New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-14

2 SUFFRAGE TO CoLoRED PEEsoss'-lhe ZOE
IGNITION has preserved absolutely to the African
Race the limited Right OF Suffrage accorded TO
them by the old Constitution and In addition has
provided that the Property Qualification shan DE-
stricken and Colored Persons allowed 70 vote On
the same terms and with the game iIrnitatiohs %
other persons il the People shall so direct al INC
suing Election The naked question nov snolni1.eo
as seoarste proposition land the only oiel Is tnis
- Shall Property Qualification for Voters be re-
er,ed NJ single class Of cur People, and that the
which is least likely 70 possess the required
p,onertv' ?" Hare we not yet outgrown the exae-
,ion Of dirr as requisite 10 constitute man
voter7 How dare we read every Fourth OF July
our Declaration of independence. YET deny to
portion Of our People any voice in the framing OF
our Laws or the choosing OF their Rulers We
implore every true Republican, every just Man, to
be sure at all events, whether he votes for or
against the New CONSTITUTION. be sure to put IN
vote of Equal Suffrage to Coiored Persons
YES" The CONSTITUTION is certain TO be adopted 0y
One Hundred Thousand Majority but there is
great danger that Eqzal Suffrage will be defeated
Will no, those adversaries. as well as the trends
os the Constitution who are favorable TO Equal SUI
frage. take care u vote, and exert themselves TO
procure votes, for Equal Suffrage
III The Legisld.wre
/. DrsrRIc1s-Every Senator and every Mem
ber Of Assembly Will after the adoption OF the New
Constitution be elected from District which elects
him ONLY and takes special cognizance Of his acts
Our City will be divided into four Senate and six
teen Assembly Districts, each Senate District
choosing Senator every alternate year and each
Assembly District choosing Members OF Assembly
every year thirtytwo Senators constituting the
Senate and one hundred and twenty -eigbt Members
the Assembly the number unchanged IN either
easel Who can doubt that here is an improve
ment OF great practical Importance! Here We are
now required to choose sizteen Members OF Assem-
bly, On one ballot, who are to represent our whole
CITY Who believes that any ticket IS composed
Of the sixteen men best fitted for that duty How
many voters have ever heard Of half the men they
vote for, even by Nance Shall we be likely to
elect. under the District System, six or eight
briefess unknown young attorneys whom we
have Loco Foco authority for saying have some
times even failed to pay their boardbils at Alba
nv? It seems 20 US that the value OF this reform
cannot be estimated.
2 LENGTH OF SEssIoss-Our Legislators will
hereafter be paid the old price s3 per day for one
hundred days if they sit so many, at each regular
Session then april 10th to 18th the pay stops
though the work may go Oh until the Honorable
Senate and Assembly shall have completed their
business This will somewhat shorten the Sessions
and the cost of them. If the price had been raised
to "a per day. with provso TINT no Member should
i 4, L.. ,nt .Ctr,
ally in attendance for at least three hours the cost
would have been reduced and the Members who
actually earn their pay would have been more fairly
compensated
3. SOME REsPoSsIBuITY.-No act can pass with
out the express assent OF majority OF all the Mem
bers elected 10 each House, ~ Senators and 65
Assemblymen,) and the Yeas and Nays must be
called and recorded the final passage of every
bill So ifbad laws are hencciorth enacted, the
People will know Jy 'chom, which they have not
always been enabled hitherto TO discover
". Tie Erecutue.
/. pARDoNs-Nery little change has been made
in the article defining the powers and duties OF the
Chief Executive, except to prescribe that he shall
annually communicate to the Legislature the names
of all convicts whose sentences may have been
committed by him during The past year, with their
several offences, terms OF sentence, &c. and the
reasons for his lenity. We are sure this will be
approved.
Q ADMINISTRATIVE OFfIcEs-The Secretary OF
State Comptroller, Treasurer Attorney General
and State Engineer and Surveyor are 10 be chosen
bienuialy by the People, with three Canal Com
missioners, one annually for three years and three
Inspectors of Prisons ditto
3. ISspEcrIoNs.-'Al offices for the weighing
guaging, measuring, cung or inspecting any mer-
chaudlse produce. manufacture or commodity what
ever, hereby abolished, and no such Office shal
hereafter becreated by law but the State may CON
tinue establish the inspection of articles bought or
sold by itself and for the preservation OF the public
health Commerce and Industry may OF course
establish their own voluntary inspections at plea
sure.
V. The Jadiciary
OLD AND New CoURTs.-The present Court of
Chancery with Its nnumerabie and costly para
phernalia of Vices. Assistant Vices, Masters, Eek
aminers, &c, is to be abolished, and its powers
transferred to the Courts OF Law. but testimony in
Chancery is to be taken il has been and will be
in Law. There is to be Supreme Court consist
ing vi JuosSs' eleStSu NSaiS
from eight Districts like our present Senate Dis
tricts every two years after the first election
These Judges are to hold Circuit Courts throughout
the State, one OF them sutfcing to hold Circuit
Court, special term Court Of Oyer and Terminer,
while three Of them may be designated TO hold Gen
eral Terms. Four OF these Supreme Court Judges
having the iewest years to serve. together with
other four elected for eight years by ma jority
vote OF the whole State, shall form the highest
State tribunal, or Court OF Appeals. Each Coun-
~ shall elect one County Judge. who shall be Sur
rogate. aud, with two Justices OF the Peace may
hold Courts Tor the trial of criminal cases OF lesser
magnitude. Counties having over 10000 inhabi-
,ants may have Surrogate distinct from the County
Judge if the Legislature shall see fit Other Inferior
Courts may be established in Cities
.. COMPENSATION, &c,-Every Judge is to be paid
by salary which shall not be increased nor iimin-
ished during his continuance in Office bu, no fees
ar,, to hs mid m anv iudsa on any nretaxt what.