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The Senate Convened In Extraordina

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5
Month
August
Year
1870
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ry siïHsioD, having nothing better to do, lus encoged in an at tempt to resasoitate the oonatitatioo of 1807, or the document which would have been a eonsiitution had the people so ordained. And tho committeea on State Affairg and Judiciary have r-ported that as aniendin a oonstitution - or propoaing an amondiiicat - by joiot reaolution is nol a legis ulive aet, tljis extraordinary gcsion of the Lf'gislature has juriadiction. If it is DOt a Irgis'atire act, what is it ? snd what buaioMi has the Legislaturo with il ? Is a judicial or un exccuíive act to bo proposed by a joint resolutioo of the Lesi"iiture ? or ia there á fotirth department to tlie Govcrnment ? Perbapa the committees regard the OonKitution as not a law, and, therefore to be ainendod by law-raakers, or put in proceas of amendmont, without an act of legisla tion. It mny be, a'so, that siicccs-ive Legislatures regarded the constttulion aa no law nd its provisión of no account, and on that ground enactod the aid lawg. That's tlie principie Congress has been oprratirg on for tome years. - The euggesíion in the report that "it (the document of '07) was the delibcrato and oareful tvork of a body of tren, the peer.i in intellect and good judgment of sny other equal number of men in the Htate," ia rather stale. It wiis gotten off an indefinite number of ; irnos during tho gesBion of the conven tion, and, beide?, wns fathcred on Gr.rn.KT and a hundre-d oiher members of the Neiv York convention which gat about the same time. - We regard the report in quejtion as a wenk specimen of special pieading and petty pettifogging, wholly unworlhy the five members who signed it. The Legislaturc now in session, without fint a special mefsage from Gov. Balbwin, ha just about as much jurisdiction in the case as a oountry debating school, and no mor. - We should also differ widely with the committees as to the auperiority of the so-called consiitution of 1867 over the one now in foroo. And, if we mistake not, one of the gigners of the report became disgusted with the convention and its bantüncf, did not vote for it in that body or affix his signature to it, and voted acainst it when before the people. What new light bas uu received ? - Let ua supposo thia sotwnir of 1807, this costly picce of waste paper, Kubmitted by piece-meal as tho Senate committees propose, and a portion of its artiole adopted tod aoother porti'n re jected. lts arrangement is very differont frorn tho present sonstitutioo, correcponding Motiono are found in different mieles, :h bill of rights n n omnibus bill gstf-r.rtrt nr rc:ipouudrd froai 11 the otlier srticlei, aod other transfer are both niinicious and important We might possibly find a patch-vrork conglitution on our hands thst noither the fabled Philadulphia lawyer nor the relicta of the wise men of 'ü7 could tuke tho kiuks out of, with some sections duplicated, with others entirely lacking, and with others contradiotory and irreconoiluble. The schemo beats Don Quixote in his own rol. Tus Congressional JRepublican campaign committee has levied a tas of one per cent. upon all officu-holders throughout tlie country, to aid in carrying the State olections. Their circular, gigned by "Zacuariaii Cuandleb, Joh H. Kktcham, J. H. Peajt, Jr , Finance Committeo," sayg tho oampaign "promiseï to bo contested witii moro tlian usual activity by the Democratie party." Tho d.