Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-01-22
REMARKS or Mr.. GREENE,
on tie Resolution relatiyc to the Printing If tie
go. InaNs

the resolution on the table, and thereby defer
its passage for two or three weeks; Or what
want Of courtesy and magnanimity will the
members Of this Council evince BY opposing
the bombastic and unnecessary exertions Of
the gentleman from Van Buren, {Mr. H.) to
retard the passage of the resolution until every
member Of the Council be present, which,
event may not occur during the session! can
comprehend no advantage TO the Territory 10
sustaining the gen,leman's motion, or want Of
courtesy and magnanimity, in now disposing
Of the resolution in relation to the printing Of
the laws. 1t is matter that has been agitated
before this legislature -four weeks, and il is
important and highly necessary, that it be now
consummated. We have at present no other
business before Us. In few days we shall
be crowded with subjects of legislation, which
will require the utmost perseverance and expe-
dition to complete during the present session,
and unless we dispose of that resolution be-
fore that food Of business comes upon US, we
shall be obliged to neglect business Of vastly
more importance and interest to our cohsttu-
ents than the mere question of s.who shall
print the laws!" We have but rev days
left for the transaction of three-fourths OF the
business Of the present session, and expedien-
cy, duty and justice 10 our constituents, rem
ders il incumbent upon us to finish it as it
comes up before US, and not defer all till the
last day, and thea leave half unfinished. II
is likewise important to the publisher who
gets the printing Of the laws, TO know the fact
Immediately, that he may procure materials
and employ hands for the purpose. Still, the
asagnonimous gentleman from Van Buren,, in a
flow of mighty bombastic defamation, con-
tends that the subject is so all-important, so
vitality momentous, so thrillingly absorbing to
the citizens Of this Territory, that we must
postpone further action upon it. And why
Because two or three members of the Council
without leave of absence assumed the respon-
sibility Of visiting their homes. What an as
founding conclusion! Are we, Mr.. President,
10 neglect OUR duty as the peoples servants,
because two or three members of the Council
are absent; and especially in case so unim-
portant to those members and their constitu-
ents as the mere question of who shall print
the laws? The gentleman preached long and
loud Of the Importance Of the subject now be-
fore the Council, and how deeply interested
and fatally involved the people were in the re-
suit, which is tinctured with about as much
common sense and consistency as are his re-
marks generally upon the subject. The laws
.s::c well printed and fairly distributed is the
extent of the intercs: ti,ey have and ali they
care about. Ii is irno that - . positica! view
they May iav5d preference in the PRIMER, and
that preference, or the preference Of the major
ity, should have its influence upon our votes
on this occasion. | am confident that three
fifihs of my constituents would, were it left to
them, vote the printing to John H. M'kenny !;
and judging from the last general election in
this Territory, am equally confident that a
very decided majority Of the gentleman's Mr..
Hall) constituents would do the same. But
still he imbibes that political creed that will
induce him to comply with the wish Of the mi
noriiy in preference to that Of the majority ;
because his political views and prejudices dc
tate the former course. / shall, in voting a.
gainst the motion before the Council, and in
voting for the amendment as made BY the
House Of Representatives, be complying strict.
" with what believe to be the choice of my
constituent and majority of the citizens Of
this Territory. The magnanimous gentleman
| from Van Buren, talked wonderously about the
magnanimity Of the Wing members, Of his
own magnaaimity, and Of his supposed mag
nanimisy of the Democratic members of the
Council. This reminds me of the gentleman
magnanimous course, and that of his brother
Wings, when they moved to take the resoln.
ton from the table that had Previously been
introduced by Mr.. Hastings relative to the
printing Of the laws. The resolution had been
laid on the table at the especial request Of Mr.
Hastings, till he should return from Blooming.
ton, and the Council unanimously acceded Il
it. But favorable opportunity offered itsel
during the absence of Mr.. Hastings, for the
Wing members to evince and make public
their magnanimity, integrity and courtesy
Thinking that they had majority in the Conn
Gil during Mr.. Hastings absence, they at once
united upon the scheme Of calling the resolu
| ton up before his return, and bestow the print
ing Of the laws to their repository Of federal
| ism and sin, the Hawk-eye. In vain they
| were told that the author Of the resolution ex
/ pected from their own conduct and avowels
that the resolution would lay upon the table
| till his return-in vain were they called upol
| to show little courtesy 10 the absent gentle
man, in matter in which he and his constitu
enis were ultimately concerned-but alas i
man, they insisted upon the matter beingin
stantly decided. One of their number atlas
consented to defer the final passage Of the les
olction till the next day. when the onexpecte
return Of the absent member bottled their mos
magnanimous object. The gentleman ma
well talk Of maenanimity when he reflects o
conduct upon that and many other occasions
With as much consistency might besotte
drunkard speak Of and laud his own temporal
| and moral habits, or the yoluptuous spend
thrift Of mis- hardy economy.
And that awful imprecaiion from that aw
3 fully msgnanimous gentleman upon all VII
vote against his noble will. cannot but hay
ils influence upon my mind, and elevate m
| vievva Of the 0entlemanss maonAnimifv mar