The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-30
ILLINOIS.
CALL FOR A DRMocaATEc STATE ooy-
YRNTION,

Cah issued some three weeks since b
Syrus d. Mccormick, Chairman ol th
Democratic State Central Committee
that body convened this morning at te
o'clock at the Sherman House. in mi
city. The attendance was full. Mr.. Nc
Cormick delivered an address 10 whicI
he stated that in view Of the approachinl
election q harmony oil action was neces
sary In order to wrest tho govgrnmCn
from its present unscrupuIous part,
leacers. He viewed tho progress mad,
by the party, and expressed contlJcnce /,
The result OF the coming contest.
The meeting adjourned till $50, whei
the following call was presented 10 th,
Democrats and Liberals and all other on
ponents Of the Republican party:
The Democratic State Central Com.
mtttee, In pursuance OF the power invest
ed In It BY the Democratic State Conven
lion, hereby gives notice that State Con
vention will be held In Springfield OF
"wednesday, the Goth day Of August
1874 at 10 N. All voters Of the StalI
are invited TO join In sending delegates
10 that Convention, who desire 10 pro
mote the following purposes:
Isl. Tho restoration Of gold and silver
as ihe basis OF the currency OF the coun.
Try, the speedy resumption OF specie pay
menis, and the payment OF all natiopa
Indebtedness in tho money recognized By
the civilized world.
81. Free commerce,
VI, Individual liberty and opposition
TO tumptuary laws.
4'h. A rigid restriction OF the govern.
ment, both State and national 10 the lepIt
innate domain Of political power bv ex.
cluding them from all executive and leg.
tslative intermeddling with tho affair,
ol society, whereby monopolies are iost
cred and privileged classes aggrandizet {
and individual freedom unnecessarily anC
oppresstvely restrained.
9th. 1t Is the right and duty OF the State
TO protect its citizens from extortlon and
unjust discrimination by chartered mon
opOlies.
The Committee, believing that tho op-
position 10 Republican misrule can har,
moniously unite upon the foregoing prin,
GipIes, earnestly invites the free CO. opera,
tlCn Of all men, regardless Of past politi,
cal s1iliations, in an earnest effort tc
place the State and national governments
N Inc hands oi men who are actuated BY
the principles above euunciated.
Each county, except Cook, Is entitled
10 send one delegate Tor every five hun,
dred votes cast In that county for all The
Presidential candidates at the Presiden-
tlal election Of 1879. Each Senatorial
district Is entitled to send eight delegate,
in separate delegations.
The call is signed by the Committee
and endorsed by q number who have for.
merly acted with the Republican party,
among whom are A. q. Hesseng and
Herman Raster, of the Illinois Staqtl
Z:atun9. The names Of J. r. Doolittle
and A. Il Matteson, OF the Times, also
appear.
MAKES A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
EK'GoV. Palmer In letter 10 e. L.
Merritt, Secretary oil the Democratic
State Central Committee, ssys: Though
II Is impossible for him to be In Chicaeo
on the 29th, we will take the liberty Ia
make lew suggestions" he SAYS the
party which now holds possession OF the
government Is so completely under The
control ol mere political managers and
tnelr adherents that hereafter lis formal
platforms will declare any form OF poliIi-
cal doctrine 10 be Republicanism which
Will catch votes, and repudiate the sound.
est and btst established truths when.
ever and wherever they may happen to
be unpopular.
The letter continues: II can't and will
never again submit to the country an
honest, frank and well defined platform OF
principles, and would have gone to pieces
during the last session oil Congress but lor
the tacit agreement that everything In
ststesmanshlp and POLITICS should thence.
Iorth be regsld:d as Eoa essential, and il
must be apparent that the opposition have
o. yet determined on no common
grounds Of action, nor do l sup
pose 1t 10 be possible now, 10 present TO tho
country a declaration of principles upon
which all opposed to the party in power
can agree 1t is true thstevery citizen must
perceive in the recklessncs and extrava.
Sance OF Congress, and In the corruptIons
winch disgrace almost every depart.
ment OF the public service, and in the en-.
cranchments oi Congress and the Federal
Judiciary on the people and their con.
Tempt for the limitations OF the cons,itu.
lion occasions Tor alarm. But the din
Guilty TO be surmounted ia TO find some
basis oil union that will enable the people
. cooperate lor the polite good. In my
Judgement this end can be secured In but
one way, and that Is 10 20 before the
country on declaration OF PRINCIPLES that
snail be frank, uuevasive and true, and
which shall by It's plaineness carry the
proof which 10 presented. AS the finances
81 the country are subject CT
oeep interest just now, lot 1t speak out
frankly for an early return 10 specie pay.
ment, for an honest discharge Of the pub.
lie debt In coin, and denounce the spe.
clous but delusive idea OF dlachsrging
any portion OF the obligations OF tho gov.
eminent In irredeemable promises. The
people OF tho United States are engaged
In contest with great corporations that
have monopolized the carrying trade,
and through appropriate agencies OF State
Governments are attempting to compel
them 10 submit to rules, reason and Jus.
tlce, while tho corporations have attempt.
ed to escape the Jurisdiction oI the United
States. Weary OF the restrictions i'm.
posed on them by public law and char.
ters granted by States, they ask the In.
OF Congress and the Federal
Courts. II Congress can be induced un.
der q speclouS pretext 10 aid In
the construction OF trunk lines
to engage in the creation OF
railroad cooperation, at no distant
day State charters will bs abandoned for
organization under federal law, and the
whole subject oi railroad control pass be.
yond tho authority Of the States. A
platform should re.assert the authority OF
tho States to regulate their own affairs,
and the authority OF Congress 10 inter.
fere with their internal affairs should be
denied. Taxation Is at once a necessity
and a burden. 10 a civilized government
taxation can only be justified when i'm
- ENNN IL