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


'islature have come to a" dead lock"
upon the joint resolutions on the'state
of the Union. 1t will be remembered
that the House referred the Senate res
olutions to the committee on Federal
Relations, without instructions. That
Committee abandoned all the House
resolutions save one, substituting those
Of the Senate instead. In this shape
they were reported back to the House,
passed by vote of As to 10, and sent
to the Senate, which refused to concur,
and so notified that body. The House,
then by decided majority resolved to
adhere to its amendments. This is the
end of that matter. If the House had
voted to insist, a committee of confer
ence would have been appointed, and
a report possibly and even probably
might have been made, which would
have been acceptable to both branches
of the Legislature. But this vote of
the House to adhere to its position puts
such course out of the question, un-
less the House reconsider their last
vote, which it is to be hoped may be
done.
AS the matter now rests, the Legis-
lature of Michigan-acknowledged tc
be one of the most loyal states in the
Understands to-day in the attitude of
having refused to express an opinion
upon the reasonable designs of the
South, or to pledge the power and re-
sources of Michigan in maintaining the
authority of the Federal Government
in any attempt to subvert it.
In our opinion, the reason for this
course may be found in the fact that,
there are in our Legislature some weak
backed Repubicans-men whose fear
is so great that they seem ready to
supplicate to their Southern masters
for the right to breathe. These men
exposed their real characters atthe very
first meeting of the Legislature, by. the
movements which they made and the
expression which they gave with re-
gard to our Personal Liberty laws.
These laws were in no sense legitimate
ly connected with an expression OF
opinion by the Legislature in regard to
the treason which now stalks about
our land, and the determination of the
people of Michigan to render such
assistance to the Government as they
are able, to enforce the laws and pre-.
serve the Union. These uneasy spirits,
however, thought the occasion a good
one to show the white feather; and,
accordingly, we have had discussion
which will certainly very materially
diminish the moral power of any ex.
preston the Legislature may give on
the subject hereafter.
Several bills for redistricting the
State are now before the Legisla-
ture, two or three of which we have
heretofore published. Below we give
one introduced into the Senate by G.
G. Jones, Senator from this county, and
one introduced by Senator DeLand
neither of which meet our views en-.
tirely. That introduced by Senator
Jones, is as follows:-
First Disnict-Wayne, Monroe and
Lenawee, population 1885, 11.
Second Dist.ict-Macomb, Oakland
Livingston, Ingham and Washtenaw
population 1S4,665.
Third District-Jackson, Calhoun
Hillsdale, Branch and st. Joseph
population 25,249.
Fourth District--Cass, Berrien, Van
Buren,, Kalamazoo, Allegan, Barry and
Eaton,-population 123,4Sl.
Fifth District-Shiawassee, Clinton
Ionia, Kent. Ottawa, Gratiot. Mont
calm, Mecosta, Oscola, Newaygo
Lake, Muskegon, Oeeana, Mason Man
istee, Leelanaw, Manitou, Grand Trav
erse, Cheboygan, Emmett, Mackinaw
Delta, Antrim and Wexford.-popula
ton l14,653.
Sicth District-St. Clair, Lapeer
Genesee, Sanilac, Huron, Tuscola
Saginaw, Bay, Midland, Gladwin
Iosco, Altoona, Alpena, Montmorenci
Ogemaw, Roscommon, Missaukee, OF
sego, Kalkaska, Crawford, Presque
Isle, Chippewa, Schoolcraft, Houghton
Ontonagon, Marquette, Isabella and
Clara population, ll6, 1859.
The following is the apportionment
for the new Districts, according to the
bill introduced by DeLand:
/ First District Wayne, Monroe
Lenawee-population 1891.
! Second District HillsdaIe, Branch
St. Joseph, Cass, Berrien, Kalamazoo
| -popu1afiop 100 Sez