Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-02-12
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state Government.
The Gaze,ie must be fair and honest
in The statement it makes Of our motives
and position. il its editor would carry on
Q discussion with u. on he State Govern
meni queslian. We have honestly en-
deavered 10 give our reasons against d
par.zan Con,u,u,on. They are before
the public, and ,as People understand
them, il he dues not, lie might have
known, il he does not, ,ha, we did vir,u-
ally define wha. we thought constituted a
partizan Constitution in the iIawk-Eyc
Of the Is h Of December last. In tina!
paper we moved to strike on, OF the Con.
sti,uton hch has been twice before the
people, such features as in our opinion
made it par,izan and an objectionable
instruments; and went 80 Gar as to say, If
the few amendments then proposed were
once made and The Constitution so amend
ed were presented to the people, that ii
would obtain an almost unanimous vote.
We still sincerely believe This. Prssum-
ing tha, mos, Of our readers and all our
editorial cotemporaries have a copy Of
that Constitution on file, We will again
reiiera,e the same proposition. In SO
doing, we shall cenfne ourselves 10 sill
narrower limits. by proposing even fewer
alterations than we did before. Here
they are:
In The Bill Of Rights. See. 4, strike on.
in The 4lh and 9Th lines the words Tor
rendered incompetent. 10 give evidence in
any cour. Of law or equity" This clause
is obnoxious to all who think il absurd TO
administer an oath to an ATHEIST.
In article 3, sec. l, strike out "six
months" and insert some year." also strike
out ",lir,y days" and inser, "six months"
This is TO guard agains, election frauds.
or In article on Legislative Depart
men,, sec. 35, strike out all in relation to
officers salaries, and let them be provid-
ed for by law.
Art. 5, sec. 2, strike out tive" and
inser. four years as more appropriate
time TO make persons eligible for the Off
ees Of Governor aud Lieut. Governor.
o. Art. 6. sec. 4, strike on, all after
the word .law," in the second line.
/" Same article, after the 5lh section
60 as 10 read "'rhe Judges Of the Sn
preme and District Courts shall be noml-
mated by the Governor and shall be ap-
proved and confirmed by the Senate, &c
Art. g, last line bu, three, alter SO as to
give the publication to all the newspapers.
~ Art. ., strike on. al bu, the Isl,
Sd and last sections.
Art II, strike out section l.
In the Schedule. Art 10. in the last
line bu, one in sec. 0, strike out all after
the word "uniil." and insert ",he people
by q majority Of votes shall otherwise
determine" This is in relation 10 the
Seat Of Government.
We might have gone still farther by only
recommending the amendments indicated
by the four paragraphs designated by
~, as these contain the principal OBJ.
jectionable parlizan features, while the
others do not strictly come under tina,
head. As. however, they are equally
Objectionable in smother point of view,
and if permitted to remain might Of them
selves defeat the Constitution, we have
placed them in the Same category Of he.
cessary amendments.
There are. OF course, some other alter.
atoms which a learned and intelligent,
Convention would make, but which be.
long more 10 the siyle Of the insirumen,
than to its character. We consider the
presence of these features which are pro-
posed TO be stricken gu, and amended. few
~ they are, to make this twice condemn.
ed inslrumen, q partizan Constitutions
Strike them out and it will no longer pos.
sess This character. while at the same
time j, will no. be wanting in its general
embodiment Of being thoroughly and pure.
~ republican.
We have now briefly but mos! explicitly
defined our position on every point Of in.
formation asked for. We have not stop.
ped. neither will we stop 10 answer the
quihbies OF The Gazette Or any other press.
Our objec, is 10 do all we can in co-ope.
rating with the people in securing for Iowa
Administration that shall not be pariizan in
tie character. We wish the Press through.
out the Territory to engage in the same
enterprise. The question is now. we
think. fairly stated. Will ,hsy CO operate,
not rs parlizans. but a. members Of the
same body polite. in endeav oring TO secure
such Constitution for the future g.rern. |
mens Of lowai q
we admire the gerlemanly course pur.
sued BY the editor Of the Lee Cou.,y
democrat on this subjec, .husefar. Al. |
Enough We differ with HMM regard to
the mere modus operandi. sdll we agree
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