, 1876-02-23

o'1rhoi1 OF party did not end with 4 statute or
heonhttntionAl amendment, but eternal vim,
lance WAS tho price OF liberty. It vao the oil .
HuAfenseo or national prosperity. The idea tht .
su,n country was anything leab than natl 3
t oasns ho1 10 bn entertained for moment. ~
Teuth. '~"''"7 ''s'e4' avn
sgAI. M'cLACouRY
Of tho same di'.res said tbolo noed be n; g.
n1,as ~ s 70 h!s bas!wck. It ~ sou As
n!ta were INT forward, whfc!, tho nopuhlfcan
Tlcs0sy. ooAS -
OF tho same district Adre,.od to tbe not;t;ou
uFanger1sm OF two years ago. Thov ia Il
p!esty oad, he aa!d. man OF mi1ed princiniea
Mr. uagbJ. MAS elected. lie ras now a ia.
eamptl9nist Ind tho drangem rewarded llin With
district would DO all right. II had gotten oyoP
tlla political GrangerlHm, and waa now abln Ia
stand "a 1opublican tnau alone.
COL. 4. Y. JOSEs,
or Qulocy. for tho Eleventh Djatrtct, said that
when they got down thoso tho Kcp,,b,icans eot
ihto tne camp OF their euomy. They had fought
thom for years, and this year would try to fight
5,oou Democratic majority.
so n JossHh onins aso 91 Quincy .so sDoke
defeats bravely. and always returned to tho fray
cach time will q now rigor that D moro fortc.
naso district could not understand. They looked
upon State election as rcd-lestor day. aud
publican party In his district, and would 1oad
thom on to victory.
"LE7 no GUILTY NAN Escar1:."
Col. Joncs offered tho following
Htso!,ed. That tho Republicans Of Illinois cordially
!nuotae the policy Of tbs Administration u vigorously
and npasti.y prosecuting ali pcrso,,e guilty of COM
pl.st, 'n frauds nron tue internal r.renue Of tho
uHsa nta8es. anu VIC deem worthy Of special ptaiso
NC ndeley With which tbs Government olcers have
cafa m Hut tho Instructions Of rssaidens Grant, Let
Tho fCAAutfNn Maa NIL nrf mi t.p
cheering and loud applause.
For thu Twelfth District,
JUDGE II. u. wHI1LocS,
O. Jaeksonvtt'e, reported. It WAS no: pleasant
thing to hear good luck from other ti,y,rlrts
,"hen hetosofore IN tho Twelfth thev had been
beaten all tho time. uownvor, misery loyeI
company, and good soldiers often imagined there
sas even good thing in defeat. They lad
elected 4 man. II tho papers spoilo truo. who
could quote poetry in Congress-, and With ielt,nr
effect. tLaughter.1 Thes had lots OF GOOD
Nepubllcana IN i1organ County, md, let them
Republican ticket this year. There had boon
aif,slons 10 tho party thero, but thoy wero
healed. Tho Nepubiicans in Morgan were not
~ mosa!ps @ % lor any man. hus they asked tbs party
be 10 dostrt1on. tApplhuac.]
2tn. HGTLEN.
OF tho Ihirtecnth. sad it tho party put good
men on tho ticket his district would elect il ty
2,oo0 minority.
MAror ruSK.
o. 0ioominEion. said ttoy would return n Repub.
OF good Or currency in 1t, it good meu wcro
placed On the 6tato and national tlrets.
