, 1862-02-06


Committee on Revenue, reported back the
and minority reports Of the War
Auditing Committee on tile Illinois Central
3ailroad Co. cl;ini, and moved that tlcy be
.eicrrcd to the Committee OIL Finance Car
led.
THROWN Upon TIE ASr1-BASk
MEASURES.
Mr.. Underwood Of st. Clair offered the fol-
owing resolution and schedule, the lattcr to
,e lnade 4 portion Of the Constitution
HosolTed. That this Convention, representing the
pcoplc in their sovereign capacity, in vindication
If lis legislative, Judicial and executive powers,
icrcby enact and ordaln i'll our legislative capacity,
ail. wildcat. red back, blue-baci, or other cur
rc1cy. shall hereafter be deemed and considered
broken shops. and nuisances tolthe people Of this
u late subject to eontiseaton or destruction And
this Convention. representing the sovereign people
Is Aforesaid M their judicial capacity, unrestrained
except by the Constitution Of the United States, be-
ing appriscd Of the fact that John Doe and Richard
Roe are Issuing stuHlp-tall currency, and dcemlng
it inexpedi:nt to serve them with process before
n adjudication IN the premises OH account Of the
danger Of their leaving the State with their pro-
pcrty7 do adudge and decree that the said Doe and
Roc arc guilty Of violation of the foregoing law
And in pursuance of their supreme czecutiye
power, tllS Convention, en- nHsse, proceed forth
with to the banking house Of the said John Doc
ard Richard Roe, and with scourGes made with
cord thrash the said John Doc and Richard
Roe, and their officers clerks and servants out Of
their temple " hich they have converted into den
Of 1hieyes; thereby teaching them that the people
.sknow the rnpeE' as well as theE-and that this
Convention IN the further execution Of said judg
mcnt. do ahatc the said nuisance By demolishing
and laying waste the said temple Of luiquitv,
so that MOI one bill, brick stone will be found
laying upon another.
SCHEDULE.
&c it further ordained that al bankers. brokers,
or money slllvcrs, found in this State utter the
iirst Tuesday after the second Sunday III March
itel1ia1y at Alton, where they shall not be pro-
hbitcd from " skinni1l:sa the secession prisoners
and may be allowed to cnt their own promises.
loyal @ Citizens II (scc negroes not @ inclnded) Incl
after the day last aforesaid, to ferret out,
rundown, arrest and inlprlson as afoze-
shavcrs, as may be found at large inthe State and
as reward therefor. the said constable or loyal
citizen shall be allowed On each person so arrested
the samt 1'ounty as allowed for wolf scalps by the
The foregoing ordinance, Judgment. execution
and schedule shall be enforced Immediately, but
i'll case tic people fail 10 ratify them ut the next
election, they shall be taken back
Tie President passed 1hc resolution over
without notice.
Mr. Barley Of Gallatin moved to amend by
striking out John Doc and Richard Roe, and
tliat said John Doc aud Richard Roe be cx-
pcllcd from tic State Of Illinois.
Mr.. Thornton OF Shelby moved that the rcso-
minutes Of the Convention.
The President said that 1ie did not entertain
the resolution, and that it should not go on
the minutes Of LIZ Convention.
THE fENlTEST1Al;l VISIT AGAIN VOTED DOWN.
Mr.. Morrill, of Hancock moved to reconsider
the vote OF yesterday refusing to visit the
penitentiary- Carried by II ayes, noes 10.
Mr.. NciGlcy Of 10 DaVies5 opposed the
visit. Hc said The Convention had nothing to
r.
Il waste Of time and money to visit it.
