, 1859-01-27
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.



The present Legislature is ons Of the most
orderly, busiuess-like 4udies TINT ever assem~
bled in our Stnte. Since the Republican party
assumed the control Of affairs, the c:Giius Of
men of the the rowdy, rum drinking order have
been utterly ignored. As consequence. cur
Legislatures are beginning to have u'orl' Us
we'll Us legal power. There is but one class Of
ci,zens that complain on account Of this ia-
p.ovement-the saloon.keepers, who have IA.
vested small capital in what is humoEoIsly
called brandy, but is chemically known IS So
luton of strychuine, logwood, ra,s.bane, e'c..
etc. That these ven1crs Of poison, these man
ufactures Of poverty, ruin Ind despair, con-
plain, and labor for tue ascendarcy Of the De-
mocracy, With its cardinal principles Of 'wh:s
ky for Michigan. polysa.ny for Utla ~-a!avery
every ywhere"- We set dowa as c:edit-nars in
favor OF the Republican party. The number Of
loug-necked, blue.nosed bottles, found in the
basement Of the capitol, when the Republicans
came into power, was significant commentary
upon the practices Of their predecessors, which
TIE have no desire to emulate. larss amount
of stationery nnd "sunaries" Of tlis klad
must hare been used in the discharge Of o'licial
duties.
But there is another reason why tue present
Legislature deyotes less time to buncombe and
more to business thaa bus been usual in this
State. The Republicans have never had auy
disposition to waste time III this waY; while the
Democrats heretofore have been perlinacious in
their Efforts in this direction. Bat now the De-
;r;5 5a3
they make, only tends to show their weakness
and dissensions. There are, in reality, three
parties in the House, The numerical strength Of
each being as follows: Republicans, 81; Bu-
chaniers, Il; Douglas Sondescripts, S. These
eight, however. represent thzeeiourths Of the
so.called Democracy Of the State. The Buchan-
On men ore either hungry expectants Of patron.
age from the powers that be. or else their satel-
lises. Until the frucIious minority Of twenty
fire settle their Own qaarrels. they have no dis
position to engage in contests With the Eapubli.
cans, hence the posti cal questions Of the day
are rarely alluded to during this session.
"rm JIG, Buc!aaan's .los-whose dos are rea:'
"Ste. hen Arnold pou- las dos-boo'oo,oo.
Is specimen Of the snup- aud -barkat each-o:h-
er pollcy that prevails umouE the adherents Of
tne la!ling ioFtune' o' 'pese '"o oppo1sAss u
uemGeFaIs. 9I, NY d;.n;s;,. ~. f,c. 4ho. +ha
stu, there IS no oltEulslus 'ae inct n lual tae
Douglns men are IN quandaTJ- 1heY 90 not
know whether their chief Is gong 10 remhlu
logger IN rebellion, or qu'e1ly sllnk oaeh INTO
the support OF tue Adu1lalb1rat1on. eome OF
them begin 10 think that there IL !ess OF the
man, 1nd more Of the deHngogue IN hls compo-
st'on than they bad expected TO ind Iney
hsve been open nnd manIy IN their d-nuntla.
tons Of the President, and nov. 1t their leader,
like fawning, crlcg!ng suppliant, crawls ab-
jecily back to the support Of The President,
they, if they follow hirl. will have to etutlty
themselves. Th3t be will do this, some of them
begin to think is pretty Certain. 1t he doc*.
what course will the Dou2las men pursue?
Will the5 continue to plby ut The humbng gain.
OF "Squatter Sovereignty, with the "eqaatter'
bimseit left out? VI course, this ls OUT Of the
question. Like hin they fuloTed, d vast ma
jorl,y OF them in this State will sergilelS crawl
back into the Democratic fo1d-and shout. I'VE
are all Democrats, and always hare heen.'
LES: Thursday evening the members Of the
Legislature and "lhe rest Of mankind that
happened 10 be in town, partook Of u tunptous
Senatorial supper, furnished bY Gov. Bingham.
How many hundred were present. to run
down" the good thugs provided, il is imposs-
Bile to tell. Two things we're certain; the new
Senator receiyed many hustF CONGRATULATIONS
fron, The raat 1uul,ituds nresent. and the cayer-
nnrs den,hs ri many carcass vere sunnIied
v,,h ~ 1e.h fowi. srd iii The nnnnrtensnc+s
,hs..n.,n halano;no
Amon~ nur Stats in Institutions. the asyluu, for
the dat. dumb and Blind, q, Flint, is one, the