Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-06-12

BERs vetoed the Bill to submit the same
Constitution TO the people again in Au.
gust next. which they have just con-
demned. This was noble conduc,
on the part of the Governor, which
deserves the thanks of all those oppos.
ed to such an absurd measure. We
learn further that when The bill was
returned with the Governors objec.
tons, the majority took advantage of
the sickness Of two members who were
confined TO their beds and who were
opposed to the bill, and passed i. with
the two thirds majority. This bastard.
ly act on the part Of the majority is a
complete illustration Of loco focoism.
|. never could have passed by the Con-
s,ltutional majority, if we are righ,lully
informed. if these men had been in
their seats. Iii fraud on the people
which we hope they will emphalically
condemn in Angus. next.
Where did these Legislators obtain
the power to submit. this Constitution
to the people! And what will be the
effect Of their action! We cannot an
swer these questions al large this week.
We declare in brief that they had no
such power granted to them by the peo-
pie. They assumed the power and if
The people do no, defea. it, we hope the
minority will declare their design not
to be governed by it, should the pipe
laying schemes Of the uphelders of it
prevail.
The effect of this action on the part
of the Legislature will be to re,ard our
getting into the Union If they had
ordered the vote for Convention in
August. that Convention could have
met the LIST Of September and Con-
stitu,on with boundaries and features
that would have suited all parties.
might have been framed in one week.
This could have been submitted to the
people in October. and if ratified by
them, sent on to Congress at the COM
mencement Of the Session. and we
might have had all the powers and i'm
munities Of State Government by the
Is, of January. This would have been
constitutional way of doing the bust
ness, and even il we could get in.o the
Union as soon by the mode prescribed
by the Legislature, as by the way we
have pointed out, which we do no, be-
lieve, would il no, have been much bet
ter to have secured the harmonious
action of the people rather than TO 60
into the Union with very large mi
nority dissatisfied and the whole body
polite in distracted State! A vast
number of our citizens have well
grounded constitutional scruples in re-
la,ion to voting for an instrument which
they have once condemned. There
has been. there can be no alteration in
the circumstances. We shall vote n
August on the same Constitution that
we did in April without a single altera.
ton. We have no stronger guarantee
now that Congress will alter her boun-
dsrv than we had then. How absurd
then must il strike every unprejudiccd
mind. Suppose Congress. As we pre-
sumo it will adheres 10 her boundaries!
The question will again have to be sub.
mi,ed TO the people, and we may thus
by the forced and unconstitutional and
absurd action of the present Legislature
be kept on, of the Union for two or
three years.
Gov. Chambers may be assured that
by ve,oing this ridiculous bill he has
secured The good wishes and confidence
of all who love good order and political
integrity.