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It was decided to introduce a bill (as a substitute) in the Senate, fixing the location of the capitol in the township of Caledonia, in which the village of Cornnna was situated, as also a part of the village of Owosso. A test vote was taken on this bill in the Senate, resulting in a majority of two for the bill—Parsons voting against it. The Senate at that time consisted of twenty-three members, but soon after the first vote one of our Senators (Mr. Witherby of Flint), died suddenly, leaving but twenty-two. The citizens of Corunna, aided by some citizens of Detroit, opposed this bill bitterly, and threatened to disown Parsons if he voted for our bill, and insisted upon inserting section 28 of Caledonia, being the section on which Corunna was located.
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