The Illinois free trader., 1840-12-25

contained in his late message TO the ses-
sion convened under his proclamation.
Mr.. GATEwooD moved that the mes
sage of the Governor, Just received, be
laid upon the table and that 20, 600 copies
thereof be printed. Mr. G.. said it was
very luminous document-and almost
any thing coming from our worthy and
talented Governor, was held in high cs-
tmaton by him.
After short discussion between Mcssrs. GATE
woon and PEARsov-lhc former ccnsuring the
Governor for sending a verbal instead OF trans
mittng written answer TO the Senate; and the
latter defending the course Of the Governor, and
charging Mr.. GArEwoop with seizing upon this
opportunity to give the Executive lashing, in or
der to CRAFTY some private anmosities he enter
tanned towards that individual
Mr.. G.. said that he had no private fee
lings TO gratiiy--againt Thomas Carlin,
as an individual, he had no animos ty--
against him, as such he made no COM
plant. But against that individual, as
Executive of the State, he did, anc had
a right to complain. As a Senator, he
urged those complaints--as one OF the
representatives. Of the south, he should
continue to do so, until they were redress
sed. His constituents also complained,
that their interests had been disregarded
under the administration Of the present
| Executive. His administration had been
most disastrous to the interests of the
south - their hopes of prosperity had
been blighlGd as with a miidcw--they
had been disappointed--thc pledges made
TO them had been violated. Had they
known as much at that time as they do
now of the individual who is Governor
he would not have been troubled with
the duties of that station. He repeated
! t-that the official course of the EXecu-
tive had been marked by mos, disastrous
consequences to the interests Of the
south. His course on the subject of in
ternal Improvement in which that portion
OF the State were most vltally interested,
had been characterized by an imbecilty
only exceeded by the ruin il had produ-
ccd. Elected as an internal improvement,
a Rail ROdd man, he had turned round
and aimed TO destroy all that portion of
the system in which the south had any
intcrcst,--But the northern interest must
be iostcred at all hazards-bonds must
be hypothecated, and the people of the
south taxed TO continue that darling pro-
ject Of the Governors and the northern
interests, while every yestige of the sys-
tenn in the south must be cut off. And
in order to irighten the south into all
abandonment Of what it had right to ex-
pect, the Governor in his messages, had
paraded erroneous statements of the
amount of state Indebtedness, in conspic-
uous relief. But the public mind should
be disabused on this subject. The south,
though depressed and poor compared
with the north, had rghts--they had in
terests which ought to be considered, in
the administration of the Government
and unless those rights and interests were
respected, their voice should be heard in
complaint, by their representatives on
this floor, until their grievances were re-
dressed.-I'hcy would consent no longer
TO do all the voting and all the tax paying,
and be treated with neglect and ndiiler-
ence. In relation to the order under con-
sideratlon, Mr.. G. urged anew his view
,f tho Dnngt,nr IIn I,l ,,,,cI 40. h.,
understood as attaching any importance
to document coming from the Cover
nor--ior he had just as Iicye have the
Fund Commissioners report, or copy
of the speech of certain gentleman he
might name--but he only urged the pas
sage OF the order on the ground, that the
Governor i'll refusing to communicate had
been guilty of an indecorum, demanding
the animadverson of the Senate. If he
had nothing to send, he could have said
so under his own hand--or he could have
endorsed one of his printed messages.
But to send verbal message was prac-
tice unhcard of in the history OF the le-
gislation of any State-and he hoped that
such an expression of disapprobation
would be given against the practice, that
recurrence of it would never again take
place.
Mr.. RALsToN considered the attack
made upon the Governor, by the gentle
man from Gallatin, as wholly unauthori-
zed. He regretted it, as destructive of
the harmony that ought to subsist be-
tween coordinate departments of the gov
ernmcnt, and without which public bust
ness could not progress. He maintained
that there was nothing in the Governors