, 1859-02-22
PRESS. AND TRIBUNE;
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY, %, 1859.
The LcgislHtu1p-Eo Quorum.

The L.egisiHturn-Ko Quorum.
By a private dispatch frum Springfield nc
learn that when the House adjourned 1as'
evening there was no quorum. We take j.
fur granted there will be no quorum to- day,
nor do NC believe there will he quorum
present again during the session. The Legts-
laturc is therefore practically adjourned sine
die. The sham Democracy are without doubt
The sole occupants Of the Legislative Halls,
but powerless, by virtue OF Tue Constitution,
to do any mischief.
the reasons which have impelled' the
RePahlicans 10 this line Of aetion-
They bhve gone away to defeat the infamous
Apportionment bill, now in the bands Of the
Governor, awaiting hi& xeto- As our read
ers know, the veto power exercised by the
Executive Of this Slate ja more q shadow than
rcaliy. 4 veloed hill may be passed over
bis head by mere majority Of both Houses j;
hence, except in rare cases like this, tue veto
is bagute}le. The Governor has, however,
the right, under the Constitution, to hold d
bill ten days for examination. Exe1clHing
TINT right, the Apportionment bill, put into
his possession week ago this morning, hts
mol yet been returned and, to avoid tile
necessity Of aiding IN making up quorum
without which the Democracy cannot alone
make the veto imperative, the Republicans
have properly and ratriotica'iy gone home
to their constituents. We approve, justify
aud applaud tue act They have done well.
After cxhausting all parliamentary means for
defeating the odious and unjust measure,
by which every principle Of Democracy is
set at defiance, and every rule OF repre-"
sentation outraged, they have seized upon
the only remedy remaining, and have
boldly applied it, confident that theIr
effort to save the principle OF Popular
Sovereignty from the destruction ~
which it was threatened by it's proiesscd
friends, will he properly appreciated and HON
orally rewarded ty just constituencies at
l4.,ntr! We need not explain, any further
tl,u VIC have heretofore done, the infamous
character Of the Apportionment bill. Our
read. RS know that uuder it IL 600 Democrats
arc made equal to q 900 Republicans; that ''y
il tue political power OF the State is p1actd in
tue hands OF minority, and that the power
thus wrongiully seized upon would inevitably
perpetuatc itself until the next census and
new aprortlonment.
Te know not what local measures CT what
necessary general legislation have gone over
among the unfinished business OF The session
nor is 1t matcrini 10 inquire. The cnormity
If the outrage upon popular rights which LIE
Democracy proposed to pcrpetratc is q sufli-
cient reason for The course the Republicans
have adopted. More thnn that, it has
been the unvarying purpose Of the Democ.
racy, particularly Of tie Senate, to obstruct
and delay business, to the end that ut the
close Of the session, the Republicans would
consent to become parties to the iniquity, us
the price Of getting their local bills enacted
into laws. They have seized upon every pre-.
text Tor inaction aud tardincss +; md having
u clear ard undisputed working majority in
both branches, they are responsible Tor what
ever need in the way Of legislation they
have failed to supply. The session has been
one Of unusual duration in fact it las been
protracttd beyond any recent example; and
for measures passed Us we'll rs measures de-
teated, The Shum Democracy must alono he
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