Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-11-16

lFhs< hvsGeys 90 the C,nsttt..
The mandate has gone forth IT,.
~Aschop of Csnferbery, Pris,ate of 5. m
!9,.ehns promulgatea t.. ord;nsnc -
naa.s'ss ct Journals, put your ouills he.
n.na ye1r e.rs. Vosers in the various
r.ees.cah p:ace padlocks upon your
The Iowa City s'Star Chamber
I - gves ~ eur rule Of Legislation, let all
- people ny amen. :
:: Tins speaks the Hawkeye Of the pres
Is ~ { week, il reference to the prediction
hade ~ Us in the lasi Gazette, that a ma
ajeriy r Ne people, when the time for vo-
tig upon he ccntitntion arrived, would
y band 70 aprros~ Of il. That predic-
hm,, ~ intelligent reader must have
knswas was NJ made It liap-hazard. or
~iahost reelection. Tie people Of Iowa
haadscidsd ~ several thousand minority,
On 1aysr d holding Convention, and had
elecas1 : N jsrity q deiegses pledged in
favor II the introduction of certain prin-
c;ples, guards and restrictions, into the
F'coastisstion. The delegates having fully
relsemed this ple,lge, and presented a con-
siifution the main features Of which are
precisely such Is the people had declared
Ghemsesvss 70 be in fsvorsf, the inference is
fan3y dcdnciLle that it will be approved
oes and the lapse Of week, instead Of
Inpairise cdhiidence in the truth Of what
wehase oseEted. tendsgteatEso strength
! sa 4 Again we say, he constitution
viii 6s ratified maugre the opposition Of
fersods pec,lniaily interested, the ridi-
.csle of ahe Hawkeye, and the weighty OBJ
jecaions of It's numberles. subs. The new
importation is welcome to all he can make
oqt q his attempt to turn our prophecy
into dictaiion.
a More Danger, Il would seem, is to be APP
lpEshen3etl to the constitution from the
irony fthe Hawkeye than from anything
else n this respect that paper is awful
II severe. Livery page," we are told,
sss4lno4 gives IN instance Of the narrow
.spDee Separating HE sublime and me ri&cu-
loqs,' = md The following is added to sustain
hs position; ~
IN 4'1here slnll Re seal Of this State
| asTi il slsail Be- kept BY the Governor and
J slssd BY hin officially, and shall be called
the great seal Of the State Of Iowa.
IAN grants and commissions shall be
- he f1me, and By the authority Of the
-pepple e Iows, sealed with the seal, sign
ssdby The Governor, and countersigned BY
IL Secretary Of Stale"
F1ippancy and ignorance, it is said,
IL 60 hand in hand; and rarely
.ks-e~s seen the truth Of the saying bet
~ ex<hpiiEed than in the present in
shace. The clause above quoted, against
~dich the presiding genius of the Hawk
j eye p freely vents his sneers, or one sim
e Aaf ~ import. is to be found in the consti-
lanfin e alnosf every State in the Union.
1bese are mot halfa dozen exceptions. It
= q also with regard to the privilege
.Gyer 70 she Lieutenant Governor to de-
shpte n zeomniiice Of the whole, which
6sssiss has teen made the subject Of
sppnek mirthfni remark. The Lieut.. Gov
.etnes eejeys dis privilege, We believe, in
m ~ StaAes In 9auiuh thas officer il
staesa e De constitution ezeFf JMdssa-
sclssaas bat Il i perhaps owing to this
s.escepiiop that the Hawkeye o6jeoas 10 It,
Pphleas the constitution Of the By
49, vfhieh would prevent all who are
- phuiessed q property to the amount Of
ie sossand pounds from becoming either
Sesefner = Lieut.. Governor. would be
adEy = the Hawkeye managers; but
- God they ere not soon likely to be
HIlnce1 il situation which will enable
them p rivst such IN instrument upon the
.pseple II democratic Iowa. Perhaps, had
- oansitsiion provided, - that Of Mas
sahussfis does, tl,af the tile ofthe Lieut..
;0tsstnes should be !. His Honor, !" less Oh
ietlion you'd hare been found to it.