Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-02-27
Madison Correspondents
,oings Of the Legislature Kansas anl Slavery
in 5ae Senate Investigation and Contempt in
Observation-Disclosures
MADISON, Wis. Feb. l6, 1865.

taeAsserably---Jtems.
MADISON, Wis. Feb. 16, 1858.
| FRIEND CoyER:-The past week has
been very interesting one in the Logis
lature, though few laws have been enact
ed. can only give you an outline Of pro
ceedings. If any wish to learn more, there
are very full reports 10 the Madison pa
pers.
On the 8th,' the: Senate adopted two
resolutions one requiring Mr.. Crombie--
who has been acting as agent of the State
to prevent trespassers on the swamp lands,
in taking timber &c,-to make report
of all his doingsrin matter, the other re-
scinding the resolutions of SO, empower
ing Mr. Crombie to act as the agent of the
State, on the ground that the expense OF
employing an agent to look after trespass-
es on swamp lands, was much greater
than any profit derived, and that Mr.. c.
had proved an insufficient agent.
On the 9th in the Senate, among other
claims was presented one Of Hitchcock Il
Co., of n. Y. for some 1920 for camp
eqliipage, &C., furnished on the order Of
Gov. Barsto*, which it is strongly suspec-
ted he drew the funds to pay bnt pocket
ed 4 report was made from the commit
tee on education, setting forth that the
State WAS entitled to receive about $780,
900 Of tho five per centum Of the sales OF
public lands in this State, and accompan-
/, led by a memorial to Congress in relation
to the matter. In committee Of the whole
there was considerable discussion on bill
for printing the town laws, &c, in foreign
languages, and it was decided to publish
5000 in German, 1000 in Norwegian, and
600 in Dutch. A bill to give mileage to
circuit judges, who nov receive only$l5o0
a year, ELECTED some discussion, but was
finally killed, on the ground Of unconstitu-
tionality. A bill was also under consider
alton to regulate tie fees of Attorneys ii
certain cases making final the decision o
County Boards on their claims for services
in defense of criminals or prosecution o.
suits for the state or county. The blu wa:
indefinitely postponed.
The Assembly passed bill providing
for the payment Of arrears to certain Coun-
lty Observation-Disclosures who through some
informally had failed to receive their quo
Ia of the state money, also q city, charter
for Rpon, &c. In the afternoon the bill
for the extension of taxes came up and a
variety of amendments were made to it,
! frivolous or otherwise, excepting large
number Of counties and towns, and the bill
then passed to third reading, 1t is now
dead.
i On the 10th, in The Senate, the special
order for the Kansas resolutions, were laid
over till evening, and nothing else of con
sequence done at the morning session. In
the evening, Senator SimI son's Anti lie
compton resolutions, (before noticed)
were taken up. The first resolution is as
follows:
State the people have the right settle their domestic
institutions in their own waysueet ory to the cons
tuition of the United States.
j For this Mr.. Wheeler offered the follow
ing substitute -
Resolved That it is the right and duty of Congress
to prohibit slavery in all the terrific Of the United
States. EVA 8gF N t@
Mr.. Davis offered for the whole the ole
democratic resolutions of "lS49." A mo
f ton to indefinitely postpone was lost by 8
vote Of Is to Z; Clark voting with the
1 Republicans. There was quite lively lit:
lie debate on the motion, in which MIR
Clark, (dem.) took strong grounds in favor
of passing Anti Lecompton resolutions
that Congress should be left free TO ACT If
4 this matter but inasmuch as the members
were subjected to the pressure Of executive
influence, used to oppose the best interest
of Kansas and the wishes of the free North
he thought it was time the voice Of Their
constituents was also heard, TO string then
them against corrupting influences. Mr.
i Tucker rather rebuked Clark for denonnc
i ing the Administration, &c, but the latter
responded that he was a freeman, had sub
mitted his conscience to the dictation of ne
/ President, but should speak hi
I views fully and feariessly in regard to al
men and measures. He thought the Ad
. ministration had forsaken the doctrines O
the Cincinnati Platform, and alluded il
! pointed terms to the fact that Congress
men and others 50 often smothercd Their
own convictions and disregarded the vii
Of the people for the sake of the renewals