, 1873-01-14

live the productions or otIe1 UlauEues VI III
iustry are nearo1 the prices Of more recent
years; corresponding changes have not for:
somo causo affected ether industries. lna
State OF affairs cannot last long; the equill-
briuna viii come and then We ehall 30 o. better
Will a.s may e9 Esassat not boaTa the
laws Of trade are to be materially affected by the
laws Of Legislatures. But it is truo when any
great interest or enterprise Is based upon and
created tJ legislative enactment, aud owes its
origin to such source. thst II e@h never 1ns.ay
and influence OF tilat Law. It will, however. IN
all cases, bo bettar to hermonize conflict
ing interests according to the usaGes Of trade,
fair dealing, and q just regnrd Tor tho
rights ot others rataer tnan oer seem a. 70 soo
snuled superiority OF right or granted privilege.
Tho law never meant to giyo ono interest the
right to Cypress another, and no created OF
trumpod up necessity viii over be accepted es IN
tions by ono industry against another, By our
people it is felt to be hardship to paT the PICS
ent rates for the transportation Of their farm
products to market, and to submit to tue ols-
examinations levied upon them. II 1t be truo
thew a.o @ reasonably entitled to, upon freights
aud passengers, it will be strange tho5 snall
not speedily make them conform to the sensible
demands Of trade in this respect Il the laws OF
trado will not bring about this result, sone other
Inv will.
Fifty-four years hayo passed away since tho
admission Of Illinois into tho Union. We have,
in that timc twice altered and remotialod cur
Constitution, 80 thas it may be said VIC harehaa
three constitutions. It is aafo to Hay, taken I'll
together, each has bscn On improvement on tho
one it has supplantel. We now have compact
framework Of government in which is embodied
the experience OF years, and tue general TleWs
Of majority Of our people upon tho more gen
eral principles Of goyernmens to be foana N
State Constitutions. The last General Assem-
bly addressed itsolf to tho laborious duty OF
putting it into complete operation by providing
the necessary logiBlation for that purpose. E1-
porience will doubtless show that notifications
Of those lawe viii, from time nj to umo, pecome n,
lesisIation-to follow after the. deliberations OF
preceding bodies and mend up and alter what
has boon inconsideretely acted upon; repeal
what subsequent experience shows to DO I'M
proper or ueeloss; modify and amend that which
scefnB injudicious, as we'll as by original enact
ment to create now laws for and in rosponso to
new demands, or to meot increasing necessities
of the people. doubt not candid and tHpar.
tial review Of the legislation Of tho state would
shov tha. the peqd IS tba
ments OF human happinoss is largely attnputac
bio to this agency. know OF no country whero
the rights Of property, the safety OF private n
forests, and tho enjoyment Of personal liberty
arc more securely guarded than amongst our
own people BY our own laws. !,
|. There are certain principles Of government
which, go far as they affect US IN our political
relation rs State, are regarded Us fixed anu OF
constant application. AZ properly shan Dc Dc
carry on the government shall be rnisod BY tag
alton, The revenue cannot bo expended eaVo BY
appropriations mado by Law. Laws for almost
ali purposes shall be general and uniform. The
cause Of education too, ~ vel! rs the Fostering
of charitable ind benevolent institutions, are
rovv raco1ni1cd ns ncce.an3v subfent8 Of lc2Bla-