Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-04

rrThe Iowa City Argus, aware Of its IN sn-
~ = giving reports Of the proceedings Of thsai
latiye Assembly, acknowledges that the publlceen-
not correctly Judge Of what that body is doinx
its proceedings as published in that paper ~ sleps
out Of the way to charge US with desaep 2 9
g impression that dat body has been and Is doing
int ittIe for the public good Such charge is I'M
lust In our last we stated that owing to the man
ner in which the proceedings published, It was
impossible to keep our readers advised OF It's pro-
gress even on matter deeply affecting the pubic IN
terest. Die not this show that we were sensible
that matters ofmportance were acted upon, of which
no note was made in our condensed report It's
true that we might copy the proceedings Of the Leg
islature as found in the city papers, but would tna'
keep our readers Informed Of what was gong on.
The most anxious reader may Peruse q column o.
their proceedings, and yet know more Of the ma
ire or provisions Of the bills PASSED than ne md be-
fore he sat down. Knowing this, we have passed
by, in our condensed reports, all matters to which
the proceedings gave no insight bill OF impor-
lance may be before the Legislature,-we can see
its title. learn that amendments were made but how
are we to know any thing Of its provisions or the
character Of amendments made in committee OF the
whole Let US give an instance. In the PUBLISH
ed proceedings Of the House Of Representatives, on
the goth ult the foilwing tes given to bill which
was read q third time and passed.
"a bill to amend an act entitled an act establish
ing certain Territorial road, approved Jan. ID, ls4l
In the proceedings Of the Council ofthe same day,
"A bin to review an act to incorporate Iowa City
and for other purposes was read second time and
on motion, referred to the committee on incorpora-
TONS" In the same body on the ed ult it appears
that bill for an act supplementary to an act regu-
ating marriages" considered in commute OF the
whole and after receiving amendment, it was re-
ferred to a select committee, composed of Messrs
Wallace, Letter and Springer"
In the House on the gath, the following bills, &c.
were read third time and passed. "a preamble
and resolution in relation to the southern boundary
OF this Territory was read third time and passed"
GA bill for an act to legalize the location OF GER
tain Territorial road in Washington county"
"A bill for an act to legalize the location Of GER
tain Territorial roads therein named"
Now what wiser is the reader of the character Of
these bills &c. and their amendments, than he was
beforel He is no wiser, and yet that certain roads
may run by his door, the other purposes alluded to
might be charter of the Bank and that one amend
ent might be that if gals daddy objected to the
match he might, after his daughter married, It
she was under age, take her from her husband and
bind her out to the shoemaker's trade! As STANCE
things as these have transpired; the late United
States Bank of Pennsylvania was chartered under
title to amend the laws levying taxes and for "oth-
cr purposes"
Now, who have we censure, or who rdiculcd r.
Just nobody at ALL The Secretary and Clerk Of the
two Houses furnish abstracts of the proceedings OF
their respective Houses in Journal form, for pubca-
ton. The Journal is kept in short form, and an
swers all the purposes of record for reference to
those for whose benefit it is kept, but to one who
knows nothing of the nature of the bills, &c. alluded
to- it conveys no light that will pay for the reading
We have understood that some of the members
have agreed in opinion with the editor Of the Argus
that our reports were condensed to their narrow limits
through disrespcct want Of respect for that body
Nothing could be farther from our wishes or design
Towards majority Of both Houses, we entertain
feelings of the highest respect and would be far
from knowingly disappearing their acts or trying
to niure them with their constituents. is known,
both here and at the city, that of delegation we
have high opinion, as to their honesty andcapaci-
ty have we given preference in our columns to a
notice Of their acts? No. 1.-THE titles given to
sures proposed by them, gave insight to their pro-
Visions they were like the Of Others silent
ly passed by.
During one Of our visits to the City, we were
promised letters from couple Of the most talented
men in the Territory, but they have failed to lend
us hand, we have had no other means Of obtaining
our information than the proceedings as given in the
papers.
With this explanation, we hope, all will be salts
fed that we have not aimed TO cast stigma upon
the Legislature, and the people will be satisfied that
labor enough is being done, and will be content to
wait until their work can be seen before condenna
ton is passed upon any acting part in the do
ing thereof
c. Our neighbor Of the Sun, at Davenport, has
been in very bad humor with our Legislature ever
since it made choice of the editor of this paper as
printer Of its Journals Of the present Session, over
the editor Of the Sun and several other competitors
We excuse it for what says while laboring un-
der notifying disappointment. 1t is to be expect
ed Of some. but its rejoicing at fent prospect that
printers bills are to be cnrtailed looks little out Of
place. Why has he never discovered the great cx-
trayagance before? It looks little as though a