, 1870-04-19

tag shan pay into sas ssass Treasury
$4,000 = year IN excess Of her proper
rTcpertlon Of sna burdeus OF tho ssaae
GaIe;anent il the County q ssngalnon ,aIets5 =
tlxes tfat should pass into tho Ssate I1eAsas5.
that tloo .00D mus, be made sood oy the Counv Of
Mclean 1n addition y her own p;opof9ns o. ,ss
extent OF every subscription to rallways IN every
portion Of this State In which money is sote.l nn-
M taxed to make good the amour, 70 diverted
feora the stats Treasury SAY, therefore, II is
question OF peculiar interest 70 every taxpayer ia
raiIp ot nc sasa ef flnnals: and TIC ptopes Term
Ct determining Tits question Ii that proposed BY
OF the people, all telng interested In it
and lct them pass upon 1t at the ballot,
Thy Esn,sas1 n, trom Msliea.y !Ar churca1.
1he minority and give It to lhr,i ptTson-1 sAy,
NOT raising thls grave question, wh.ch lies behind
nc nrorosiuon un.ler discussion, bus accepting
Inc general proposition TINT such may I've done
then this Is proposition 10 BE- voted upon directly
and slts1t from the main body OF the constitution
understand one otltctor to sar that II Ibis art
defeat OF the constitution low 30: II lhia artl-
cle "a carried, Il will be portion Of the e1tstnx
constitution. Voting down the new constitution
and adopting this article, gives It no more validity
than voting down The new constitution and ADOPT
inS this article 1t therefore stands and falls upon
II II receives the Eanction OF a majority OF the
eaeciors, II becomes u part Of tho constitution,
whether It is the ol or the new nne II Is voted
falls By tho vote cast for or against tue new one
Hence, this il separate And Independent prupq-
siuon, and must not, and should not, be entaaRted
with tho constitution proper; anu that AZ under
stand, ts shc purpose OF the committee who IT,
isortcdiL
DO not propose TO enter into discussion on
the merits of the question. Ny purpose ID rising
tkat fY,f YSnlr t1r$k $krE~
fr.,ln Fultpn {Mr- Ross, and some othc7n, that
this was Il nnttcf which was uObodya business
hut that Of the mere locality voting bonusses 10
ia a parts Of the State it Is ahautd 70 aF1n that
acsnnty, city. ora township, Is an independent
portion Of the STATE, or is q sovereignty in an.
town has more right to set itset up against ,e
will ef the State In this matter, than II would
hlrc to enact laws Independent OF the State Legts
lature-
cannot understand how any lawyer can atflrn
TINT s,y local municipality has rights that arc moi
common 10 the people Of the State, md 1lot unel
e %e % 5ot 4eensnzc t n
powers within our State, and two thoii
n en- esnt2 qTIhes es pr]ssnst; ]
paltles, fur local purposes, certain power: Bu
sesona these, they have none whatever. Whit
ever authority counties and other local tnuncl
Ians, they derive from the State Government, an,
| nowhere else 1ntlIsiduala may donate thel
money TO whutn they please, has political corpora
| lions cannot vote taxes and mortgages on tn
rNrertv ei the peorlr without aiIvct a,A expres
authority from the sovereign power Of th
| State.
Itik, therefore, question that interests all pol
! unrh os the state, whethts any municipality sha
yotc Hratutle6 10 private corporations, aud dive1
portion Of the State taxes from the STATE Trca'
| ury TO psy the interest and principal on bonds
| voted. And thls Ia not party question, and cat
not TIC made such, hut Is highly important peel
n!arS proposition. which interests every tax-payt
| Iect 1t prcscnt