, 1862-02-17

(F1om our Special Reportcr.l
EHrSaFKLD, February IA, 1861.
Convention met. Prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Glover.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
4 number of gentlemen rsse to make cor
rections OF the official reports Of their speech
cs. AL Egypt appeared to be seized with an
epidemic on this subject.
Mr.. Weigley denied a certsin portion of his
speech published By you. BE said it did not
appear in the Official report Of his remarks, but
alluded to in your editorial. The truth is he
erased the words in the official report, pre- |
iyous to its being printed 1t has been the COM
mon practice here for members to do this,
SO that the official report gives no idea q the
red hot radicalism on many questions, that is
daily poured out. Some members even go
farther than this. They write their speeches
out and get them published. So that a mean-
her will thus gather all he had said previously
into one great mastery effort, which has been
dozen members took part, and which listed
about at hour or hour and q 1alf
TREASURY NOTE REsoLUIIoSs-A LEGAL TEN
DER DEFEATED.
One Of the most extraordinary .yotes took
place to-day Last night Mr. Campbell OF LII
Sale Offered the following:
IesoIsed. That it is tue sense Of this Convention
make tie Treasury notes proposed by the Gov
ernnlent legal tender in the payment OF all pub
lie and private dues; and that the interest on the
Government bonds into which it il proposed TO /
convert these Treasury notes. shall not be required
to be paid In coin; and that the President OF the
Convention be requested to transmit the same to
our Senators in Congress By telegraph immedl- t
atcly-
It was evident that the Democracy must :,
llaye caucused upon this resolution 1ast night, |
as the yote a: :ainst laying it on the table 3es-
terday afternoon stood 25 to so, whereas the
resolution to-day was lost by 90 solid votcs-a
clear majority of the whole Coycntion, had
cycry member been present, and all the.ab-
scntecs voted against it, which is not pro-
1Jablc. The opposition to the resolution would
doubtless have received at least eight or nine
in Convention Of Is, against measure OF
! absolute necessity to the successful prosccu-
| ton Of the war ut the present time.
! The caucus ha:ing come to their conclusion
F! last night, vote was quietly bad on It pass
| age, and it stood rs follows:
| TEAS -Messrs. Allen Of Jersey, Anthony, Burns,
Camphel1, Childs, Den,ent, Finnic, Gale, Hanna,
/ Juslin, Lawrence, M4hlke, Nayamorc, Newcomer:
/ Orme. P}caeants, Sheldon, Simpson, Smith Of
| Carroll, stinson, Templeton, Terry. Underwood
! NArs-Messts. Alexander, Allen Of Williamson.
| Armstrong, Barley. Brooks, Bnck!na 3ter, 6nrr
Pa Eadss Edwards E,sa fs[s5 nln eesan Mo5
sleton. smith Of ssngamor.. solomon, Sta.nc, Ste
Wsters %sbber %ege wso
| Young, Mr- Presidential
Absent: Alessrs. Austin, Ferry, French,
Gpodspced, Koepal, Manning, Morgan, O'Mel'
yeny, Paddock, Wall, Wentworth, and Wood
son, making in all Is members.
| This is the most severe blow the proposed
Constitution has yet received How can the
people support a constitution Which in its
most trying hour, will not come to tue sup,
port Of the Government Of the United States
The 5Secretary Of the Treasury says it il
| absolutely necessary for the successful carry
ipg On Of tue war to make these treasury note:
! a legal tender. Here is the answer Of the De
mocracy in Convention assembled, to the dec
larltion of Mr.. Chase-
Several of the Republican members askct
ME several weeks since If such resolution
would pass told them emphaticaily, no
| that the composition Of the Convention wa
eucl that it could not possibly be squeeze
. | through. I find was right 1t is worthy Q
, remark that some Of the Democrats, though il
the house, did not vote, aud others left, aE
| parcntly to avoid voting; the dose was to-
strong for them.
Mr: Campbell, The mover Of the resolution
! has one satisfaction, however, and that is,
| the Convention has killed his resolution, Ii
4 has killed tie Constitution Like the ma
who fired the temple Of Ephesus, his nam
shall hc heard of when tkc Convention vi
have entirely passed away from the memory {
| man.
The Constitution may be called ga dead coc
in the pit"
= sLooK ON THAT PICTURE, !kNDTHES ON THIS.
