Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-05
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e Story Tor RepudfaiOrs.

& Story for Regulators.
Thore is very interesting episode II the hl:-
tory OF Illinois which is ap;o2cs of the situation
in this State at the present timo. In her cary
DAYS Illinois was ambitious OF developing her re-
sources by grand system Of internal improve.
merts, The Illinois Canal WAS projected, ant
tho work of building i. carried out. The State
assisted the enterprise with bonds to tho amount
ofseVersl millions OF dollars. Hitef 10" Jesf5
these bonds came TO BIO regarded by the people
as 3 great burden. The State WAS poor, and
tho people found CREST difficulty in piying their
taxes. The interest on the bonds Wss not promp!.
~ met, and tho debt gradually grew, until Il
amounted to moro than seven nj lions OF dol
lars. Then thoro Was loud talk OF reputation.
A convention was called to meet At Springfield,
tho capital of the SLsto for the purpose OF repu-
dating the whole debt. Lyman Trunbull WAS
st tho head of the movement. ard repudlstion
was looked upon as an accomplished TACT Inc
value OF the bonds fell until they were REGARDED
as almost worthless.
The convention mot, snd the Reputation or.
dinance was prepared. It Tas about being
adopted when Stephen i. Douglass who was sick
at his hotel, asked to DO taken into tho conren
ton. 70 was carried on a Insttreas, and lying
on his back for % wss too III to sit up. he wrote
tue following resolution, which he offered as y
substitute for lha reputation ordinance: "Re.
solved, That lllincis will DO honest, although
she never pays cent Tho resolution took like
wldlire. 1t touched the hOpus. sentiment Of
every member Of the convention. twas adopt
| cd with the widest enthusiasm. II dealt death
blow 10 the reputation sentiment throughout
the State. The canal bonds Immediately sd-
vanced in value and il 3 shcrt time were quoted
ut par. kilograms were received from New
York that Illinois could have alI the money sho
| wanted. w hat was the result? Capital and
emigration flowed into the State and Illinois is
tG.hA u ! m
States in tho Union. Shc has moro miles OF
rsiTay than any CT the o:her States Her
broad prairies Rre on. grea. grain fold, ard ere
dotted with hundreds of thousands Of peaceful,
happy homes. Thriving cities AID beautiful
viilages sro found overy within her board-
crs. This is what honesty has done for Illinois.
Whist would population have done? -N':3 Or
leans Times
CcsTLY EUSIEESs-Now and taen, y. long
intervals, some one Of tho peoples servants telia
tales about tho way in which he ant his fellows
shuN, through the public business. Mr.. Thur
man lsst week made al Interesting revelation.
We quote from the Congressional Record:
Until tho last session co not recoEect, al
though il may GO daEec! Of memory at pre;cn.
q case OF the yeas and nays being c.l!c1 on ~
appropriation bill. There may have been such
an instance. but l csnno. recall j.. |. made 50
little impression on mo- Iho;e bilIs usually
tha surprise with which l saw an appropriated
bl making appropriations according to my
recollection, of about 81 CO0O pass this body
at the irst session ths! had IL s,at hero. Tner"
were in this Senate st tho Tina that Oil pAsse''
just four Senators
There was tho Senate. from Msino one
Fessenden) the chairman of tho CommLtcn on
Appropriations, who sal, il J. 1ecollcCt arlgh..
wnero the Senator from New York now sits.
There was the Senator from Iowa Mr.. Hsrlsn)
chairman of the Commiltol on Indian Atftir3.
1t WAS tho 1ndiLn appropriation bill. L won't
over and sst By the side of MIR. Fessenden while
tho bill was under consideration, end my friend
from Minnesota (Mr. Rs:nsop) sat in his soe!
over yonder and wrote letters. Velour were ALL
Mr. Conklng-Ho was writing to tho In
dians no doubt Great laughlcr.l
mir. Thurmsn-l do not know wh@l he WAS
writing about. There were iorr OF u.s. and va
voted away s., 9J0.C0J Of tho peoples money ut
that st!lng.
"Mr. Carpenler-Fivu hunLred thousand dol
lara apiece Laughter
MIR. Thurman-Fiye hundred thousand dol
lars apiece laughter We did not vote tina!
exactly, for there sat Mr.. Fessondcn with tina
bill before him, and there sal the Senator from
Iowa, the chsirmsn OF the Committee on Indian
Affairs with long list OF smendmenls TO ollar;
and when he offered an amendment MIR. Fos-
sender, if ho approved il. would nod, ana then
it went in :; he shook his head it did not go in,
for there could not DO vote; there WAS no quo.
rum. And 50 they two, with their mods and
shakes, shook out of tho treasury S2.COlOO.
[Lsug hter] Tha: is the way appropriation bills
too often pass, and generally do pass"
Costly business, this, for tho p .ople out o!
whose pockets the money comes.-N 7. sur.
MINISTERIAL VAcATIoNs.-Fh The question Of
ministerial vacations. which has recently been
under discussion in the Baptist Ministers Con
terence, 10 New York. is of special Interest
just now to a very large number OF persons,
for it is to BIO presumed that it is not only milo
listers themselves who arc concerned in II. but
the people to whom they are called to mlolster.
The subject was discussed very frankly aud lu
ly at the coufeTenc. referred to, aud quito
number of emphatic expressions OF opinion
we're elected. DR.. r. S. McAtthur. to whom
the topic OF the day, Hints for Vacation
was assigned. was very decidedly Of oTioion
that healthy minister cannot be said to need
an annual vacation. As for minister work
ing harder than other men he thought that was
nonsencc "rho average business man has 90
less thought, worry and work than tho city
PASTOR" Yet worse is it. he thought, "fcr
ministers to claim vacation Tor themselves 90
tn. ground that 10 the summer months II IS
impossible 10 get congregations" lie declared
1t to be the result OF long experience that ODD
gregsious decreased very little IN summer,
and that any minister who remains at home
and keeps his church opeu can hav, large en-
eregatiops 10 August. O;her members o!
the conference argued with DR.. NoArthur that
minister's duties were not more ouerous than
those of other men, aud slcprccated strongly
the idea Of closing the churches Tor summer
vacation. Df. Lodge, oa the other hand, said
THAT 10 three months minister docs harder
work than any lawyer 10 New York city lots
10 year" q statement which very few people
will be inciincd to accept. lie thought, more