The evening Argus., 1862-04-02


1 women, The article aims to protect aud guar
7 the families OF the poor against The faPaClty
d creditors, and secure the interests Of iamllIe
! without detrmcRt to community II, under thl
{ system, abuses are liable 10 occur IA IRdiyIdua
cases, It !. believed TO be the fault, not of lcgls
Iatl0H, but Of human nature,
9Th. As productive labor ~ the foundation O
all material wealth, II is the duty Of WISE legsla
ton to protect the sb0fer, and secure, as lar a
y possible, a Iust compensation for his toll. +,
this end provision ~ made for securing aud ell
iofcelng len ~ favor o. the mechanic, aud pro
dncer upon the result ol their labor aud matora
combined,
sOLuITrs VOTING.
The Constitution submitted Is to be decided b,
the legal votes Of the people to be affected by III,
proposed change ~ the ofgaEIc law of the land
Justice requires that all those Interested and
! having the Icga! right To vote, should have al
opportunity 10 do So, 1t IS true, that under tho
act OF the general assembly, passed durtug the
! session of lNbl, none would be- allowed to vote
! away from then own homes bot there are abou,
/ bU,Ooo lllnois soldiers ~ the field, fighting the
battle, OF Their country. They are as deeply con.
c'fHcd, aud their interests will be- as ytllIy al.
icclrd 10y the decision of the question, as those
! remaining IN ease at home Their patriotism
should not deprive them of the rights Of citizen
snip They should be- heard on the suhJtC,, and q
mode has been adopted for securing an expression
OF their voice 10y providing IN the schedule ior a
commission for three 10 ''NIs.t the various camps
barracks, hospitals, aud localities otlho ,oluntcrrs
from thus state, ~ the service of the United
States, aud beyond the limits of this state, for the
purpose 0i receiving the votes of sld volunteers
Tor or against th,s Constitution" aud the various
scptFat" articles herewith submitted
Thus provision u under such restrictions as, We
trust, VIII secure an unbiased expression from our
brave volunteers, "u the various points submitted
tor decision
srP.kArC ARTICLrs.
Three articles are separately submitted.
/ The first relates TO negroes. II ~ submitted
to ynu to decade whether the general assembly
shall give force to the following provisions, which
may he voted on together or separately;
Src. !. No negro or mulatto shall migrate to-
or settle IN tins State, after the adoption of this
Constitution.
SIC, ,. No negro or mulatto shall have the
right "i suffrage, or hold any office 10 th,s State
> The second separate article relates 10 .bln.s
and currency" Great diversity Of opinion has
heretofore existed on the subject of banking and
interested parties have lborcd to convince the
people that the public interest demanded oppor.
ilhittcs Tor immense speculation on the part of
those interested IN circulating paper, and with.
holding gold and SILVER from the people. Obe-
dionCr to their WISHES has not only Withdrawn
gold aud silver from circulation, but the public
treasury has been 'c,urtrd To- 10 order to sustain
the system. The expense ui the banking system
II ~ part plli oai of N" treasury. The State
patd out al ts treasury between the Legislative
sessions of l>bg aud 1851, To three BAN, romrus-
sIoNcfs, the sum uf ten thousand cigut hundred
and i0fiy dollars and ninety four cents la
deed, time would fail to show the expense and
corruption Of the banking system 10 which YOU
have been subjected. The bitter experience of
the pas, iew wears calls loudly for radical meas.
ufcS of permanent relief
THIS arucic wlIl, il adopted, pfuhbtt the crra-
ton hereafter Of any corporation with banking
powers
II wall inrthcr prevent the general assembly
from r"cNlng, cnlafg NJ, outendng or renewing
IN" charter Of any such company as may now be
III existence.
II wall further prevent, Immediately after It's
adoption, the circulation 0i all bank bills IN tins
State oi a less denomination than ten dollars.
After the year 1864 It wIl exclude all bills lcss
antwcnty dollars; and after tie year 1866 It's
terms viii forever prohibit the circulation of bank
bills ui any denomination IN the state. Other re-
stuCtiVHs and provisions IN the article are COM
mcHdcd to your attention. Combined they are
intended to exclude from the State IN process OF
time al! bank bills, and induce an influx of gold
and SILVER to supply the deficiency. \, further
IHduccmeut to Their exclusion, 1t may be stated
that the demand treasury notes IN circulation by .
tn" Government will aud IN supplying the public .
Necessity during the partial cAClusIun of paper .
money ~ lNOo-'i -'j-'G. This volume of treas ,
ury notes, added to the gold and silver drawn to .
nrr state hv tho ,.,.,sy,t,,. and l,,,,,ls - ~ w. .
m"rce, whl be abundantIy sufficient. after lSbb. .
to answer all tn" purposes of circulating mcd- /
um Patriotism and sound policy unite IN reuulr-
my that treasury notes should have precedence
.r.c,cd Won Will IN. ,ut,, ,b. s.,,,, ,r.,.i ~ 4
TEN as IN the past and cyncr,,rr, b... .l,,,,,j,
under that system pnod NANCY - L,,,,i,J ,,r 49,
stead of clrcuI,trd. and ,Lo L,,J - I,,,r, iML i M
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are moi .qfr IA kr.r Rutuo ro,,, ,I s,i. .
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and b,,,,.,tJ f'"" 'I'''"'" - J"S'' 'af
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,nd xxx I "" ".''" y'"' "''tsattS a'e"Cted,
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. '"" s"'s's'''s '"e troops demanded
wa. Wv ''"''' ~ ~ anu !" suPPtcSS'hs thc tAStlhg
T i"' tAPe"'e 50 incurred became
- Wv s'"'''' so'eihineH' 10 "e te'uhued
>! - " ''' '.''c nefea'eF' A'tefWafHS congress
,! '', lc'y VI u"tct TAX required iIihoIs to pay,