New-York daily tribune., 1846-12-29
WISCONSIN,.

ThA Constitutional Convention u=S HfeIy cOH'
cladsd It's labors Among its decisions IS one ez-
tending the Right Of Suffrage TO all foreign -bocn
residents Of the Territory without requiring tsra
TO swear allegiance % the United s;ates-a rost
unjust and un.ise provision which w2s carried
by 81 TO 81 votes This provision, II IS calculated
secures the state Government and both Congress
men TO the Loco-Fo Focos proposition making
the aliens go transformed into voters eligible to
Office. az well as entitled 20 elect others, vas
promptly rejeoted: Ayes y, Noes o. 80 t''e
alien. are 70 have tie privilege Of voting fo- their
Loco Foco aat,eregs. bat not 70 be voted Tor N
,grn Their rotes wanted, but the Offices can
be amply filed without them.
The Convention has done one good deed among
many bad ones II has established the principle
that tie HOMESTEAD Of Family siaH not 5e itnd'e
u sae on erecutaon 70, any debt hereafter contracted
This was proposed IN our own Convention by M
stow Of Buffalo one Of the abIess and most CON
servative lawyers in tha: body. bat unsor tn
nately voted DOWN 1t has also been settled that
he property posse,set By a lrye n. marriage or
fqjyly acguircd Jy Ter oc1eard, ssGH no, IL !d6te
foy he deJts Of her Aus5and.-"e rather Ike tbs
also and hope it vii work weii-Ihese two IN
portant provisions being conjoined IN one article
a strong effort was made to strike them ont, bat
,bov we're sustained by vote OF 60 10 81, and are
noy we presure, out Of danger. Marshall Vi
strong of Racine their leading opponent. mas
resigned his seat on account Of their adoption.
Judges arc TO be chosen by the People at
special election in July
The first plan Of dis,ricting the etatc for Con
rrcss. and the division is to be made by North
and South line instead Of the proposed East and
West one
The resolution forbidding the choice OF State
Printer and requiring each Legislature to procure
its Printing by contract OF the lowest bidder, has
been dcieated--i7 to 30. This is wretched job
Of party legislation.
CoAL-Somcthing is the matter with Political Econo,
my Since the Free Trade Ta has into operation
which destroy the Coal interests OF Pennsylvania
the price has actually advanced Ho" can 1t be ~
Journal OF Commerce
rY Sure enough Who does not remember the
petitions from this City and Speeches in Congress
by our Members against any duty on Coal as calcu
lated to (jo>e tie Po2r2 Who has forgotten Mr.
Secretary Walkers bold assertion last Winter that
the cos, OF home produced article was enhanced
by the amount of the duty On its Foreign rival
and his subsequent specific enumeration of Coal as
one of the articles on which a tax of Millions was
imposed on the Consumers while only few thou.
sands OF it went into the Treasury Mr. Walker
pumply and plainly asserted that every coalcon-
sumcr paid nb5u. dollar ton more for his fuel
under the Wing Tariff Of - than he would pay
under the Polk Tariff of 10 Aud now hear the
toc' from the lips OF his trusiy follower! Ho'c
co@ a6ei'
That the Coal interest will ultimately be greatly
damaged by the New Tariff we cannot doubt; but
it will not be by reducing the price OF Coal in New
York but By diminishing the general consumption
III the snanulacture OF Iron, Wares Cloths &.. &c.
Under Protective Tariff, Coal afforded as
cheap it well could be, and if the duty had been
500 per ton, the pHce would not have been en-.
hanccd thereby one farihing. All this green
Secretary Of the Treasury does not understand
bu, the Journal OF Commerce docs or should 1t
has not his excuse for being gnorant-lndeed
how can 1t he =