On the re assembling of the legislature,
11. L. Palmer was made speaker by agree
ment of all parties. The anti war mem
bers will oppose an amendment io the elec
• ion laws allowing the soldiers to Vvte;
they say that, “so many loyal men have
“gone into the army that we, the friends
“of the rebels, think we can carry the
“state; theiefore, by falsely organizing
“and calling ourselves democrats we can
‘‘elect m Bibers to congress who wili co
“< perate with Vailandighani and thus aid
“to defeat the government.” Every dis
loyal man in the state will oppose the sol
diers voting, but then every friend of the
soldiers will oppose any party that openly
or covertly op|>v.~Gs the war. So it will be
found just as broad as iur.g, for democrats
are not ah disloyal —none of them but their
leaders generally and a few others who
hold with Ryan that “party is aboVe
country,” or that niggers are of more ac
count than white people. The same men
who oppose the soldiers voting would op
pose fighting the Indians, provided it is as
certained that the Indian wars have been
instigated by the re! els. It was a demo
cratic measure last year for the soldiers of
Illinois to vote, but when it was foun 1
the soldiers voted against that party, then it
was treason for them to vote.
