The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-09
NUMBER 21O.

NUMBER 21O.
former one for the same purpose: that
for the regular session of 1861 beino
S3O:OOO, and for the extra session of the
same year $1,000
CONGRESSIONAL DONATIONS OF LANDS.
\ bill had been passed by Congress-
donating large quantities of lands 10 the
different States, with which to establish
agricultural colleges, and requiring the
state to accept the grant within two
/ years OF the date of the act BY legis1s-
tive enactment The acceptance should
have been promptly made by the Legisia-
ture, but it was not done, and the meas
IRE was put behind the Military Bill. ard
dependent upon that for its success Be-
tween the acceptance of the donation of
this land for educational purposes and
the Military Bill there is no natural con-
fate of every material measure demand
ing legislation.
PAY OF LEGION.
Another measure earnestly pressed by
I'M anu upOu
ate action was demanded by every prin-
ciple of justice and sound policy, was
sufficient appropriation to pay the off,
GERS and men of the Indiana Legion for
their services at various times in repell-
ing invasion and protecting the border.
The great Importance of the service that
they had rendered was not to be denied,
but received no consideration at the
hands of the majority, who intended
only party aggrandizement and revolu-
ton. The Military Bill did not provide
for paying the Legion for their services,
but did provide for dissolving their or
ganizations, and depriving them of their
arms.
STATE ARSENAL.
The subject of the State Arsenal had
been prominently brought before the
Legislature in the Governors message,
and imperatively demanded legislative
action. After more than half the session
had expired, finding that nothing had
been, or was likely to be done, the Gov
ernor sent in special message on the
subject, urging that immediate action be
taken. A committee was appointed to
consider the matter, who on the last day
of the session, made a report highly
complimentary to the condition and
management of tue arsenal; but no ap-
preparation was made, and nothing was
done for the continuance OF the institu-
ton
PAY DUE soInrp~'' -
About the middle of the session, the
Governor, in q special message urged ID
advance the back pay of the Indiana
troops, and suggested plan BY which it
could be done with scarcely any loss or
sacrifice to the State. Mr. March the
Senator from Delaware, introduced
liiiIious OI dUIIaTs Juut purpose,
which finally passed that body, but it was
manifest it could not pass the House.
In the House, the only action taken on
the subject was to appoint q committe to
confer with the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry This was kill-time kind of opera
ton, and resulted just as it was intended
it should-in nothing.
sILyERs' CoNTRACT-NoRTHERS PENITEN-
TIARY.
TIE late board of control of the North
ern Penitentiary had made contract
with Mr.. Silvers, for the construction of
the shops The work had been well
and cheaply done, and with great advan-
tage to the State The work and the &C.
counts were examined by committee,
and found to be correct, and justice to
the contractor required that payment
should be Immediately made; to delay
the payment of it a day was a great
hardship, for it had been shown that the
profits of the contractor were small; and
the prospect is, that an honest contractor
who reposed faith in the honor and just
ice of the State, will be wholly ruined.
But this, too, like everything else, was
put behind the Military Bill
Week after week was consumed in vi
olent and reasonable discussions; and
abundance of time was found to de-
nounce the Government, and to get up
resolutions censuring. the Governor. and
calling upon him to state whether he APP
proved certain resolutions adopted by
the army: to fish out invitations from
the Legislature of Kentucky; to create
partizan committees to leave their seats,
and run over the State, hunting up evil
dence on the subject of arbitrary arrests,
out of which to manufacture political
documents; and, in short, to do anything
and eyerythng exee6Rt n tie t sts stsfe and to
do those things which honesty, fair-deal-
ing, and their oaths required.
MILITARY BILL.
We propose briefly to discuss few of
the provisions of the Military Bill
coMMANDER-IY-CHIEF.
First-The twelfth section of the
fifth article of the constitution of the
State is in these words:
'SEcTIoN II The Governor shall be
Commander-in-Chief of the military and
naval forces aud may call out such forces
to execute the laws, or TO o-suppress insur-
rection, or to repel invasion"
When the constitution makes the Gov
ernor Commander-in-Chief, it confers all
the power necessary to make his COM
mand an efficient one. It means Just
what it says, and that he shall have all
the means necessary, to enable him TO
exercise the power conferred. t--+ &
1t is an universal principal of con-
struction, that when Il thing is granted,
whatever is necessary 10 its enjoyment
| or exercise is granted along with it Let