, 1870-06-21

M Sane, the Athletics claiming that they afe nov 81 Ct
s s,et " lne pennant while the At1a1
= tIhE RED Stockings At aEWARx W.
=, !NEw foRK, June x0.-The Red Stockings n,aye
ed Stockings had Atwatel aud Dean a. an,.at't
tfr HIatnard and Allison. Only SIX tnnip0s Wer
{ ;a5e a. inc Anateurs made one run In the 1ft
Y! cue IN the sixth inntngA The Reds wer
I Shiiewashed IN the first and fourth juninr. n
ied 40 @SsoeklnGss score Vas s, II, 3, s5, = Tota
: I =. The Red Stockings went 10 ,rhiladllphia d
lie evening train.
GOVERNOR PALMER,
Letter In Envor OF the Proposed Mex,
Constitution for Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, June Is, 1870.
Jfese II. Fell, Ell, Bloomington, III.
nEAn StR: When l acknowledged tho receip,
o. your favor Of May l8, in which you did me
the honor to ask my views Of the Constitution
proposed to the people by the conven-
tlon lately IN session in !his city, l ex-
lind N opportunity to prepare t deliberate
answer but pressing official duties aud tic
invitations Of the delightful weather OF tie
season to mount my hobby Of making improve
ments have been too much for me, aud have
made it impossible for nc to do 20 until now
Knowing that yonr hobby Of ..troo planting :"
often controls your moments, can hopp that
| 5ou VII! Know how to pardon me. trust that
ron viii accept this as sufficient apology for
my aessy IL answering your inquiries
1eei no hesitation IN saying that the inter-
csts OF the people Of tho State demand tha
adoption OF the proposed constitution. It IL
| uot. us some seem to suppose. question OF
preference between the Constitution Of IB47
aud the work Of the Convention OF 1870, but
| the real point to be decided is, will the people
aaopt inc constitution submitted to them, or
will they live in the future, as tlev have done
1or several years past, under government
That has such powers as the Legislature for
tug tine being may choose to claim for it.
me constitution of1817 has been aban-
qoned ~ re people as an obsolete thing, and
to make, that ita authors and framers had
nothing like correct idea of the ttue mean
Ing OF its provisions +; tilare arc not msuy Of |
them that are NOT habitua1ly yiolatcd, and that,
100, openly and notofiously, and with tho |
snnrne anomteogo anu, rs suppose, the general
lsaut men vii IeqnIeproof of tLis statement . 1a
as startling as It is, 80 that Il |
will only be necessary to refer to
feW Of the most giaring examples to illus
trate ~ meaning Tho convention Of 1877
Intended to tix tle salary Of the Governor Ut
the sum Of q l,50O, OF the Supreme Court
Judges at Il 200 each, of the meinbers Of tba
General Assembly At 90 per day, vet these
officers, and all others whose compensation ID
tHss n1ed y tue constitution, receive much more
s--AA' <AA0 ~O44o%4tNt1V4Al HA0HauC9. 80 much l.
il respect to the salaries Of tho oficers Of tic
State, and humiliating and iemoraIizing a.
t LIS state Of things is, it by no means illus
ttates tho full extent to which the constitution
!s disFegarded, to the serious and almost
izEepazable injury Of the people.
Bat as wrong as these things a.o. think il
proper~to say that the payment Of f1ed a.
cestaiued salaries to public officers, as large
as they sometimes eeem to be, have mover
beep, and viii uot hereafter be, bnrdensome
20 inc people, but it ia the leaks in the public
treasury, unseen ret over flowing, that in
crease our taxes aud burden our industry. It
- impossible, under Our present constitution,
q reform this or any other political abuBa' |
ah' i At 15s reason why reform is impossible
sans.taton oF of ta Ill., pFoSs0n us Of ,ho
11ility for vicious legislation csnno, b.
l1ed upon Any department. Of the State Gov
ernment;; The Governor cannot fairly be held
al do1 !EnrrorsE iegsaon Or I'M
Ter our present system he is mere figure
head, without Influence OF power.
Inc truth OF this statement needs no proof
% those who arc in tho habit Of visiting
springfield during tho sessions Of the General !