GEN. JEgsE Ii. MoonE,
Of Decatur. Of tho Fourteenth District. VIA
ngEeoaoy surprised TO moot such q large body Of
representative pooplo. uo had looked On The
lato Granger Consonton n. Decatur, but thv
present mestlng was QUO Of u fnr moro iutolli-
cont md promising aot Of mon. In fact it wns
one OF ia kind be had noror seon equalci, lIo |
was not . party man lu tbs strict senHo OF tho
No'd. Ho had no uso for party which was not
IN bearch Of tho fundamental pr,nc!p,os Of
government, principles conserving all the gtoat
interests. Of tho country. Such mission did
the licpublican party fuall. and to-tay it stood
ioslh desiring tho peace. prosperity, and fnsuso
ostea In llnnnce. Eo desired TINT thla couutry's
credit should stand second to uono On tho fae0
OF tho earth. We could mt cnt iooso from eyo-
y other country, as BONO havo demanded should
be done When = former emergency had arisou
in the countrya history, when var blasted lis
land. hc, with others. had period all. and ho
would DO It agatn. Would the tlmo over como
when the loyal defender should DO bolov "a. 10 !
those wl!o undertook to overthrow tho couutry7 |
Should tho patriots eser be compelled to ekil.
cato in favor Of those who 8uccumbod during |
tho War 1lo trusted net. lie stood by tho na,t1
Today as tho only hope Of tho glory and fnturo |
PROSPERITY OF thls country. This NOW party Lad |
med that tue nEtlon could mnko money Of what !!
Stones or brown papoF, on no other basis than
tAo faco Of tho nation, but ho wanted to know /
what would become Of tho country in anch q
:ase, provided II we're At tho aAmo time ruu by |
such men as Hill aud Lamar His district was |
suroi victory xould porch upon their bauuers,
A1. HIATT,
u Lasallo, said ho Was q Republican Granger,
iud that tile Convention At Decatur waa not |
irnueer Convention. l1e wanted to state that
he real Changers Of tho Stato wcre working
9th tho Republican party. uo rautcd to say
hat tho Changers Of LnSalle County we1e ali
tight, aud he wha ono OF thoun.
Alr. Moore said he thought 90, too. lie uas Of
40 opinion TINT tho Decatur Convention was =
'ide-shom for tho old bourbon Democrats.
1r, T. G. Swan. OF tho Fourtoontb, apoks co.
onFaglngly Tor tue pEospects at the party in his
district, md said tic Couyeu.son might oo4ut
ia taom,
GEORGE ". HUNT
osrontlcd for tho Flftocnth District. lIe camo
rom r. EEdget County ,'ay down in Egypt, whero
y. little hopo in tho Congressional raco. I'M
It'll good ticket aud Il good platform he could
1omiso every 1topublicao vote. They appro-
aton tue couTso OF the Democrats ia Congress
ho Republicans down his way were sound to tho
pro, and only asked for good ticket and sound
GEN. J. q. MARTIN.
Marion County: apoko for the 6!xtoenth Dis.
'ict., lie said that hc, too. camo from EeY,N,
ut the Republicans mose all right thurs. Thee,r
lotto was: "Let no Democrat escape"
Lauglter,]
JoHH :. R!NAREn,
Carllnyl1e, Macouptu County, spoke for tho
osonteonth District. lIo gayo brief history
tAo l.ibe1H! party down in that region. but
aid that the Republican party was safo down
lere.
r Notort Hobart, Of Dollyi'1o, 81. Clair County,
so lad fow worda 10 say, aud followed Ia
bout tha sane sttau - 1Iu. liluaker.
l.. ]. DuRR,
jackson. said that In the Eighteenth District !
10y Weto undor cloud about one. .Aa!f Of too !
me. Ihey VETO making now Republicans
own there - fast ~ they could [laughter,. and !
icy wanted Col Matthews aud otl,sr sucl meu
90 down thera aud help them ms1o more a
Loud laugAter.l
Con. Il. u. lsum prsdicted Republican vic !.
'ry BY majority Of from TO- 200 to ~. 0uu. a
J. 4. POWELL, G
tho Nineteenth. spoke for aono time. tho Il
MT of LILY remarks going to rhor that his b
ssFics could bo Bat on for good majority. q
GEN. BANE. ~
tue DUTIES or THE HorH, a,
r. a., t.A r