, 1862-03-08
Gbe Trihuttt,
ILLINOIS CO3STITUT10NlL CONVENTION,
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.


-ANA4NAAA41 A1hAiS4Sts
Mr.. Wall, from the committee on municipal
that municipal corporations may be formed
under general lawa, which shall be uniform
throughout the State, but the general az
scmbly shall not revise, review, extend, or In
any way alter, any act for the Incorporation Of
any town, city or village by special laws. ex--
eept in cases of cities having pepniatfon Of
thousand inhabitants Or upwards.
The report was ordered to be printed, and
made the special order for Monday next.
AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION.
Article XII, Of the constitution, which refers
to amendments to the constitution, was not ma
terialls amended, except in providing for the
Submission to the people Of the next amended
constitution.
Section two Of the article is the same as it
stands in the present constitution, except that
it provides that the general assembly shall
not have power to propose an amendment or
amendments to more than two articles Of the |
constitution at the same session. The section
in the present constitution provides thnt but
one article shall be submitted at the same
session.
COMMITTEE ON REVISION AND ADJUSTMENT.
above Committee to report, by printed copy
and order, two hundred copies thereof for the
use of the House,
BILL OF RIGHTS ARTICLE.
This article was taken up and adopted, cx-
cept tue following sections:
Section 6, which provides that the right Of
trial By jury shall remain inEiolate.
Section 70, which provides that no person
shall be held for criminal otfvasc unless hc
shall be indicted By . grand jury.
Section Is, providing for surcties in erir,l-
nal cases, except capital ofenses.
Section Is, providing that no person ehall
be imprisoned for debt unless he shall refuse
TO deliver up his property to his creditors.
An abortive attempt was made to strike out
ing, which was lost by yeas 10, nays 80.
Section 26- The celebrated dueling oath
was then taken up. It is asIp1lows:
!, SEC. e. That from and after the adoption Of
cd Or appointed 10 any Office Of profit trust % Of
emo}ume4t, civil Or military, Legislative, exeeu-
tive Or Judicial 1nde the government OF this State,
in addition to the cath prescribed in this constitu
tion, take the following oath: II do soleuunly
swear Tor affirm. SIS the case may be,) that have
to fight 3 DUEL the probable issue Of which might
hare been the death Of either party, nor been u
second TO either party nor In any manner aided
bearer Of such challenge or acceptance, since The
adoption Of The constitution; and that Miu not
in Office So help II ri
It was stricken OIL y Yeas and nays as fol-
lows:
YEAS -a1ezerE. Allen Of Jersey, anthony, Arm.
Fades: Edwards, Ferry, Fichliu, Finnie, Fuller,
Gals, Graham. Hanna. JoslYn, .Koepai4 Lawrence,
kis,h, Manning, R1 M1eNeely, Merrill Sa5amere
g1cton, Solomon, stasne, Stevenson, Stinson
Tsmpleton, Thornton, Vandcyeer, Wall, Waters
Weber, Young, Gr. President-43.
jackson, Morton. Muhlkc, Richmond, Ross, simp
sou, Smith Of Sangamon, Thompson, Weig1ey
Wentworth. Wilson-15.
Section l6 Of Article XIII was taken up. Il
reads:
Sec. 16. There shall be neither slavery nor in
voluntary servftude in this state, except Us pun
ishment for crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted.
! Mr.. Edwards Of Sangamon moved to add
!: the following to the aboye:
! No Indentnre Of any negro Or mn1atto, madt
Mr. JoElyn offered the following:
into the state to use them in any hind 81 labor il
| this state
! Mr. Anthony offered the following:
And all slayes SO employed sta11 be frec.''
| 4 hot debate took place on the above. Mr
Fick1in and Mr.. Vandeyeer opposed each ani
| all Of the amendments, and on motion to post
pong all Of them Indefinitely, the stood
Eulps chd Densn an DEE 81 'fEaS fsdss FIT f1sE
lin. Fuller, Gale, Graham, Hanna, KoepIi
tieth Mannns MsNselg Morrill, Morgan MOI
Ross, Singleton, Smith Of sangamoa, solomon
Stafne, Stevenson, Stone. Tempeton. Thompson
a9nr H. Mststs Weber, Wilson
NAfs-Messre. Anthony. Armstrong. BARLEY
Edwards, Ferry, Finnie, French, jackson. Joalyn
LAWRENCE, Newcomer, Simpson, stinson, Weisley
! Here are three distinct propositions votei
down:
list. That no Shareholder shall bring hi
slave into the State to use him in labor.
ID That no lndentured slave shan be he'll
in this State.
Sd. That al slnycs go employed or held sha]
be free.
The reason for this extraordinary vote Is
that the leading men IN the Democratic part
in this Convention, in my opinion, arc prepa
ring fora Compromise with the seeded States
which will give them all they have ever dare
to ask for, and even more. It is doubles
proposed By them to allow shareholders
| pass through the State with their slaves o
this account many Of the leading politician
object to any such sections as the above bcin
inserted in the Constitution.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE D1
NoUNCED.
Mr. Richmond rose and pitched into IL
Declaration Of Independence; lie said it VI
not true; that "all men are not created fre
and equal" had not certain inalienabl
rights &c. The hill Of rights. section l, reai
as follows:
t SEC. /. That all men are born equally free an
independent. and have certain inherent and ind
feasible rights; among which are those of enjo
ing and defending life and liberty and Of acquirin
possessing. and. protecting property. and reput
tion, and Of pursuing their own happiness
Mr. Richmond offered the following snbst
tute:
"That all men usrs created free and equal,' &:
and argued that God did at one time or pcrie
make men free and equal, but since then The
FILL away from equality-some became yello,
some white, some black, some brown, son
eoppered colored, &c, &c. In the color, vii
Mr. Richmond, evidently consists the equalit
Whether the argument is to be taken indivi
ually, collectively, or nationally, he did n
say; F..
votes, viz Messrs. Ficklin, Rely, Richmon
Steyensontand Hacker.
ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.