The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-20
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IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DECISION,

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Continental Insurance Company, from
the Circuit Court for Wisconsin, In mi,
case the decision In the case OF the Home
Insurance Co. vs.. Moore is reafiirmed
that an agreement to abstain in all cases
from resorting 10 the circuits Of the
United States ia void, as against public
policy, and that statute Of the State Of
Wisconsin requiring such an agreement
la In conflict with Constitution Of the
United States, and ia therefore void.
The present opinion also takes the fol.
lowing ground: The State has right to
impose any conditions for the transaction
Of business withinits territory, by aninsur
ance company chartered by another State
il they are not in conflict with the Consti.
tuition OIL, laws Of the United States, 1t nav
entirely exclude such companies from its
territory, or having given license, may
revoke it for good cause or without
cause. The motive or intention Of the
State is not open to inquiry. The com.
pAny has no constitutional right to trans.
act business in such a state, and hence
its exclusion 'therefrom, for whatever
cause, violates no constitutional right.
The right Of exclusion belongs to the
State, and the means by which L accom-
pli:hes the result are not subject of iu.
dicial inquiry.
Justice Hunt delivered an opinion dis
senting from Justices Bradley, ,swayne and
Miller.
TlIEsouTHERN QUESTION IN THECABINET.
It is learned at the Executive Mansion
that there is no probability Of decision
being reached tomorrow concerning the
Southern question, although it will then
doubtless be brought before the Cabinet
and its formal consideration commenced.
There will be at least one other session Of
the Cabinet held before the matter is ful.
ly determined. An additional Cabinet
meeting may probably be called for Wed.
nesday. The President up to this even.
ing has not found himself able to approve
Of any Of the plans which have been
suggested 10 obviate the apparent
necessity Of an extra session Of Congress.
He however shares the general desire OF
all parties TO discover some means, II
any exists by which the army can be
maintained without calling u session Of
Congress, and although, he considers all
plans that have been suggested, INSULT.
cient or impracticable, he will not final.
ly decide the matter till after u, further
consideration withthe members Of the
Cabinet.
It's officially denied that any appoint.
ment OF a Pubic Printer has yet been de.
termined on.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, General
Butler, OF South Carolina, and Repre.
sentatives Long and Ellis, OF Louisiana,
had, this afternoon, an interview with
Attorney General Devens on the situation
in South Carolina and Louisiana. Sen.
ator Gordon suggested that the logical
sequence OF the situation compelled
either the withdrawal Of the troops from
the State Houses or the holding of the
State Houses against both goth govern.
ments; that the Administration refuses
TO recognize either Of the governments
in either Statenand that therefore, if the
troops were not withdrawn they must Of
necessity and logically be used to keep
these State Houses rs neutral ground;
that il w.'s moi and could not be
logically consistent TO say that neither
government should be recogniz-
ed by the administration, and vet
10 keep one government in poss-
ession oil the State Houses and the
other government out. lie insisted that
there was no answer 10 this conclusion,
but urged the withdrawal Of troops not
from the States at all, but simply from
the State Houses as the only course con-
sistent with non intervention and free
from embarrassment. General Butler and
all present united in the assertion that no
disturbance could or would occur. All
these gentlemen stated that the
agricultural interests Of these two
States were seriously injured by
the delay. Immediately after the in
terview Senator Gordon saw the Presi-
dent and presented like considerations
for as prompt consideration as possible,
and was told by the President that the
question would at once be taken up and
disposed Of. Itwas the one thing now to
be first considered.
A delegation from South Carolina, con-
sisting Of Senator Patterson, Senator.
elect Corbin, G. G. Bowen, II. G. Worth.
lngton, G. J. Cunningham, Mayor Of
Charleston, J. p. Low, G. W. Waterman
and I. NJ. Canton, had an interview with
the President this afternoon.
General Worthington read from manu-. |
script his argument, urging that Govern
or Chamberlain be recognized as the legal |
Governor OF the State. Several other
gentlemen presented their views orally, |
and the President at the conclusion Of
the audience said he would submit tho
whole matter to the Cabinet.
In reply 10 question from Senator
Patterson whether it was true, as stated |
by some, that the troops. are to be removed
Immediately from the State House, said
it was not true the statue quo would be |
maintained until a final decision was |
reached.