, 1859-02-25
rHE 1ksULT TO GOV. Blssnl.-
i prot.at araluet the Bor8er"RumA1
proneedinT1 In the kegtslaan1e.

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Il Protest aealuet the Bor9.r"R uma4
The following il ths Protest rsad in The Lower
House Of tho General Assembly On Wednesday
rnnrnIpr. by bon. Mr. Mack OF ksnkakeo- al.
.t-r MUCH .quirning and tribulas'on on the ps1'
Of the Democracy, it WAS suffered to 60 On tne
;oprnal where It will stand - monument o1
Democratic Jolly and spite..
rBorksr.
The undersigued, members OF the Honse =.
parre,rutatiyea. aud within the bar Of tae
nouse on Tuesday. 22d Feb.. 4: D. 1858, nnoeF
he right secured them By the Fourteenth oes
tan Il the Third Article Of re coas.atnn Wonss
.bsir Protest. against the acts Of the speaker
.nd Of certain members OF this House, ia man-
rer a. terein ast forth; aud requlfe LUZ. tseS
rer.ors far their dissent thereto be en'ete0
upon the journals Of the Aouae. ..;.,,;o,.,
And f1st. in pur1uhrce OF sslo Sons'AHs''A~A
,:oht. 1bey declare and affirm, m. IT
VII hfs..t On The mornipR Of Tuesday, the 2Zd 0! o.
| r.hrr.vv irstapt, at . o'clock, the House ol
| Renrescutatiyes WRs called to o7ae1 -! 'ne
Speaker thereof. and prayer onele% ent;o, ba1;no
Jr 7iover. And theFcupon no fno1lon a4slnK
| hr,n wade. md no order Of busiueea eommene,
Cd and the1e being no business oi any 11oo
| hsfore The House, Bepj, F. 3ohnson, Esq f.l'
Tats Secretary Of the Governor appeared Mtn,
in The Bar Of the House. 'sa GhnE.5 cs,n us. nsher
~ .s;d Hos:e. comuenced to read message
ron Iis Exoelleucy, the GoverneE, Of tne 1oi'
lowing purpors;
~. s-,..salx, d!rected BY the GoTerror 70 return
Heu.s e. q b = ssaasa nd
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After the reading Of said message bad been
commenced. the Hon. speaker, amidst fnasn
cnrfosion. said there Wa no qno1om ~ sae
Houae. and Directed tne noorc H. he ls.d;nr hnw.
a1sr rss concluded, and the Bill snd the seto
Hsssare deiiye1ed bv said Secretary TO one ot
~ nsaes of The House. The Speaker then
ordered the said bill aud message 70 % se-ae,
livered 70 said Secretary xh,en & va = Ma1,.e
T,e W PriTa,e Secretary having refused to take
, ths ..rne hack sRsin, tho Hon. member 1fom
Massno threw the bht md ths Go-.,ners "S.. -.
saoe violently upoa the door: as enadeo' 4h iii III
member from Acdenf5s egan,a;n;ne gs.1s;; r his obirc
.na ~ tbe Private Secretary's announce
m.nt aor foided them together, and took them IL II
h;s hand ia ful. view Of the House. anu osn.' 1.,
cred them to the Of 81 go nester hests r.
Sk sakssFsr brushed said documents from hla taols
spa nv feN upon the floor. The Hon. men:
~. ha from Masasc, alter reading said documents
- tea, ,hem OF spme Of them, but which thes'
u nvnteatauta do not know, INTO nls psNaS ~
D, s.sson, and there they remain, 90 1a1 60 NO q
'e 'n4ef %fter tbese Transactions had tsfen place.
m nlset ~ sao Hon.a wss ordered and had, end
N snneared that there was at tho time Of sala 60
~ 10 quorum, upon which ths Aou'' ao'0u'A'
- uutll Q T. il. =, roden;,
.,s p tprn,hs the uudersigned, in order Inst II !,
ne Honse and the people may fully unaeFssaop ~
lia tscts IT tha oase further net torth ana enpo>
,st IN th;t thei1 Protest, copy OF 1ne messagu s.,
lis Excellency, which was t1easea -. M!.1 1rs r
ey disrespec., which copy u ceetlneo w a3 -
nd | lepcy 10 be correct, - to'lo"s'
Of cealmen Of the House Of Representatives:
se. herewith return to your honorable boag =,
which the same originated, tue p'l en'u .su,
[Ks lin for IN act to create Senatorial ana A.ep; :;
of tates I n;s,r, cts. and apporton the frp:csetaa
~ I'm General Assembly Of this Sta e.
