The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-01-24
Michigan Legislature.

Although, our legislature has now
been id session three weeks, SO far but
few bills have been passed, and those
of local character. This arises from
the fact, that nearly all the bills are
prepared in the Committees, where
nearly all the hard work of the session
is done. Among the bills now before
the Legislature, are several making inn
portant amendments to the lConstitu-
ton, and a number providing for a re-
districting of the State, some Of which
we shall notice more particularly next
week. H1'af.s CTS tzAo-iD se'u %
The great subject of interest during
the past week, has been the consider
alton of the resolutions on the state OF
the Union, introduced into each House
by the Committees on Federal Rela-
tons, which, we should judge, have
been the occasion of considerable feel
ing among the members .aaIol zisii
AFTER considerable debate, each
House, on Friday last, adopted entirely
different resolutions, though similar in
sentiment. On Saturday, the resolu-
tions of each House were sent to the
other. The Senate, acting on the House
resolutions, struck out all but the head
ing, inserted the Senate resolutions,
and returned them TO the House. The
House. on the other hand, referred the
Senate resolutions to the Committee on
Federal Relations, and there the mat
ter stands at present. What the next
move will be it is hard to determine,
unless it be for committee of confer
ence, who viii probably report a set of
resolutions entirely different from eth
er of those already adopted. This will
have the effect to reopen the whole
matter for further discussion, and give
a few ambitious politicians the oppor-
tunity to manufacture little more POI
litical capital in making bnncombe
speeches. - 81 5ldessiasbsai q O. Fled
This action, to say the least, is to be
regretted. While the legislatures of
other northern States are daily passing
strong union resolutions, and pledging
the power of their respective States in
putting down rebellion, the Legislature
of Michigan, with scarce enough dem
ocrats in it to make it interesting, and
with over 10000 Republican majority
to back them, is engaged in aprofitless
discussion as to which House shall have
the honor of eminating a, few patriotic
resolutions, and how they shall be cord.
ed. And the effect of this dis
cussion, instead of harmonizing a
patriotic public opinion on the
subject, will be to still more divide
the Republicans of the State on an alb
straction not pertinent to the great OBJ
ject sought by the resolutions.
What the people demand at this
time, is an expression upon the present
crisis, and tender of the power and
means of the State to aid in restoring
peace and preserving the union; and
for one, we cannot see why there need
be any trouble OF time spent in agree
ing upon this expression. The resolu-
tions adopted by both Houses, although
differing in phraseology, are the same
in sentiment, and this is all, that the
people will care about. The sooner
our Senators and Representatives at
Lansing, unite their action upon this
subject, in form to be acted upon by
the Governor, the better they will
manifest their appreciation of the duties
devolved upon them, and the more
marked will be the approval of the
people of the State. ytgea -.
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