The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-03-10
From the Ohio State Journal.
Popular Sovereignty IN the Illinois
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The Douglas Democracy in the Illinois Degis
luture passed an BpportiUnnent bill Tor district
ing the State for members of the Legislature.
On Tuesday the bill wus returned by Governor
IIisscll to the House OF Representative, IN which
il originated, with his objections AS soon es
the Governors Private SeCsetaiy announced his
message, certain Of the well bred members of
that body yelled out, Take him out " KNOCK
him down" &c, aud the Speaker cried out,
"Mr DOorkeeper, take that man out ct the
Holi" and the Secretary and the Doofkoeper
walked outside Of the bar The message was
also fudely received. The Secretary, after am
nounclug his message, handed the manuscript
to n pnge to take up to the Speakers desk. As
the page was going up the aisle he was caught
by democratic member, Mr.. Roosevelt, who
ierked him back aud snatChed the papers from
his hand. lie handed item to MIR. Green, who
ordered the Governors Secretary TO take his
papers, which he refused TO do. Mr.. Green al
terwards dashed the papers on the floor. Mr.
Church, u Republican member gathered up the
papers, and walking through the democratic
host, deliberately laid them on the Speakers
tables whereupon the Speaker swept them from
the table 10 the floor with his gayel, where they
remained until quiet was restored. We gather
these facts from the letter OF the Springfield
correspondent OF the Missouri Democrat. Plain
people will be astonished to learn the cause OF
oil this excitement and rudeness in a deibera
tive body. They will not be astonishod to learn
that the purpose Of the House was somewhat
akin to that which swayed the Lecompton Con
ventiOn in their efforts TO prevent the people
from regulating their own institutions in their
own way. The following is the message which
excited this outbreak of i'll temper. Let the
people read il and see how the pretended adyo-
Gates OF popular sovereignty endeavor to crush
il;
Gentlemen Of the House of Representatives:
herewith return TO your honorable body in
which the same originated the bill entitled "a
bill for an aCt TO create Senatorial and Repre-.
sentative Districts, and apportion the represen-
tation in the General Assembly OF this State"
object to said bill becoming u law, because
its effect as n law would be to continue the con
troll OF the General Assembly in the hands Of a
minority of the people. This being substantially
the very objection urged against the Lecompton
constitution by the authors of this bill, in com.
mon with o;ae:s. il is but fair to presume that it
found its way into this bill by mcre oversight,
and that its authors will be g ad of the oppor-
tunty now afforded, TO cxpel it, and to give the
bill such shape ds to fairly represent the people.
also object to said bill becoming law, be.
cause by it, the new county of Ford is ploced
wholly within the Ninth Senatorial District,and
also wholly within the Eighteenth Senatorial
District.
: IL also object to said bill becoming law ,Abe-
cause by it, in the matter Of giving excesses
| the provision OF the tenth section of the third
article of the Constitution is disregarded | in
sst that by this bill the spirit of the Corstitu.
ton is violated in the unnecessary departures
from the principle Of single districts. A glaring
instance is the thirty-secUnd Representative
District, composed of the counties of Champaign
Pintt, Dewitt, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby and
Erfngham, and TO which three Representatives
are given. The map and census tables show
that these seven counties divide neatly in:o
three districts, each entitled to Representative
The smallest in population being greater and
the largest much smaller than several othe,
single districts established by the bill
For these reasons object TO suid bill becom
ing n law, ana herewith return it to the House
in which it originated. w. II. BlSSELL.
SPRINGFIELD, February %, 1859.