, 1874-05-11

patah1onhs TO eyury poraonal consideration. Wo
Mans 9nas suiiciont cohesion todeHlg1lato moet-
eaEv 70 conduct dolibo1ativo body, SO That aub-
tcoth may bo discussed aud tho resulting opiniotH
my po evidenced by . SHOW OF handa or BY tho
ayos anu ianya. Wo watt no man 70 apoak for 9s
o1oopt es ho exproBsea oar opinions. II lle
nttompsa to 80 further wo must nil stop to his
going. 10 DO the work We hayo in haud wo nood
no dlspenha4ops from eelf.appontad oligarcltB,
no oai1eo aprons, no copyrighted eoug books, no
play. Wo laye llorc.iloan ahor boforo ua. 80
poF1orm e al1ecossfully TIC must he anha'nporad
,nI p5 .f.yal eHt no!1-easentiat fortnaH!ies: We
mus. taKo bold Of It In earest mud with deter
l,etHoeu l,t tho local bodies wo must haye County,
otasot aud National AsaQoations aubordnate
oaon % tfie other, with tho local organization at
Tue hooq of all. Mark this arrangement caro-
1ully. 1plaoe tho individual. as an independents,
RESPONSIBLE 1nembor Of the local sooloty, in tho
niat and hiEhost plece Of oil. The dolegatos
Wno constitute tie county, State. aud national
organizations arc but tho representatives Of tho
loeal constituencies, Thta ID tho true order Of
aradua! soyoraion, to whloh tho pooplo have
consontoa by silent submission, has facilitatol
tho senomlnga OF tho professional political cor
1ND1v1nuAr. ACTION.
Hofmns1ting my propositions, they ara as fol-
Iowa: 1ntelligent, indiy,dua! action Ia tho frat
dcsldoratum. Such action can pnly DO intalit-
R"ne after the futlost and ,noat thorough dis
cushion: The discussion Of all quogtsonB should
20 pubic, 50 that there may DO no masintctpro-
tation of tho resultant aation. 10 rsndor lndi-
yldual action oTqclivo roquiroB general aud uni
form organization by township, county, atata
aud nation, having superiority, one with tho
oshes, ~ tho order hese 9lyen; YoH, IN ,thls
organization fs concerned. You have, in a ro-
markablo degree, held Yourself aloof from GU
tanslug alliance, with secret assoclations.. You
MO now prepared for tito next stop forward, and
zasion: You hayo. "a 1 understand, boon witt
ing for somebody to take tho Initiative.
Others. too, aro waiting. but Knitting no.
o,h composites nothing. Il ia quito com
tho asaociat!ous Of tho I stato To to meet il General
convention. 1ndood, II is within tho province
Of any QUO Of you to do 10. II the peoplo arc
roady to reapond, they will give heed to the call,
antt IL npttora not whoao name, or whothor any
cont cali for a. stato Convention, Of which so
much haa beon said aud written pro aud oou,
very distinctly answered question, Which
have ofton been asked, how NO should be ablo To
cull county aud State Conventions without party
manhtnery2 TIE only objection was tho worry
Hofaous Que that the nRmcs OF those WHO decided
upon nlaksEg it wore not appended to it upon
it'd first appoarauoo. As 1t has, however, trans-
pirod that they we're respectable citizens, whose
ansl as tLoy came promptly forward to acknoWl-
cdgo and explain their action, it has purity
atonod tue mistake. II Ia now evident that all
pasta OF tho state will DO fully represented in In-
dtanapoIis on tho 10th Of uoxt month. Tho call
wan mauo and 1s meeting response. That ia quite
sufficient.
tho successive steps wero taken quito rapidly.
Probably thofo never waa seen in this or nng
oountry ANYTHING approaching tho rapidity with
which tho people of that ssate onrolled theu.-
m a ~ t1tnf]
made suoh Tapid progress In learning Of their
duty IS citlzena aud In oomprohauding tho uu-
necessarily and uupaturolly complex questions
q political economy and commercial usage.
such men aa =. NJ. smith and W. G. Flagg to do
vote their enttro time to tho presentation aud
dlaeusaiou of these questions in ni' parts Of the
State. / do not speak approyingy Of all they
hayo sad.,, Thoy aro mortais like Lilo roat Of uH,
and arc liable to mako taistakos. That they
have made them tboy would DO froo to admit
themselves. That they have boon actuAted by
proper motives, ! have no doubt. 1ty ao-
quaiptauco with them onab}es mo to aay this
canadently. Tho merit OF tAe;r work ia not,
they md others have said at tho open meetings
Of tle people, whether prudent or otherwise.
haa attracted attention. 1t has Hot tho people
to thinking, and that is the great point gained.
ing, tho rost is Of easy accomplishment. They
n,
'AS,r'dIsre lug sro hav, n-9psssv ttos+>ar ~,
*A4" A04' = lazy srnuT ~ -n.nrna .wSas
TIKI ,ar,r.,,ors nnu9s a'.J s.a,n, annphnst ,
~ INN r;nT ,horo n sra ~ T ~ e
ara ,roya,ont Tov ~ ~, ~ S1 & ant.
tnno;his hrn',ot for,yor 1osda s,at 4t ~
cHn icya, tosr waen",a haa Tmafdn ior "nom Ivy tn9y
iowa r,a +ha r,o,nia T., +,,a na.a n1t w ~
thnt wou1d iosa i'm, xofea Sow - nuoa%so 'l,n
stand tha nntrro ~ III. rnnvo,a,' T. - unaoa
y,oalv ;tmatoa thn nasar,;om ~ i,',Wt ~ nios
on tlin 1,art of ti1o ,,nnnia Hlan ha%a t,"3
ononu II hin 31v tnlIowfrG ,rt1 1ooaara m'o N"a
TSev ara m nn, romos'na y .hnaan1r i.uuoa1, g..
dictate low the,r off1ceTa eh, % condmot tham w
eoyos in tIe norforn,aco of % thair asaoo ~
tlos Tho prncrosn thev ora marr ~ Ills safr
lnang il ene,' Il, tha yanao1 ~ ths sa,nrt'
inw-with prosidoniaI aYoontio,,1 r. IT,
infnouca IN rect1v anS afro"ivn3u a. ,n's .s
Con",ossonoI and Stata Tes nPuu
or ii an nv;damt tint tla dsnann,nos ~ pum@
nioa5fnn en aarnostv for 1ttta nnar ~
Tho daer nconio enorcnf rnou ',ov ~ sa,ro
ioadera haso Hon NAV nns r'satara s ,,t ues,a ~,
fareo nniortv nf noeG ot1ons pui sno
i-uorsm4 na W AnIean ,' olttaens als nelsnoe
o.aI. noe uuau: AnoS alo conPetent 10 leaa
a ~ tse' anu lucy mast 20 10 IL thoy would
,.a'no n"1" '1eo 6o'eln"ens III 1acs al "oA "a In