, 1862-02-08

san Was abore. tho patriot: Candidates told
the people during tie canvass "thst only a
feF amendments were neceaaAry-4h1t the
Convention would not sit over three weeks-
that they were for adjourning at once, and 60
Mark the result, voters Of Illinois
cre-friends Of the Unionl Ths session has
already been extended into the nth week, at a
cost Of Thousands Of dollars per week, and
what bare they dones They have organized,
after fashion, refusing, however, to take the
oath prescribed By the very law Which called
the Convention INTO .s, helas, passed u pnrsu;,
binding upon al equally. They have placed
tlc political friends Of tic dominant party in
Office from highest to lowest for partisun our
poscs,-thus declining to accept the olive
branch rendered BY The Republicans At the
last (speciaD session Of Che Legislature,
.<ountry: They Aate declared ttllat they arc
Z soaE7.cig7 Roaee7, competent to destroy tue
State Government and substitute provisional
gortfnment in its stead. They hare declared
themselves tic State, and some have endorsed
the most ultra secession doctr1ne, claiming tnat
the Convention is not subordinate to the Con
stitution Of fho United States; all this for
nazt;san purposes. They hare sought pretext
after pretcxt in order that they may turn out
The present patriotic State Administr ration, and
for this PURPOSE hare spent weeks in probing
around The Executive and other State depart
1ac11ts. if perchancc in the immense duties Of
the present emergency they might scent out
sonancc With their interest. UnjustiaabIe and
illegal as these attempts arc, they hare been
boldly met, giving the Governor and heads OF
departments an Opportunity to present to the
world a most triulhP Phant and crushing vim
dication Of their official conduct They have
proposed to remodel our Congressional dis
1ftf tf.nr, L.
elared their power to elect United States
Senator, and have shown disposition to do
SO, for partisan purposes. They huos
sniothc4cd a proposition to permit our galZan'
soldiers to .oie on their acork in The draterr Of
committee room, because they do not wish them
to yote, but dare not refuse them-al for par
tisan purposes They have spent day aftel
DAY in the discussion Of that exploded hum
bug, the banking question, knowing that tht
people have Just lately almost unanimously
decided against banks-and this, too, for par
fisan purposes. They have, bowcycr, actually
done 7icthinJ as get, Of the business which tht
people sent them to do-nothing but vast
Constitution It is to readjust at State ex
persc the substructurc of the Democrats
platform, that the old fossilized partisans VIII
have been of late compelled to stand out il
the cold to make room for newborn Demo
crafts, may again attain to the warmth Of th
Tie people have lost Ill hope. They begi,
to feel that it would be unsafe to adopt an
thing that is likely to originate from men
such principles and purposes. They have u
seiyes and change Their courzc-fhey ecem t
be Of the sort that ''glory in their shame.
| Al they now ask is that what is done may b
| done quickly, that the bantting may soon b
| brought to view. They will, then, dcmonstrat
tc tIose gentlemen, where the soyereiss
| ppwcr Of the State resides.