-spised, dead a;id buriud Democratie party, the garroenti of whiuh, now flaunted in the pri-Henco of depar'.ment olerk?, postmasiers, revenue officers, etc, are expected to produce the sinews of war and keep Senators and Representativos in their places 1 What next ? Is not t ii f Trihun mistaken when it ttwerts that nu amendment anthorising future municipal aid "is preoisely eucli i prnpo8Ítinn as the fStüt;: of Illiito's has just voted upo ?" If our inforniation i is onrreot tke [Ilinois propoeitioa wan uot (nieof permituwn, but r:itler -oue ol striot prohibilio. Tliis is tho way it rca1 "No connty, city, town, I ■ ■-. lp, or other munlclpAlity, shall ever become a i I iiny rail;oi'porni ion, or make dooatlonto, of loan ü.t credit in nul of, any such inition." li' tb at "iutboVizea futuro municipal did" wtiiit bvrguago could huvo forhidden it? - Again, t!ie Tribune says : "Our new corsti'ution, when Bubmitteil to the eleotorj contained it, nnd our citizens hsra lioi-n aoting undcr tlu sapposilion tb at our preeoct tonstitutiin permittei munioipal aid." The vory reason wliy it in nnnocosiwrT to submit the Batan propoyition ügain. The people have passed upon it and voted t down. The tnunicifi.-il aid soction of tho conatitution wns more cbargenblo w i tli tho defeat of 'hnt itistrurucnt than any other provis:on in U aavo tiio fuffrage article. To reaubmit it nnd havo it 8g;ii;i Totod down f ii'y learen us v ith the present oonstituiion, which is construed one wi.y by tho Tribune god ita nid condjutors, and the reverso by tbe Supreme Court. - Will tho Tribune favor the submission of nlternstive propositions : one perrnicsory and the other prohibitorv ? Thnt incthod would at least r.ffer ■ chance to gut an artio'o wbich would bo deiinito, and not relying for ita (iootruction npon the prtvent Supreme Court, whioh m:iy be recomtrueted tcith a purpose ulienever the railroad ipeeulatort thall 8) ordain. The Now York Tribun has nudo up the rcoord of the lst session of Con gress, giviog t ho timo eacli mernber was absent at roll oal!, and the Dumbr ol day.s absent altojrether, with the nuniber uf bilis iníroduced by each. Tlio Itepresentative-i from thia State are crdited as follows : Daya Ab. at No. Wils barnes. absent, ruil culi. lutroJ'd F. C. Beaman 1U 80 A.ustln Blair 14 53 . 3 Omar 1). Conger.. . 3 5 f T. W.Ferry 17 105 ( W. L. Stoughton.. 15 45 10 R. ötrlekland 57 64 43 The billa are divided, 86 private, 37 publio, and a email proportion of either wero papsed. Clerku in tbe departmentn and laborera in navy yards and on pub110 works nre aiuleted for nll lost day and hoorg, but tben as they get the enorinous wHgea of from S600 to 1,200 a yiü'.r tiicy can sfand it. As Congrcsadien ge!, bui 85,000 a ynor - md have but half of eaeh year to ttend to tiieir owii business, if they have or are compatent to manage oue - it would bo very ■mail business to witbhold a portion of their salary proportioneel to their nb80CC9. The riob. tax-payers wouldn't thiuk of doing that, never. They like to pay taxes too well The enthusiastio friends of Gapt. Bcrrows haring sought to hnprovu bis chancos by slandering Gen. Stougiiton, lbo present member, Mr. Burrows - excuse u, "Capt" - don't see that they are aecomplishin the design, and so cmes out orer his ovvn signaturo and refutes their most lively "Itoorback," that ie, t'iat for tho insignificant eum of 8-Í35. filthy lucre or groaay greeDbacks, Stouohton had proonred a place in the Government Printing Offico for one RouiNSON. BuBROWB prouounees the "nan Nasu," who niakes the charge, "uttcrly unworthy of belief." And now tLishow of a just generosity toward an opponent will bo counttd s a "ten strike" for BuBitowa. Service unbought is o rare in the ranks of Radical offioeholdrs or seekers that Bohbovs hopos bis disinteresti-d (?) virtuo will brand him a parngon of perfection. But, will bis obief baoker, Thomas O'VVard labor for him with the more zenl for t hls voluuteer effort to spike ono of the heavy guns of the oampaigo ? ÏHJ "Hon." RODBRICK 11. BüTLB, of Tenneesee, vvho was caught in Rolling oadetships.but Iet oT with mild eonsure - Whittimore having boen made, in a spasm of 1'ndical virtu?, the seapcgoat for that clas of offenrlers - is ag'iin 111 pickle, or bid.s (air to ba. It is [ïow charfíed that he bas drawn pensions for partios for whom ho had acted as attorney, and forgotlen to pay over tho mouey. Ono poor Nortb Carolina widow is said to bo a sufforor to tbe extpnt of nearlv 8473. More than