e" ni,;rct to said bill becoming law becaose
ot- n.et as law would he to continue The control
General Asstmb IN the bands Of 'n9 1hs u,
the people qhs Det De!pR 3Be ccusti
.oct s;sn Nv Tho an1hoT; Of this bill IN common =
o,h ~ It II but fair to presume thai II LOUIE s1a
oi wsv into tLis bill By overnight; ano ana, :
the authors will be- glad Of rue XII .uc5 sh
m, affnded. to expel 1t and to give INC I'LL e'~A SA
ex. as 'sJ oh;ept to said bill becoming lsw
.n.s hr II ths new county Of Ford u PIE
Ihollv within tue Ninth Senatorial Dlstfles,
geo s,so Wholly within the Eighteenth :sena'o
DSa aIso ob,sct to said bill bsooming . law,
IVA r.nsa hv IT. in the matter Of giving e1ees
L 10 rhe nrorisiou of the tenth section o. we :,
4hs srt;cte of tho Constitution is disregarded
sist that by ths bill tbs spirit Of me ls' eons
ny linn ,s violated in the saln<ce:sdFy aeF.'' !
thai from the principle OF s'nale oas.5 W.nre> :
tney ,iFa District. composed Of the con9aea
hem / t:h1mnni0n. Piatt DsWitt, Macon, hoal
a,as | Shelb3 and EGngham, and to WHICH ta'se 70,
preaen1atives are given. The map ana e. =,
'nes tables show that these se1en sosas1 s.sn -,
Ion a5a cd TO- Representative. The smsllest IN p
lafe' lation being greater, and the lsrEast mnea
1late ier thau several other single dlstr'e's' G.
y Is o For these ressons object to said bill be-
a'a. ing law, and herewith fesnfn II 10 tns Il
10 ed in which It originated. w., u,.,v,
4et~" out4nyeesa, Feb. Y, lso9.
'Def We, therefore, Representatives Of the PeoF
sons, he STATE Of Illinois, aud members o. uts
t1cir u, lcieby tnter cur Protest agalnS: 1ne =
a.. s,atei acts of this House and Of lts speakef
LIZ 2spir-t Tie iuijcnity attempted tnete y 10 l
'ornc :ercL to co erdiLa'c branch Of tbe GoEetn
a. If tl,e exercise II lis functions and We
VIZ ,bsr tDn proceedings had sIc Iesolut'onafy n
their .c;cr ana contrary to established rule and P
I'D to | iiCat. ,,o, IL. H.,
with n .o<.;s.n whether with OF without quoru
Dyer Tic r:h! Of tue Ssnale o. tne 1e c In i. IL
~ ard lhat slis light OF The Senate Or Execaal7
num- uot lam fully be impeaed or delayed W any
loss we M ssstrt % as clear principle. that, altl
d moi eltber ~u:e Of The General Assembly may
;eac, sence Of Q1orum he incapacitated from actl
messages received. :et such inc3pae.ty to &C
ot The | mt ntryeut the exercise ol the ronsnto
n mu- power Of .he other Depaftnen,s ~ eoamu Wv,
afford lie docsrIne announced by Ar. Speaker O
sutjces leads 10 this ln2n1lcss absufoAty,
either Hcuse 'rmains, Wihoat 4uosan, .e
OF veto, uudcf the Constitution. il abfoga'
nderbr the mere default Of such Anuse.
me in We affirm futhsf that II u ,ns - unllosm onaa
,,o lcut and practice. when business II proceed
n, Two announcement Of message from NE 1oset CT
-. ,o,-o the Senate and that such precedent ano p
u 4@'e ia based upon that proper respect due tt
refined bsaucles Of tue Government.
,,n 44n We further afd.m, th It in the present ID
no business Of any kind was In fact beto
ed rep Honse ; und consequently there vas notl
ded nm be interrupted ~ tie Governors message.
We iusther adis1n, that there had been
sssy u Of the House, nor any vote or proceeding
lie anu BY Which It cGuQ 11Wlult w aasStAt@'ue1
,o,s, there was then present quorum or AZ!
uoo'e number OF members and that the sIeakt
G bzute | eettion that there vas no quorum u tnen
rounfd individual opinion without any record to
his statements.
1nasmuch, therefore, as We believe tie
or eFcn | declarations Of the Hon. Speaker Of this
100 and Of individual members to he conr1ry
1o9o' and to tue Consultation, in violation Of all
tilution able rule and precedent, revolutionary au
Rerous in 1htir tendency directly Insulting
aaoa~4 Executive and peruicious to the people vi
liberty, represent and inasmncli as we conslder
mn oatb Of individual members Of this House IN I
49, public documents upon the floor, aud 10 1
ng anu iue themselves Of the same without autho
to aid be sudacious nsurpatious Of the contro
House ard OF the EVIDENCES Of Legislative
noehee. We do hcrsby Protest against every and all
recalled acts and require that this our Protest. be
upon the Journals O! this House Of Reprcsen
IL anu spring f4ld, Feb. I'D. 1853.
present. srErREs 4. HuRL
,,oa a,a L. ". MACK,
'le4 AAo L. S. CuuGcH,
Id d'rt- ksEp~r-
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