, 1862-02-11

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Be2at!ng he r1ae5;ss r. eoa5s e tasse
Of The peace and eonstabIes;
Providing for change Of venue In civil and cs1ni-
In al of the caEes enumerated above, an laws
the State.
Section 80 was stricken out and the snbsti-
tute Of Mr.. Thornton adopted.
sEc. 33. The general assembly shall never grant
Or authorize extra compensation to any public
vice ehan hare been rendered, or the contract en-
tered into.
The above section was adopted.
SEC 81 The general assembly shall direct BY |
the State.
Mr. Thornton moved to strike out section
81, and insert Us follows: |
"The general assembly ehAu pass no Law proy1d- |
ing for bringing quits against the State"
Pending the discussion of this resolution,
The Committee rose, reported progress, and
asked leave to sit again
SLAVERY IN THE sTATEs.
During the afternoon Mr.. Hacker, the Presi-
dent, offered the following, which was made
the speciul order for Tuesday.
Be it ordained by the people Of the State Of lii
nois represented in the Constitutional Conven-
ton, that the following article, proposed as az
1 1G tre e c. tie
United Siates, approved March !, 1861, towit:
ARTICLE il. s.No ameDdment shall be made to
Congress the Powerto abolish interfere. within
any State, with the domestic institutions thereof,
including that persons heldto laboror service
aby the Laws Of said State"
be and the same is hereby ratified.
Here is another ordinance sprung upon the
Convention by the leading man upon tho Dem
ocratic side OF the house. Hacker is empllat-
ically one Of the most wiley and cunning wire
Al, In bag iSrh
Interior purpose in all he does. He has an eye
to the future; to the reclamation Of the State
from Republican rule and to the bringing
about a state Of things in national affairs
which shall again make slavery omnipdtent IN
the United States. He is from the extreme
| powerful factions OF the Democratic party in
| this State. He is o bold as well as talented
politician, and has made the business the
| study Of his life. Whenever see Hacker
offer !. resolution Or ordinance in the ConVen-
! ton, make up my mind there's something
brewing.
| This ordinance will cause very bitter de-
! bate, if l mistake not. Some Of the Douglas
| Democrats will denounce it, and 4 hot time
may be expected. I understand Judge Man
If SO, look out for q high time. I want to sec
it come. want these fellows to show their
hands.
I IOWA AND WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES.
I learn there has been considerable inter-
change of views between many of the mem
bcrs Of the Iowa and Wisconsin Legislatures,
now in session, upon the subject Of visit to
Chicago, and it has been suggested that this
Convention join in the same. The idea is to
have an interchange Of views in your city
upon various subjects, Of interest to the West
viz: the Ship Canal uniting Lake Michigan
with the Mississippi, the receipt Of u. S. Treas
ury notes in payment Of taxes, &c. DC. Thi:
Convention will adjourn over from Fria;,a.::
until Monday next and if Il 4 adjourned ove1
to Wednesday or even Tuesday, the three bodic!
se1nbly in Bryan Hall.
l am sorry to say, however, that the radical
: portion, majority Of this Convention, has
very little in common with the interest Of tho
Northern portion Of the State. Egypt is thei1
! beau ideal Of social lite and civilization, Be
ing almost exclusively an agricultural people
they have 4 natural prejudice towards all til,
modern forms of progress-banks, corpora
, tons, and eren railroads, What do you thinI
Of the proposition excluding a banker, railroad
president Or director from the Assembly, as Il
such persons were infamous criminals. Yc
such an one WAS seriously made. Why, Mr.
Editor, one of tho worst phases Of this Con
Tentlon Is that the commercial or lnanuflctur
: ing interests Of the State are not reprcscnte,
in it at all. I do not know Of prominen
!; merchant in it. do not, in looking aroun,
me upon the members, distinguish a singl
man who represents the great commercial IN
tcrests Of our State. I sec no great nlanuf:c
fureF. There are two or three good lawyer
: in it, and several poor ones, Il few very sn1al
farmers; the balance politicians, every on
of whom has the Office which he expects to vi
by panlcring to public fol1ies or prcjudiccs
chalkcd out for himself sec in this Conyeu
: ton one Of the worst evidences Of tile deca
dence of political and financial honesty in on
country have ever witnessed. The people
the farmers, manufacturers and merchants liay
left the field Of politics to staryelin. LAWYER
t and professional politicians. The result Gu
: T. ST. rise to question Of privilege on til
I above, Dir. Editor, as the members say: :
! member, to whom have just read it, says tia
am wrong. l stand corrected l,v him as b
certainly has better means Of knowing than
hlye. He says the agricultural interest e;e
IS not represented here. No more tllan 81
others mentioned above If this he so, and
have 10 reason 10 doubt tue gentleman, VII
tion Of affairs is even worse tran had SUI
posed.
: The truth is,a most unfortunate time was 81
lected for holding this Convention. Tic grea
. interests Of the country are depressed an
: stagnating the great men and politicians hay
gone to the war; the small ones have staid 4
: home and got themselves elected to the Ill
nois Constitutional Convention.
. In connection with the Legislative visits t
Clicago, the Secretary Of the Convention, IL
: Springer, who. as we'll as his most kind an
courteous assistant, has placed nc und.
many similar favors, has handed nc the follow
; ing:
SENATE CHAMBER, MADISON, W1scoSsE,
February &, 1862. I
Clerk W Illinois. State Contention.
tiag nEn m slhmdhe pFoRrety and e7pedisncy Of &c
Wsh ioWa # tRs no s
lures, all now in session. leach of which can feac
Chicago In one day By railroad} is being d1scusse
The object Of the meeting is a free discussion
or National troubles, and the interests IN gencr
rlease ergggcst the subject to the members Of It
l Mepi1g the project may succeed, and great soc
: result theFe1roms am, very respectfully,
;, Your obedlent servant,
e Chief CLERK Wisconsin Senate
The subject will probably be formally intr,
: duced On Monday to the Convention.
= LONG JOHN on TIE RAMPAGE,
b Long John was called to the chair. in Con
: mittc, Of the Whole, today, and started of ;
usual in the style Of the Chicago Cou1ne
/ Council: Gcntlcmen-if there's no obic
ton, the resolution passed." Resolution
: passed; next section, Mr. C1crk;'' and a
G this passed of at a go Flora Temple pac
The Egyptians could not stand it. They po1
pea mp in al parts Of the house, like SO mar
Il dancing jacks, one down and another CONT
4 up. The inevitable Reilly started off thrk
= times OIL speech calculated to last half .
hour at least, but John cut him short Mt tt
4 third word Finally The dwellers in the Ian
:. Of darkness put their heads togetherand cor
1ncnced piling On resolutions, substitute
G amendments, amendments to tue aucn
r 1nents, substitutes to the substitutes, &C. &c
John soon found himself in the midst Of
f tangled web Of parliamentary proceedings te
t times more difficult to unrtyc1 than the eel
brated Gordfan knot so incontincntly cut /
# the celebrated Greek Warrior. In vain he Al
n pea1ed to the Seeretary's minutes. The Seer
fary keeps no minutes while in comn1ittc
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