, 1862-02-13
Tbe Ttibune.
ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
From our Special Reporter-l

From onr Special keporter-I
sn1Nar1ELp, February II, 1863.
Rev. DR.. Brown delivered a very fine prayer, |
in which he spoke Of the Convention as a del |
cca,edn body merely. This was considered, |
Is tic Republicans, a 'slap'' at the s'Supre1nc
Power doctrine of the Egyptians; but the |
latter got over it by saying that lie meant
body "delegated from above.n The hit"
brought smiles to the countcunnccs Of many
uiembers.
THE HACKER oRp1SAScE-DEBAIE Upon TIE
SAME.
Tho President said that the ordinance intro
duccd by him Oh Saturday was the special Of
der for Today The ordinance is as follows
"Be 1t o,uaiaed by tie PeotEe Of te state ef ~
,ois ,itsented in The Constitutional ConttHtio1,
That tbc foowing article proposed as sn amend
Il JOINT resolution Of tho Congress Of the United
Suites, approved March 2, 1861, to-w1t;
tho amendment shall be made to the Constitu-
tion which VII authorize or give to Congress TIE
with tho domestic institutions thereon, 1nGluulng
that OF persons held to laboror service By Laws Of
said S1ate,' be and the same Is hereby ratified
Mr. Wentworth moved to refer the ordi-
nance to the Committee on Federal Relations.
He did not believe this Convention was Leg
stature in the sense held by the Constitution
Of the United States, whatever may have beea
said By eminent legal men in the Convention
OH that subject.
as follows: ........
ARTICLE y.-or AMENDMENTS.
"Con.resa, whenever two-thrds Of both houses
shall deem 1t necessary, shall propose amendments
to this Constitution; or on the apq1cataon o. ne
which in either casc, shall be valid to all intents
and purposes, part Of this Constitution, when M
ratified by the legislatures Of thrcefourths OF the
several States: or by conventions IN thrceioaFths
i thereof as the one the other mode OF ratltisa-
ton may be proposed " Copgress p!otsae1: tase ~
year one thousand eight hundred and eight, shall
in any manner affect the fret and fourth clauses
in The ninth section Of Tue rzt asf1eis nc ana aaai y
10 State without its consent. shall be deprived o.
its equal suffrage in the Senate"
Tie article Of submission says:
no amendment shall be made to the Constltu
tion which will authorize or give to Congress the
| power to abolish or Interfere, within any state
Will lie domestic Institutions thereof incl udinG
t tlat Of pcrsons held to labor OF service by tht
laws OF said Statc.:'
The question is, under the above articles
l,as tllis Convention the power to pass suc1
an ordnance It would appear to me not
It requires Conventions in threc.fourths 9
The Stltes to pass tic above, whereas there i
, a Convention in session in no State but GU
| own.
Tie submission article as above is su11icicn
for I'LL purposes. 1t is mere surplusagc to pu
1li1E III Inc CUISiltul1Du NulEA 1t 6AC*AA
contains, in almost the exact words Of the OF
dinance introduced by MIR. Hacker.
/ A1. Singleton hoped tho ordinance wonl
russ, He maintained tile legislative power {
Inc Convention, and its right to pass such d
ordinance.
MIR. Thornton moved to make the ordinanc
Z the special order for tomorrow at 10 o'clocl
With the avowed purpose of the members il
! forming themselves more fully upon it. Prol
= ably the lnatter will receive the attention {
the caucus, (which sits supreme above 81
prcn,acy itsclf,) tonight. The Democrat
9 find it hard, however, to bring the party u
: to the q sscratch'' in caucus. Heretofore the
:. have failed to do so, except OH mere polite
questions. We Will sec what they will 1
with tlis.
Since the above was written q gentleman Il
handed me copy Of the call for the caucus.
J. COMMITTEE ON SJCDICI4KT--FRISTISG.
- Mr.. McNecley offered resolution providil
d for the printing Of five hundred addition
copies Of the report Of the Committee on t.
judiciary. Adopted
T. pESITESTIARI REPORT PRINTING.
/ Mr.. anthony moved that 600 copies Of t
report Of the Committee on the Pcnitcntla
St bc printed Adopted.
ii QUARTER R-,1As7ER- GENERALS REPORT - &C
YATES FULLY JUSTIFIED.
- A communication was read from Ex-Lie
o Gov. Wood QuaTtermastcr General. He
cuses his not advertising for proposals by S:
8, ing that, on account Of the delay, it was fou
to be iIrracticablc. The following is re
pitulation uf the report:
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