Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-02-24
MR.. sTRoNG's SPEECH.

have been diverted from our purpose fot
The reason tia, much we intended 10 say,
has already heen anticipated in he replies
which are being made, ole Of which WI !
be found in our columns to-day. We also
learn iha, there are others fully compete nj
TO the task, who intend to review this
peculiar production oflhe Honorable Coun.
ci!or aud spread The matter before the
people.
There is one pee uliariiy in the speech
OF Mr.. Strong, which all who have read ii,
we think cannot fail TO have nollced:- Ii
is disposition to find fault with things, The
eXistancc of which,no man is more respon-
be for then himself-in a multitude of in
stances he passes an unfavolable ludgmen
pen his own acts. IL The people have
cause for complaint, Of vacilatlon in their
public servants, we cannot conceive how
Mr. Strong can escape coming in Tor full
share OF til at complaint Mr. Strong at
temps TO assign several reasons why the
convention was unable 10 frame more &C.
ccpt4ble constitution; among winch are
the following 1.-The convention was too
numerous;" there wee "too many stand
! ing cemnittees;" the committees "Ion-
tanned bu, comparatively little talent, .
here we're sstwo f.ctions in the democratic
lalty;" "the convention did 10, work we'll
a, b)dy:"--that is, lie members did not
al! think al kel They unfortunately en-
,ertained different views on different sub
subjec's How far Mr. Strong was fcspon
sible fer ,he con it on Of things OF VIII CHI
he complains, may be inferred from his
own s.a,en ents nnl from HE convention
Journal Of proceedings. AS TO the conyen-
4 ton being "ioo numerous" Mr. Strong
vas a member of the legislature which
passed the convention aci, and we be! eve
he raised no objection 10 IKE number OF
members contc mplated in the act. 3 to
their b-rg ''too many stand e com:ttees'
in tic convention fer the proper trans C.
lion Of business, he admits that he supper
led he number pgreed uloa: aud u. to The
CON plant that the committees contained
''but comparatively little talent" we ha;dly
know what is meant, unless ii is. that the
/ convention h quite too small splinkling
Of lawyers. Ii thee were poi zeal fac
tons" and fpauy consider"t ons in'e (efeo
in tie legitimate bus ness Of the contsn
ton, VINO, we ask WIS moe instrument i in
geun! up political feud Than Mr.. Sttong1
ID d he not in The frs, organization of the
convention introduce the subjec, Of pr y,
and ms st on patty caucus to nominate
party presiding officer? If The convt
ton did "noi work well together because
every member happened 10 Lave an op'n
ion OF his own, we should Ike 10 know Of
what k; nd Of mater MS lie would have u
convention constituted.
Mr.. Strong's reasoning on the Bank
article belrays the same spirit Of fault find
ing and most singular verSnt lily Of sent
me nj. tie now compla rs because the
SIX b 81 c;ioa was Inccrpor;ed into the con
st.;uton a, al; Yet next 10 the HoHo; e
Chairman Of the committee on banks, no
memLer OF tie convention gave The sixth
section Of tie bank at Gle stror ger sup
port than dl Mr.. Strong. How any
men holding the opinions lie Processes 10
hold, can complain OF the bank article, is
passing strange;--Ee says lie h S always
been opposed 10 banks, and he believes
III public opinion in the Territory is al
most unanimously against banks. On tbs
suhlcc, he says;-"In my own county,
(Raciue) there is scarcely man Of either
,pariy who is in favor Of chartering banks 81
the polit cal conventions Of beth part es in
almost every county in The Terrrrry have
passed resolutions against banks and no
such Convention of either party has ever
passs resolutions in their favor No other
politics question ha. been so much dis
cussed, and upon no other has the decis on
vi public opinion been so unanimous
Now if the people Of the Territory are
so unanimously anti bank as the gentle
man represents, why find fault with the
bank al'.clc? But he now seeks 10 preju.
dice he pubic mind against the const'u
ton, by the insinla'on that the sixth sec
lion of The bank article was not a demo
cratic measure in the Convention! Hear
hlm:-"Ihe SIKH sec; ion OF the bank ar
ticle would have been struck out Of the
4 Const tuition, adj il not been for whig votes
in lis Gavor." Now the Journal Of the
Convention shows that lie is entirely mis-
n:-the ayes and noes on the motion
to strike out the sixth sec,ien, show that il
would not have been struck out if not
single wing had voted on the quesl on.
! Mr.. S,rong also finds fault with that part
! Of the Constitution which fixes The mum
Ter Of members Of The Legislature. He