, 1880-05-23

There is d duty which the anti-th1rd-term
delegates to the late State Convention owe &c
themselves, to their constituents, ana 10 tne
State, and which they must not neglect
That duty is, in every county in each Of the
ten Congressional districts which appointed
anti-Grant delegates to the National conven'
ton, to hold public meetings and denounce
the high-handed, scandalous usurpatfon'
and the Infamous disfranchisement Of the
majority Of the free Republicans In those
districts.
The delegates to the late Convention rep
resenting those dlsfranchised districts should
report to their constituents the action OF the
State Convention bulldozers In attempting to
rob the people Of the several districts OF this
State of the right of representation In the
National Convention. They should re-
port to their constituents the TACT that
these several districts, In strict accord
ance with the call of the National Com
mittee, which requests the several States to
send two delegates from each Of their "Con-
gressional DISTRICTS" and with the universal
custom which by unbroken usage had be-
come the established party law in this and
in all other States, appointed the delegates
to represent those districts in the National
Convention, and assure their constituents
of their purpose to present their credentials,
and demand admission to the National Con-
vention.
At the same time, we suggest to the Wash
burne and Blaine Clubs in every county and
city in the State to hold meetings, and give
prompt and determined expression,
denouncing the gross usurpation by
the bulldozers Of the State Convention,
insisting on the priceless right OF repre-
sentation by districts, and sustaining the ac-
tion Of the representatives Of the several
Congressional districts in appointing dele
gates to the National Convention instructed
to demand for the Republicans of Illinois
right never heretofore denied to the people
OF any Congressional district in the Union.
The several delegates and alternates ap-
pointed from the ten anti-third-term districts
Of this State to the National Convention
should also meet in this city next week, and,
acting with the delegates from this city,
adopt such measures as may be necessary to
have their credentials presented to the Ma
tional Convention, and their rights properly
and vigorously yindicated before that body.
Let the friends of Washburne and Of
Blaine, and all anti-third termers throughout
the State, take Immediate action in all their
clubs and at public meetings, denouncing the
action Of the Logan bulldozers, and declare
that the free Republicans of Illinois will
never submit to be enslayed by any task
MASTER no matter what his rank or preten-
sions.
From the days OF the Revolution 1t has
been cardinal principle of the Republicans
of America that there can be no taxation, and
no allegiance, and no obedience, exacted
from those who are denied representation,
especially from those whose long possessed
right of representation has been unlawfully
taken away. The right OF representation is a
sacred one; it cannot be taken away
without doing violence to every principle Of
American Republicanism; and no Republican
in Illinois will submit to such deprivation
without resorting to every lawful mode Of
redressing the present wrong and prevent
ing repetition in the future. Let this de-
termination be made known in every precinct
in the State.