this treuch erous memory, the charges afso "inolnde haring reooived money duo to other parties, upon papers believed to have boen forged by tbis member or some olher person x with his knowledge or connivance." "An agent of the census bureau" bas boen sent to "iutorviow'" bint, and if tho "explatiation" - wint bosh - is not satisfactory the "agenl" miy prove an officer, and "he will be arrestod." - Hundling tbe sinner with gloves, we shouli.i Biy. - For tho satisfaction of any wlm may be curiou in tho matter, we uiay bejustiöod in snying tbat Butler neither a "copperbead" nor a Detnocrat. Last week wo stated that the rcdoubtablo Gen. SoHBSCK, of Vicnna faino, had decliüed a re-e!ection to Con gress, inforiDiriij his cor;stiluents that he couldu't fford to servo tliem longer - at $5,000 yar and "stoalint's." It ia now our psinful dutj to report that another Ohio Radical, Hon. J. J. Wi1 of the 7tli district, hoa found that the air at Washington is not salubrious, and positively denlines to be a candidaíe for re-election. We have a laint recolleotion cf liaving some timo or othcr heard about "rats lurtving a siuking ehip." Can it possibly bo tbat BonEKCK and Wixans have heard tho tamo irite tiiaxim, and havo chosen to iimtato tho instiiictive wisdom of the rodents ? Tu : tea of eonstitutionally legaluing tho municipal railróad nid bonds enrno.l, nn 1 pasa 'd info tho hand? of iiinoci ;.t Lioldoru or third Mtüe?, prior to tho decisión of ilio Suprorne ÜOUrt, lnv : ?s unen tne ( ble claims the kolders havo for paym mt. C ■, are tbere no equities to ho urcii in I of tho di'i . otors and tax-payerfl of t'iu tuwn or eitj aa sgainst the boud1'- ? T.lliC tilt! Vüry 0886 d by the Supremo Coort, A bnie : ty of the electora of the town of votin:; - an abs ■,' t,f ths elcc; aid toten - rotodin faror of the proponed aid. The electors who roted ho olaimed tluit the principie w8 wrong, that tbe sr.t svhb unoonstitutiona1r that tluy had no money tn inv railrouds, and ihat b bors eould invest t hei r own luonov bnt bad di to compel thfiii to subscribe stock or ny tasci for uch purpose. Now wfaat equitable claim could the boldar of the Salem bon de - had tlicy been issucd - hae ie large minoritj of taxpayera who were in uo way rospausible for the issue? Can lol of the 300 electora of a town - or in manj casca a le-s d amber - ooutraot an illegal dcbt under an unoonstitutional nul v.iid law, and then get tho constitution amendfd and tho aot legalaed, aud bold the 149 wlio hsre uonc ererything posaible lo protect their rights for tiio paymeot ? Is that equity ? As yet the Lgislature bas not acconiplished the o!'j;'Ct for wbich it wnx coiiTent'd in extraordinary .essicn. The joint oommittee haring tbe conatitution in charge agreed upon two ani'-ndtueuta : one legaliziog, -vrithout ony furlher aotion of the Legislature or interested tnunioipalitiet, all bonds voted or ssued prior to tb.e decisión of tho Supreine Conrt, pivin tho iucotnp!etcd roads until .M;iy 26, 1S7.! to earu thcm, ind one providing for luture aid in the sum cf öve per cent. T!:o resolutiona prciposcd bave been materially amended in eitber house, and it is uselesa to speculafo on what the icsult will be. A few will teil. - A bilí b:is been passed by bolh branches - at tha suggestion of the Governor - egahzing the tnx rolls of certaiu oountiea ; alsn, one providing for the return oí certain "social statistics" in aid of tbu United State3 cencus. One iapenüng amending a law of last ee.";.n relativo to bydraulio water works in cities. - It is not nccesiry to lumber up our columns with the daily jourunl. It íh nr;w uudcr?lood that Gon Siikridan bas gone abn-ad not s a gover;imeot inipeoting agent, but to offer bis sorviocs to the Emperdr of tho Fruneh. In fact, tbe cable roportí, in advance of hU .'irrival out, tbat his word bas been tenderod, snd respcotfully declincd. - One would naturally think that Gen. SiiKBiDAN, during tha war of tbe reti, tiuppleinentod by the Indian war in wbieh he hss been an activo p:rticipant, bad seen enough of bloodsbeil and c:irnage to satiato oven bis thirst. 