The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-06-20

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PROTEST.
Upon this 10th day Of June. A. D lsf3,
while the General Assembly was In session
and engaged In the discharge Of their con.
stitCtional duties, an attempt by the Goy>
ernor Of Illinois was made TO dissolve this
body; which attempt, illegal, unconstitu-
tional and outrageous as it is, must inevi.
tably result in the cessation OF any further
legislation at This time.
The circumstances attending this mon
strous and revolutionary usurpation of
noeer, and the injurious conseo.ences
which must result to the people o.. the
State, demand a brief statement on our
! part, which we submit with confidence to
/ the consideration of a discerning pub
lie. whose rights have thus been ruthles,ly
. invaded and whose Interests have been
dlsrecarded and tramp!ed under foot.
The action Of the Governor in this ne
farious attempt to stop the legislation Of
the State, j. Supposed 10 be based upon the
/ following provision ot the State CoustItu
: tioH:
SIT. IV-SEc II. In case Of disagree.
inent between the two houses with regard
to the time Of Adjournment the Governor
shal! have power 10 adJoarn the General
7 Assembly 10 such time as he thinks prop
, er provided, it be not 10 periot; beyond
the next Constitutional meeting OF ths
same.
Aud the first question to be determined
is rhat i. such disagreement under the
constitution as would justify the interpo
( sition Of the executive? Nor is the an
swer difficult 10 arrive at Sic this point
has been SO well and thoroughly settled
| that tneeds but its statement to determine
I the inquiry beyond cavIl or contru dictiou.
I Vixen ole house amends the resolution
, or alters legislative action OF the other as
! 10 the time Of ;dj ournusnt or any other
subject and the house proposing The reso-
/ luton or action refuses 10 cJrcur with the
/ amendments 80 made, theane nding house
must DC tr.t IN formed of such non Z ncur
I euce, in C'd.' 10 rccr,le and concur or
take suci, cthcr action - the premises rs
,nay tend - ~ a.rceu. Z: Of both or - {:
basis VI compgou1.se.
The amending House being informed of
. non concurrence in It's action !y the other.
NAV either itself recede and concur, or adj
here IN! propose and appoint = Commit~
tee oI Conference which !, the right step
10 Le taken. And it is only when ene
! House refuses TO join in :. Coiau,.ies OF
/ Conference or when such CoG!n.lttc& hav>
lug been appointed, fails 10 arrive at =
4 common result, or hayIn: done the
same Is no. agreed TO and .Ili".7tei ty both
Houses, that the disagreement spoken OF
: in TIE Constitution has been produced !;
l and the usual parliamentary proceedings
Is 10 have t,,o full conferences before final
disbursement results Both Houses must
= be at a dead lock withou, hope OF rettol'a
f towards agreement b.tur. executive action
can be, invoked OF legally taken. Were
the rule otherwise. II "ou!d require the
.uyallab.c AGREEMENT Ui each iIouse 10
whatever theo.her chose TO propose. Aad
until this time 1t has never been question
sd in Europe or this country that such was
the rule.
Nor can the Executive take action even
where an actual Disagreement exist. until
officially iuiornied thereof 10y both Houses
Tested by these principles we present
the facts in the present case, which Will
demonstrate the ihdetensIbie character "
the proceedings which we reprobalc and
eondciiiti.
On the eth day of June, Instant, joint
resolution was passed 10y the Senate, OF
the following purport:
Psso!ced, Ly III. Senate, tie House Of ReE-
,ese,totrr. concur,r,-- here:n, that this Gene
raj Assembly will adjourn sane 9te on the
Sth inst, at u O'Clock. p. m, which resoiu'
ton was at once transmitted &c tie Iiouse,
and being taken up by that branch oi the
LEGISLATURE, was amended by the substItu
ton OF the I'D day OF june instead oi the
oth.
The resolution being thus amended, was
returned to the Senate Tor Its action,
| whereupon ;bat body refused to coHcur In
the anlcndment.
The House was not then ard has
not since been officially nforne of the
non concurrence OF the Senate IN the
amendment in question, and no opportu-
nifty has as yet been afforded that body TO
recede from its previous action II II SO
desired.
The regular parliamentary progression
has not been Observed the House has not
refused to receue ana concur with the
Senate III its action; ne Committee OF
Conference has been proposed or appointed,
and in short, no disagreement has existed,
or can be PRESUMED rs existing IN the
premises. 20
Neither has the legal and official no'iii'
cation of disagreement been laid before
tho Governor as, indeed, it could not have
been. since. it was we'll known and undsr-
stood that there was no such disagree men t
in fact. . -,
We have thus briefly stated the position
of affairs wE!ch the Governor OF the great
State of Illinois has made use OF AS a pre-
text for gu arbitrary, illegal attempt to
bring the deliberations of the General As
semLly to a close
By this action he has deliberately and
desisnedly defeated the passage Of meas
ures of great ublic Importance, aud de-
.nanded by the exigencies OF the times.
Ho has defeated the appropriation OF
one hundred thousand dollars for the
gallant sons of Illinois, who are bleeding
and dying upon the battlefield and III the
hospital, and whose terrible condition IN
vitcs the sympathy Of every human near,
! and demands the earnest +flo'' III ,ieii
behalf of ever citizen OF the state Oh ".ien ,,
they have shed imper,shaGie s'"ryi, ne
bill for that purpose, aire'u! P"' ~
Uouses and uendins simply upon slight
d;tf.rercs of opinion as TO some or as der
I'LL in the Lower fiotise, which difference
I.. now been happily removed, is defeat
cd merely because the miserabie PARTISAN
Lin Of the Chief Executive, who usui pS
,ba uumerf' ed title Of the soldiers
fr;.nd." prevented him from consenting
that legislature having naajOrity OF tho
nolitieal opponets should Lave the honor,
rs thsy would enjoy the privilege. of flying
to the rescue Of their gallant brethren.
lie has defeated the bill f,r the sale Of
the coin in the Treasury, and the payment
of our interest in Treasury notes saying
hundreds OF thousands to the people.
! which was on its final passage as the sup>
porters Of this action lcf, the halls of leg
islatiou at the bidding Of their master.
He has defeated the passage of the gene
raj appropriation bills already passed the
| Senate aud. per,iing in the House, aud
ready for passage. which the Senate had
| acted on without delay, and TO which, no
| ob.truc,ion was intended I" be. would or
could haze been, ini~r!'"-~d by the House.
! He has de.ea,sd ih- printing OF the re-