No sooner was the above disposed Of thu
= Mr. VanGcyeer moved that thu Concession O
r. ! dinance be taken up, Which was done. IL
t. ordinance is Us follows:
Re it ordained BY The People Of TIE STATE Of ~
uois, represented III Constitutional Coartntion Til
y the following article, proposed as au amcndmcl
= to the Constitution of the United States. by
4. | joint resolution Of the Congress Of the Unite
,e States, approved March 2, 1861, to wit:
q *sAET1cLE THIRTEEN.
No amendment shall be made to the Constlt
ton which will give to Congress tho power
abolish or interfere, within any state, with the
mestic institutions thereof including That Of De
. sont held to labor or service by the laws Of sa
State,'' be and the same IL hereby ratified
without much debate, it was, like the res
y luton of AIr. Campbell, rushed through, t
n Egyptians taking the dose without Winkin
: Some Of tho Northern Democrats, howeve
slut their eyes, turned their faces up towar
the dome, and responded with very faint ay
It was no use, however. They "Went it, -
- suppose, OIL the principle as laid down IN t
n nursery rhymes:
.'Open your moutk and shut your eyes,
And hee what God will give yon-''
III The yeas and nays Oh Hackers ortlinan
!. stood as follows, the vote being about
~ same as that on the treasury note resolutio
N except that it is reversed:
M YEAs-Mcssrs. Alexander, Allen of Jersey, All
Of Williamson, Armstrong, Brooks. Buckmast
Burr, Burns. Dement,, Duff, Eadcs. Ficklin. Full
Glenn. Graham, Hanna ,MsNeely, Morrill,, Mort
Parker. Ieeily Richmond, Ross, Singleton. So
sA moS. Starnc, Stevenson, Stone, Tanner, Thou
son, Thornton, vaadcvees, Wal!, Waters, Webb
YSoson i"nn an,SGS! Nj dr,ieE m6Ss
wards, Finnie, Gale, jackson, Josyu. Lawren
Lieih. Muhikc. orzne, Pleasa1ts. Purple. SHIELD
L Simpson. Smith Of carroll. Smith Of Sangan
= ssia*on, s. Tsmplston, Terry, Underwood, weigls!
STRANGE PROTESTS FROM THE BELIEVERS
. THE SUPREME roWER OF THE coSvESTlo.
q, Tic following protest was made to the p
sa9e Of the ordinance, by Judge Purple:
I'll voted against and do now respectful
protest AGAINST this ordinance, for the rcas
only that no provision is made submitting
same to the people fer their adoption or rel
tion. {sigued,) NORMAN q. PURPLE
81 protest was also offered signed By Mess
- B. S. Edwards, Milton BARLEY, WIN. N ia
son, and Isaac ?. Leith, taking the ground
Judge Story-th1t in making amendments
the Constitution Of the United States, :
each case three-fourths Of the States, cit
through their Legislatures, or Conventions c
cd for the purpose, must concur in ev
mt amendment before it becomes part Of
aS Constitution"
- The question WAS raised whether under
~~A rules these protests could be entered on
journal, inasmuch as there could be no pcrs
4. u grievance in the matter. The Presid
TOOK time until tomorrow, to consider
u question.
~ Here is protest from two of the best |
gers in the Convention against the passag
this ordinance Mr.. Pufple's ground is
tainly novel one, after pressing the pass
= of q bank ordinance without submitting
:" the people until the Constitution is subj
ted, notwithstanding it goes into operal
immediately If the Convention Is able
= pass an ordinance to go into operation for
N months, why not one for six years? Tn;
49, Us the difference between tweed1e dunn
twecdlc dec
ALTON STEAMBOAT CONTRACTS.
lgs Mr. Underwood offered resolution,
tic Governor be requested to communi
, what contracts have been made with Al
steamboats,, for the transportation Of tro
rhst what the services, &c.
TUE TRIBUNE AGAIN.
MI. Childs offered resolution proyit
- for the purchase Of two copies Of the Cu1c
TRIBUNE for each member. OF course it
}aid on the table Nevertheless there is
- paper which circulatcs more freely, or is a.
NV fcntly read with so much ayidity rs the
EuSE.
COMMITTEE OF THE wHoLE-LEGIsLATIyE
.rr pARTMENT.
On motion Of Mr. Thornton, the Conyen
went into Committee'of the Whole on the
islative Department, Mr.. BUR- Of Scott in
chair.
The question WIS on the passage Of the
g. section:
nv. SEC. 40. The General Assembly OF this
1n-r ~kn