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liz was followed by Mr. Thornton T.: Shelby
in Il ,l,erc 1nudrrate tunc, but who t.sycrtle-
ir$$ said that hc cOilld not :twrut will Lie doc
:rincs Of Mr: JoslyuTs resolution.
The arguments OF The Democrats Is that
the Sovereignty resides jn the people alone,
not in thu General Government. THIS i, iuw-
ever Tlerc rise to escape fros1i thu cunSe-
aurnces Of the acknowledgement Of the ex~
IRENE State Rights doctrine Of the Calhoun
school T}n sovereignty, Of conrsc, resides
in the people; but the question il, did they
delegate sovereign powers to tic United States
collectively, or the States individuality #
the former, then Mr.. Joslyn's position is i'm
pre.nsb1e; if the latter, then secession is per
fectly justitiablc- Dare not the Democracy
decide between these two positions?
dtntal1y took part in tho debate, while Dir.
Wentworth deprecated Ill discussion OF Fed
eri'} matters.
STATE TRUSTEE or CANAL.
Mr.. French of St. Clair offered resolution,
inuuirins into the expediency Of a5olishing
ct1icc Of State Canal Trustee, and requiring the
Governor c,-otficlo to discharge the duties Of
such Trustee, as provided by law. Adopted.
AGAINST FREE EEoILE OF COLOR AND FUGITIVE
SLAVES.
Mr.. O'alc}ycney offered the following, which
was referred to Committee on Legislative
Department. Il is intended to be portion Of
the Constitution
Tie General Assembly shall pass such laws
as may he needtu1 in aid Of tic flithfll exccu-
tion Of the third clause Of the second section
Of third article of the Constitution Of the
United States for the delivery Of the owner Of
fugitive Slaves and shall pass a!} laws which
shall be required cfItctltally 10 prohibit free
persons Of color from em1gratiag to or set
Ting in this S!ate; and also provide by law
for lllc punishment Of any Of the inhabitants
Of this State who shall steal any s1aye or
! slaves i'll any State Of the United States and
smu.sle The same into this State, or WHO
| shall rob any citizen Of any State Of the
United States Of an5 slave or slaves. and Sc
crete or s1nuggle tile sanc On the soil OF ILL
| nUis.
| The above resolution would indicate that,
| Notwithstanding slaycry is the cause Of the
| present rebellion, the Democracy Of Illinois,
| speaking through one of their leaders, is viii
ling TO pass all laws short Of actually 1ega1iz-
ing it in the State, which shall be necessary
| Indicates that 1hc Democracy in advance are
willing to make concessions Of the most de-
| grading description.
! EXPENSES OF BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS.
31r: Childs Of Dupage, offered a resolution
| asking information of the Clerks Of the Coun
+! ty Courts, Of Cook, LaSalle, Adams, Cham
| pajenc, Ver1ni1Hon and Loquois counties, res
| pccting the entire expenses of the Boards O
Supervisors Of those counties. Adopted.
The resolutions embrace three Of the large
aud 1l,,cc oil the smaller counties Of tn,
State.
Politics AGAIN INTRODUCED
Mr.. Brooks Of Adams, Offered the following
Re:o'Eed. That the Committee on Federal Rela
tions be Instructed - Inquire sllo. what class, faG
ion agaiil$t the Federal Government, and whethc
the odious and reasonable doctrine Of secession
las not received its vitality from the abolitio
leaders Of the North. and whether in short, IL.
abolitionists Of the North and the sccessioni$1s
the sunth arc not equally and alike traitors.
Quite III aninlatcd debate upon tic questIo
OF adopting the above resolution, took place
il which Messrs. Edwards, Wentworth, an
Dement, took 1hc principal parts. Mr.. Ferr
| Of Lake county made 4 capital speech durin
the debate, in which lie freely Eshcd some {
the members Of the Convcntion who wer
elected by Republican constituents, but whc
they took their seats III the Convention, opel
ly announced that they were Democrats AT
Democrats alone.