Assembly, and have observed the crowds Of ;
obby'sts attracted hero BY the rigging demand 5
most valuable franchises and grants Of public
property, and By the combination Of many in.
Se Ss'sts sb. nct secn e1s{hng {qt before ss them
then certain powerful railroad corporations 6
PRESENTED thnmaelres before tho General As- ;.
cmblF, demanding public property worth up-
TaEa OF two millions and half Of dollars.
~ franchises that amount to the ownership
I q large extent Of tho It Lake front. Of CHI
ago, Which are valuable beyond ordinary est
patton. This scheme WAS presented amid
bousand local billE, and Was made the central
cure q the group. Its agents took posses- ',
loh l q the seatsof members prompted some, y
inundated otherB, and carried everything be-
ore it, and carried the scheme that was in I,
fnded in the combination. Il
In TINS instance the General Assembly was
8 powerless as the Governor, and until sncciai t
eg'saton is cut up, root and branch, the Na- =
Q 9nsl congress and Presidents. and the Gene l.
eo1le are powerless before these extern
We combinations. The Influences invoked to
leet tho demands Of special interests take II,
ossession Of the treasury and divide it ont az i;
'oi1s. They place their agents in the Legis-
turo, and viii, when they choose, take pos s,
:ssion Of judicial places. We hayo it now in &:
II own power to restrict them, and subject q
ZEN to the control OF law, and
hen a another opportunity will present 81
s som, no man can ten. The ten 81
to tile destruction Of individual rights of
'er1y and property. To prove this, and for Ia
other purpose, cite tho revenue laws OF
Q United States, under which arrests arc .
aao sa,, and property seized in q manner that =
3n!d a. one time have provoked resistance in
y stare Of tie unson. while, according to =.
g modes practised in modern timee, proper j.
is taken and taxes leFied under State au- ~ ~
ority for purposes that until very lately wore e
ought to bo merely private and personal and
der modern interpretations OF tho constitu- ~
%, the people are taxed to build railroads, :
X coal shafts, erect bridges, canals, datus Sal
enbankments, and for many other pur- s4s
ses lot tho mere private benefit Of corpora nj
na ana individuals. and every county, city, +
Hnsmp, Y :! and town is Threatened with ruin. sks
s:.burdcncd people. The tramp Of tho tax -
[hcrar 1s fatal to liberty, disguise the matter
"e viii, and the people OF the Ststo NAV, by ~
! adoption OF the constitution, put some
IT upon tho necessary, though dangerous, "a
By the provisions of tie fifth article Of tho a9a
posed constitution. the Go feruor iB require to T.
to account to the General Assembly for all -
ney received by him, and also to estimate
the amount Of money that will be required A
bo raised by taxation for all purposes mni
Tho people, by this provision, If adopted, 3. =
secure the responsibility Of the Governor "'e'
all taxation and expenditures he may rec -
mend, and the General Assembly may Sc
9 for itself the credit that will follow tho ~~~r
uctlon OF his estimates, and must assume
responsibility Of increasing them.
or the first TIME in the history Of the State
s can be fixed.
= the third article Of the constitution uoany
ses y are corrected to which have not time All
uude, but will content myself with saving Il
II the convention had merely, after
months session, prepared aud then sub -
ed tne seventeenth, nineteenth. twcntieth, VA
nty-hrst, and the crowning glory, tho
aty-second, sections OF that article, it
ID have done more to advance political re-
as than could otherwise be done in twenty
=: vii, though conscious Of tho great i,
teenth section 81 tho Bin Of s
ITS which adds additional guaran- q
to private property, tho Railroad >,
1es the regulations limiting the compensa- -
Of county md other local officers and s.
! provisions that Indicate that the CON o
ion VAS imbued with al earnest spirit of :,
m, and conclude by saying that il the ~
people Of the State adopt the proposed
tltution and fill the General Assembly
earnest, independent men, they may
y expect the reign Of law instead Of tho
nion Of lobbyists and specuIstoys in q
lal privileges and in public taxation. -
n, with great respect, your obedient --
INT. JoHS H. PALMER. aan
A sad Affair.
Berlin, Prussia, letter Of June relates
sad story:
have to record the death by suicide Of q ~~~~
6 American, hailing from West Roxbnry.
;, "ho had been pursuing his musical IA