New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-10
NETWORK CONSTITUTIONAL CONVECTION.
NINETEENTH yEEg-cXrA DAY


Saturday, after having done more good than evil
WIZ; ali its faults intend for the amended Con
stituon far as ye. know OF It's provisions Proba.
bly, the questions Of ia submission or who
,her it shall be tested by ono vote may give sc 20
dious debate.
In despite OF the grcs; reform and boasted abolition
OF the costly Offices Of Masters and Examiners in Chan
Gerry they arc 10 be kept a-gong although the $1,000
divorce case told by Mr. Kirkland the 1900 folio job
DC &c mad sickened the country Mt such wickedness
There arc those who viii hold 20 public pundcr to
the very last.
Currency oad Ban&5ar.
Mr.. HARRIS moved 70 add section OF the article
on Currency, &c.
~ but so DEposlr sEounrIes ,uALL aEqresp
Acrs."
Lost Il to ~
There was a dcbstc and Mr.. CAMBRELENc seemed to
give way when Hr. TOWNSEND objected He said that
Mr. Flag in his report No 81 June 2Jd had stated that
the SAFErr FUND was no longer any security 10 thu
publiclLat used up. and even lis future cOnribu
tons anticipated by the failure OF nine banks prior
l5i}-and instanccd the Lewis County Bank. the
of which had oa;ed in the market at 20 30 Dis
count after the Contention met until the stockholders
had paid in farther subscription and thereby restored
It's credit
Mr. Bruce offered section recurring the assent OF
two,hirds OF the Legislature to all Laws taking Private
Property iot public uses but 1t was rejected.
EdHc0tt0n- Common ;ScisOolS.
The Convention this forenoon took up the Report OF
the Standing Committee on Education and Mr.. SIcoLL
moved the adoption of ts Report
Mr.. HOFFMAN offered the following as substitute
The Capital of the Common School Fund. the Capital Of
The Literature Fund, and the Capital of the United states
Deposit Fund, shall be preserved lnviolate.
The Revenue OF the said Common School Fund shall be
applied the support of Common Schools the Revenue
OF the said Literature Fund shall be applied 10 the support
Academies and the OF c25Cr0 Of the Revenues OF
the United States Deposit Fund shall each wear be uppro
praed TO and made part OF the Capital OF the SAID Common
School Fund"
ADOPTED lOi ayes TO 3 noes.
Mr.. NIcoLL moved 10 add section for the separate
submission to the People OF the question Of Free Schools
which adopted 81 TO 81 Another section was next
adopted providing cr general taxation 10 educate all
This before dinner After dinner the two last sec
tons separate submission and all, were quietly voted
again and this Democratic e9aGiHgtor'nS Conven
ton after providing for thousand things OF MINOR lIn
portance, have REFUSED TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO SAY
WHETHER THEY PREFER TO ENSURE UNIVERSAL INTEL
LiCEScE land where thing depends on the WIS
dom oil the elective millions This question is left
inferior moment to the Legislature. When 100000
voted enlarge Queen Vicicrlas stables. and
smaller vote refused for education in England the Jour
mails here wondered We not SO unlike John Bull rs
we thought
Mr. PERKINS has called attention his section for the
trial aud punishment OF officers who guilty OF fraud
oppression neglect deiauors and enbezzcrs OF
the Revenue had made CONF an III this letter that he
had neglected this, but have cut ii out lie has done
his duty well. The Governor, It. Governor and Chie
Justice OF the Court OF Appeals created Commission
hear investigate remove, &c. and appoint others
This section only applies TO few great state officers
and the crs and tried may have been elected on one
State ticket, the proceedings ought TO be public the
press and reporters being present Why not extend
this provision certain local officers dare say the
section will be adopted article 18th Mr.. Porter
fears that ii will be too sweeping and include the Legs
aturc
The Judiciary Articie
When amending section IL Of the Judiciary Article
Yesterday Judges Justices OF inferior Courts not OF
Record were included among the Judicial officers whom
the Senate may not remove on the mere recommends
ton of the Governor.
a. paragraph I'd, reads rs follows
The Legislature may confer Equity Jurisdiction IN spe
cial upon the County Judge ppedS ShdU Dc FROM
the County Court and Court OF Sessions 10 the Supreme
Court
Mr.. MARVIN moved to strike OUT the sentence in lta-
les and it struck out.
