Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-03-29

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OF The multitude !"---an officer who OUGHT
to hold his station for life, and not mere
iy T" during good behaviour" like the
Judges otsihe supreme court. Oh no f!
we are not to be trusted with such weigh
ty matters as this i! Some "politicai
wrong" might emanate from us, if we
were to NEEDLE with such all-important
concerns.
4anothef time one of our senator's
asked for leave TO introduce bill giving
US the privilege OF electing our own JUS
tees of the peace. What do you think,
Mr.. Printer, was the result These
men who pirate so much about our infal-
llbility, would not even grant leave to in
troducc such bill. They thought we
were not I'll 10 elect our own officers
that we were our own worst enemies
and that we could not make as good Sc
lections as they themselves. How would
the judges ofthe Supreme court like to
have their Offices made elective by the
people! Would they be willing to trust
10 our nfulAidiAty? Would they not
think tha; we might possibly do wrong,
and, Notwithstanding the purity Of their
characters, and the extent of-their legal
requirements, turn them eff from the
bepch, and place them on level with
the hnmblest persons among US Yet
we know some of these, judges who are
very clamorous against the minority in
the Legislature because they did not wish
toa equlre us to do our work over again.
Bu', Mr.. Printer, we view the subject
in different light. We consider tho
majority in the Legislature as saying to
us" You have made bad constitution
. --one that does not promote the pros
"perity, safety, and politica! happines Of
:" the citizens. The constitution you
+" have made is so full OF errors and i'm
:" projections that il must be altered, let
"the expense and hazard be what they
F." may. You must do your qoork opev
Is again, and see that you do it better, or
f" NC will again turn il upon your hands,
On the other hand, the minority in
the legislature do not pretend to 1atter
us with any high raised notions OF our
nfaliiblity--adnit there are some trivial
imp DIRECTIONS in our constitution, but
none of sufficient importance to warrant
the expense of a convention, or the risk
we should run of suffering minority or
The people to iasten upon the state The
greatest curse that ever afflicted any
country--we say minority the people,
because under the present apportionmcnt
of the representation, we are very une-
qualiy represented-the northern coun-
lies contain the Inhabitants while the
southern counties have the representa-.
lives.
The fact is, MIR. Printer, that these
gentleman sveophants wish TO introduce
slavery into his state, and they wish as
to bear the blame. One of these fellows
says, :" But 10! if the people should
wish. il who are to say nay; shall not the
people rule Is not their will the 81.
preme law of the land !" Another SAYS
that if the people wish for slavery, the
courts of,he United States will say nay;
that the courts, and not the people, shall
rule, and that the will of the people is
nor the. supreme law ofihe land. Thus
you see how the slave party contradict
each other and themselves.
We will leave the slave party to settle
their differences among themselves and
we assure you, that though we do not
consider ourselves infallible, yet we do
not think the constitution which we form
ed in 1918 is SO bad as the slave party
represent it. We have done very well
under it for four years, and are willing
to try it little longer. We do noe
wish for the introduction of slavery.
We prohibited it in 1918, and we have
not altered our minds. We will neither
be slaves ourselves, nor make slaves of
others. We shall therefore not vote for
a convention.
THE PEOPLE.
March, %, 1928.