15ut there is no accouuting for taste, a rerasrk whiob ma}' iilso be app'iicable to tho Lieut. General of (he army of ibe United Sutás effering his services in ti subordínate position, and aa;aint a nation with whicb bis country is at peace. Beforo taking this stop he should nt the least hvê resigaed bis oonomission and salary. Tin: groat oocan yacht face, between tbe Cambria nnd Duuntless was tonninat; ed by tbe arrival of tho yacbts at New York on the 27th u!t. The Cambria passed the Sandy Hook light ship at 3. :ö P. M., and the Dauntlcss 1 hour and 40 minutes luier. Tho Uauutlêa6 encountered a gale three diiys out, lost two men overboarri, and stoppod two bours in a vain seareb for thetn. Sbe took tho noribera nnd more stormy courso, and also tba longer one by naar 200 miles, which faets aro rendered as excuses for her defeat As all accidenta and storms sfiould enter into the cak-ulations in advance, it is beat to claim no drawbacks but to concede defoat. Eettor luck next time The County elections wero hdé tbroughout Kentucky on Mcnday, and despite tho predietion that lbo Democraoy was to bc burit-d under the negro vote, tho Buccess of the Domocratic candid-itos was general. Tbe Tribune beadx its dispatehes, "The Dutch have taken Hilland." The negrous vctcd without oppositiou, and ara even reported au making good repcutttrs - Itiidical, of oourse. - The State oloction in North Carolina took place yesterday, but we go to press without any returns. If the üadioais have not carried everylhing thoo Gov. Holden bas m;ide a misdeal. Ilowever, the Demoorats hoped to gain two membors of Congress - in wbich event bey could count thrte. iM4 - ?- -■■ . Tiikük in a msss of contradictor y and tentary dispatohes from Francp, Prussia, lid the Rhine, with indications of somethlng decisivo Foon. As yet, England, líussia, Austria, and the other powers maintain their neatrality, buf bow long before they will join iu tbe Tray is unccriain. - Therc have been peveral skirmlshes, and Sasrbruck was stormcd and captured by tho Freneh on tbe 3d, vith slight losscs to both ai dea. - Both sides arecalüng out every cfVctivo man ind great sluughter is premi.scd. Sucb is oivilizatíon. Thk Washington correspoudent of tbe S'ew York World figures out - satiafao toriïy to hiuifelf at least - a Democratie majority in the neit House: that is, Oemocrats, l0 Republicana, 112. We lope bc may not prove a false nathemaician. Befora tho bondholders sIim.11 bo per■1 to recover of tho inenting eiectors let tlicm c!if.)i co their equities againat tho right parties. Their Sret remedy lies against the railroad oompony wliich paid or sold ihom bond rhich were wortbless ab inüio. Fa thoro - is tliej will net f tho oomp are not as worthleaa aa the bonds - lel tbem havo a remedy againat the eleciors who v;ted ia fuffor of aid. Failiu , wo sujigest that they take proco.-h againat tho meinbms ui thu Legislaturas who vuted for the unoonatitui laws a:id the Governors who igned theui, Gov. iJAi.LivviN bas confutscd judgmeut, already, by protiouncing the priuoijilo wrmig, and the Senator and KeiicsontativeB ühüuld havo known bettar tlian to anuct sui-h laws, eapeoially Hfter the vetoes of Gov. Crai-o. Th ru may not be tquüij in our aal propoei ioi , but there is certaiuly as much a iu h ldiüg electora who v-otcd nijaiast aiü respetable, and requiring them to pay thoir bharo. Aod'tfae constitutioo tiukereis e.m as ss'ly and eqaitably provi e for the oau cae :s tiie otlier. u if legislators sbull be made responsible for bad and wroug legislatinu wu shall get teu of it. - There is just as littlo in huo ti'i ory lioiug riised about "tho bonor of the Sta"e bcinn; at o take" .