Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1846-06-20
From the Fulton Telegraph.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION

From the Fulton Telegraph.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
The papers friendly TO the new constitu
ton are becoming somewhat silent on the
subject; the few who continue TO speak of
it, give it sort of fain praise which clearly
bespeaks its fate. Our readers will remem-
Der that we stated some months ago, that
thorough investigation of the subject would
insure the defeat Of the instrument; its
friends now see the truth of the remark and
many of them are observing death like
silence.
Wake up gentlemen, and if il be worthy
of your support, play not the part of the
sluggard but do all your endeavors TO insure
its reception. But if you have become con.
WINGED that even the faint support which
you have given it was ndeserved-if your
investigations have convinced you that un-
der the influence of such Constitution, the
blast and mldew and the canker of death
would seize upon the body Poltic-if you
believe that by its provisions, the power
will be placed in the hands of a minority
or continued there, and that the oppression
Of ruling minori,ies, is most odious 10 free.
men-if you believe that by adopting it the
judiciary, already sufficiently low, shall be-
come corrupt and feeble and disgraceful-
If you have become satisfied, that under
such a constitution no work of improve
ment however important, can ever be carri-
ed on by the State or by corporation in
consequence of trammels and letters, which
the people consent TO wear whenever they
shall vote for it. If these be your convic-
tons, come out like freemen and throw
your former opinions to the winds: acknowl.
edge your error, and redeem the fault by
| fighting in the front ranks of the oppos.
ton. All men may err, but those alone
who are possessed of true magnanimity of
soul, will acknowledge it. We are aware
that there are some individuals who greatly
desire to see the new constitution adopted;
il is as good as they ever wish to see; and
they use all their skill 10 impose upon the
people.
Among other schemes which have been
devised, some have laid out the counties in
to three or four classes and labored 10 show
that by comparison of those classes with
one another, representation is about equal, a
more deceptive idea never entered the head
of any man. If that is all that is meant
by equality in representation, why all that
is necessary to be done, is to quarter the
State and have one fourth of the popula.
ton in each quarter, then give each quarter
"a representatives and no matter how un.
equally they may be parceled out among
the counties in reference TO population, yet
because it is equal among the four quarters
therefore representation is equal. We have
seen the following tables going the rounds
and we have heard men boastingly declare
that they show most clearly that the Con
vention did the very best that could be
done, without departing from county repre-.
scnta,ion. But they did depart from coun.
~ representation, throwing two and three
counties into district and what excuse is
there for not carrying out the same plan a
little further? Let us attend to the tabular
statements, the first 80. counties are those
which are TO be districted for representa-
tives; they will be entitled we are told to
elect Is members; but the truth is they will
be entitled to elect at least 81 or 90 mem
bers under the new constitution as it is: here
follows the 80 counties as districted by
gentlemen and the amount of their popula
lion.