The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-08-27

es an implied assent, which is ever az

duces an implied assent, which is ever az
ter irrevoCabe.
Many Of the State elections have already taken
place, without any knowledge on the part of the
people that such question was to come up. The
representatives my desire a submission Of the
question 10 their constituents preparatory to final
action upon 1t, but this high privilege is denied:
whatever may he the motives and views enter
tanned 10y the representatives. of the people to in
ducc delay, their assent is TO be presumed, and is
ever afterwards hinding, unless their assent shall
I've uncondtuonally expressed at their first
sion after the passage of this bill into law.
They may by formal resolution declare the
question of assent or dissent to I've undecided and
postponed, and yet IN opposition to their express
declaration to the contrary their assent is implied
Cases lnnumcrable might be cited to manifest tue
irratOnaty of such an inference. Let one OF
two in addition, sulliCc-the popular branch OF
the Legislature may express the dissent by an
unanimous vote, and its resolution may be dctta-
ted ty the vote Of the Senate and vet the assent
is u be implied. Both branches OF the Legisla-
turc may CONCUR in arusG!uuono of decided dissent,
and vet the Governor may exert the veto power
conferred on him hy the state Constitution, and
the Legislative action be defeated: and yet the
assent of the Legislative authority is implied, and
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authorized to establish a branch or branches in
such state, whenever they may find it conducive
to the interest of the stockholders to do SO; and
having once established It, they can, under no
circumstances, Withdraw ii, except by an Act Of,
Congress-
The state may afterwards protest against any
such uuu-lirlh,c ialarncc-bu, its authority Is
gone It's assent is Implied by it, failure or ma
utilty 10 az. at IT'S first session, and It's voice can
never afterwards be heard. To differences 50 vlo-
t,ul, and, as they seem to me, irrational, | cannot
yield my consent. No court OF justice would or
could sanction them, without reversing all that Is
established in judicial proceedings by introducing
Prescriptions AT variance to the fact, and inicrcn-
COS at the expense of reason. \ state in a cond-
ton of durcss would be presumed to speak, and an
individual manacrd and imprisoned might be pre-
>umcd to he IN the enjoyment of freedom. Far
better to say to the states boldly aud frankly
Congress wills, and submission Is d.mandcd
Ii may be sand that the directors may not cstih-
iish branches under such circumstances; but this
is question OF power and this hill invests them
wIta full power to do 50. If the Legislature of
| New ! orS, or Penn ylyania, or any other state,
| should be found IN such condition as have sup
posed, could there he any security furnished
against such a step on the pant of the director
| Nay, is it not fairly to be presumed that TINS pro-
yiso was introduced for thS sole purpose of meet.
| ing the contingency referred to Why else
should it have been introduced
| And would submit to the Senate whether i,
can be believe that any State would be likely to
sit quietly down, under such state Of things
In great measure ot public interest their patro.
tlsm may be successfully appealed to, but to infer
their assent from circumstances at war with such
| Inference | cannot hut rCrgTd II as calculated 70