Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-01-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE VOLUNTEERS

In the House of Representatives, Dec. lllh
resolutions being called for in the order of the
States, Mr.. DUNCAN offered the following
which were adopted:
| Resolued, That the Committee on Claims be
instructed to inquire into the justice and expe-
diency of paying for all horses lost in conse-
quence of forced marches, accident, or any ex-
Extraordinary service unavoidable to the owner
of any horse which may have been lost in the
service of the United States, in the recent war
with the Indians on the frontier of Illinois and
Michigan.
Resolred, That the Committee of Ways and
Means be directed to inquire into the expedi-
ency of appropriating and placing it at the
disposal Of the War Department, such addi-
tional sum as may be found necessary to pay
all the expenses of the recent war with the H.
dams on the Frontier of Illinois and Michigan.
In Senate of the same date, MIR RoB1NsoN
offered the following:
Rcsolued, That the Committee on the Mill
tia be Instructed to inquire into the expedency
loi providing for the payment of horses lost by
the militia and volunteers in the sc rvice of the
United States during the late expeditions a.
gainst the hostile Indians. on the frontiers of
Illinois and Michigan Territory
PUBLIC LANDS.
In the House of Representatives, Dec. l It'll,
Mr.. CLAY, of Ala. moved the adoption of the
following resolutions:
| Resolued, That tie committee on the Public
Lands be instructed to inquire into the expe-
diency of reducing the price of such portions
of the public lands as have been offered at pub
lie sale, and have remained unsold for the Pc
rod of five years and upwards
Resolped, further, That said Committee in
quire into the expe1iency of relinquishing to
the respective Stats in which they are situa-
ted, such portions of the public lands as NAV
have been offered at public sale, and being sub
ject to pricate entry have remained unsold for
the period of ten years.
On motion of Mr.. BOOK, it was
Resolped, That the Committee on the Pub
lie Lands be instructed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of reducing and graduating the price
of such of the public lands of the u. States
as shall or may have been five years subject
to sale at private entry; and also to inquire in.
to the expedieAcy of surrendering the refuse
public lands, after given period, to the States,
respectivelyjin which they are situated.
CHICAGO HARBOR.
| On motion of Mr.. DUNCAN,
| RESOLVED, That the Committee OH Roads
and Canals be instructed to inquire into the
|expediency of constructing harbor at Chica-
go, on Lake Michigan, in Illinois.
THE QUALIFICATIONS ORDINANCE
From the following article, from the Charles
ION Courier of December 9Th, we get inorma.
ton which, If correct, is of great Importance
that the validity of the Ordinance land Of
course all laws under it) might ultimately be
tested in the Courts of Justice of the State of
SOUTH CAROLINA, parts of it being deemed
incompatible with the constitution of the State
Nat Int.
HE ORDINANCE OF NULLIFIcATIoN.-T
validity of this measure must be ultimately
tested in our Courts of Justice. lis entire
compatibility with The State Constitution,
must be established By the State Judiciary.
before it can have its contemplated effect.
The Convention, in passing this act of vir-
tuai war against the General Government, and
of oppression on large majority of the citi>
zens OF the State, has not protested to act on a
revolutionary principle, and it must therefore
submit to be controlled by the Constitution
The Convention, it is true, has not, in point Of
form, altered any feature of the existing Stale
Constitution; but, while leaving that instru-
ment without outward change, has violated its
most essential provisions-those which vitality
concern the rights and liberties of the citizen
The questions then for the Judiciary to
decide, will be, first, whether State Conven.
ton can amend or alter the State Constitution
and, secondly, whether, without amending OF
altering the Constitution, it can establish a
rule inconsistent with it. That Convention
cannot alter the Constitution, is, to our iudg-
ment, satisfactorily proved by the fact, thai
the Constitution, made by tie people in Conpen-
ton, confides this function Exclusively to the
State Legislature, under the most wise and
salutary restrictions: $40 part of this Con.
stitution shall be altered, unless" by prescribed
lnajori.ies in two several Legislatures, is the
rule of the Constitution on this subject A bill
for the purpose must be lead three times in the
house Of Representatives, and three times in
the Senate, and agreed to by two-thirds of the
whole representation, in both branches; il
must next be published three months previous
a new election for members to the House oil
Representatives, in order to give the people
an opportunity to elect their Representa-
tives with an express reference to the proposed
alteration; and finally, it must be agreed to-
in their first session, by two thirds of both
branches of the whole representation in the
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