Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1836-12-14

GPCalhoun County Patriot, is the title Of a
newspaper from Marshall, in this state, published
by Henry c. Bunce. In new type and display it
is of the first order, as to taste and execution,
and in politics thoroughly democratic; and in
state views, friendly to union, ORDER education,
internal improvements and good government"
We hope that the people of that county will so
appreciate the worth of such press, as to give it
an efficient patronage. The following is one Of
the editorial articles in the first number -
The Chmar.-The people of Michigan,
the servants Of their government, and with
out rights and authority. This is the avow-
ed doctrine of the Detroit Journal and AID.
vertiser. Their Legislative council had no
right to pass the law to take a census to
know whether the territory contained 10000
inhabitants. They had no right to pass the
law calling convention to form q constitu.
ton, and the people had no right to elect a
convention at all. The convention, after
they were elected had no right to act--they
were body Of private gentlemen--if in-
deed they could be called such, though
there was nothing then said about their 'be-
ing all shabby men, The constitution
which they formed, was a mere pamphlet
of no authority whatever, even after it was
adopted by the people, it was dead letter.
The Governor, Lieut.. Governor, Senate
and House of Representatives, chosen un-
der that constitution, were no Legislature
or executive-they had no authority to act
---they were 8 the men at the capital 1.-The
laws they passed, were no laws-.-their acts
were not binding --their appointments were
a mere nudity. When the Governor pre-
sumed to call the Legislature together last
summer, it was mere usurpation ofpower
--.he had no right to do any such thing and
when the Legislature met, they had no right
to pass the law they did. 1t was dead
letter. And when the convention assem-
bled, they say that the Legislature called
the convention without any authority of law,
---but majority of them being of the di-
vine right party, assumed authority and at
tempted to bind the people of Michigan.
They even assumed authority to send three
Ambassadors Extraordinary to the govern
ment Of the United States, in the name OF
the people of Michigan; for they assumed
so much as to act in that high name, though
they expressly declare they were called to-
gether without any authority Of law, and
consequently according to their own doctrine
had no right TO be there, or to act. And
now it is proposed that the people take the
business into their own hands, and meet in
convention. And what are we told what
do we hear what do we readl Why that
the people have no right to do any such
thing. The Detroit Journal and Courier
has the consummate impudence to declare
that, as the proposed convention would
possess no legal authority to bind the state,
its acts could be of no practical conse.
quence to the people of the state The
divine right men could assemble, and with.
out any authority Of law, they themselves
being judges, bind the state. But the PEG.
pie themselves have no right to DO any such
thing. There is power above them, they
are its servants, they are bound to do its bid
ing This is certainly blue-light federal
ism, with witness. Willthe editors of the
above named paper tell us, Del Gratia, what
rights the people of Michigan have and
how they can rid themselves of the PERM.
cious consequences of the doings of the
Ann Arbor convention? and how to do it
for they have yet done nothing right, all has
been wrong. Away with this fault finding
and tell us poor ignorant creatures what to
do---draw the path plain so that there can
be no mistake. We would like to 60
straight, and do our duty.