, 1862-02-20


1ol}ars ,or 20 much thereof rs may be necessary,
b. and the came il hereby appropriated out Of the
Treasury Of the State Of Illinois, for the exclusive
1e 81 sone 5se e. ao. have bssn u
be, wounded in the battles fought By them and
|hei1 brothers in defense Of the Union and Consti
Eutfon.
Be il .fv77Ae,, ordained. By the authority afozc-
Eafd, Tint the Governor Auditor and Treas11ser Of
this State, be and they are hereby authorized inl
Is they may deem proper, bearing !
interest at the rate OF ten per ce1tnm per annnn,
and redccmahle at tho pleasure Of tho State, for |
the pnrpose Of paying the sum hcrc1nbelo:e ap- |
Be Il ordained, By the authority afos said That
the Governor, Auditor and Treasurer Of this State,
mfttcc Of this Convention. arc hereby constituted
q Commission for the purpose of DISTURBING and |
ezpenaing the funds hersh5 appropriated, aad the
acts in this bchalf to the next General Assembly
of this State.
Considerable debate arose on tut question
of the passage Of the ordinance. The Repuh-. |
Icans opposed its passage on tile ground of
its nconststnionality: besidcs the Governor,
Auditor, Secretary oil State, a:1l othcr officers
were On the ground and had full power to do
all that was necessary in the premises, IS we'll
rs to appropriate all the moncy necessary
The state was TO be reimbursed by the Gen
crA! Government for Ill the money expended
Mr.. Munnipg laYing moved The previous
question, which cut off all debate, "a vote was
taken on the ordinance, aud it was passed by
yeas and nays as follows:
YEAE-Messrs. Alexander, Allen ofJersey+ Allen
Of Williamson, Armstrong. Brooks. BncS:naster,
RgT RsTx nRTe G eanpss a Psa Gna 99a5 Ra had a 6a
ornc, oaielrcny. fnddock, parkes, Purple, KeilS,
Riehmond Ross sngleten, Smith ofca1ron Smith
Tanner, Terry. Thompson, Thornton: Nanaeyeer,
Wall, waters, Wcbhcr, Wentworth, Wilson, Wood
NATs-Messrs anthony, Barley, Chi1ds, Ferry,
FiHnie. French, Gale, Lawrence, Mlhlke, Nara-
more, Fea=ants, Sheldon, Stinson, Templeton,
Underwood, Weigley-16.
DELEGATES BUTTON Up THEIR oWE POCKETS
aIr. Sheldon introduced fcsolution-that
each member Of the Convention subscribe $50,
and transmit the same to the Governor, Audi
tor and State Treasurer for the use Of our
wounded soldiers. a motion to suspend the
rules was lost By ayes and noes, as follows:
YKAs-a1essre: Authony,- armstrong, BartIey,
Brooks. Campbell, child;, Dement. Edwards. FsE-
sun, Lawrence, NcNcely, ,Muhlke, Naramorc, Orme,
Paddock, Purple, Richmond, Sheldon, Singleton,
StaFEc, Stinson, Tcmplcton, Underwood, Wall.
NAYs--:slcssra. Alexander, allen OF Jersey. Al
len Of Williamson. Bnckmaster, Burr, Burns, Duf,
Ho1n Hss Sal5oa ees e1sR7 Ssn7 s1Rsr esn
Rely, Smith Of Carroll, Smith Of Sangamon, Sol
onAon, Stevenson. Stone, Tanner. Terry, Thomp-
son, Thornton, Taudeyeer, Nebber, Weigley-31.
Mr.. Sta1ne offered 4 resolution that the Pres
ident be directed to transmit 4 copy Of the
ordinance to the Governor and Auditor. Car
ried.
The report cf the Judiciary Committee was
then taken M, but nothing was done with it.
BANKS AND CURRENCY.
The Committee then, On motion Of afr.
Thornton, rcconsidercd the vote making the
Bank and Currency article tile special ortlerfor
10o'c1ock tomorrow.
ARTICLE Y.
The following section was adopted:
Sec. ]. No hank or banking corporation ior any
association corporation with powers Of crcuta-
ton or deposit Ct any banking powers shall here;
take effect and be in force Immediately. Us por-
tion Of, and IS m amendment to the Constitution
Of this State and the same shall be and remain in
tie vote hereafter to be taken for OF against the
same, Us provided in this Constitution.
