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ILLINOIS. 



INDIA, BRITISH. 



favor of the struggle of liberty -loving people for free- 

 dom, believing that we should accord to others all 

 that we claim for ourselves. 



Resolved, That in common with, and as part of the 

 great Union party of the nation, we hereby tender 

 to the soldiers and sailors of our country, our most 

 unfeigned and heartfelt thanks for achievements and 

 triumphs that will ever immortalize them and the 

 nation whose government they saved ; and we trust 

 the time may never come when the people will cease 

 to hold in grateful remembrance, or fail to reward 

 the preservers of the Union. 



Resolved, That the recent massacre by reconstruct- 

 ed and pardoned rebels of loyal men in'New Orleans, 

 is the legitimate result of the policy of President 

 Johnson, and we hold him responsible for the mur- 

 ders on that occasion of loyal white and black men, 

 whose only offence was their loyalty to the country. 



Resolved, That we are in favor'of that kind of legis- 

 lation which shall tend to alleviate the hardships, 

 shorten the hours of labor, and improve the condi- 

 tion of the laboring classes. 



Resolved, That this convention fully approves the 

 proposed action of Congress in the modification of 

 the neutrality laws of the United States, and that we 

 deeply sympathize with our Irish fellow-citizens in 

 their love of their native land, and that we will re- 

 joice with them on the redemption of Ireland from 

 British misrule and wrongs, and that they shall have 

 our countenance and support in all lawful means em- 

 ployed to accomplish that end. 



The following preamble and resolution were 

 adopted by a silent standing vote of the Con- 

 vention : 



Whereas, since the assembling of the last Illinois 

 State Convention, the favorite son of Illinois, Abra- 

 ham Lincoln, then President, has been stricken down 

 by the hand of an assassin, the nation left to mourn 

 the loss of its Chief Magistrate, and the foremost man 

 in the cause of fredom and the Union ; therefore, 



Resolved, That this Convention, standing in the 

 immediate neighborhood of the great martyr's bones, 

 reverently, in honor of the illustrious dead, the mem- 

 ory of whom lies enthroned among all the virtues 

 which adorn a man, solemnly pledge anew our devo- 

 tion to the great principles for which he was slain. 



Subsequently, on the 29th of the same month, 

 n Democratic convention assembled at the same 

 place, also to nominate candidates for the same 

 offices. The resolutions adopted as expressive 

 of their views were as follows : 



Resolved, That the claims of the laboring men for 

 a reduction of the time of labor, so far as that subject 

 lies within the scope of legislation, should merit the 

 attention and favorable consideration of our legisla- 

 tive bodies, as well as of the executive departments. 



Resolved, That the revenues of the government 

 should be derived by equal taxation upon property 

 in proportion to its value, and that no species of 

 property not used for religious or educational pur- 

 poses, and no class of "persons, should be exempt 

 from their just share of the public burdens, or receive 

 special favors and privileges, to the injury and im- 

 poverishment of the community at large. 



Resolved, That the legal tender notes of the United 

 States are a cheaper, safer and better currency than 

 the bills of the so-called national banks, and should 

 be substituted' therefor as soon as it can be done 

 without injustice or injury. 



Resolved, That any and all attempts of any Euro- 

 pean power to impose on any portion of the inhabit- 

 ants of this continent a form of government, or rulers, 

 to which they do not freely consent, should be con- 

 demned and opposed. 



Resolved, That the sympathies of the democrats 

 and conservatives of Illinois are with the people of 



Ireland, and with the oppressed of every other na- 

 tionality, and we hope that at an early day they may 

 obtain redress of their grievances, and the recogni- 

 tion and protection of their rights. The democratic 

 party points with pride and satisfaction to its record 

 in the past, which shows that.it has always sustained 

 the constitutional rights of adopted citizens against 

 all organized opposition to those rights. 



The Democrats and other conservative Union 

 men of the State of Illinois, in convention as- 

 sembled, approved and renewed the declaration 

 of principles made by the National Union Con- 

 vention at Philadelphia on the 14th day of 

 August, 1866. 



The election in the State for members of Con- 

 gress, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Schools, 

 and members of the Legislature, took place on 

 November 6th. The vote given for General 

 John A. Logan, Eepublican candidate for Con- 

 gressman at large, was 203,045 ; for Colonel 

 T. L. Dickey, the Democratic candidate, 147,- 

 058 ; majority for Logan, 55,987. Of the thir- 

 teen members chosen bj r districts, the Eepnbli- 

 cans elected all except in the 10th, llth, and 

 12th districts. The Legislature chosen was 

 divided as follows : 



Senate. House. 



Republicans l(i 62 



Democrats 9 23 



Repub. maj 7 89 



The general prosperity which prevailed 

 throughout the State during the year, was 

 most strikingly apparent at Chicago, its prin- 

 cipal city. The number of buildings erected in 

 the city was carefully estimated at 9,000, of 

 which there were eleven churches, and seven 

 school-houses. A tunnel was commenced ix> 

 afford a passage under the Chicago river, while 

 the one under Lake Michigan to procure fresh 

 water was completed. As constructed, it is 

 calculated to deliver under a head of two feet, 

 19,000,000 gallons of water daily, and under a 

 head of eight feet, 38,000,000 gallons daily; 

 and nnder a head of eighteen feet, 57,000,000 

 gallons daily. The velocities for the above 

 quantities will be one and four-tenth miles per 

 hour, head being two feet ; head being eight 

 feet, the velocity will be two and three-tenths 

 miles per hour, and the head being eighteen 

 feet, the velocity will be four and two-tenths 

 miles per hour. 



INDIA, BRITISH,* a dependency of Great 

 Britain in Asia. Area, about 933,722 square 

 miles. The population is variously estimated 

 at from 135,000,000 to 200,000,000. The Eng- 

 lish population amounts to only 125,945, of 

 whom 84,083 are connected with the army. 

 The actual strength of the army was on April, 

 80, 1862, 78,174 Europeans, 125,913 natives; 

 total, 204,087. 



The year began and closed with a famine in a 

 form more terrible than India has ever seen. It 

 manifested itself so early as October, 1865. 

 From the first week of January the East India 



* For a full account of the Government of British India, 

 see ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA for 1S63. 



