The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-03-23
AN EXTRA SEssIox.-The papers Of aIl

An EXTRA SEssIoN.-The papers Of all
parties throughout the State, are urging the
necessity of an extra session of the Legisla-
ture. The Princeton Courier, forcibly says:
Economy, good sense, and every consde-
ration calls for an extra session OF the Legs
lature. For the present it is useless and I'M
profitable to enquire whether the fault lies at
the door of Democrats or Republicans-let
them assemble again-let the people-let the
press-let the members themselves not for
get there is duty they owe to their State,
far above party drill or party purposes. The
constitution emphatcally provides for a con-
tingency like the present. We hope the Gov
ernor will not hesitate-his duty is plain
we invoke him to follow 1t earlessy. The
public voice-public opinion-calls for rev.
enue bill-an appraisement bill and good
temperance law. Let an extra session be
called"
Such appeals we are led to believe are use
less. The determined obstinacy Of the Gov
ernor-his reckless indifference to everything
but the success of the schemes Matched IN
the party conclave, where Jesse d. Bright is
dictator, renders it impossible to impress him
with a sense of the evils Of the misrule and
political arrangement that has been brought
upon the State. And he is Of disposition
that is not disturbed by the disorder that
gives him the rule. The plea of necessity
will afford him an excuse for the exercise Of
all sorts Of Legitimate and unconditional
power. Necessity was invoked to set aside
the constitution, by Gov. Wright, and by his
sole authority, to district the State. The peo-
pie have acquiesced, and the case has become
broad precedent, under which the whole
government of the State may be carried on by
Governor Willard. We have no revenue law
and no appropriation bill; the Governor will
not permit the government to stop, and he will
manage the revenue and make the appropria-
tons. No one need fear that the interest on
the State debt will not be paid, or that the
Judges will not get their salaries, or that the
benevolent institutions will lie rendered Ten
antlcss for want OF means to feed their in
mates. Gov. Willard and his Treasurer, will
attend to all these necessary affairs Of the
State; and will, furthermore-as necessity re-
qures it-insist upon the people paying their
taxes under the old law, whether it has
any force or not; and if we only had H.
cense law; or if the Governor was not of S,
ardent q temperament or was qualified by
habits to regulate the liquor dealers--but un
fortunately he has weakness in this line
we could get along quite smoothly, and We
might agree with the Governor, that there
was no pressing necessity Of calling the fac
tious and imbecile Legislature together again
to make themselves ridiculous, and disgrace
the State still further in the eyes OF the coun
try. The Governor will execute the const
tuition, and necessity, (which makes a law un
to ITSELF" will furnish him with power t.
carry on the government; and two years hence
the people will be appealed to for gratitude t,
this Saviour Of the State, who will have giver
this eminent illustration Of Old Line Democ
racy, whose dogma is, that all power is deriv
cd from the people, but is to be used for tn
benefit Of the party, and the demagogues VIII
control it.