, 1869-02-25
SPRINGFIELD.
Sunday at the Capital--A Dtbntt on Dis
ttttion--1ht Talking and the Non-
Talking MemberS--Legistdtion
for Chicago-The Healcy
Sloush-~1nEestlgatins
Committees.

utWMlkkGE5.
From Our Special Correspondent.
sPR1saT1EIn. Ill.,, Feb. II.
No attempt has yet been made by the GEN.
eral Assembly to lcgislate on Sunday, and
therefore that day is left for committee meet.
rgs, tor meditation on the doInEs of the pre-
ccding week, for tue reading Of papers, or for
So fur as can be seen from the |
windows Of the Leland House, the latter Is
not very much In fnshi0n. There are no |
trains Of devout worshippcrs passing along
the strects-a result Whic il due no doubt to /
q heavy snow storm, which puts au rstoppcl !
Oh pletY In thin shoes, and forces women to be /
religious in rubbers. The lo1by las departed, |
and therc are no peayermect1ngs IN private |
rooms. There are 10 solemn sessions IN the I
lake front, and no earnest exhortatioa5 on
thc subject ol lcas!n. the Penitentiary. There |
is nothing but =lumher aud an inspection Of !
clothes. Tn these placid days, wien the
House sits not, each member who has not |
brought With him lis wife, or who has no
friends among the chamhermaids, ovcrlooks
bis linc2, counts tue buttons. whose dinl,n.
1shed numbers bear token OF the energy Of
the washcrwomen Of the Leland, aud then
pains 'alingly supplies thu drHrIency-.,n
Saturday q statesman and on Sunday neaul.
stress. Like Audrcw johnson they occa-
kiunallF become taitoss and save money.
There have tcen many things done during
semhly fat, but uubapplly not much. The
House has caught up with the coc.mittecs,
and, with one or two exceptions, thrre re-
main no bills on third reading TO be acted on,
with the exception Of some from the Senate,
which will probably bo reached carly this
txepk Tr, e. rfd0r IN H0t,ra ind ri sa1r
In one Of the most serlo-com'c debates which
hHs yet been heard there. It wns on Mr.
Munson's bill turning over to medical col
1cges, for dissection. the bodies ot unclaimed
persons who die iu lalls, aims houses, DC.
t"rce everywhere III civilized Europe,
wus based upon twu grounds
its discr1snlnatlrg agalnst the poor, mud It's in
hercnt slnfuincss. think bave before nov
mentioned the Iact that the Huuse cpntains
wbuse special business It is 10 champion the
poor, who arc devoid Of dcfenuers Uf tleir
own order. There arc sumU whose spccial
duty It is to defcul the people, aud then,
agAln. these others who louk alter the p 'or
-.dc1nagopucs, .all-who merely cspouse
or kotnetcdy to sell out. Tue zeal w4leh
these legislative llrtnhugs display, and the
trnrs which cutue. .tu ttcir eycs in talking uf
the rights Uf thelr p00r. aro alike aduiira-
bic. Tlar rich, unhspplty, linve no upcu-
lnpnlhrl advocates vi their rights.
mated nRanst the poar. Since iauprts and
criminals nI0to wctu tu l,c delivered oyur 10
!hr scnirel. Willis Tho rlcl c,nld slerr att,t
tot In ntt1Is'ttt,cl arnyu.. rllo cn,olipnal
Mr. ktni,lI 1'ftrlaltned, tn thr rt.ul! ef hle fd.
srarrlra nli,nts l,lu t,,tor hul,pys 0t Aul.uai.
ri t!uisl,t III iilrlr inntutrs That thc ,nly
thing 4 I'put~r hRt tn lu,k fs'rwnr.l IL Wan Il
1nlrl grayr, "hrnra lhr nlrlt r1uli wing its
HIlht ~ HE Irnln'a nfh,u. ANY nrAsurn by
~atrh this I'a'!pr "ns 10 he t!spsl.cA Of this
ln'h w'"nsr lit waa t" wing, iant With l,i4
dtsupl'snha'tnn. II has, probably, mt heeu his
fortune IL read thu Mntt3 3rulo9y, which
Won Il have informed Inn thnl those nlel,
atd won.rn Who we're dtskected In the rudc
and primitive way peculiar TO tue tranaition
etu between Pasal Ism aud Christi lnl,al, by
| hcpg sawn Asnndrr, chewcd Mp by i>n., cut
| In small pieces, bl0flcd .Ec, had no difficulty
IN vii EiLg llleir light to th1 heavenly Il j.
millions. Dls ection mud salni!Iood were then
closely counrctcd. Now VIZ disscct fur sci
eutltlc and not lOr rcllS Ions reasoDs but that
|, nu reason why the souls oil p,upers should
be injured by tAe operation. |; Is nlso qui' c
likely that The Irprcsen atiye Of aims houses
Is mistaken in his facts, and that those in
! mates whose ouly care is for their daily
bread, waste very little thournts o. tue
bit OF unp1casant- -looklCg ground III
p Hhieh they arc to be buried. -...-.
Others took the esSen.fll1y Old World idea
| OF the tanct!1y Of the human body. They
had, almost uuconsesscd, In the bottom o
their eouls nm idea that on the dreadful
Judgment Day the bodY H. arise as complete
as it was iu the flesh. They are Tead5
enough 10 admit TINT the body will corrupt
aud return to tie dust whence it came, unG
| That the salts II contalns will ngain refrcs j
the roll. But either on account Vt their he
lief in this ole Hebrew nollou of bodily
l M a. At fhnir hrn tho,,
ish worsrp Of the body, they decline 10 le
Ea1sze dissection.