Alr. Wentworth WAS i'll favor Of the visit,
and made Il humorous speech on economy,
the Casey f:lnily, etc. Hc WAS afraid of that
Glli]y: they were all s1lcll good fellows and SO
well fixed by every body that hc was more
dangerous characters. Hc wanted to sec what
Sam Casey had done and What he had got, and
how much more lc wanted. But before he
wclit liz wanted to post himself on the
Whole subject. He wanted to judge for
himself, on the spot. find how large
would need to be- II the bank ARTICLES Of the
gentleman from Peoria passed, it certainly
would need 10 bv considerably enlarged. Now
Sam had rot good deal, and Ac supposed hc
wanted q good deal more. Therefore lie was
for fixing the thing so that We could give him
just what he needed and then tic him up, Sc
Light that he could not get any more for all
and no f:rthcr; here shalt thy seductive way,
the ways OF thy seductive family bi
slaseu. ~! ~ KNEW lnc oia iistll Casey anu re-
sPceteu 1llh. az huc" HIS soils anu Respected
1hcn. LIS dausnteTs ~ hau never Lad any
acquaintance Mun. Bnt AL Tue maie Casey
Wcle good fellows, Tie best of fellows Il
fact they were such a seductive family III
around that he dreaded them, and consequent
II wanted to fence against tleln in tic new
CONSTITUTION. But he vas wil]insr to MAXI
terms with them once for all aud tIcn o11;t,
Mr. Edwards Of Sauuamon was onnosed tf
the visit. as also were several other gentlemen n
Ein.ily q roto 1v,s tol,c,, ,n1 lid resolution
to visit 'Was carried 1,y torr mainrity- Int scv
cr:.l gentlemen in the nciyh6orLood whcrt
We6 excitsd some enfos;tV on te The napt apE19
some of fhe members the resolution WI.
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Nv iai rtis Aoes' i1Hs'
Alr. Neiyley Of 10 D;tviess introduced res
oIution 1lat no member of This Conycntim
draw nav t.vccnt when acfuaiIC .,,r,.sc,,t ~,
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.tteuinS ~ ~, tuI uut1es ~ ucGSl.e. ~ " ~
and Reform MIR. w introduced the resolu
tion III consequence Of the absence Of 4 lar.s
number of members from their seats.
FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES,
Mr.. Wilson of TazeEell introduced rcso
luton to the effect that the funds now in cS
1EIeUCG 1OT c01cat10nal purposes shall TEnl11l
forever i1lyiula{c. that M hisnosition or NJ,
uro1,r5ation If thc snmc nunht "a 10 rnadr
cxcant s,rh os nav rd;3 to 4Ro;r soour;t-- =,
crcasn or 1,ro5n'.t;yc,,nss " o.,S +1,st ta ~
1-or ~, ~. 51,etd i, fo su tn:1t ICY qua
inr frcr schon1 f,c71t;cs .9 ~ ibn pc;i1 ~ ~ -,
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eoslA'lihh Or i1E MnoAh-DANh1SG CUES
tloN"
Mr. Thornton of Shelby moved that tn
Convention go into Committee Of the Who'll
upon tho banking question. Carried, and til
iles.ucAl e'ulcu At- hicnilond OF schuyler I
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,r,a4'doJ. '4on - 10 ioi''"' . 10 II no" sl"No
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sEC: NO oaalk or n?nklnG GotporaIlon1 nor n
aasoe,a.'on i % oi cooperation Ti.a powers o. e.te
shai, hcreaf1er ic crcaicd in th}s Statc Th;s sc
tio1, eball take effect and be in force immedatel
| as portion Of, and as an amendment to, the col
stitutIon Of this State: and the eame shall be all
remain IN force rs such unless rejected ~ the pei
@ apoh t 'ns So!e f eh at 70 Dc @ taSen dod
1E;a constitntion 4oA ~ 1ne 0'AAe' a. Pi''iueu
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NJ. s'enl & @olte 'iit..'o1neIa eo'nes ~
tnG i'st "o1o o'a'c Ill snc aoo'c' ano - Il
toAo"s'
a.: g" Nor shall Tie banks Low existing be allowed
increase thelr ci3cnla1len; @ anu inc aso1t9t 24.
| uclcu1 pluA4QtttN lIVAl 4sSlaA6 Any uOlE tlua !