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Tmn*®iAY, January 90, 1842.The President laid before the Council a communication of His Excellency, which was accompanied with the petitions, Ac., of the people of Brown county, upon the subject of sheriff for that county, transmitted in accordance with a resolution of the Council. The following is the letter of the Governor; *“ To the Legislative Councilof ilui Territory of Wisktmsan:By n resolution of the Council this day passed, the Executive is w requested to communicate to the Council all jie-titions,remonstrances and other documents in his possession, relative to the appointment of Sheriff in B^pwn County.”In compliance with this resolution, letters, petitions and remonstrances in favor and against the appointment of T. Charles Morgan, and George VV. Eawe, are herewith submitted, being all the documents in my possession on this subject.I'beg leave to ask your attention to the following sentence in the letter of resignation of Mr- TulUir, the late sheriff, which I hope will lie satisfactory to the Council-Mr. Tullar says: 411 appointed 1\ Cliarles Morgan,Under Sheriff, and agreed fora substantia! consideration to relinquish the busine.-j of the office to him, but inasmuch as I am the responsible person, I should prefer to resign at once, */*it would be agreeable to your Excellency to appoint him {in) my stand. ’If the Council will refer to the Enquirer newspaper, it wifi find that Mr- Pa we is an applicant for the insolvent or bankrupt law of the Territory. *air. ! J‘ D* DOTY.iJie ■ Executive Office, ‘ Mudisoiiy Jan. 19,1S42.” j ^ Mr. Strong moved that the Secretary ind be directed not to spread the letter upo n the Li ve j ou rnal, b ecause i t co ti tained matters w h ich the Council had not called for, and which it was not proper for that body to give pub-l licily to.id?, Mr. Arndt hoped the motion would not prevail. The Governor, he said, had been * al called upon for his reasons for making cer-tai if appointments, and for not making oth-. cl's ; and now when they had driven him ein j to give his reasons, it was not fair to vole d a ; to expunge them, or. keep them from the journal. The Governor in his letter had given the Council to understand why he had not appointed T. Charles Morgan or George W- Jjiwc to the office of Sheriff*of Bro wii. co □ aty, in accord anc e with tte re-comraendations of tho peop Je. It was proper, under the circumstances, that he should thus give his reasons, and he. did not now wish to see. them treated ia the way that the gentleman from Iowa had proposed.— 'Sir. A. iviude acirhe additional rcu»r;i»-ia ! which he was somewhat declamatory,when Mi'. Maietin rose and said he could see no reason for so much fume anil fury ns had been exhibited by his colleague upon this subject. He did not suppose when the gentleman from. Iowa had made the motion, that it would meet with any serious opposition. In seconding it, however, and in wishing its adoption, his reasons were different from those of the mover. He uid not now wish to enter into a discussion of the relative situation of the Council and Governor with reference to removals ami appointments—this would be out of place at the present time.If he (Mr. M.) had understood correctly the reading of the Governor’s commoni-ration, but a short extract had been given y him from the letter of Mr. Tuilar, and :hU) ia such a way as to induce the im- 0 jression that in resigning his office to Mr. Morgan, he had done so for a a valuable consideration.” He had seen and read the . utter of Mr. Tulls»r to the Governor enure, and he did not put such a construction ;:■$ this upon it, and he did not think it would properly hear such a construction.He understood it in this way. Mr. Tuilar had made Mr. Morgan the under sheriff,; nd the “ valuable consideration” was re-lt; iiired of the lattor,because upon the shoul-i era of the former, so long as he was the sheriff, were all the responsibilities rnd liabilities of the station. To he re-1 eved of this responsibility, Mr. Tullar 1 ad resigned his office in lav or of Mr.Id organ, and had solicited the appointment fir him. This consideration was for the c fijce of Under Sheriff, and had no reference to the appointment of Sheriff. As he considered an improper version of Mr. Tul-: l.sr’s language had been given, he did not wish to see the communication of the Executive placed upon the journal, unless the letter if Mr. Tullar accompanied it. If. a ly were to be given, he wanted the whole g ven, and if not the whole, he wanted nine. It would be wrong to give ooea’de without giving the other.Politically, Mr. M. said he had no feul-ii g on the subject—the. parties were all v big?, and he hoped they would not injure e ich other. He did not wish to give the C evernor, because he happened to be in a h gh station, an advantage over his more himble friend Mr. Tullar. lie would h ive no objection to having the communi-cr.tfon of the Governor placed upon the jc um.il, if the letter of Maj. Tullar was p aced there with it. Otherwise he should.:After further remarks by Messrs- Arndt ■ ai id Strong,on motion of Mr. Tweedy, the ! j, si .bject was laid on the table. | ^The President laid before the Council a j, communication from the Secretary of the i n T srritory in answer to a resolution calling 1 ^ u ion liim for certain information with refer- ' e; .ce to to the qualifications of H. L. Ream, hi to treasurer of the Territory.Reports.
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