Is ADOPTED MS follows
1.-THE Legislature may, application OF The Board Of
Supervisors providing the election focal Officers not
TO exceed Two in any County discharge the duties of
County Judge and Q: Surrogate IN cases OF Their inability
or vacancy and 10 exercise such other powers IN pe'
cial cases as may be provided by Law"
II was ordered, that when vacancy occurs in the
Office OF any Justice OF the Peace the officer elected
shall only hold for the residue of the years.
The following proviso was added on motion OF Judge
RUGGLEs TO Il:
Justices OF the Peace and Judges Justices OF inferior
Courts moi of record and their Clerks may he removed
amer due notice and opportunity OF being heard in their
defence such County City State Courts as may be
prescribed by law Tor causes 10 De hssleueu III w o'ue
oil removal.
The Judiciary article was adopted by majority OF
only ninety nine voting; the article on Canals and
Finance by - 10 9.
The Lawyers were the rcsoute opponents OF Reform
in the Law and its administration, The PeeTage OF
England would have starved It's people MI The crack OF
doom If more and higher prices for bread and pro
visions could have been thereby obtained There was
no shanuc them o. their cruelty. AL things CON
dcred however, they We're 6sI type 9i shs h ssG
TO shake their illdcseryed power and that 10 the very
foundations.
Boards Of Sup e,r,<ors-Ciric assessments
Mr.. Campbes sccto OF yesterday struck out TO-
dey and the follow ng adopted in lis stead - 10 2i on
motion of Mr.. S;ron :, OF Monroe;
ring pon The several Boa d. Of Supervisors IN This Stale
such powers Of local legislation and administration IS shall
from time lime be prescribed by Jaw
And it WAS struck out and rescindcd about nan an
hour after i; had been ordered 10 be cngrosed and the
following adopted IN lis stead
90 The Legislature may confer upon The BoaTd, OF
Surerrors OF The several Counties ~ the State such Tar
Ihcr powers local legislation and administration s'
they Shall from time TO time prescribe
The Convention adopted the following section, moved
by Mr. Murphy, amended by Nix Harris
- |, shall be the duty Of the Legislature TO pIoSice
and 10 restrict their c iNsou assessment borrow"
ing money, contracting debts and oanii Their credit
The .4ri>tocracy q he Democracy
Last night Nj. SwAoSHANEs, with the intention OF
allowing all our fellow citizens who had been declared
NJ To select Presidents Legislators Judges Governors,
and state Qcer FOR the State ami tmon. 10 seiett also
any oi their fellow citizens IN whom they nigh, conhdc
their affairs IN any law IOuf SIedu
-, r,niinur the whole business OF the state 70 loou
LAWYERS who licensed their colleagues and SUCCESSOR
for III, and were combined by the tie ~ common II
,erest to keen the laws u the State snG Union IN as ys
tsriols iucomprehensibe. and confused condition as
Mossib, and both here ana in England, bad done 50
ieayinc the millions ios whenever they were u aw
and in this way injurinc society and preventing Tue
growth of Democratic principles he was opposed 10
borrown. the usases OF the monarchy oil hpsisna IL
enable one small class OF men 70 ccnlshe ana enstSS
the whole lecsl business OF society ming toaF'nuon
legislatures the Bench and the Executive cnA-9 as II
they were the Leyes of the and thsir oracuIs ne
snonses the established faith OF the Repue.c DE
moved to strike out Mr. CKooxEEs section whIeh MI
STRONG had proposed, and which perpetaateI zoe mo
nopoly ami licensing system, and stood IN the way %
sy law reform and cheap and expeditions lu:tee-ana
instead thereof to place N the Constitution the Hollow"
Ing section
Every citizen OF Stale OF good moral character
excen, Judcis, ofscers excluded BY this Constitution
shall be admitted to prsc:ce Counselor Solicitor or AZ
torn-y in any Cour, Of Law i'll thus StNe.
To sdopt Mr. Swackhsrneis truly American $ecaon. u
would have been necessary to recommii the yNdciA!
article and Mg. KENNEDY. with sheer 81 me pam
farmers mechanics aud merchants, excluded ~ the
monopoly whom he called "chimney-co corner lawyers
IL. al,ai .