They preferred not to NEEDLE with ycstet
interests. Tlcy recognized the fact tha
there are resurTcctiorlsts who lire By stca!
it, bodies, aud they declined to interior.
with the commerce OF those Individuals, pre-
firing that their own friends. their wives ant
fnu{ htCTs, should be mu.i!ated when dead
or tended b. incompetent k'lrG"ons whlla liz
1uG, III order that at rome tuture day, wheI
| The ut1tave Is Eiveu to paupers, they Nigh
receive their votes.
Now, ,lr hcaasy Of the thing was, that
those people who opposed this bill were, fran
exec sire corpnlcnce or 1eaunc*a, uttcrl,
sac IRON tie scalpel. There was not one .
them who would nuke decent cadaser, no
Instruction Of his pupils IN the divine art Q
anatomy. They felt that they were safe, ant
so let The rcsurrccttoni IS take the others
There Is always 4 grain Of sel0shness at tn
bottom Of these distntercstcd protestatlous
The other side Assumed that 1t WAS uece:
!. sary Tor surgeon to know anatomy OF b
was liable to pe.al'ies ,or malpractice. T
!, know anatomy one must d1ssect. T, do this
| one must have bodies. Now, why ehuull no
, thcsr paupers, who bad all their lives been
, burden upun the Stnte-no mntter by who's
iault-repay to the State with their bodie
some little part Of shat they had cost 1t
. From the d'ssccied body Of this pauper #
obtain results which enable Us to presery
the body nr The taxpayer. II is perfect,
} legitimate. That man who thrusts h
!. scruplcs IN the way Of advancing that ecienc
which prolongs il!e Is an IL direct murderer
OF all 1nurtlercrs the meanest.
: 70 the till passed the House.
That budg was also compelled to listen
; nrotbcr jeremiad from Ntr. Burke. III
gentleman owns some lots In the city {
@ CnrifnyliIc, and thcY asc taxed = ! exce;sivel
tllut he dpls nut see hos Ire can retain then
Ills 7r sure of l,ls tlistrtas was made whe
q lrIl came up to amend the charter Of ID
i, lrl taxing ely. rhey tax heavily thefe II
+, eeiouI purmsts, antl tie rIetn"er lrYni n
j. tuupin Is mol such fr1rpd "t e1Mcatlc lou ns
u endure these aalrnsts ra'tentl5. ~ hu HAT
| n Erecrt II private grievances.
d 1t IL irse to sar wntd fnr tue eifcns n1rt
. 1pts-thosc t,sefut iullvldnlls who vut
:, wrtk ahd tlstru wilt, eeset explain Yrlf
nnd tuvet ltase t"tsnhal tliat."t1 to rfen
n iate., }helr t'1h'1et 'ins rtaiiailf dla'l
| 1slFN llUt II ftH ~ fHHl pFHlt rtffl
i tnn,,t. 1lrt" IA .1,e es'isl'afIr Mt, f.lhdr
Il ~i,n hns M, I t,ol I'd ut, tf,nta'lt thttag t
n trsanN Htd wti,,sn : ~ tttt alHa thrH rthttirl
Il y rrtltlNnI -:ttH - my, III" srlls1"ie !
Il t,trrtt t.aa ht. u stushiattY elnsr*''H'!ths
~ htti ltaa ns1nt".! 'nlrh l1!lii'nI're "!
ii ia lhr rauss. snd mt ~n'a ~
i hr. tl4FrAhth aud Hanna VIZ a galsa
y i,th intn ltdr hY lAt prtluailftn
n have ttraIw ssInfta tn rtm' n'!nrs. tM!'sfi
n was tnnIr ntIItt fIItml'rr Win NrtlhI!l hrst
~ l,ttnlht.s 4nrstt'f,. What WAS IL hf an
y dnutii II wnt.,d rt'st tlntNt' IL tut tht
4. ti.,wr, md tmw wtre tErS IL hi taken
?. when the trine wHsim lnnget wurktaY Her
II. ii nns n ufeltss e.prusr. Hcure he rlo,
- 7ott against the btt. wl,!eh tr1iEvt ht Il
pt i j. proposed At tlte t,d ut tltc ee's1nn
he spoken tlIe least and he unr ,wlm la! sl'h!
70 thu ni,st. t.htil., Ins,nuus, kttr aud Fail
.lr att ttufEiitt.t at'licants fur the LAST Re- "a
Ifute ihs MT tttn vetf much ftElsla'l
t1sser Vi i'rUrrstl H. relation t" tlffta!
f;!tt,lhtt lt',wrvtrt IT, m"'isi tAs,ru ,t,
Il ttnt'st+r ID thIrasn, IL. Il ,,trl ii tl'qt 4,
rp i.afl, i..inu h ftlh Ii i'tpasltitr |" Tue "
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II. tasst Il A Ast n tt"f tl'u aati"'lsl IN
HI t"shlsl,t u t'hls.a', \ tntF"fe''ft n
Il. 'sshkHs "hlA'As Ahtl a''l ls:a |".~l
IN .i.c n fltI Etfiatiatrfs NJ mHF,l' t. a!"ltF
~ +. sI.4rt.Ms, Ntu t4s H"Fk i 's4l"'!slf
n: his lIlls Mfl: IhIs Hrs u d5st "''irn
.ne m ftele,l.f Hhltk lsAs1r hin v
il Uilstfs,sle, tlit hu alI'sessled ~ 'ndu:
tai ilr 'bjc,lhE 10 *lihhTaH ~
ier ttas'o1, snl ts'e hlll Nent tnIal
sUi III lie ut nt .l,lil'inE enEtnEs hti Allr str
1rr railroads, / + which OH. .tllfh III thu trhcr
he Was tu be paid ~ ihn city. ald allhHtng
let Common Council 10 mako kslct! terms Y