- in thi t nbout the "equity tights of the innootni bondholders." The State baa oot pledged ïi credit, its finanoial honor ie not at stnko, and the failuru of scu : towM8 and tnunieipiilitieH to pny a niillion or so of dollars on bond- ill ■■- ly votcd a.id iilegally issued will not tarnisb tho good n-une of the State in tho least. The dithonor, if any, comes (rom havins; such Legislaturea and such loose legislatioD. That'8 the ppot to put your finger on. AÑS now " tiie cat is out of the bap.' Tt was " old Zack " Rome times calleil the ' Marqnia of Miohigan " who incit(d tho President to remove .Mr KfoTLiT, in fact demanded his he ld in i oharger. Mr. Motley didn't mal o buste to introtjucö Ciiandí.er to the Q icen, didn't givo tremendous dinner parties in Ii is honor, at d in fact is reported to ba-e snubbi'd hhn, wliüo Motley's servants fail d;i biv down before the lion iqnelcher's - lïri t i-b lion, we mean - coloro 1 attendants in livcry "Iu treadin on Ohaxdler's corns Muti.íy fíirgot that a gr-;it man was as powerful to avenge injuries as a snake in the grass, and bitter is the rcward of po treachnroug r memory. In tho sublime langnage of tbe mmortal pnet : " Uig aches ft-om littie toe corns grow." Motlxv will do reverence to Chanpler when nest tbe opportuuity does ofIer. ■ TiíE N. Y. Evening Post thuH comii,ctits on tlio Domioation of Hon W. II. A&H8TRON&, for re-eleotioo, by the Bepublicaoa of tho 18th Penneylvanra District; " Helias voted in Congres Fteadily in favor of monopoly, and when a Iarge major.ty of Coiigrtssaieu songht to cut down the infamóos ta't robbcry be votcd with MoCartht against the p-cplo. Tho Rppublic-n party will, thcicfure, loso notlii:g if lio is defrated, as there Beo'mB a chance, vrliilo the ponple at larjje will giiin." So mote it be. ii ii i Tuk 2'ri'jiinc eau notsco wliat poeiblo objoctioii ipy out) eau !;nvo to the Biib.Inisoll of a constitutional aniriiiíuiciit authorizing ftiture muoicij al aid to railroiids We will givo it one. Voted down- as ihere is not a slindow of iloubi it VTOllld be - nothiilg would bc setiled The Legislature a', its noxtsession wonl i only have to reconstruot the Öupreme C urt, - a Radioal practico, - retire Juilges Oampbell, CiiitisTiANCY, atid Coolet, appoiat Ebnt, Walkbb & Co. to their plici'B, order the lat tlccision roversed, aud sturt th railroad bill in motioD ander tho constttution as it is. Does the Tribune see the point ? At ïïi'idwir, Vermont, on the 30th uit , several Fenian oflicers having pleid!(i gnilty, in the United States Circuit Ciurt, to a charge of violating oiir neutrality lawe, were Bentenced as follows: Gen O'Neill, two years ia jirisnn and a fine of 810 ; Col. John H. Bbown, !) monilis iropiis.mment ;mJ a (ine of 85 ; Cupt. Munaiiax, fíx montha in prison and a fine of SU. Do the court records of Enpland oootain evidenoe f any ooovictioiiB nr oven proeecutions undor tbe neutral ity !aws? Tur New York Tribune calis upon Attorney-Gener; 1 Ackbiiman, the trict Attorney, the couris, to prosecute poor Whittbmobe, convict and pu;.i-li bim so tliat the nt'xt üongress m:iy bi saved tlio disgraoo of his (iresepce. It patbetioally doses its appeal witli : " Open the penitentiary donrs for liim and iet us huyo in cml of WhittbMORB, ' So plentiful aro the tigs in California ihia eoason that it vv.ll pot pay togather and soiid them to the [f s lu underetand drjring auI ackiog t!n;u would publinh a re] e, ihey would enfor i bene.it on those wlin have quantitie8 on hand that are spoiling on the trees for the want of koowledga tu prcperly preserve theui. Tl is naid lliat tho very firat ii:lit of i t!ju wouicn refarmen availed ti-.cmgelve is that of saying " D - n it." The of gayiog "cusa words" is ly regscded as ose ol the most ble by the women who hT au :t;i.bi:iou to UDt-es thuiiifclvcs. The most elleetivo powers of the Radical p::rty are - monopoly, oppresflion, vcnality r.nd ignoran C6. These 'iuto the daadraple deity oí !. calism. Gideon J. Tucker Img becnniH sole editor oí the New York Demacra t. Mr, Tuoker is one of tho q biest political writers in tbe Empire State. The average expenses of tho government i'or tho last two years havo been 67. Is cot Badiualism n luïury ? Qrant's polioy ïe naid %o be - his rcelec-tiou to the PreMtluncy and tlio removal of the Capitol to Long Brancb.

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