The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-12-04

trolling influence upon their issues, limit
the amount collected to the wants of the
Government, and teach them the necessi-
" of relying entirely upon their own
resources. If they are deprived of the
public revenue, and, consequently, par
ticipalion in the management of a mo-
mentous department of public business, it
will be Impossible for them successfully
to attribute their rewlsions and suspen
sions to the existing administration. The
whole world would know the fault was
alone their own, and their labors to con-
ceal it would add 4 deeper stain to their
guilt. However true the argument, that
they afford facilities to trade and com
mercc, the conclusion would be prepos
ferrous, that these facilities would he more
certain and useful if they were connected
with the management Of our national
finances.
Being convinced Of the propriety of
providing fair compensation for prose-
cutting attornics, regard an increase Of
their salaries as absolutely necessary to
| the advancement of the public welfare.
1t will be impossible to command the best
talents of the StatCs in the administration
of justice, which is highly essential, if a
fair and just equivalent is not held ont for
the enlistment Of that talent. The adop-
ton of this course, instead Of being Il
useless expenditure Of money, would,
have no doubt, conduce to that economy,
which is imperously demanded by our
condition.
Although know Of no instance Of any
individual coming from another State into
ours to vote, yet | have been informed
from sources in which | place the utmost
relmnce, that extensive arrangements were
concerted among portion of the citizens
Of another State to come into Illinois for
that purpose at our recent election for
! President and Vice President. In view
Of the danger to which we are exposed
from such innovations along the borders
of the State swept by the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, feel it my duty to recon-
mend the passage Of law, providing for
the apprehension and rigid punishment of
offenders who may invade the rights of
| the elective franchise. The startling
frauds which have recently been perpe-
tratcd in New York and other places for
the destruction of these sacred rights, |
regard rs little better than high treason,
and striking deadly blow at the founda-
ton OF the government.
\ frequent recurrence to fundamental
doctrines being essential to the perpctuity
OF free government it is matter of the
first consideration, that we keep the
respective political rights of the Union,
the States, and the people clearly defined.
The security of each depends upon the
separation and well regulated balance of
power between them; and care should,
therefore, be taken to prevent strengthen
ing the arm of the Coniederacy. Con-
gross should exercise no power bu! such
as has been expressly delegated, or is
absolutely necessary to carry the deIega-
ted power into effect. There is certainly
no necessity for encroachments upon state
sovereignty or individual privileges. If
the General Government will protect us
from foreign invasion and domestic insur-
rcction, the great object of its tormation
and deal out Justice with an impartial
hand, it is all we can expect or desire
The one will leave us in the quiet enjoy
mcnt of our pursuits, while the other
will afford us no cause of complaint
But when it draws within its grasp pow
ers never surrendered to it, and adopts
partial legislation as the rule of its action,
then, indeed it is verging rapidly to
monarchy, and may Justly alarm the fears
of the patriot.
The idea that the people should look
up to it for assistance IN times of pecuni-
AIRY distress, is most revolutionary in It's
tendency, and this revolution is specded
in its object when the laws are directed
to the promotion of private .mtercst, in
stead of the general good. Hence, the
various and diversified charters granted TO
monopoIizlng companies, are sapping the
foundation of the Republic, destroying
the equality Of citizens, and creating dis
tinctions in society. In the pure repub-
lican days of the Revolution, merit and
demeril, virtue and vice, alone drew the
line of separation between one man and
another: now the pampercd fed monopo-
lis. scorns an association with honest
poverty. Why is this 1t is because
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