Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-03-12

! attended TO.
| We are authorized to state, that JOHN c.
/ LOTION, Esq of the county of Green, will be
candidate for the Office Of Lieutenant Co.
vernon of the state of Illinois, at the ensuing
election.
We are also authorized to state, that Doctor
ERAsTUS BROWN, of Greenfield township,
if elected will serve in the next General As
scmbly of this state, as one of the Representa-
tves of Madison county.
The editor of the Boston Daily .qdhyeriser
employs stenographerto report the debates
in congress, who gives them much more at large
than they are reported in tie Washington pa.
pers, We copied from the National Intelligent
Ger last week sketch Of the debate on Mr.
Cock resolution; since which we have re-
ceived the above mentioned Boston paper,
containing the discussion on the same subject,
from which We extract the following:
Mr.. REID, of Geo. was not disposed
general 10 oppose the adoption ofany
resolution calling on an executive officer
Tor information; but the present appeared
TO ftm entirely useless-calcua,ed to
produce DO effect The Secretary OF
the Treasury had already. in reply to a
resolution Submitted on former day, by
the gentleman from Illinois, told us that
he had furnished us all the information
in his power. That owing 20 the great
press OF business which the law grant
ing relief to the purchasers of public
lands has brought upon the land Offices,
they have been prevented from making
their returns, which will, when made,
show the amount that has been received
! BY the gentlemen who have exam ined the
land Offices during the year 1921. Now,
Sir, after this answer lroEl tho Secretary,
TO adopt the proposed resolution would
very much resemble the conduct OF
some lawyers, who, after a witness has
answered question in one shape, cen
lnues to torture him by proposing, it in
another lfhe supposed that the Score
tary had suppressed any inform alton, he
would willingly vote for the resolution,
if it was couched in respectful language.
1t bears, however, strong marks of irri.
! lated feeling. lie should propose to
| amend il, By substituting the word "her-
SOB" for" gentleman" The words " as
Tar as the Secretary can ascertain" were
nnderscored. lie should propose al
so, that this should be asncntied--thal
| the understanding should be stricken OUT.
The resolutions seemed 10 Dim unneccs-
sary. The gentleman from linois had
! latimated that a member Of the Senate
had been guilty of improper conduct, in
4 accepting an Office under government,
| while he held the Office OF Senator, in
violation OF the constitution, and the ex-
press letter of the law. These arc hieh
| sounding charges. And want is the cyl.
dence on which he grounds his aiega-
tons. Why, that Senator has eSa-
mined certain land Offices. Nov if the
gentleman wants evidence of dis, it al
ready appears in the letter of the Secre-
| tary--although it is further stated in tie
same letter, that he had received 10 com
pensation. The amount OF Cotnpensa.
| ton, whether one cent ortwo, can be OF ~
sort OF consequence. II is the firmc.hh
that member of either branch o. II
legislature should accept an Office 'uld
governmental any thing, winch cs,is
| for the Interference of this House.
The gentleman, at an early part q
tho session, Introduced resolution Ia
relation to the subject, which he sutse-
qnently Withdrew. He had Afterwards
offered q resolution, the answer to whlcr
had not satisfied him. The gentlcmanhaG
said much Of the difficulty aud deli2a(y
of his situation. The Senator impiica
ted was from the state he haf! the hohol
to represent i'll this House. The difficult
lies, Mr.. r. thought, were of the gen
tleman's own making, and that after an
investigation had been made, it would be
found that mole-hllls were raised into
mountains, that monies narturiunt aas-
citur rieiculus mus.
Mr.. COOK, was willing to accept o.!
the modification which the gentleman
had proposed. The gentleman had al
luded to the practice OF some lawyers in
examining witnesses. The gentleman
| might be more convcrsant With thai
kind of practice than himself. This was
not his practice, neither as a professional
man nor as a member OF this house. But
said Mr.. c. have been making noun
tains of mole-hills. Sir, the fiamers o!
our constitution have guarded tAe purity
of the legislature with the utmost eau
ton. They expressly forbid member
Of eitheir branch Of the Legislature from
holding an Office under the executive.