Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-03-29

j the senate was taken up, and, on the
question OF concurrence, it was decided
/ in the negative, tzyeHty.three voting for,
I and thirteen against it. My vote al this
time was given in the negative. Mr..
/ Daimwood OF Galialin, immediately
moved TO reconsider the vote, which
the speaker promatly decided 10
be out of order, when Mr.. Field appeal
ed from the decision OF the chair 10 the
house, which confirmed ihe correctness
of the decision. MIR. Turney then NOV
ed that the resolution be returned 10 the
senate, requesting them to send the same
back to the house with the number vot-
ing for or against convention. The
motion succeeded.
On the l2.h February the speaker
laid before the house certain documents
Of Mr.. Craw contesting the election
of Mr.. Emni,t Of White county, which
we're referred to the committee Oh cleo
tons.
|, was now that Nc. Ford Of Crawford
made bis celebrated motion to reconsi
der his vote onthe report and accompany
ing resolutions tine commltlee on cleo
tons relative to my contested election.
The motion prevailed, and every success
siyc one, until my seat was finally vacat.
ed and John Shagv cleared MEMBER &.
our ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
Here | pause for reelection. My enc
mics censure me for my last vote ON the
convention resolution. | expected this
as the consummatioh of their conduct. |
am therefore neither surprized nor IL
Inundated. The lttlc portion of sagacily
and ingenuity possessed was never be-
Ter employed than in coping with suci
men. approve as little as any man o.
the least departure from the stricjes
rule of morality either in private o.
public capacity, and, on The abstra,
principles right, | am perhaps blanca
bic for withholding my rea! intention
respecting momentous question. a
| have sald before, | never entertain
the least doubt as to the ultimate desie
Of a convention, and would sooner SUI
fer inquisisorial tortures than lend NJ
sanction to entail upon the people of l.
llnois and their posteriiy the curse o,
forbidden slavery. | represented a peo-
pie, in many respects the most interest
ing. Their local situation secluded from
he rest o! the state; their HABITS
and manners, eoneenial to what | bad
lnbibed from earliest youth; their un-
bounded confidence and affection, WHICH
would never abate whilst | had he viii
or ability 10 serve them E; their consistency
and attachment, under every viclssitude
OF fortune, were calculated to produce
mutual excitement, to which we alone
can be insensble, whose heart never ex
banded to the impulses Of reciproca
kindness. Upon my conduct depended
their present and future welfare. | ne
yer esteemed the sacrifice of myself too
much fer friend; and remind myself
Of the resolution, to be no obstacle in the
way OF the interests Of nay cons itueuts,
but with pleasure. They had left the
management oftheir business entirely to
my own discretion, and the relief and
amelioration which their condition de-
handed were expected at my hands. --
From the information | occasionally re-
ceived, and the opportunity Of conversa-
ton had with few, they were not fully !
impressed with the danger likely TO grow
out of convention; and considered the
Of slavery too remote and
improbable to be apprehended. Their
indifference on this question, the effect
of their securitys tended to increase the
perplexity of my situation. With man
kind, their immediate and direct interests
are the most paramount, whilst general
questions are lost in immensely or forgot
in prospect. Such, in common with
other citizens, was the case Of my CON
sltuen,s. To have failed in my local
measures would have been serious IN
jury to them, and modification to my
self
When the resolution was first propos-
ed, its most jealous promoters were per-
iecuy aware that it would not pass---it
was merely an experiment 10 try the
strength of the question. l hazarded
nothing. 1t was known that it would
not pass the senate by the constitutional
majority, without the vote of Mr.. Gram
mar of Union, who was not expected to
arrive and as Mr.. M.Fatridge OF John
son had no assurances yet that the seat Of