Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-03-02
70 rar ENRON OF THE sprcTaroa.

70 raE Eniroa OF TIE SPECTATOR.
SRI am one of those who have
b en opposed To the call oil new con-
ventlon Until few days ago. The Re
publican AGeocaie q. the Sd of February
accidentally fell into my hands. In
looking over 1t Tor news, discovered a
nleee signed =" More .9noa," which set
me 7ooadering. Thinks /, can this be
possible. Ibe State has lost one hua-
| dEed thousand dollars Tor want OF eon-
Ventlon. II SO We must have one. Bn
| | feaIly could not understand how a COR
eh,iun could correct the evil. so |
toak lie paper and went over to one oi
ny neighbours (who talks much ab0ut
| stafe bH3.aeaa) aud tod han | had SOM
greet ae7oa. That Mr.. More Anon mad
divuIsed sccte, that thought few
| people III the STATE knew any tam bout
| My neiphbol uhderaiD od immediately
What ! alluded to; and alter smiling al
my ignorance, told me that he knew al
'noul 1t, and assured me that MIR. More
Anon had fallen far short OF the mark.
That suspTi2ed me sulI more. What,
says |, can it he po sibIe that our bus.
ness has been managed SO badly by the
men We have chosen to Go IL iof Us. Ii
| 80. II l. time we have urW sci who are
more capable. Amer looking al he Ior
some time, he observed, that be saw
80 N quite ignorant oil the nature OF poll
les. told Inn his remark vas qune
uHneccssary; that / was sensible oil that
Myself, and had came to get Information
~ the subject. | then asked b!u Row
new convention could correct Tue abu-
ses complained of. observed that the
people could uoi al! meet IN conteai!oil,
nj the delegates we would choose might
deceive Us, Is thought The members oi
The legislature had done. liz assured
ne there was no danger Of thai. The
same men he observed who comprised
lie last legislature would maize vary
good convention. That uhile aciiHr 40
members OF that body they had to take
TIC constitution a. Il guide, and II nlI5ed
theu.; taet they could hot follow II
! through all us neaudermgs that they
| SOiilf iitslSn Iidu ~ ICdNC IL ana SlGCf a
course Of TIER own; and again II would
cross their track and throw all into con-
! usIon, which was the Cause oi so much
| appaftn, Inconsistency III their proceed
'ngi. Eat, says ne, place lhem ii con en-
ION and INC case Will DC quite different.
There they viii be unrostrained by a
| broken tnuliated constitution; unsnack.
! led by the obligation OF an oath, and hot
| accountable to any tribunal under hea-
en- Tor their acts. Then (he couunued)
genius VIII shoot forth; virtue VIII rise
like a pyramid, and we may expect 10
see monument of wisdom that wltl
aslonlsh The aye v e live IN.
You may be sure by his time was
lost in amazement. told him | would
ask one OF two more questions, and be
satisfied. He remarked, that he beiicv-
Cd il ] was Informed, would think cor.
| rectly. | hen asked him how the Con-
ven'ion would dispose Of this state paper,
that Mr. More Anon bad comp iaRed oil,
and tina, had been such loss 10 The STATE.
| hat had always thorghl 1t was intro
hbttAItbJ AiiN S"fiIG oTl vi lbOtltit ldhS tIdl
wanted new Convention. IL declared
| the disposal OF tl.aj 10 be the most simple
snd easy thing imaginable. I'hai The
Conven would be composed OF men
who were indebted 10 Tie back: Tbat
! they had justly awaited themselves of
| the powerthey had tagen into their hands,
and paid their o40n debls with that pa
! per: and when assembled in convention.
! as ne had before remarked they would
be uhiramnelied by any supreme au,ho.
ri'y; they could easily declare the bank
an unlawful institution, and that all con
tracts made with ii, should be null and
void. | asked him il il would not be an.
injury to the people TO lose all the debts
that individuals ou~;d 10 the bank He
replied that it could not inlure the peo-
pie, for il we got a Convention, specie
would be as plenty as black birds are
about our corn-io! DIS in the spring OF the
year. Iscratched my head aud p0ndcrtd
then inquired what WAS meant b.
giving up the Constitution to the peon|o
and told HIM tha, had seen resolution
of General Hargrave and Squire MIRO
beNs, ard their associates, at Vandalia,