Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-05-12
POLITICAL.

4 s1o-t gr,ra session q the SsIa-e is preii-t.
e.. because the member viii lot slow genera
sebate ia open session, an there Is little temp
tatoa % much f..sech-makin- IL secre, session
when the GI0t. cannot scatter tbe debate over
the country.
o. the rEeu--- roo Southern Sens;ors 10 Coz
rrsss. only nine are Of Northern birth. aud o.,
+ Of these is 8 de=5--l- %. The ffry- nine south
err Representative. fo-ty-oue src natives o. the
Southern States and Only nine are Eortae7ns-s
Gni Of this number Of Southern Representative.
tveuty-eieht ars ez-afissrs Of the Coufeisracy
So much TO- the talk abou, Northern oarpei-
bsgrers
With the exception % the questions involved
IL the institution Of slavery. 81 would be difi-
. cult TO name any on which the democratic r5-
cord and the democrats arguueu, were nc,
good on both sides. tt mas been much a. the
late Senst1- Powell. Of Kentucky. said Of that
stste, when ths enrolment bill wss under con
sidsratan. xmas bis constituents had little inter
est il 81, for the quota Of Kentucky was fal. by
voluntary enlistment. OF both cider
The New York legislature passed 8 till sp-
propristiag scout $4,000 in aid o. various
private charities IL tbs. state, Of which aore
than So. 900 goes 20 institutions controlled by
Catholics while IN nssrly al the Others a. least
two-thirds Of the ium,tss are from the Catholic
population OF the t-z,s, estimstsi by the Erea-
ing Post at lesf than 100000 out Of nearly -four
ami hall millions.
The Clarks7ille lNlo.) Sentinel is something
Of a democratic organ and prophet IL its wsy,
and under some peculiar inspiration 1t says.
The democratic party is widely divided upon
the question Of tariff. and We do not see how that
csn re made 8 nations. issue The demgcrscv do
not intend to 20 into the coming contest With
one single idea They mean 70 csrry their
grievances IN zone hau1, the fifteenth amend
ment, the enforcement Law. the Ku-kluz bill.
tariff class legislation and Capitalization and the
ballot IN the other, and they mean TO become the
attacking party They hyve ceased to trembe
ST the name Of loyalty. and 10 be frightened
away from their principles by the hang-do- s-y
Of rebel and secession
Illinois II agitate5 over curious c9ns.itu-
tionsl question. The legislature has voted not
to adjourn sine de this spring. but 10 take
reress and nset again On the 7th Of November
a. Chicago. The evident intent Is 70 separate
without taking action on the State House sppro-
pristion and some other bills which the Governor
deems Of such Importance that be mad intima-
ted his intention 60 convene the Legislature IL
extra session II csse Of a failure TO act on them
Il Is 10 cbeckmste this move that the Legislature
takes recesE. The Legislature it theoretically
in session during the entire interval from now
til November. snd Il Is contsniei On the one
hand thsJ the Governor can 10 more interfere to
compel the Legislature 10 sit for business during
this recess than if the tern Of adjournment were
but fortnight On the other hand. it is said
that the STATE constitution provides thst the
Governor shsl have the power to cal together
the Legislature when there is 81 emergency. and ]
that the wisdom OF this provision has been dem
onEtrsted by repeated experience and If
legislature can evads the performance Ct It's
duties by taking recess Ct many months, il can
practically nullify tie constitution. The anomaly
Of extra session, in the midst OF a regular
session, would certainly be new thing in iegis-
alton.