The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-01-31
From lansing.

From Lansing.
Special Correspondence of Cass Co. Republican.
LANSING, Jan. goth, 1861.
l see 3y the last number of the Re
publican that you strike the right vein
in reference to the action of the Legis-
lature, upon the resolutions reported by
the Committee on Federal Relations.
in regard to the position Michigan
takes in the present crisis.
( The opinion prevails that the whole
trouble originated with the Committees
of the two Houses; could they have
condescended to have consulted with
each other, there is no doubt they
might have have united in presenting
a set of resolutions that would have
received the unanimous support of both
branches of the Legislature, and gone
forth to the country as the undivided
sentiment of the Peninsular State. Had
this been done, it would have shown
that while there may be some differ
ences of opinion in regard to matters
pertaining to the State, yet SO far as
preserving this Union is concerned
there is no difference of opinion. That
Democrats vie with the Republicans
in their professions of attachment to
the Constitution and the laws, ready at
any time to unite their forces, to sup
press violations of that almost sacred
instrument, whether it be in the North
or in the South, is not to be denied.
Why these Committees did not take
the course above indicated Why
they did not confer together? Why
they did not unite in presenting set
of resolutions that would have satisfied
both the Legislature and the people of
the State, is yet left to conjecture.
Some assign one reason and some an
other, but suppose, Mr.. Editor, that by
some unexpected and perhaps unde-
served streak of good fortune, you and
myself have been suddenly placed in
a position whereby we fancy an oppor-
tunity exists to inana0rtdlize somebody,
and that by holding fast to what we
have got, we will be enabled to hand
our own names down to posterity as
among the great Lasnaindries of the
days that are gone,-do you suppose
for one moment that we would be
fools enough to confer with anybody !?
that We would consent to merge our
individualism into that of conference
What would our children say of us ?
What labor would there be left for the
Historian Oh no, We never could
consent to this !; and if some of the
members of these Committees have
failed to make for themselves an envia-
BILE notority throughout the State, it is
no fault of theirs. But the Legislature
will soon be done with this matter. 1t
is of no sort of consequence, and the
members ceased long ago to mention
the subject.
The Legislative business is moving
righta long now, the Committees are all
hard at work and two sessions a day
are being held /; every one seems dis
posed to dispatch business as fast as
possible consistent with the best inter-
est of, the State.
The inquiry is often heard, when
will this Legislature adjourn? No one
seems as yet to be able to determine
upon any day ceratin, but all concur
in the opinion that it will be affected
about the first week in March. There
is large amount of business to be
done, but am of the opinion that by
hard work, the Legislature can get
through it all in the next six weeks.
JUSTICE.