New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-09
nInsi nine People De.pnir {

More than three months have already elapsed
since the Convention assembled to remodel the
Constitution of our State. Its members had iuil
knowledge that their labors must be completed in
little more than four months Mt ierthcst, as the
Legislature and People had provided in the act
calling Convention that the work should be per
fected in season to he printed and distributed to
every neghborhood Of the State so that the People
might accept or reject it on the first Tuesday OF NO
yembcr next. Tfthe gentlemen elected elt IN com
petent torevise Constitution in four months they
ought to have declined their respective nominations
and permitted the election OF capable men. lfthey
had dreamed that they required three months
schooling in the science Of Government before they
could safely 90 to work i'll earnest, they ought to
have said to the People OF their several Counties
and therefore been excused from the performance
of this most responsible duty The People plainly
supposed they were voting for men who had al
ready bestowed some time and study on the sub
iect. and thus qualified themselves to act. Their
mistake is a most deporablc one.
We have heard suggestions that the Governor
ought to call Special Session OF the Legislature
to extend he time for the deliberations OF this Con.
yention No, no Gov. Wright will not venture
on an act which would call forth one general burst
Of Indignation II this Convention cannot revise
Constitution in four months, they could not don't prop
erly in four years Let it break W with It's work
half done if it must but let the People have n
chance to accept or reject what 1t shall have done
ut the State election next November They can
alterward determine whether another Convention
IS necessary and say who shall compose il.
nla N tho lifetime Ot tins tOny 4
ton have vanished less than four weeks remain
vet all see that its work is hardly half done The
worst of the matter is that, rs the specified term
of the Convention draws rapidly TO its close. the
progress Of business becomes actually slower
The last month has been given to the Judiciary.
which is still far from complete, and the last week
has rather carried the Convention back than for
ward 1t has been signaGzed by the rejection of
Single Judicial Districts, the rivctnc OF the Law
yer Monopoly, and the denial ipower to the Lee
pislature to establish Courts OF Cancellation AT
this rate, three weeks more will carry us back
to the British Constitution, or something still less
suitable to the peoples needs and wishes
We know that there are true and faithful friends
Of Reform in that Convention, who deplore the
existing state of things us heartily We do, and
who would do any thing obviously in their power
to bring its labors to a prompt and ausp'cous
conclusion. 1t does seem to us however that they
lack frmness. courage energy. decision. Let but
forty earnest friends of Reform unite in stern re-
solve to call and vote for the Previous Question
whenever subject has been sufficiently debated
and never to permit an adjournment for the day
until something has been compGshed-settlcd--
by that days aboys, and all may yet be retrieved.
viii not those who understand that the People
meant something by calling this Convention, and
who meant to act their constituents desired
them resolve and act