by the farmers Of Illinois, In mass meen
assembled, ~'
F9rst-That the chartered monopolies not regulated
anu controlled by law have proved In that respect dc
srlonta1 10 tae public prosperity corrupting In thei
uous. 0
Sscond-Tho railways Of the world, ercept In thos,
regulation and supervision Of the Government, hayt
posed to FREQ institutions and FREQ commerce bQraer
! the States "a tho feudal Uarona Of the Middle ARes
1htrd-Thht wo hold declare, and rcsolye that this
deBposm which dstiea Our lawa, plumbers our ship
pers 1mpovorfshes our people, and corrupts doY
erlIent shall be sublued aud mado to aubaeryo the
public ntoreat ut whatever cost
| Resosued1 That Wo believe the atato did not aud
could not confer any Of Its sovereign power upou any
corporation, aud that now ls tho m0Bt favorable Tins
to settle the question: 50 that II may be here
after mlsnnerstood that atato cannot create cor
| Qoration 1t cnunot thereafter control.
ReSo1rsd That In YioW OF tho present eItort1cue NO