, 1859-01-28
oth efhheflH D CORRESPONDENCE.
t..,,cys.srI, ter aud tie Democratic
.nsmi.xtef stale Heform Schools
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preparations
sPRKof1s1n. jan e 1850
Ihe Uerlocratic Caucus was brouobt nm Ia
The scr'-tch last evening; ind voted to nass The
Eyer cnaf1ef with c'anse submitting it to the
people, II is understood that The bill az amend.
ed by the opinions Of the jnnta to which it was
submitted, will provide for eighteen polls, at
which, on the day Of election, voters mag cast
their votes for or against the indignity, aud that
Recorder Robt. s. Wilson will b. em3os red TO
appoiut the inspectors Of election aud The po-
lice force for the preservation OF order! 1t wes
not without q struggle that this determination
WAS reached; but the outside pressure was too
strong to be resisted, and Allen, Granger sad
DYER hare triumphed! This conclusion has not
been unexpected with those familiar with tha
means which hare been used to secure coupli-
ance With the demands Of the plotters who hare
been at work to force their scheme upon an uu-
willing people. The claims Of party were
strongeatRan the admonitions Of juBtice. The
personal Needs and ambitions Of the men who
expect to get power and plnoe BY the working
Of the plan that they hare concocted, overbore
all considerations Of public policy, md the
caucus unwillingly and tardily submitted. But
this is not ret the end OF the contrcv ersy. The
Legislature is not the people; and though
the charter nay be pu. in form OF Law here in
defiance of the remonstrauces Of Chicago, its
power for mischief will be at an cad, when the
people .repudiate it, ns they will They will do
we'll to prepare for the struggle Let the OWL
ers Of the properly at Bridgeport and Holstein
figure up the taxes which will be assessed upon
them if they become the abettors Of Dyer l. Co.
in this, their last frantic effort for power.
Ii has been suppose that the submission Of
the new charter to the people, would destroy
the opposition which the legal representatives
OF Chicago will make to its passage through the
Legislature. The plotters may be urdeceived.
The wisdom and necessity Of the rule OF legisla-
tion that has heretofore prevailed in Illinois
will be viudicated BIZ such resistance to this IN
lquity ns our members are able to make.
That rule has made the representatives
Of each locality the judges Of what would aud
what would not promote its local Interests; and
for its maintenance the representatives Of Cook
county will still contend. They deny tie right Of
Democratic caucus or any otler caucus to nullify
the will Of the people Of Chicago in matter
which couccrns her and her people alone. They
claim that they and they ouly are the exponents
Of tile will Of Hose who sent them here ;
aud that it is IN insult to their con-
stituents for the Legislature to exercise
uua.ked any control oyer municipal right.
There is 10 evidence that the changes proposed
are demanded By any respectable friction OF
those who pay the taxes aud support the goT-
ernment of the city. There are nc petitions for
legislation, which do not come from men who
are openly aycTing that they are seeking politi.
csladyantnges only. Probably resistance viii
be Tain. The charter may take the form Of Law;
but opposition vii! first be tried-opposition
from beginning to end. Let the people ct home,
If that fails. prepare to do their part.
Mr. Nichols' bill for the establishment Of =
State Reform School meets with general faTor,
aud if it does not become entangled With other
and less worthy schemes, aad il it is not over
slaughed by preas Of private business, it will
doubtless become lar. 1t is wl6e and geneT-
Gus in its provisions; worthy ofthe age in which
We live, and IN honor to the heads mud hearts OF
those By whom it w=s conceived. The plan IS
that Of the Chicago institution, with moditica-
tions to suit the larger field that it will occupy
The appropriation asked for is small compared
with the good TO be attained by its expenditure,
and it will undoubtedly be granted.
Another project originating in Chicago is at-
.racting attention, bu. its SUCCESS is more doubt
ful. mean the bill reported By Mr. Butz. Of
Cook, for M act to protect immigrants md en-
courage immigration to Illinois. l: establiehes
a Board Of Commissioners in Chicago, o Super
intendent at the game place. With deputy st
at Cniro and Quincy. whose duty it shall be to
ksep registers Of immigration. to furnish imn'i-
grants with reliable information touching the
advantages Of settlement in Illinois, to protect
them from the frauds of runners. agents and
scalpers, de-, to which they are now subjected !;
and, in q word, to stand between the new
comera, ignorant Of our language or Of OUT
routes Of trayel, &:., aud the frauds and swin-
dies that are daily perpetrated q: their expense.
Nr. Butz will arge its passage with ill bis zeal
aud influence, and it will not be Tor lack Of Re-
rnh1iaan votes II It fAt1s 10 pass.
Oar Democratic friends are said to be impa.
ticnt Tor political tiff with the Republicans,
and they wait onl3 for the further progress Of
tho public bnsneas, before bringing on the
light. The ardent ones aye With difficulty re-
strained from pitching in Mt once. The good
sense md moderation Of the older heads who
know that when the dauce begins its end cannot
be foreseen. are hardly sufficient to hold them
in check. The pent up fire and fury will break
forth ere many DAYS, aud when the sporting be-
gins, the real deliberatlye business Of the Ees-
bion is at an end. The critical position Of the
Democracy in relation to the Administration
and the party outside Of Illinois, makes them
nervous aud toucby, anxious to mark out the
ground upon which they stand, to renew their
pledges Of fidelity to the Propaganda aud to
hurl bitter denu1ciations at the Common enemy
OF the fQuads into which the q nationar' party
is divided. The outsiders ere looking for
merry time.