Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-07-08
Downfa,I ofthe stumptaiIs.

Downfall of the stumpfaiIs.
The new constitution, article 18th, pro-
vided as follows:
SEC. II. There shall be neither slavery
nor involuntary ssrvitude 10 this State, ex
cept as punishment for crime, whereof
the party shall have been duly convicted.
The Stumptails voted it down.
SEC. 81. Private property shall ever be
held ibviolate. hut subserVient TO the pub
lie welfare. When the same shall be TAX
en- in time of war, or other imminent pub
lie danger. imperatively requiring its i'm
mediate seizure, or for the purpose of max
ing or repairing roads. which shall be open
to the public, without charge. compensa-
ton therefor, to be ascertalned by a jury,
shall be made to the owner. in money;
and in all other cases, in which private
property shall be taken for public use,
compensation therefor shall be first made
in money, or first secured by deposit of
money and such Compensation shall be
assessed by jury of freeholders, without
deduction for benefits to any property of
the owner,
The Stumptails voted it down.
SEC 40. The general assembly shall, at
the first session thereof after the adoption
of this constitution, and from time to time
as occasion may require, pass laws for Sc
curing liens to mechanics and other operas
tives, for work and labor performed and
materials furnished.
The Stumptails voted it down.
So the Stumptails would not give to OPP
erat;ves aud laborng men the benefits Of
mechanics liens, while the large contrac-
tor has the full benefit of such law. The
Stumptails say common laborers have priv
ileges enough already. They have no
business to be common liborers.
This raid of the Stumptai!s is lpng to
be remembered raid. Like the raid of
John Brown it broke suddenly upon the
visions of men. God grant that it may not
prove the forerunner of evils like those su.
pervening the raid of John Brown.
1t is provided in article 5th, as follows:
SEC l6. There may be established in
the Office of Secretary of State, bureau
of statistics and agricultural, under such
regulations as the general assembly may
prescribe.
The Stumptails voted it down.
Agricultural is no part of Ssumptail in
terest.
SEC II. The officers mentioned in this
article shall, al stated periods, receive for
their services a compensation, TO be estab-
! lished by law which shall neither DE in
| creased nor diminished during the time
for which they shall have been elected {:
AID the said officers shall receive no other
emolument or allowance whatever.
SEC. 20. All fees that may hereafter be
made payable by law for any services per-
formed by any officer provided for in this
article of the constitution, shall be paid in
advance, directly into the State treasury.
The Stumptaiis voted these sections
down. These sections would have cut off
! half the stealings OF Office.
What would become of the Stumptails
! if the State officers could not steal?
The real downfall of the Stumptails
commend with the constitutional election.
| When we are to see the last smoke going
up from their ruins the future alone can
determine.
The Stumptails voted down tue declara-
ton of Independence.
The Stumptails voted down religious
! freedom.
The Stumptails voted down the right of
trial by jury.
The Stumptails voted FOR secession.
The Stumptails voted against the clause
prohibiting slavery in THE State.
The Stumptails voted against allowing a
man pay for his property when taken for
| public use.
The Stumptails voted against cutting off
the stealings of Office.
The Stumptails voted against securing
labors by mechanics and laborers liens.
What else they voted against and what
they voted for must be the subject for fur.
Their articles.