, 1860-06-05

The State cood service. The Committee have
maize a wise selection. We preferred W. b,
Plato, Of Kane, put are well satisfied with
tha choice ,l.at has been made
noEGLA* AND THE WILL
The year OF sracu ls49 was notable epoch
10 Tho Democracy Of illinois. The '5rfcpress'be
conll e." which had lors hcn working. IN 81
leucl, like the lutte lcavcn which woman lid
in t},,tc measures Of meal, then assumed
form end consequence which gave to that parry
an historical n. minencc among the ELECTIVE I
agents Of Tic anli.slavery cause in1he United
States, Tho annexation Of Texas, the Me1i-
can war, tic acquisition Of New Mexico CALI
forn;a and C.ab, had succeeded each other
rapidly during the three previous years, and
Congress WIS aevising plans 1or: the govern
rn7nt Of the newly acquired territory. DAVID
Nilmot, prominent Democrat Of Pennss1Vs-
nia. had introduced his famous Proyiso i'll the
House Of Representatives, declaring that IN
al tue territory acquired. or TO be acquifee'
by the war with Me1ico slavery or insolun.
tary serritudc, except for the punishment ot
crime, should bs prohibited. In this measure
Mr.. Wilmot mad mcrel; copied ftom Tho Jei1er-
so,,:au Ordinances Of l7s'. BY which slavery
had been excluded from the country now EN-
braced in Ohio, 1ni;a-a, Michigan, Illinois and
Wisconsin. The Nilmot Proriso Immediately
became Democratic measure By tue support
and advocacy Of prominent Democrats IN Con-
,,rcss, and more particularly and directly by
the action Of Democratic Conventions, and the
resolutions Of State Legislatures in which the
Democrats wcre in tic majority. :.
Among the earliest transactions Of the 1ll'-
nos Legislature in 1919 was the passage Ct
m earnest ard straightforward resolution In
struc.iDg our Senators {Messrs- DorGlAs and
Su1ELpsl and requesting our Representatives.
{Mcssrs. McClERSASn F1cK11S, LINCOLN;
RICHARDSON, SMITH, Turner and WENT
WORTH, to use tdeir hest efforts fer tie excu-
sion Of slavery by law from all the countries
aud Territories acquired by tile treaty with
Mexico. It was agreed on MI hands that
nothing could be done By the Legislature till
this uue :tioa was disposed Of 1twas Accord
ingly put to A vote in the Senate on the sth OF
O. JANUARY, ard in the Housc on the otiA,-the
earliest working days Of tue scssion. 1t
passed both branches il. til, following shape,
and ly tho annexed rot:
liz U,tfHf
ey Rr.ralares eoneuTTH9. Tint Cur Senators In Con.
re.s be instructed aid GU: Representatives qaesed 10
usc a oacrab IL lhcr poes to procure The Tn
aetmtn, f tuc laws ty Congress for tho government Of
the countries ritores II the Unltcd Stales acquired
1y the ,scaty Of peace. friendship limits and settlement
with the Eepuh.c Of Mc1icc. concluded Fehruay 1sss
..s slals co.tan tic e~s1 declaration that there +haN 'e
etr +aeery 4lanf1y .-7Tif~< ta sad tTriaFis
othcsuee than in the ru*thnent Of crimes whereof ue
party stall have been duly courietci'
'l>aetd I tie Hor.e 81 Representatives.. The ""e eo"-
earyng A.rf;n TAahe Governor he respectfully requested
10 rarslt ear Of Sento c1d RcrrEaenatrc In
Congress copy The joint resolution Of the senate COP
Cured y House 1hs nth iA1 for the exclusion Of
'ha t4!1oricA acquitted ty our late treaty
with tic Ie:uhIie Q: Ne x!co."
VOTE or rnE AnovE RESOLUTIONS N THE sr.tA4n
JAN. S, lS4y.
