State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-11-22
c. l.. KNAPP.
f.. II. JEWiITT.
Nov. -, 1886.

Nov. -, 1896.
The General Assembly adjourned with
out day on Friday morning, the 18th. An
unusual number of acts have been passed -
100 public and private-but none, we
believe very materially interfering with
tol mer statutes. The disposition of our
quota of the surplus revenue proved to be,
as was anticipated, the most interesting
matter upon which tie Legislature were
called upon to act The lively interest of
the people at large in reference to the
manner Of distribution, was pretty clearly
indicated at an early period Of the session,
by The presentation of great numbers of
memorials, -somo asking appropriations
for literary Institutions, others invoking
share in turtherance of some fnvortie
scheme of internal improvement, &c. &c.
The project briefly stated in the governors
message, viz. to return the money to its
rightlul owners, the People, under such
statutory regulations as to render the sum
available to the state and nation on the cor
ungency of n demand for its repayment,
was decidedly popular with the House, and
after a well sustained and highly animated
debate in the Senate, prevailed in that body
also, in opposition to the plan of conSigning
the money to the control of the banks until
| : l,n 81 tIe, A
act was passed providing for the reception
and distribution of our proportion Of the
surplus revenue (now supposed to amount
to something more than 81 100000 with n
view mainly TO the promotion of the cause
of common education in the several towns.
The act will be published in our next num-
ber when Our readers generally, will have
the opportunity to examine and judge Of
the provisions Of this important law. On
its final passage in the Senate, we are told
that the vote stood 8 TO Gland that in the
House the minority consisted Of ttco, only.
The present Legislature, though general
ly opposed 10 n mnch farther multiplication
OF banking institutions in the state, have
dealt ont acts ofincorpora:on for manu-
featuring purposes, with an unsparins
hand.
Abolition stock in the Legislature ha
risen about one hundred per cent since
+ the last session. The communications lror
several Of the saveholdiug states alluded It
in the Governors message, were referred
to select committee, who held seyera
meetngs-two of them in one Of III,
! Churches, in order to accommodate thr
; large number who attended upon their sit
; tings The papers from the southern uu
: thorites Were quite literally spiccd wild
) Southern brayado and menace, and gen
orally began with denial OF the right q
the North TO "iateyi1e," even by way I
arguments with the subject of slavery, an
= wound u, by ridiculously demanding til
"2Dence" Of the North by putting dow
aISft1h societies by lac, and all that sol
), thing These philosophical nabobs {
the South seem to think it very wicked /
u PIT dolcn oppression and robbery by I'll
. force Of truth-but it is peculiarly appro
pirate to gag Jieemen to PIT up slavery
\. The committee reported three resolutions
~ the first, denying the authority Of the stat
or national governments to restrain til
IS freedom Of speech or Of the press; til
- second, asserting the fact, that Congre'
possess constitutional authority to ubolis
slavery in the District of Columbia; an
D. the third, requesting the Governor to TO
ward copies TO the several States, Sc. I'll
ID resolutions passed both branches Of II
Legislature by almost unanimous vote
h, This cells well for Vermont. Our "bretlre
is of the South" must wait awhile belo
+ Vermonters will be prepared to adopt Il
Kendall law system.
Upon the whole, the session has pnssC