Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-01-01
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE.


Inc Legislaturc.-.COn
The action Of the Legislature exclles
very lille attention in this portion Of the
Territory. The passage of memorial
Tor an appropriation to continue the Null
tary road from Burlington to Agency City
IS the principal item which we see a. all
interesting 10 our citizens. In fact there
is very little business before them either
OF IA local or general character. We do
not see that they have yet made any pro.
gress in ascer,aining whether they are
consttn,onally allowed to sit seventy i've
days during the present session. Whe;h
er they are or are not, we think if IL is
found that they seriously entertain such u
TO detain them SO long, and the additional
fact tina, the debt they would thus create
would have to be paid out of the Terrific
rial or State Treasury, should lead The
people TO send up remonslrances against
their carrying such design into execu-
| ton.
Mr. WRIGHT. from Des Moines, intro,
duced JOINT resolution auihoriziag bo'h
Houses to adjourn on the 20ih Dee % the
Is, January, which was adopted in the
House by vote of 3 70 %.
in the Council Mr. Hastings introduced
a similar resolution, which received con.
siderable opposition from Mr. Summers
who offered very sensible substitute,
which we herewith subjoin. together with
the subsequent action on the question:: =
That, (inasmuch as the appropriation
made by Congress TO defray the expenses
Of the present session Of the Legislature
will not permit of session of more than
thirty five or forty days, without creating
Territorial debt, and nasmuch as bnsi
ness is rapidly accumulaling, an adjourn
ment of 8 or 10 days would be de,rimen
tai to the public Interest," the Legislature
adjourn sine die on the 9Th of January
next, instead of from Saturday the ooh
until Monday the 29Ih inst. the amend
ment was lost-yeas 5, nays 7.
A motion was then made by Mr. Shelby
to amend the original resolution by adding
the following:
Provided, tina, during said adiournmen
the members Of the Legislative Assembly
shall not receive their per diem-lost
yeas 6, nays i.
A motion was made to adjourn sine dit
on Saturday the ooh inst, and osl-y cas-
g. navs g.
The question was then put on concur
ring in the resolution as passed by lht
House. and decided in the affirmative
yeas Z, nays 5.
In accordance with those resolution.
we presume the members are now spend
ing The holidays with their constituents.
Disposition is yet 10 be made of thu
Stale Government question. If the mem
bers would fall in with the simple plan o
expunging all pariyisms from the Con
s,ilu,ion and present it as pure Demo
ocratlc instrument without having embed
led in i. the peculiar notions of eithe
party, and would thus present it to thu
people, they would gain a popularity tina
nigh, well make them proud The,
might thus construct Constitution tia
would be SO nearly immutable, as not /,
need alteration for century. All coul
live under il, and each party would still
be free to frame such laws as they nigh
deem proper, as they from time to Tim
should be in the majority. l, would b.
a. fair for one as it was for the o,her-tE
spirit and genius of our free institution
would be preserved and exemplided-th
majority would govern-and real democ
racy would triumph Such a Cons,iin
ton, with such basis, would do mer
to fill up our new State with enterprisin,
citizens than could any other measure tia
might be thought Of.