Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-02-18

". and eVrCdjlouSlV executed.
for the preservation Or security of the rights
In person, property, and charace err, of the
entire people. A man who never goes TO
law al all, has the advantage of the protec-
ton of laws and judges, in the security
which he enjoys in person. property and
character, from the constitutional existence
OF laws and Judges. by means of which, a
check, 1t is asserted by the friends of the
system, is imposed on the wrong doer. Yot
the whole burden of supporting this magis-
tracy is, or may be, under this Constitution,
thrown upon the persons who may be COM
PEELED 10 enter court for the assertion or re-
covery OF right and usticel The injured
sultor. in addition TO paying his own law
yer, IN addition 10 paying for his writ, and
the other court charges and fees of the Off
GERS. In addition TO paying his own witness
es, losing his time, and being veXed by many
cares in bringing and prosecuting his claim
before court, for the recovery of his right
shall also pay q tao for obtaining justice,
which the Legislature shall impose Why
not say also that suiiorS shall pay the wages
Of members Of the legislature, and the other
public officers! AS much Justice would
there be i'll that, as in requiring them to pay
the salaries of the judges. know there are
men who are of opinion that justice should
be sold pretty high; make people pay high
and burn their fingers when they 90 to law,
and they will keep cut of it: so say many
persons. But the trainers of the present
Constitution have not professed 10 be of that
opinion. On the contrary, they have ex-
pressly said, right and justice ought" TO
be obtained feeciY, and without being obliged
to purchase ii. So also they have said, all
men are born equally free, Yet they shall not
he equally free. All men ought" 10 OBJ
| tain right and justice freely, and without
paying for ii; but they shall not so obtain
right and justice, but Shah pay tax which
the Legislature shall impose. A tax not
limited; it may be any amount that the le-
gIslature chooses to impose,-so high as to
fall lightly on the rich but forever To dehar
the poor man from the ability to enter Court
as sUitor! Shameful that Constitution
makers, should be so near sighted or false
to their own professions, aud that Consti-
tuition should be submitted to people, So
contradictory Of itself. No one can vote
for this Constitution who is not in favor OF
the principle that a tax shall he imposed OH
right am Justice. The Constitution SAYS
it shall be, and the Legislature must pass Il
law that way, and neUer can be 3cith0aa ie-
giskation, imposing tax on justice and
right.
Sd. Art /, Sec. II, declares that "pri-
Ui(ege" of the debtor to enjoy the necessary
comforts of life, shall be recognized by
wholesome laws. The privilege! What
is a privilege is it not special latror-some
boou, power. or mercy conierred2 Is II not
a term used in contradistinction TO right-as
rights and privileges Is not The right to
a home, as sacred and iraIienabIe as the
right to life? This section eontemplates
the exemption Of certain amount OF per
sOnai property, not of the home. If the right
to place is secured to a man, he can earn
and enjoy the comforts of life, besides pay
ing his debts; the exemption merely Of per-
sona property to a limited amount, will not
enable him to paw debts and sustain him.
self The friends of the homestead eXemp-
ton by voting for this Constitution, place
exemption on the footing Of privilege, not
of right: and they descend from the cXemp-
ton of the homestead to dollars and cents.
For nv own part, | would rather have no
exemption clause in the Consultation than
that which is there now.
4th. In Wisconsin. Banks are unpopular,
and the Homestead Exemption is popular.
Yet the recent Old Hta,ker Convention, in
Article II, sec. 5 says the Legislature may
submit 10 the voters, at any general election,
the question of Bank or No Bdytk. Why
did the Convention not submit to the voters
the distinct question. Hontcsiead or No
H0meSfead? This shows that they were
more willing to do for Banking than for
Homestead Exemption. They have hopes
that by pancs and iniammaory appeals,
they can get a batch of banks, by capitalists
in Milwaukee addressing circulars TO caPi-
tasts in other parts Of the State, to make d
iog-rolng election for Representatives
give US a Bank, and we viii give you II
Bank. Is it not easy to lorcsec the corrnp-
ton thus TO be introduced into elections
Had they believed the Homestead unpopu-
lar, they would have submitted the distinct
question at once, to be voted down by the
people; but they were afraid il would cary.
aud therefore they smothered the subject,
and have introduced the deIusiyc article
which | have mentioned instead Of Home
stead exemption.
The Constitution is filled with other
wrongs. But | have no time to add more.
ANTI-WRONG.
MEXICAN REyENUE.-By the Report OF
Gen. Scott, it is expected that the nett rev.