1t secms to me that the resolution of III
Brooks is open to the most pointed aninat
version on the part Of all good and loyal cit
} Zcns. 1t virtually classes those who arc tl,l
ing for the Union with those who are scekin
to destroy ii. Doubtless almost every DENT
cr:1t il the Convention would vote til:
the Republican party is responsible for til
| rebellion, and consequently that the secession
! ! lists arc fighting merely to protect thcmselrc
and are titus only :etiu.r tic part Of good cit
, I zcns, whose rights have been violated. Take
/ in connection with the reception met with
| TIC resolution Of Mr. Joslyn, this rcsslutlo
LAS very oMinous look, as far rs regards Il
6 political complexion Of tue Convention.
|: Finally, the resolution was laid upon II
= table by 4 yotc of ayes ~, noes 28, not bccaui
many members who voted to lay on the tab
. did not believe in its sentiment and spirit.
n ATTEMPT TO STOP POLITICS.
!. In orderto cut of resolutions similar to Il
above, which consume the time Of the Co
l. scntion, Mr.. Thornton Of She1by offered 4 re
olution pEoEilipy that all resolutions I'll
d propositions for amendment Of tho Constit
J t1on, or for reference to any Of the comm
=, tees Of the Convention, shall be filed with t
: Secretary. and by him handed to the Cha
l. man Of tho respective committees.
T]lls resolution was lost, on account Of +.
d ing 10 receive two-thirds vote. 1t reguiG
~ such Il vote us it 7cpeals one Of the rules Of
O. On motion, tile Convention adjourned tt
cr o'elcek =. III.
y AFTERNOON SESSION.
The hour for the special order-t1Ic bal
.. ing qucst1on-AayiDg arrived, tile Convent
I'll went into Committee Of the Whole, Mr.. Ri.
11lpnd III the chair. Judge Purple Of Pco
=: ;: moved that the majority and minority rcpo
w ~ Of the Committee on Banks and Currency
6a ha | taken up. Carried; and section l Of Arti
'4~ 10 was then taken nnler consideration. Il
", as follows:
Is, SEcr1oN1 No bank o1 banking corporation.
circulation OF deposit or whatcyc7) shall hereai
c be created in this State This section shall Il
Is effect and be III force Immediately as portion
and as an amendment to the Constitution Of I
ed State: and The same shall be and remain in 70
m as such unless rejected By the people, upon
20 vote hereafter to be taken for or against the a
tion Of the same as provided in this eonstltuti
Mr. Purple made speech in support of
I'M section
III 1Ir. Edwards Of Sansanlon moved to aul.
ri by adding the words in parentlesis abo
X. MessE. Burr, Edwards, Purple, Underw'
r. and Ficklin took part in the debate on
Ia. subject Of the amendment, which was fin;
adopted.
During the debate Dfr. Fick1in offered
following for the information of the Cont
ae- ton. ! give it as n specimen Of the cxtrt
on | and extraordinary views entertained by 81
to Of the more radical Of Democracy upon
:ks question:
lde t'The Legislature shall not in future autho
ter any Individual association Of individuals or
his poration to emit. issue Or circulate any bank
I'VE ao 9fs Or nmy s e 1sm e g. o aaeGff zee q
tee Us III ien ~ so,a au 81
cytr.''
nz+ Mr. Ficklin subsequently withdrew
',of 81 amendment
Of Mr. Wall Of Perry made lengthy spc
N Which he reviewed the entire banking q
och Mr.. Wentworth here proposed an am
.5e. nlcnt to one Of the sections Of Judge P4r,
of bill. 1t prohibited The Auditor from gi'
any more bills 10 banks now in existence
1890. circulation.
TEs Mr.. Underwood offered as substitute,
all after the word ''State'' in the first
tee tcnce be stricken out. he spoke at lei
lat against the doctrine that the Convention
INT arisht to pass an ordinance without sub
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