YEAS-Messrs Ames, Ufany, Gear, Gi(lts-
iii. ~ McIloGcrls. Patterson, ,plcto, Reddick,
Smith, ssnart-14-
Nala-Aestts. ain G1ona. Da1": na1o5, Mesx' e,e
min. Tichenor, With.
IN rnE HorsE JAN. ., 1s4a.
YEAS-Messrs.: Abend, Austin, Rlakexn4n,
.oarJs' F.a;na " ~ c;1.on, f;ra2 Hr,-1;no Har.
riton henderson,. Htating Keencr, E.lloqq, La.
iaef, Ieacn A'naer nn As. as~s1 saa tae,naS
SmiA, StarLwra.hcr. 7zomcs, TurnIuA, Wall
eT,H heaion, 1atfs-:s: =, --=7- -~..: ~.
MA aS-MesSrH. b:ackmaa, bsaoseE; nEaoGes'
Darne1l. Dearborn. Eycy' Frv. Guthrie. HAYES,
Jennings, Lucas, Aerrett, Morrls. hnDonald'
Sa1ro lt;,n.'r @'' Sin,n ia T,ctcrE.rrr TSIer'
Vernon, Walker, Wilson, Mr. Speaker (Zadoc
eases 81"
$50. no-c, - -r.as +, snr;nof;o,d a+ tn.
.;n,o ,,o.o rcs,,n,;o,z xrora ,dontaa and he
,n,;,o , cncec,, r., +hc ,,oor of ,1,o Housa one
.van;,o af,er ,,o a6iournmont dcc1ar;np that
-
Luz naAo 'eT"'at''oS "c'o eol'te45
so far az jle yns concerned, lnasmuch as he
,,,..a,, =, c,-or If .,,a ty;,,,o+ pro,;ao ,,;nc;-
pie al the time. Lie was much disposcd 10 enlaf
, ,o,,r1:;.t or,;,e+ Vim na,nn..rat;r rnar7hars
OF the Legislature lor undertaking hncn "ofk
of .,,nerernoof;on rs IN instruct linn tn vota for
e1o c1eiasSn ~ aa'e'e 1o'n 'n0 ne"s
acqul'ea oo'nan n' 'nen te'"inea ~
-"
1fo'iso, oee'u'''' 'aAA = :; "As n'1 ou', e.e
'ec''oeu WISH ~ n's .'ta'e u'a. n' 7uou'o w
~ o't 'oa' 'n' pf'ne'l's 'nc' ''e appfooae'oo
n' '..s'aeD''
onN '''s ""s XVI ',r L., 4''s1 ~ 'n' .as1 81
o''se.nea' " e.o ''n'ot ifo'.so y t.''
Temporary " 1"'nos' IN nsa1'' n'l 1ne
eoan's ''ao .o1e eas'oAa' oou'en''oas " 'le
parry 1eso'u''o1s were l'asseo oecla'1ns 'oono-
ANU u1eae'''e4.ts ~ ."0 eeco@'oa " en-
very lFoln an 'ne ae'i''o'4es' 1Ae !o''o"'ne'
which was UNANIMOUSLY adopted " Tue Demo'
cF"ae cong't ss'ona1 con'co1'oo' helo at 'ol'c''
sept H. !e'u, IS III average specimen
,;oa ] ~ .aru m an, nd xls W. waaa mi t3 m,S, = sues @
opposition ground Of ioternos with Tic Interests Of
.hs s,,et *e.e ss, W. moaes o.. s,y
s;,ory nu4 j,r, BY al mean. compatible with .he ob1,
lions Of the con'Nosn and with goo 1a to OUT ss'
n,nee Of l;s leh received liz s.non of Thenas Jer
frson. who IL saetn0"'rdsed S all t" be TIC s1ea: oaet
sno e1pounuc3 :" 'u' 4A'"'
Aud thls foSoiuttoo WIS FolcQ 1cr py tWo 0
4ho 1,t;uo;a dc!orates m fin Ch,rlcstoo Ton
sen1'o".