The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-01-04
VOLUME VI,--NUMBER 30

made il irresistible, by flourish of high cundiHg
words and swollen periods. And yet experience
has shown, that this Council, on which muck
reliance was placed, has ever been entirely pow
erless. They have never, as body, had the
least influence wbatever-not because II was
composed of uninauential nen-lar fr m it-fr
we have had 10 the Council, men Of the highest
standing-men Of great personal influence bur
il arose from tie very nature Of the INSTITUTION
finm the constitution Of the council alone COW
posed Of a small number of men IN T. txerc'S:
Of no pow er whatever. Ii is necessarily so with
all political bodies ; reduce their Numbers end
their Influence is esSened, unless their Power Lr
augmented. Iusidnce the case OF cur Old ccuGc J,
as 1t Is teImed-a body cumposed OF alb u the
same number CT members as the Ct uncil Of Cen
So7s. They ssessed just power enough o. CO.
slonslly 10 disturb The more numerous HcuSe =
Representatives, in thti career OF Legislation.
The consequence was that the members Of III
House always looked down upCn the Council.
an ihltIior body, and tie mcm1eIs OF the CounrTf
looked up TO the House as III most IN, orlaE,
body. And these feelings were mire and mere
manifest. until it was observed thai W en- Ihs
Governor and Coupcil entei cd the Rep esri,l
tives Hail. tie members would speak contempt
, uou>iy ol the Governors team. On the Other
hand, in the states Of Massachusetts, AID New
Hampshire. and othe stsleS. where tie whoP
power of appointment is vested il The Cover ~
and four or five Councillors these small brdirs
highly respectable ard il Guential, because in lie
exercise Of important powers.
3 Nothing more need he said reSp'ctnI any cf
the provisions contained in the article EXCEPT =
last, pointing ont p Nude of amendIaI the Con
ST tuition, and | shall add very little 10 what |
have said in relation to lha'; fo, in stating & t
operation and rejection of the article in Penn>Yl-
vania, with the reasons there give1 fer It's Tefc.
, ton, hayr already shown tae ahsurdI'y of ID
= 80. I'D H. :
self government that this right must, iru-n ils
very nature at all tines exs'. freely to BE- rxec.
q cd without any restrictions. have aso siuv
that this provision, lalher that the whole ant
Gle was ann xe TO the Constitution because thu
trainers Of 1t could not at the time, cl ary ST.
how Tie people could be gov rned without som
body-sHmr power TO govern them, and becau.-
they Considered that the people so fckir az!
changeatle, that II would net be safe In 1--we t,,
Constitution 10 their hands. But why may H.;
the people OF Vermont be as safely inituSe'l
with their Constitution, as the people OF all the
other States are intIusted with thriIs? Why
then, should we retain this useless and expeu-
sive provision, which belongs a former age, ana
is so far behind the age in which we live We
have taken up the cast-if child of PenaS,l9 ri'
aud have supported tine deiuImed imp, for mcr
than half century, at great expense, wi'hou; III
least aid from any ono OF our sister Slaes, Old nr
young. Why then, shall we not cast it off ale
WHY not abolish the article 2 For here Is Il
species nf abolition as TO which we NAV all b.
agreed. Surely no one will object that we ha',
no business with it, for it most intimately con-
Germs us all. Ii is the emaL cipation OF ourselves
and releasing US from 4 great septennial expense.
1t seems then, that the love Of freedom and The
1--we of money, OF which the Yankees have
pretty good share. must unite the whole peci'!'.
I cannot believe that ihe two great poll ica pr
tes will be divided on this sublec: Tor although
there is a natural repulsion between the two be-
! dies, while the individual members Of carh a!
held together by the aurac ion of coheson-2
matter which has so much puzzled all the phi o.
npherS-yet tie chemist has asccrtaiGed, by r.
peated and satisfactory experiments, that tn
repulsion consists OF peculiar sF'cies Of nh nj
mable gas, VIII ch is generated only BY a political
Il fermentation, and hat il is blown off and dissi
paled by The slg'tesr breath of pIIfioiism. An
as the can be no third party TO slip between j!
two parties to keep HEN apart. they can d. -
they please, ether TO go together like g.'c-
patriots as they did at tie last Convent o..
have fair fight according to the most apnrovci
party tactics. How This may lie VII soon l..
asccrlaned by The Press, which may he cons
cred as the pulse in the body polite, IN .icaIr
all diseases in the sy ten. DANIEL CHHMAX.
In the pream lie to The first Constitution of New,
Hampshire, adopted the 5ib day Of February,
I776, fin the following:
" Therefore, for the preservation Of peace ant
good oder, and for the security Of the lives and
periies OF the inhabitants Of his colony, conciev;
ourselves reduced to the necessity of establishing
form OF government, TO continue during the pes'It
Unhappy and unnatural contest with Great Britain;
protesting that we never sought 10 throw off cur g.
pendence upon Great Britain, but felt ourselves b.
Py under her protection, while could ENJOY
constitutional rights and privileges, and that ~
reiOice if such a reconciliation, between Us and Cur
parent state be effected, shall be approved Is
the Continental Congress, in whose prudence ~;
conEde."
And we find the following proviso annexed to t'.c
Constitution Of New Jersey adopted the dlr %:
Jny I776-two days before the declaration of lad
pendence:
'Provided always, and it is the true interest al
meaning Of this Congress, that if reconeHat''i
between Grelt Britain and these colonies, OF.
take place, and the latter be taken again under -
protection aud government of the crown Of Britain
this charter shall be null and void-otherVise -
remain firm and inviolable"
OHIo-The Message Of Gov. Corwn was
sent TO LEGISLATURE f Ohio o. the 18th ct Deceu-
ber The interest on 'he STATE debt during t''''
year has been pu1ctually paid. and the various
pubic works have been provided with funds
carry them forward.
When the Miami and Erie canal is comphtrd
SIS miles farther, ne State will own 1893 mi'cs Il
canal, which added to that owned by companie=,
will amount 10 GA miles of navigqble canal.
The rrvenue from the canals during tie pr
sent year is S4s4753
The Pe"ltehtlary, after derraving al expcns.,
1u7Ing the year has paid into he State Trea,Jy
oa'anee oil S23.IG0; which is ve,y hands, NJ.
'pceu anon IN the crimes of the ririzaus.
Inc charters IF twenry-fcur cut of the thirty
seven banks will expire in january, 1913. and ii,
Governor calls the attenti of the Legislature -