Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-04-22
Fled to The Ills,

peus, anu IL is eNluenG tneY are travelling
the direction of the Willow Springs The
cavalry will start ON flank movement. tLis
evening.
Scar Faced Charley is among the Modoc
slain. His squaw was captured. The lava
beds are now in possession. The troops are
in excellent spirits, and deserve great praise.
Adjournment of the State Senate.
Remarks Of Hon. ID. ID. Johnson, President
Of the Senate, announcing the hour of adj
journnsent.
Senators: Permit me, before we separate.
to congratulate you upon the faithful, earnest
and indefatigable manner in which you have
discharged your duties since NC met ON the
18th day OF November last. Called together
from all parts of the State by the sovereign
voice of the people, you at once entered upon
the discharge of the high trnst reposed in
you with zeal and patriotism deserving the
highest Communications.
The duties imposed upon you were of no
ordinary character The people of the State
in their sovereign capacity haze renodeled
their organic law, radically changing many of
its features, throwing additional safeguards
around the individual citizen, protecting his
private rights and securing lis public priv
ileges against the aggressions of an excited
populace. AT the same time you were chosen
to conform the statute law to The new order of
things. Ii has been the province of your pre-
decessors to indulge largely in private or local
legislation Bills were proposed for specifc
purpose. having local application ony, and
it framed to meet lie desires of its particular
patron, that was all that was deemed necessary
and it was easily passed. Not So with YOU
The constitution under which you are acting
forbids nearly all kinds of special legislation
Your laws must he Of general nature and
apply to all the people of the State alike-
You were required to provide for the general
prosperity and happiness of tho whole people
by regulating the privileges, exacting dutiea,
and protecting the rights of all, and hence.
every proposition must be thoroughly investi.
gated, aud closely criticised in all lis parts
To accomplish this work you met here on the
18th day OF November last, and on the list
of December you took recess until the lO;h
OF January. and have been in continuous ses-
sion until the present time. During char
period you have passed Que lund ed a, d
twenty>seven bills, originating in the Senate
and have passed thirty five hills originating in
the House of Delegates. Some of the most
important Of these bills are r.ovel in their
character aud heretotnte have been entirely
unknown in the legislation of this State -
Among these two railroad .rills-onc prn-
vioIng for the organization Of rairood com
paucs and the CONSTRUCTION aud r1eration vf
railroads. which passed the House of Dele.
gates and became a law the other re-. u!atinc
the rate OF charges for frrightS nd passengers
on Railroads. This bill was framed with
great care and was designed to efiactually res
lieve the people of tie State from hurdcnsome
charges and gross dIscrimnhtions against them
by Railroad monopolIes. And by it's passage
we had fondly hoped that we would secure to
the people the relief so earnestly desired and
so justly demanded. But the bill has not be
come law because the House of Delegates
has failed to consider and act upon it. You
have also passed many other important bills,
among which are the 'Asscssment bill. the
Tax bill and the bill in relation to justices and
constabies" which have not been considered
by the House of Delegates. But let lis hope.
that when we return here next October. these
and all other bills necessary to make our Code
OF laws strictly conform to the Constitution.
may be passed.
You labored uuder the difficulty of lceis>
lating under CONSTITUTIONS many of the rro-
visions of which has. as yet. received no iu-
dicial Interpretation. Being thus compelled
to rely upon your own Judgment. and exer-
clsing sound discretion, you have endeavored
ments Of the people and meet the demands of
justice.
The press aud people of the State, living
in profound ignorance of the character and
progress OF our work have eltthemseivcs called
upon to indulge in very uDkiud and severe
criticism upon US But being confident of the
love of justice of the masses, and willing to
abide by their Judgment, when they have
heard our cause, we cheeriuliy submit to them
the result of our lahors believing that while
they will fnd some things to condemn, they
| will find much to approve, realizing that it is
impossible to completely harmonze conflicting
interests, and therefore the result must be
brought about by mutual concessions aud com.
| promises.
Permit me, before We separate, to return to
you and each OF you my heartfelt thanks for
| the kind and courteous consideration which
have ever received at your hands, eliminating
in the complimentary resolution which you
have seen fit to pass Being called by your
unanimous voice to the high position of pre-
siding over your deliberations, have en-
deavored to faithfully and impartially dis
charge the duties of the Office Feeling that
| am the servant of this body, l have earnest
ly desired to carry out its wishes and maintain
| the rights of every one of it's members and
if J. have failed in this, the fault has heen of
'the head and not of the heart l know
not how to express my high appreciation of
the cordial support you have given ne iu the
discharge of the arduous and sometimes DIFF
fcult and delicate duties devolving upon me
as your presiding officer, and the courteous
and kind treatment which I have universally
received at your hands. And now allow, me
to wish to each and every one of You pros
porous journey to your homes and happy re-
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tain you longer, in pursuance of joint reso>
luton of the Legislature. 1 pronounce the
Senate adjourned to meet again on the Goth
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