The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-01-11
Illinois Legislature,

SrRt>GsIELp, Jan d 1881.
After fightlul assault on the buttons Of the
menUcts- and three DAYS Of anxious ,lcctiuurrr-
ius aud reputation on the part Of some 80 appli.
cauts the members Of the general assembly OF
the state of Illinois finally effected an urganiza
ton this afternoon by ,lcctmS the following otli.
GERS:
SrNArr-So'rt'lrg-W Smith. Of VIII, Is
Sl"'nt Nscrstars-Wm. Il. llt,lAw. >.rrsaat at
/ ar''-E \. Bcdcll, Assistant Sergeaut.a, arms.
/ Sem y. wyatt, EnrullIEg aud Engrossiug clerk.
. \. c. Dickson.
/ HorSr-Spcakcr, Hon. Sidney Breesc. Clrk
J. r pilcr; Ios,H Csrk. VIM A. j. spark. .
hTrotHy a''d EHgyossHy Clerk, VIM. j Allan
i"t do, VIM. O,man, Door hcrp,r, : h smith.
Asst. do, Chester Carpenter.
All these officers had been duly nominated in
den o,ratc caucus IN the morning aud were elect.
G." by acclamatiun. The vote IN caucus ON sneak
rr stood II for Rrresc 10 Is ior Caldwell. There
would "pPrchrnd, have been no serious oppos.
ton made 10 Brre~s had he not been accused un
Justly lmaginc) If being too much interested IN
Colro city property and in having the Central
NA! Road 90 luto the hands OF the Cairo Cumpa-
uy
The senate did nothing to-day Lut organize,
cU"n,t seats, and pass POINT poetry resolution"
providing that the stationery and postage of the
members and officers Of the two houses be- pad
10y The state; Which resolution was promptly con
currrj IN 10y the house
\ series OF resolutions also, sin liar to those Of
'ercd by Mr. shaw in the house, WI. offered n
tie senate by Slr RIlhmoul, anil ordered to be
printed
In the house Immediately after the election Of
ut.rrr-, Nj Shaw jumped up and offered the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions
Whereas, Congress has no power under the
constitution 10 interfere with or control the dumcs
TIC institutions of the several states and where
IS such states are the sole and proper Judges Of
everything aIrcrtalning 10 their own affairs. not
prohibited 10y the constitution: and whereas all
efforts At the aboll'iuui,tS or others made Ia in
dnce congress to interfere with the qug. tons Of
Slavery. ur take iucprut steps Ia relation thereto.
are calculated tn lead to the mos. aiarmln, cui.c.
qacnce,, Md whereas all such effort. have an in-
tyltJbIe tendency TO diminish the happiness of
tie people and cudauscr the stability and prrma.
nynry of the Outun, and ought not to bee cunntru-
auccI by any friend Of our political Institutions
Therefore
Resolved hv the house Of representatives Of
the state II Illinois, the senate cuucurluy hcrcu
thai the resolution passed at the last general a.
-emb,y, mNtluctm- our senators, AMI requesting
uur representatives m congress to vote iur attach.
ng the Nlluut provI.p. ~ called to laws orguui-
zmg the territories, be and i, hereby repealed
Received, That We regard the ,cric. Of laws
commonly known IS the Compromise measures.
passed ~ the last session Of congress. o., 81 and
-.lutdry aud necessary 10 the preservation If the
Union, and ihat any efforts To disturb or repeal
the same Will meet the decided contamination If
The pcup'r OF lllnoi,
Res ,lvrd ! Int the people # Illinois a,e firm
is attached 20 the constitution If the C. Suites,
that thy vi.l preserve ,uyiolble all r., ,rmrra-
msc, that thry will flthtIliy carry out th. a.t.
"i cau-r.-, uiaIc In Pursuance thereof gui that
they will over adhere to tue permanent union Of
these states
Resolved. that the gratitude Of the people of
the Union i due 10 llc>sr, Cnss Clay, Dickinson.
Webster, Fou,e, Douglas. Shields, and other patri.
otto members 81 Congress for their rflrts M be
half Of the measures OF the compromise
Here YOU have the whole batch. Mr. Ames If
Putnam, moved to lay the resolutions on the table
The vote was taken by ayes and noes and lost, a,
follows:
Ycn-Adams, Of Kane; Allen Of Henry :.
AmeS, Sns'ow, Dietrich Dyer Emerson Gage
Hall, Hatch, li,c Howard, Jones IiuI,r Max
well; Miller IF Carroll, Miller If Madison, Nil
Ter, Of Nmncbago, Nixon, Norton, Passenger
Phillips, swan, Thomas.
Aags-Adans, Of Whiteside; Allen. uf Craw-
ford, Bailey, Barnett B,skrnan, Blakely. Brccktn.
ridge, Breese, Brewer, Mgg., Burke, Caldwell
Casey, Cirlm, Davis, Edwards Of Sangamon I'd
wards Of Madison Ellis Cash Hamilton, Hayre
Hobbs, Hodges, Huston, Knapp, Linlcy, Little
Martin, Moore Murphy, Patterson of st. Clair,
Patterson Of Warren, PeRberton, Pickering Pit.
man, Quick, Randall, Sans, Sauborn, >bcy, st.
monls, Singleton. Shaw, Sloan, Snyder, Ihonton,
WIIlet, ' ii>un. Winters.
Mr.. Dietrich offered a substitute for the rc,olu-
tons. differing in words but not in substance from
the above. Sir Edwards, Of Sangamou, moved
the postponemcnt of the whole subject until
lhur,la next Slr Linderoppo,rd the postpone
nent lie wanted the whole matter disposed Of
ut once without debate Mr. Adams, Of Kau..
offered another substitute coudcnulus ia strong
terms the fugitive slave law and in,tructing our
senators TO vote fur IT, repeal Finally on motion
ut Mr.. Edwards Of Sangarnon, the whole subject
was referred to u special committee Of niue, to be
appointed by the chair,
After adopting resolution inviting the clergy
ot the city Of Springfield To attend and open the
house N the morning with prayer, the house adj
iourned.
There will be n series Of resolutions passed SUE
tanning the compromise measures and giving cx.
preston To the attachment Of Illinois to the Tn
ion DC, DC; but the offensive part. the repeal in
words Of the instructions, which, rs Iindcr remar.
kcd are dcad and can no more be made dcal,r
than resolution Of the house can kill more ciT.c.
tually a dead man. will meet with strenuous op.
position, 1t would bs merely casting c, insure upon
former legislature without attaining any good
practical results,