Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-02-07

majority Of the names of the petitioners were OBJ.
tanned in the northern part Of Lenawe,, and
southern part of Washtenaw and jackson coun-
ties. and at the instance and expense of the cti.
Gems Of Tecumseh.
Mr.. Bradford says che has boon careful to avoid
| the character Of a partizan." To how much
confidence this assertion is entitled, we leave to
our readers to judge. after reading the true &c.
count Of his proceedings. which we have given
above. He "dsavows tina formation of any judg-
ment, a. to the propriety Of altering the present
location Of the southern rail road, until after in.
| vestigation has boon completed" In reply to
this, we will only soy that we are prepared to
prove in court Of justice, that he has already
pressed an opinion In regard to tho location of the
Southern Rail Road.
We have now noticed all the points made by
Mr.. Bradford in his letter to the electors of St.
Joseph county. All else in that letter 10 mere
verbage. calculated to mstify the subject, aad to
disguise the course he intends to pursue.
We have received numerous letters, which we
are now satisfied werc intended to keep US still,
while, at tho same time the authors. or instiga.
tors, were doing all they could against us.
When the resolution. suspending op,r tons Fl =
an unlimited period upon the Southern Rail Road
/ came up from the House of Representatives to
to lay il upon the table. which was negativod
BY the following vote:
Yeas-Mossrs. Barry. Barlow, Cl,rk, Cook,
Curtis. McKey-s.
who voted to lay the resolution upon the table, are
all residents Of the southern and northern coun.
ties.
Nays-Messrs Bradford. (Berrsa COL Com.
stock, kalamazoo col Cooper. jackson co
Kercheval, [D,troit,l McDonell, [D atroit. Moor
[washtsnaw.l Woodbridge, [Dstroit.l-7.
Now It will be seen by this, that all who voted
against laying the resolution upon tn, table, with
the exception Of Mr.. Bradford. (who lives at the
village Of Niles, in Bsrren county. in the SOUTH
ern tier Of counties) are from Detroit, and along
the Central R,il Road.
Whatever may be the intentions of the mem.
bers representing the central counties now, or
hereafter, We arc unable to ssy-but every per
son in this section knows, and Mr. Bradford
ought to know, that the members Of the senate
from that section opposed the construction of a
Southern Rail Road. IfMr. Bradford is not al
ready aware Of that fact, we would refer him e
the Journal Of the Senate. Of last winter, when
that subject was agitated. which we presume il
before him. We shall not pretend to say what
their motives were in opposing that part Of tn,
then proposed system of Internal Improvement
circumstances show for themselves but will mere
ly state that the Journal Of the proceedings Al
that time, upon that subject. will show the namel
from the southern and northern counties recorded
together. in opposition to those from Detroit ans
the central counties. What do we 30, now7 w,
sec the members from the north and south all act
ing together. with the exception Of Mr.. Bradford
who is acting with those who did oppose as
what they intend to do hereafter. VIC will not un
dertake to predict.
What could the people of st. Joseph think. bu
that something was wrong, when they tn
southern and northern members acting together
with the exception of Mr.. Bradford, and no act
ting with the central -mbcrs of that body. unde
these circumstances. upon the subject above re
ferrcd 'ol
We could enter into particulars with regard I
the situation and location Of the different mem
bcrs Of the House Of Representatives, from thi
Senatorial District, to which subjec, the gentle
refers in his letter. but we shall reserve tina
part for future time.
The following is the proceeding upon the re,
: olution for suspending operations. for an snlin
tied period, AZ it came from the House of Repre-
sentatives.
"Mr. Bradford moved that the resolution
now read second time. While the questio
} was pending, the question, on motion Of Mr.. Con
stock, was postponed until tomorrow; the que
ton being decided in tho Affirmative, by yoas m
!, nays, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Barry, Barlow, Clark, Con
stock, Cook, Cooper, Curtis, Kercheval. Med
nell, Mickey, Summers, wooibridge-l2.
Nays-Messrs, Bradford, Moore, (of WASN'T
. nawl-2"