The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-13
Settled at last.

The agony ID over Ihe Democrats
have concluded to do, without coaxing.
what they asked to be coaxed to dc,
take their seats, AMI attend to their bus
mess, and the Legislature is now organ
lied and ready for work. At'two o'clock
yesterday afternoon they appeared in the
House, we're sworn in, and an organiza-
ton completed by continuing the officers
of the regular session, with the cxcep.
ton of the Speaker, Hon. A. p Stanton,
of this county, WHO resigned and was
replaced by Hon. g.. II Baskirk, of
Monroe. The Constitutional amend
ment was made tho special order for the
1lth of May, ono month from now
then the Senate met and organized, and
the field was cleared for the rapid com
pletion OF the vast amount Of almost
matured business left at the last session
This improved prospect seems 10 have
been produced by the wholesome fears
OF some of the Democrats that, in refus-
ing 10 take their places and go to work,
under the prctence that they were afraid
of the Constitutional amendment, they
were providing themselves with more
difficulties than they could explain to
their constituents. The action Of their
caucus on Saturday, backing out Of their
own proposition after the Republicans
had accepted it, was little too much
for them, and they combined to defy the
caucus and do their duty on their own
account. The movement threatened to
prove disastrous to the revolutionary
faction. To be repudiated by their own
friends, and left in the unenyiable pre-.
dicament of disregarding their dnty
without strength enough to make their
action effective or formidable, would be
worse than to run the risk of the Amend
ment, the Election bill, and volume of
Niger statutes. So they came down
end came in. They wanted very much
TO get another pledge from the Republi
cans, to break the force OF their fall
from contumacy to common sense, but
they could not getis. fFhey said they
were willing to take the pledge they re-
jected on, Saturday if they were allowed
to publish it, but they were told tina.
they had no right to any pledge, that
they had rejected the only one that had
been offered them, after agreeing to &C
cept it, and now they must bear the con
sequences OF their action without any
help from the Republicans. If they
chose to go to work they would find the
Republicans ready and willing, hut if
they chose to disregard their duty, i,
was their own business. The Republi
cans had no pledges to ask or offer
They were ready to do their duty and
they proposed nothing else This lei
the fugitives understand that they had
to choose fairly between the re sponsi
bility Of defeating legislation, and Civ
ing up their silly pretence of being
afraid Of the Constitutional amendme mt
They gave up their pretence, entered
the House without condition or pledge
and did, after waste Of five days, wha
they were elected to do at first, organ
ize and go to work. As soon as organ
lied, the Republicans made the amend
ment the special order as above stated
and then the Democratic Senators, VIII
had before stood out returned to tn
fold, organized, and everything wa
sserene.' The session has now bega
precisely where il might have begun
last Thursday. The Democrats st an
precisely where they did.-Jour Ap.1;
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