New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-29

whereby National Prosperity is maintained or de-
stroyed Weighty considerations therefore OF pub
lie interest and patriotic duty combine 70 require at
the hands Of every good citizen the faithful
Of bis electoral responsibilities Oh the Alh OF no
yenber next
Rnt oaesiions OF State concern. equally grave and
still more imminent demand your regard IN view
of our approaching Election. Al that Election the
peorle Of New York are called 10 decide by d.
rec, vote whether a Convention shall or shall not
assemble TO revise our State Constitution. Noqaes
ton Of proiOunder importance can ever be submit
ted to a Free People. Il demands the camest
scrutipv and should er the deepest interest Of
every good citizen. 4, should be discussed in pub
lie assemblies in the soc al circle, and canvassed Dy
every Preside Permit US here 70 glance al some Of
the more prominent arguments for and against d
Convention:
The advocates q that measure urge that our ~
dicial tribunals have proved inadequate under ,iIc
existing system 10 the duties assigned tnetn-ll =.
ruinous DELAYS Of Justice ana exorbliani expense IA
seeking II are tie order Of the day-ihai the Tune
and money Of citizens are thereby wasted IN heed'
less attendance Oh Courts Jurors W illnesses &c;
that the ines;imable Right Of Suffrage Is siuaisu
by the facilities afforded for illegal ana DO.o-
Voting bv which the suffrages OF nghtiu NoI '
are neutralized and nulhed-and that the oi''s'O"
Of our State into eight Senatorial and nao
eular Assembly Districts, the most popuioqs onoC'
inc thirteen Members while sixteen eleci Out SUI
plc Member each and the others four three ana TWO
respectivelv is evidently calculated 10 PIouu0p
discrepancy between the Popular o'e anG inc Le-
gisative representation, and 70 iaVof ~ 'lS iais
Counties the virtual selection Oh Le2i-a'0is ny Hc"'
~ and intriguing iun,os rather than by the great
I'D If the PEOPLE who may not know, even by
name all the candidates they are required 10 sup
nort II i urQed that, in the present Senate, while
The opponents of the party in power comprise de-
nonsiraied ma ory Of the voters, they have buttre
-.
of the thrtyiwO Senator's and 1t Is represented mat
all attempts 10 correct such abuses by the Legislative
mode OF amendment designated in the Constitution
will naturally be opposed and defeated by the votes
OF those who profit by the abuse struck at On these
and other grounds is the Legislative call OF Con
ventOn commended to popular approval
On the other side it is urged that the Legislature
possesses no righful power to originate the call OF
Convention, since the present Constitution points
out different process for It's amendment, and that
the defect cannot be cured by the subsequent raii-
cation OF the People. 1t is farther urged that the
time is unlayorable and ominous-that novel and
dangerous opinions are rife In the land, and that
there is peril 10 the Rights OF Property, to Social
Order and law guarded Liberty, in the assembling
al this time Of a Constitutional Convention. IL is
farther urged that the present Constitution points
out an ONLY and feasible process for its amendment
IN wit hv the concurrence of two successive Legis
laiures by vote Of twOihrds OF the Members OF
each branch Of the latter, with the subsequent rai
cation Of the People at the ballot boxes On these
and similar grounds you are exborted TO vote down
the call Of State Convention.
The members Of your Convention have not
deemed it necessary expedient to offer IN this con
ncxon any opinions of their own on this momentous
theme. With the subject itself and the Indications
OF public sentiment they presume You are sufficient
ly acquainted, and they have desired that your ac-
ton thereon should be wholly unembarassed by
party aliniles or declarations We set up no stand
ard of Wing orhodoxy-we cOuntenancc no sha-
dow of exclgsivencss or prescription in the Wing
ranks on this grave question. But we exhort every
Wing to form an independent judgment on the
merits, and be sure to express that Judgment al the
ballot; box We can hardly realize that a genuine
patriot and sincere republican can wilfully absent
himself from the Polls when question OF such mo
ment is to be decided. Let each vote as his own
judgment dictates, and let each be sure to vote The
public well being mperatively calls every man TO
the discharge OF his duty.
Finally, we ask leave 10 submit the following
Resolutions
Resolred That the wig Cause is dear to alike in
in adversely and pTosperty-that II is sl the cause OF
Constitutional Freedom, Of the Supremacy OF Law and
OF Government dey Oied TO benehcent ends-that we
have los, nothing Of or confidence in the ultimate
triumph of our cause Us he LOcofoco triumph oil de
ception and foul voting ~ year-and tina, we wi attest
IT by determined ehqit TO elect the wing uckei on
the first Tuesday in No ember.
EssOirod. That LUIilEl. BRADlSH, In accepting The
Wing nomination Tor Senator. has rendered service
and exhibited devotion u the Wing Cause ia mo
of adversely which will be remembered with grau
tu9o in a coming day oi prosperity and that meantime
every Wing in the First Senate District must feel
pleasure and Pride D. upporng the ucket headed Win
his name
Rcsoiued That NORRIS FRANKLIN for Register
with DAVID b. OODrN and other Wing candidates for
Assembly. men 10 whom the People may safely con
fde the important trusts for which they have been nOmi
mated and the Voters OF our CITY 10 compare
taatt fle rfx al "a d
presented and their unprciudced judgments and
candid regard for thc public interests shall dictate
Rssorod That the recent unlOoked-ior triumph of the
Wing Cause in GroiGiA It's overwhelming victory IN
ONO with the repeated defeats Of opponents even
in long benghtc Ne Hampshire. and the amos, certain
election of Wing mber Of Congress from FLORIDA
prove that there is elastic undying energy in tue
Wig spirit of the Country and profound conviction
in the popular int gence that the Wing party, by It's
principles and meas Ircs, Is the conserysor OF Law,
Justice and General Prosperity and we confidently
await the not distant day when the delusions and
grosser frauds VIII secured the bseiul result OF the
last Presidential contest shall be avenged by an aroused
and Justly indignant 'eople
Resolrfd That 81 triumph OF disaster in glory or
gloom there is oNE american Statesman whom can
never cease 10 regard with confidence and love allied
20 vcncration that m the great calamity OF last Noyem'
bor while first thoughts were OF our Country our
second were of HIM and since then,whenever gaddened
by tdugs which that the reign OF shutting IN
competency and mousing mcdiocry approaches lis end
our hearts instincnycly prompt the exclamation
Hcrcs TO you, HARRY CLAY
The reading having been concluded, amid marks
of strong appreciation,
Col JAMES WATSON WEBB rose TO move the
striking out Of all that portion of the Address which
relates TO Texas. lie supported this motion IN an
energetic and eloquent speech, urging that the har
mony OF the party would be broken and the prospect
of electing our ticket blasted by retaining ii. He
urged that Annexation was a settled matter and that
its revival at this time in fact presenting an ir
relevant by-gone and ncr issue to the People, tend
ing TO ALLEVIATE the W hgs of the South from as, and
do US great injury here and elsewhere. He moved
that this portion of the Address be stricken out.
HORACE GRKELKl briefly replied 10 Col Webb
remarking that this was not new but Old issue
aud one which the conscientious portion Of the Anne
rican People have very much at heart-that the Ad-
dress proposed no new doctrines but rather a modi
fcation of those hitherto held by TO meet the new
aspects Of the case--,hat il was in no cacula
ted Justly to offend Wings here or any where, or
drive any Wing from voting the Wing ticket and
that this Texas Issue in the shape here presented