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Spo5Ef What oattor yoa fAE--Netkty. T1.WcexlS. or
pat:1- Also. give roar PRESENT and tuu,e sddrtes.
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1866.
THE NRXT LEG1sLATERE.
On The FIRST Monday in January the Gene
ral Assembly, nr tue State Of Illinois will COM
.~--~e lis session. The Legislature can have
but one regular session during two years,
and other scss!ons must be held upon the
special summons of the Governor, who par
Ncularizcs the Objects fur which 1t Is to
meet.
Tie approaching session Of the Legislature
may be made Of great btneGt to the people
of the State. Illinois has ceased to be mere
frontier collection Of settlements It has |
become State of rast power and wealth, |
4nd the primitive legislation Of past |
days is not now needed, because it is not !
suitable. There are interests now pending Of |
far greater Importance than the granting Of |
ferry privileges, the location Of county seats, |
and the incorporation Of petty institutions;
and yet during past times business Of this
very character has consumed Ill the time |
above ed by law for lcgisla,lrc purposes. It |
is time to turn over a new leaf. The State |
with two millions and half Of people has
certain general interests which she has the
right to expect the General Assembly wilt
iake time to lcgislate ulon.
TIC mcmbcrs VI tte Legislature, so far as
NC know them personally, are men who
hare hitherto horne a respectable character
for honesty aud integrity, and the general
cha1ac:ct OF the next assembly will not, In
my serious degree. he impaired By tho fact
tint tlcrc are but very few OF the members
who were ever in the Legislature before. They
have tho history aud the example Of past
Legislatures tefurc them. AID with the e1-
Tctienee Of this kind, ttc., ,i,lyllt certainly
to remember that they tali.ot better tnaiu-
trin their usn personal regulations, NOR do
. 1ttter service to the Stale, than
By being scru1ulously honest. We
know that foundations aud Tribes will be
plentiful ut Springfield; VIC knuw that mi.
yatc Interests viii IT, prefusc with their
money but We hope the next Assembly will
rcsclutcly resist all corruption. and thus
ayo;d The i1Gamy which }:s1ly attaches to
1uauy of thci, predecessors, In times past
ss;,,u, lobby man rou1a preparc At short
notice a schedule OF the price. of votes
necessary 10 carry any act of legislation.
luletd, there are we'll authenticated cases
whrrc members ,,s,d,. t,tc 1,or 1von1d boyd M
direct intc,cours, th,, lothr rcfrrr,n~ Al,
applicants 10 their attorneys. Let this Legis-
latute. If It have any hone OF escaulne nublic
wra,h. put An end 10 these practices. and
prorc to the eat,.taction of the ncople that
men ran be members of The fll1nnis eu,s,a.
tuto. and have higher aims tbau lartcrine,
Their yotes f;,r ,,,oner.
h .in3arraESled - he honest there ,yi1, 1,e
.plenty OF lime and ,,lcntv of onnort,,nitr IN
- 65fye the STATE tr t,.r,is,ation ;1nprratfyeiy
REQUIRED to preserve and nromc.. Ler inter.
ests. Consrepss .oyon xears apo donated Ia
the State certa;n lands. yaluei1 at saol ooo
for thc establishment or a colicrc fo,
thc nromotion of agricultural and 1nech.uf
cal science. The Etnte. hy the terms of tho
ersut. nnst accent ard d,.pase ot this d.
nation before ncxt july. or the apuropria
lion will lapse and be lost. Hitherto. 1he
Legislature has quarre.ied and disputed owe,
the fiyaI applicants for the fund. and has moi
acted on tic r,aut. Let tho next Leeis,a
turc take iii su.cn1ators and lohhv;at. I,
+h;e r,t+., h.. a. .h,,1Ia. .,a th-,e. 4h.,,
ont and thrn viii, thc act of Conu,cse h.
fa-e tbrr, IA cr;,e aud .ee ,ctc~cst. IF a.
S.atr AZ H.. cn1v ,,,soct ,o ,,a ,,-,,motod Ia
4herr ecf f..r1cs4lr c,ln,,r and i,d;c,,n.1,
rh.Ir,;,,.4nrc .hnu,3 49, ,5,,nr,, ,x;+f
mi rdon:5nr a ,c.ol,t;on c.,l;nn a (,n,r.,
t1cn Ia revise liz. Ctn.,t,u,ton The rresrr