Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-10-02
VANDALIA:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1888.

i HE REVISED LAws--The Advocate,
promised "ElistoIy of the Revised Laws;
: with notes relating to the financial affairs o
the State, has appeared. 1t consists of ;
few extracts from the Journal of the Hous,
of Representatives, "a portion of a privat,
r contract, and quantum Of sage advice tc
; State Officers to practise a species of op
Ipression, partiality and injustice, equally dis
graceful and dishonorable to him who advis
es it, and those who follow the advice Such
as it is, we hope it will receive that degree
of public attention which production got
up with so much ingenuity and exhibiting SC
many bold traces of genius assuredly de-
serves. 1t contains. however, so far as we
can discover, after several careful perusals.
nothing which was not before known; nor
does it furnish the reader with any thing new
or important, except it be an additional (yet
rather Unnecessary proof of the contempt
Bile character and intermeddling disposition
of the author
AS we may have occasion to say a few
words, and only a few, concerning the learn
ed production, and may also have occasion
to refer to 1t hereafter, we give itentire. In
this way we shall accomplish three pun r5ses
at once:-avoid the charge of concealmeni
or presentation-convince the author
we do not envy him his fame, so far as to re-
fuse to circulate his work--and show the
public that the learned historians noble eff
fort to enighten the community is made on
ly with the ingenious intention of gratfy-
ing his own private spite; and prompted by
feelings much like those which the clown
in the play INDUCED when he says: CPS 'os-
tier and waiter here, only we never has no
company nor no horses to feed;' for it seems
impossible for the learned gentleman 10 d.
vest himself Of the reflection, that though he
is public printer, he has nothing to PRINT
offence his nightly TOLL" &c. But here comes
''the History"
recollected by our readers, that the re-
vised laws of this State for the years 82S,
'29, and those of l83O-'31, were printed
at Cincinnati, Ohio. The cause assign
ed for which was, that the work could be
done at that p lace cheaper than it could
be performed in this State. These rea-
sons were, however, deemed quite insult
flcient by our last Legislature, who, with
a State pride well becoming the Legisla
ture Of Illinois, determined to remove
every excuse for sarrying the work to O.
hio, by the adoption of a joint resolution
of both Houses ofthe General Assembly,
upon the subject--m hch is in the follow
ing words, to wit:''
| "Resolued by the Senate and House of Re
personalities, That the laws and journals au-
thorized to be printed by the present Gener,
al Assembly, shall be required to be printed
in this State; and that any bid which may
be received from any printer or printers, for
printing the same, who may cause the work
to be done out of the State, shall not be con
sidered responsible bid.
"Resolred, That the laws and journals
shall be completed and delivered at the of
fee Of the Secretary of State, on or before
The first day of July next; and for every
weeks delay, ii deduction of six per cent.
shall be made on the whole amount of COM
pensation."
saUnder this resolution, the printing Of
$500 copies Of the revised laws was Civ
en- TO Greiner & Sherman, at three dol
lars ninety-seven ard one half cents pei
|page--thc work TO be delivered on or be.
fore the first day of July last-under a
penalty Of forfeiting six per cent. on the
whole amount Of compensation for each
weeks delay in delivering them, as will
be seen by the conditions of the bond
which we here insert:
"The condition of the above obligation is
this: whereas, the above bound Greiner &
Sherman did propose and agree to print. al
the rate of three dollars ninety-seren and one
half cents per page, three thousand five hun
dred copies of volume of the laws of Hi
nois. each volume to contain all the laws of
a general nature heretofore published in the
several volumes of the laws OF said State,
which shall remain in force at the end of the
present session of the legislature, and all
laws of general nature which may be en-
acted at the present session, and to be exccu-
ted in the same manner, printed on as good
paper and with as small type, as the first vel.
ume of the revised laws Of Illinois,: and
whereas the said Greiner u Sherman did
further propose and agree, that the said work
for the execution of which they are herein
bound, should be completed, they finding all
the materials, on or before the first day Of
July next, (lS33) or in default thereof, that