, 1875-10-31

have. ECheerS. The right OF an American TO
vote is above any right OF property ever had,
/! vote, By that right Of little ballot put into a
ballot-bo1. By tnat a1-potent agency, i send my
feeble voice out unto all the different corners Of
| the Government OF tho whole land, aud my little
| vote and nv feeble influence are felt ali over
! the land by the exercise OF that little right and
| there ia no rusu here tonight. black OF white,
native or naturalized, edncsted or ignorant, rich
! or poor. that has lot that taIne blessed right.
t And whilst would not 50 to tho polls 10. my
| life and frsudulantly vote twice, u1ore than
once legally, neither would allow any other
fellow to ram his fraudulent vote in. IFocifer-
GUS and long-continued applause.1
the bal!ot-bo1- The War Of the lata Rebelllon
h was to preserve the ballot-box- Ametica can
hase no Wat that Will not ultimately end in the
( proposition to
PRESERVE TEE AALLoT-Dox.
I don't want the people OF unpo,s, OF the people
OF Cook County, the people Of this city, to be
permitted to 60 to the polls and reckessly cast
II ballots, as your Prosecuting Attorney said TO-
night, to my utter amazemeut and profound dis
Yes, by tho peck. Why, ny God. I would like
to know who couldn't be elected. (Laughter.l
I wouldn't sutfe= anybody, on Tuosday next, in
Cook County or the City of Chicago, to vote by
the peck, or the pint. or by any other measure.
next, IT'S miles from this city, and 60 there
chiefly that day 80 So to be there the next morn
Ing to 50 and cast my vote for the candidates for
County Surveyor aud County Treasurer. They
are the only men to he elected in Macon County
this fall It is my duty to be there l am JUST
IA much obliged to 60 there and put my vote in
rs any man there What right hayo to stay
away because happen to be in Congress- or in
hAye to stay ip the Office, in tho pulpit the
bank, the Board Of Trade, tho Exchange? What
right have to stay away from the polls, rain or
ahine ? This thing OF talking about dark day
"a being worse than h supAhiny day! Suppose
it ii not = sunehiny dny. Liberty is not always
sunshiny. Yes, I would go to the polls. zain o.
shine, sleet or hail would
GO TO TIE POLLS oR BURST WIDE OPEN.
fLaughter.J I tell you gentlemen, who listen
to ms Tonight 60 quietly, tell you that every
time an election passes where you are legally
voters and you don't put your ballots in, every
time An election passes where you miss the oc-
casion OF public voting. you have lost just that
much Of your manhood, just TINT much Of your
political rights Precisely so. Every time you
stay away you are trusting somebody else. aud
after while, il calamity, and misfortune, and
destruction pile down upon the people, you have
Nc right TO 50 around complaining OF your
<!fIo Sesss~ IL # will 90 and taks 3 some onte
is in, md look upon his while +
am there. aud see that nobody is chisoliug or
going to vote more than once, will have treaB-
ured high right, aud when 20 home, or any
l feel it to be- my duty always, when request
ed, or without being requested, shuo live and
enjoy its blessings, as I ever have enjoyed them.
~ to impress upon my countrymen and myself
the high duty, the great necessity, Of always at
tending elections and exercise tho elective fran
ehlse OF voting at the polls yonr own
choice and your own preference. I may
come to you and try to persuade you, and
arguo with yop, and you may come to me and
tfy to persuade me, and argue With me, to
pursue cortain Ene OF politics, or to
yote for certain person. That is legitimate
political warfare. Tbat is the right Of free de-
bate and tree discussion- When the debate is
over and the discussion closed. il your mind is
made up,-sud your mind should be made up on
this matter to~day,-it ought to be your pleasure
to go and
PUT YOUR VOTE INTO THE nAILoT-nox.
tChesrs.1 II you yota againht me, have no
right to be offended at you: have no right to
tsEe exception. It is your free American cSoice;
It ia your freeman choice; and once you hayo
exercised it. If it be upon the smallest ofiee
o1 til. greatest otiee in the gift OF
na 1oa sa2s 50 .h: 1a'' to pseeaby
away from the polls and, in order 10 exercise it,
you have the right 70 so peacoably to the polls.
No plmp. no ragamufip, no eWell-llp has night
TO interfere between you and me- and the ballot
boz. The road to tho ballos~box ought to be as
broad 1a the zoad to the peariy gates. Zap
planss.l No man has q right to put himself IN
the way Of FREQ man on hls way to vote, and
would 60 there aud vote, and vote right and vote
know very well I would not vote it straight. I
would voto for man against whom there is
nothing that can be urged. against whom there
A1e no Suspicious circumstances, for man or
and who, il elected, viii administer the
Affairs Of the county and city on the road
that leads to justice economy, md fair dealing.
You arc interested. you cannot Say you are not
interested. Show NC tho humble hcd-carrler IN
this city. the man Who with his strong arm
pounds the iron, and ehoveB the plane, OF any
man, be hs ever 60 low, If he be = man Of proper
feelings will show you the honest image OF an
American citizen who has all tbs rights that tho
President Of the great Republic Or the highest
man in the land has. Such q nlan ought ia go
for his choice and vote for the right, for the
moral ticket. the ticket in the interest Of good
government, and which il no combination or OPP
position for the object Of disgracing this Govern
ment
MR. Ea1ERY A. sronRs
followed Gov OgIesby, and WAS greeted with |
applause. lie Rzld that this was the first time
in several years that he had taken part and sd-
dressed audiences on local political guest tions-
He WAS glad to sea SO vast m audience m num- |
bars and cha1ncter before him. 1t showed that
the people had au interest in local political |
affairs that assembled above party issues. Il
might seem sstange to 60 outsider that go great
90 interest should be taken in our local political
questions By the 1cboring and business nea. /
Their interests in, and love for Chicago was not
limited by their purses or bank-accounts. There
we're tens Of thousands in Chicago who would |
bare their breasts for tho p1ide, and glory, and |
protection oi tho city. Why waa this interest /
prevailing? ho asked. Tho hand OF the ruf- |
tan had snlitton this great city In tic faco and |
insulted lts men and women, and the people !
were determined thnt rowdyism shall be put |
down. Tho order-Ioving people we're largely in /
the ascendancy in Chicago, and they could pus
down roxthes, S::ops. and bunko-steorers-
They should not think that rhe men OF Chicago |
were asleep; the tocsin ct war had sounded. |
and had shaken Hesing and his crew. The peo- !!
pie would shake him to pieces as An enraged lion
would rat He asked them il they would |
place in the hands OF one man the city
and county. and he to be self-eiectsd.
iCries Of mo! no!'1 AL the questions
Of purity Of the batlos-box must take tangible
shape. It came down merely to the candidates
running for Office. Hesing and bis friends said
thst the Republicans had praised him in times
gone by. and he waa now circulating letter
which was written to him in 1859. Tho speaker
quoted aportlon Of his OWL letter which Heelns
aas parading 10 the public, and i q IS follows
:. Lore for you will even last for you beyondtho |
grave" He thought that vas spproprlnte It