Sec. 2. The General Assembly shall have no
power to pass any law whereby tho charters Of any
Of the existing banks, banking corporations ol
uny association OF corporation with any banking
powers in this State, shall be revived, enlarged,
banks, banking corporations Or association or cor
poration with any banking powers, shall acquire
any rights or privileges which they do not now
possess, under the CQsttutinn Of this State ant
tie laws passed iA pursuance thereof
Section 8 was then taken up as follows:
scc.9. No bank bill, check: draft, note or othe
written or printed instrument for the payment o
money intended to circulate money or currency
! 1ssued by, or drawn OH any bank4 banking corpor
atlon OF on any association OF corporation with an,
| banEiDg pnwere, without this State, Of a les
denomination ttan ten dollars, shall be uttered o.
! passed within this State: shai any such },anl
bill check DRAFT note ,w1itten printed instrumen
b. uttered o. rasscd within this State, nnle=s tn
! bank. banking corporation or association witt
| banking powers, isauin. the same. Or upon whicl
the same is drawn, shall. at the time Of uttefin
silver Aud nfter the year a. D. 1861, no sue
b5nk bill check. draft, note, written OF printed in
/ E1rumeut Of q less denomination than twenty dol
after the year a. D.. 1896 no such bank bill cheel
draft. note. written or printed instrument Of au
kind, character, OF denomination whatever, sha]
| be uttered OF passed il this State.
j; On motion Of Mr.. Allen of Williamson, til
I whole section was stricken ont.
/ Mr.. Stinson then moved 10 reconsider til
I vote, pending which tIe Coi,vrition ad
TILE MANNING ORDINANCE.
| This ordinance is mere bnnconlbe and SUI
| p1usagc, SO far Us its benefits are concerned
| though no doubt honestly aud patriotlcall
!; prepared by Judge hfanning. Gov. Yates
The proper person to snperintelld the paymen
/ Of all money for the successful placing Of on
| u!lrois tToogs7sin-a proper Position in th
! field. If the EOnHentipn has found fault wit
| the Governor kfEst1fore for an undue exercis
/ uf power, on thAsErDund Of necessity. he ca
| very justly upon it, and say, II am il
! vested with executive power. You arr not.
used that power in case OF urgent nccessit,
the preservation Of the Union. You have a
frmed and exercised 2 power for which 20
can scarcely plead even necessity, as I, as E.,
ccutiye officer Of the State, am the person t
lake care Of the gallant sons Of the Stal
wounded in battle. Gentlemen, long befor
your ordinance was passed lad departed Q
my mission. It is consequently entirely neet
| less''
But these are tho evils OF this ordinance t
be considered: Our worthy State Treasurer,
am informed, says that the passage Of the O
dinance will cause 4 fail Of 5 to ID per cent.
our bonds in New York City. This eou]
have been entirely avoided if the Conventio
had left the care Of our sick and wounded 1
those to whom it properly belonged.
GEN. HALLECK CALLED TO THE FIELD.
Gov Yates went to st. Louis yesterday #
the purpose, on the part Of 80, 900 Iilino
troops, now on the Cumberland, Of inYitiI
and it Is expected he will do so. -
/ SUDDEN CONVERSION.
Men who wcpt almost at the idea Of tax
for the Manning ordinance to-day. They 81
nothing wrong now in voting away money
ordinance on the part Of men who were Sc
here simply to make Il Constitution, while
few weeks since they were terribly alarmed
the action Of the Governor in putting O
| troops in the field in such condition rs ula,
| it possible for them to win this victory.
JUSTICE TO MR.. MANNING. 'sa
In simple Justice to Judge Manuing we nu
say that be was no doubtactuatcd by patriot
motives in offering lis ordinance H.; paid
well deserved tribute to Coy. Yates in dol.
20. No matter by whom attacked, he said
would defend him for lis noble patriotism
fastening to the field Of battle to offer succ
and consolation to his wounded soldiers. T.
! Judge, ever since the news Of the victory,
been completely carried away by lis feeling
THE FORT DoNELsoN PRISONERS.
!. | It is stated that 5000 Of the Fort Donels,
; i prisoners will he kept ut Camp Batter, nc
! this city, and larger number at Camp Dor
las, Chicago.
Late Foreign News.
! The recent adyices from Europe rcpor
: decided change in the public sentiment a
: executive attitude of England and France
l relation TO American afairs. It is almost c
i tain that the people and cabinets Of he
$ countries have abandoned the idea Of an act
Intervention in QUIZ attempt to extinguish t
Southern rebellion, and thus dispersed the L
l. hope Of the Mason-Siden deputation and til
eouffc7rs in Europe.