, 1865-02-07
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1sS5.
THE HORSE RAILWAY
BILL PASSED.
a Law 1npairing the
obligation Of Con-
tracts.
VESTED RIGHTS OF THE
CITY OF CHICAGO.
Shall flp People Submit to be
Robbed BY Corporations?
LEGAL REMEDIES AGAINST
TIE OUTRAGE.


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A's .A'1" eeAa IL LIZ 'nsotu1'ons
"4uet "tne" We aa'e nsed 1hfce-quartcrs of
seutu15 - = na'lon' VIC nave 1aath III the
"e"'os p'"cis VI ouf republican form OF Gov-
e'A'neo1 '04''"e 'e'eo'o W 'Fee' 1n1eAaecnt'
nneof1up'eo people; and no act Of fifty
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1of1ty o1 Legislative body for
INC lime beng can shake our faith To the
People oi Tue state OF Illinois, loving justice
anu na1mg hlqai1s' We commend this action
~ .nea' REPRESENTATIVES Al INT the people
o' oaicaso ASK ls 'nat thcy be dealt with on
LIE Prmc'p4es o1 common honesty. The peo-
P'e o1 Inc otate o. Illinois do not desire to
see theif chsei city Plundered, either by the
inmates Of Camp Douglas or the inmates Of
the state House. It is time to call things By
their right names, and We. intend to do so.
we take our appeal to the Tirtue that re-
saoes IN every honest mans bosom, and we
antend to prosecute that appeal. We belicEe
1hat no great question Is ever settled I'LL 1t is
settled right The Legislature may fancy
that this question Is settled now, but it Is
not settled. Principles are involved in its
settlement which cannot be violated without
disturbing society, and disturbing it deeply.
The people OF the State Of Illinois not only
do not desire to see their CHIEF c1tr ,,nnac-.
cd. hut they know fn11 vel, TINT r-ecad,nt
of tb1s Kind threatens tbo r;oh+s ond ,t,.,,
ties Of all. as well A. those xhose r;o,,+s .na
liberties arc immediately invaded. The ma.
n,c of Tim State of n1;no,a xr;r +,,a ,a.,.o
4ba+ 4h,s III, xr.s r,es.1 mt ,,,. ...
Goycrnor,s ycto. but o1cr the heads of a ma.
io,ity Of the local representatives of this c,,v
md county. tvo-th1rds Of whom voted
nrainst It. We are not snre that this striking
examn1e xns mt needed tn awascn n. r,o1e
pcople to a sense Of The danrcra jmnenainc
oyer them IRON the existence of chartered
1nonopolies. Il this Horse Railway bill shal,
awaken them TO sense of these danrers.
ii NAV vet n,oye n blessing in d,s-nisc.
wb,,e .xe bar. ta;.,, n +ha x-;z+na a,a ,oro
oc tnet;co which er,sta n +hc be.-ts ~ +,,o
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r,orc Thu Constitution ~ IL. 17rtt.d
st.+.s Article r eec+,,n = ,,.,so1 sors.
M sn,< .,ou mn, o.. IN,
.impatrtng the obligation Of contraels.''
In the ce1ebrated case Of Dartmouth Col
,ccc -. Toodwa,d,, >, II Ubeston,a Ren,-+e
Aeke ts' "ooo"A'o " "0e@iou 1sPolls,
E1B1 It was held by the Sunremc Court That
SAo ~ ""s ''41 - AD' sup eAus eo0'' tnA'
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's0%'"t@<9 t'"a e@@"@e y oe to'1a"atso1 acaaca
ne ha,e cied. It has also been held in mn.
merous cases that any poSp0Heins1f or ac.ee~
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70"'0' y We Pe'Jo'"t1"ee " "'e eo'a'e10 VIZ
7,airs IT. ob.$qa{(on. Grecu sv BiifdIe. W7hea-
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Ion, ], 15i McCncken u. hayward, How
ard, eos) 1t remains to be seen whether
4I,ere has 1ecn arv contrart 1,et.raan tho mr.
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railway corporations. Prior TO the passage Of
The recent bin, which is impaired By said
hill. We have presented this phase Of the :!
c,,,;ac+ a. 1cro+r In -, for1,o~ .x.,,,a a..
las been most ably argued by Gov. Oglcsby
in his yeto message. We will present It
briefly again.
On the 10th day OF August, 1s5s, the Com
mon Council passed an ordinance which
forms the groundwork of all The railway
franchises In the city The 10Th and 11th
sections Of that ordinance are rs follows:
"sEc 10 The right to operate said railways
ehall 1iend 10 the ioIi time Of tWenty-dye years
OF said time. parties operating said rallways,
st1at be entitled 10 enjoy all Of said prircgea
1h.1 purpose, to purchase ea,d tracks Il said ri al
ways, cars, carriages, station houses, citation
gr0uuds, depot Ezouuds, furniture md implements
OF every lind aud description, used In the con-
etruciton or operation Of eatd railways, or my Of
the appurtcnanccs IN and abont the same. aaa pay
for tie same in the manner hereinafter men
:isEc. II: such ordcE. shall fz the time when
eaid city Of Chicago Will take snch railways nad
other property before mentioned, which sha!l not
be lcas than stx months amer The passage Of eaid
order, and a the Time u aktng said fni!waJs and
Dtnef prpPesy nciose as.tns at ~ ~! u LII. III.
. sum Or money to BE- aseerts,aed By Three com.
ioWe: one to be chossn rom a lie disint.rest.d
o. ~ GGIk c anner y ~ tb aoS ns,cs
Their associates, or snccessors ard the M TYP per"
hodere.S d ''eA ~'''' '' ''' - ~ 1'|'>1 w.
aon the a4th day of February. 1850, the
1eo,anturc missed an net 10 ciye full fo-ce
and cfIrct 10 t,,r ordinance above mentioned.
The fist section Of The net 1nade the persons
named thcrctp , ,,odr cornor,to o,d no,;,;c
tor thc form or ,roa+- a,.a ,,o,.s T,.a CO..,
md scct,on vrs os f,,;o~s.
.usrc Tno .,,a .o-n,'.,,.z
lied and empowered 70 .constTuct, MAINTAIN, and
sss1v nna ennreosc1t El t.asE raway with al
aids,tracn md nPpsnd.gee, in the CITY Of chlcsgo
highway Of hishways, bridge OF bridges. riTes q.
nni ma West yisioas Of the ctI nats ~ i q ae
as the Commol. Council Of I SAD d 6; sy hare nathor
1ho11zc said Corporation 80 to d. IL such manner