Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-06-14

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The editor Of ths H.wksye. = his last
number. aiter kudink Gov. Chamber . The
skiesfor his ssnoble conduct" in vetoingth The
bill to provide for vote on the constitution
in Angust next, says: s.Where did these
lesislators obtsip the power to submit this
constitution 70 the peoplep And what
win Be the effect of' their action? We
cannok answer these questions at large This
week. We declare in brief, that they
had no such power graased e them BY The
people. They assumed the power and i
the people do not defeat It, ,Ds hope Tie mt
nority ciA declare their dssign not 70 b gev-
erned By ~ Here we are favored with :
beautiful specimen Of unadulterated Fed
eralism. The principle 20 dear 70 every
American freeman, that the majority shall
RULES openly Get 1t defiance AYE, and tho
minority are called upon BY the peaceable
and order loving editor of the Hawkeye
to resist the constitution and laws Of the
State when they shall have. been adopted
by the majority should such be their de-
cision at the ballot box in August next.
We entreat Mr.. Edwards to be more
chary in his advice and exhortations to his
friends lest he might Be instrumental in
leading them into difficulties such as Rit-
|ner, Stevens & Co. led the wings Of Penn
sylvania. It will not do in our country
for party to undertake to treat the "elec-
ton as though none had been held" We
advise our pious cotemporary to keep his
temper-to acknowledge the great truth
established by the American Revolution
! that the will Of the majority Of the people
is omnipotent, and to bow submissively to
its behests. The editor Of the Hawkeye
will surely be enabled to yield obedience
to this salutary principle, when he reflects
that even the Kings Of Great Britain and
the "Emperors of all the Russias'' so far
acknowledge its potency as to dismiss their
favorite ministers and reorganize their
governments when the will Of their sub
! iects demand that it should be done.
The minority agree in the formation Of
the social compact, to submit to the will Of
the majority in the administration Of its
political concerns. The object Of govern
ment is the mutual security and happiness
Of all; and it is ever to be supposed, what
ever the fact may be, that the administra-
tion Of its affairs will never be in violation
Of strict and impartial justice.
The editor of the Hawkeye thinks il
the Legislature had ordered another con-
vention to meet in October next, that they
would thus have greatly facilitated our ad-
mission. He thinks, in that case, we
might have chad oil the powers and ina
munities Of State Government by the
6rst Of January next" Now ue are re-
ally apprehensive that if the legislature
had adopted the plan that this friend to
immsdiase admission suggests, and the se-
cond constitution % framed had been as
republican IS the one for the adoption Of
which we are now 0ntending, that he
would still have holden back. His coop
Grafton could only Be had in favor Of con-
stitution with high salaries, with unlimited
power to plunge the State in debt, with
the election Of most Of the officers taken
out Of the hands Of the people, and with
the power unrestricted to create banks od
libitum and to any extent.
But how it is that ssvast number Of our
citizens have well grounded constitutional
scruples in relation to voting for an instru-
ment which they have once CONDEMNED" as
is gravely asserted BY the editor Of the
Hawkeye, surpasseth our understanding.
If there were no constitutional seruples
against voting for It before, we would be
glad to be informed how there can be any
tnow? In fact, we would be under obliga-
ton to Mr.. Edwards il he would point out
the constitutional power which isany where
conferred upon Us to hold convention or
10 move in the formation Of . State govern
ment. In conclusion we beg Of him to read
the extract which we have given in anoth-
er article from the pen Of the venerated
Madison, who in speaking Of these changes
Of government remarks, on account Of the
difficulty attendant upon the people moving
in body, that, "it is therefore essential that
such changes be instituted By some informal
and ,sna'dhorisea preparations, made by
1 some natriotic and resnectahle citizen ar