The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-10-27

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peace shall be elected for the term of two yesr.
ana constables ioT the tenn Of tour years, the
snail be citizens Of the United States tw euty-on
Years OF age, and shall have resided six months /
lhe district in which they may be elected mex
preceding the election.
SEc z. Judges of the oouuly court. and iustice
Oh The peace shall be conseIvators OF The peace
Ihey shall be commissioned BY the Goverpo,
Nounty districts shall vacste their Offices by re
moval from The district OF county in which The
slsh pc appointed. The legislature shall provide
| oy law, for the mode and manner of conductin
and making due returns of ali elections OF Judge
o. ihe county court, justices Of the peace, an,
constaoies, and for determining contested cleo
| honsi and also provide the mode Of filing yacan
| cies IN these offices.
Sko .. judges OF the county courts, justices o
.ne peace, and constables, shall be subject to 10
cictnent for malfeasance or misfeasapee ia office
"a sach mode rs may be prescribed by law, sub
Ileet 70 appeal 10 the court of appeals; and, upoI
CONVICTION, their offices shall become vacant.
M. Sohison, as chairman o. select committee
| tiaue report, which was referred 10 the commit
zee oil he whole, the object of which was L
| DtinG about the revision and arfansemen Of the
| statute laws, &c.
The resolution offered Monday by MIR. Dixon
afhrnlng the involsbility of slave property, cams
| ap as The unfinished business
They were discussed by Messrs. Turner, Dixon
and q. A. Wicklife at some length, and with &c
haen animation, earnestness, and apparent asper
ny thsi The President was more than once com
PEELED TO call one Of the gentlemen 10 order.
Tue resolution was reieued 10 a committee Of
The whole and ordered TO be printed.
The Convention then resolved itself into CON.
hittee OF the whole, Mr.. Barlow in the chair, and
resumed the cons deration Of Mr.. Turner's reso.
luton in relation ID slavery.
Mr. Chenault spoke briefly and pertnenily
against the resolution, and was followed in the
same side by Mr.. Mitchell, who made enc of the
Of fka
son- II is highly commended by his political and
personal friends. The committee then rose, report
et progress, and obtained leave 10 sn sgain next
Monday.
The report of the committee in reference to the
Court OF Appeals will come under discussion to-
CAY.
la the printed speech OF Mr. Talbot, of Bowie,
made Monday, find the following paragraph:
"lf you will turn now to the 20th chapter of Ex.
odus, llth verse, you will find slavery is put, by
God himself, in the came category with all other
property: Thou shalt not coyet thy neigdbor's
house, thou shalt not coyet thy neighbours wife,
nor his man Ss'rdf, nor his maid servant, nor his
OK, nor his ass, anything that is thy neighoors'
Here, sir, you the right clearly ackno wledged
ty the law itself that your neghboT has 10 his
Want, and you are positively forbid TO covet them
iast us you are 10 covet his OF, his ass, or any
U.her property that is your neIghbors
IL sLrikes that If this text OF scripture proves
anything for the gentleman's purpose, il proves
too much. II slaves are therein ''put by God
himself in the same category with all other pro-
perry" 30 is q pte "Thy nelghbor's wife, in
put upon the same footing as "his house." "his
servant, ''his on" and chs ass" and one is a.
much recognised an property as another.
The Governor gave supper last night TO the
members of the Convention, 10 which the repre-
sentatives Of the press, citizens, and Others were
iavited. The evening was very Indictment, but the
large rooms Of the Governors house were crowd.
hate Hs,.. saA 81 n
very brilliantly and pleasantly. had the pleasure
Of meeting there, and taking by the hand, that
mild young buck, ben. Leslie Combs, who looks
as lively aad happy and heslIhful as ever.
Yours, &C., "THE EXCLUDED"
FRAskroET, Oct. IS, 1919.
NJ. Desha, from the committee on the militia,
yesterday made q report, which was referred 10
rte committee OF the whole, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Gholson offered the following resolution,
and called for the Iess and nays thereon:
Resolred, That the good people OF this com.
raonweslih are fully competent 10 judge OF, and
decide upon, the qualifications OF all candidates
for any office, whether the same be legislative,
executive, judicial or ministerial; wherefore, 8
certificate of election, according to law. is the
only certificate OF qualifications that shall ever
be required TO enable any cltIEen 10 enter upon
The dschRTge o. the duties of the Office 10 which
he may be elected
This consider one Of the most demsgoguinE
resolutions that has yet been offered. Ii is merely
& bait for buaconhe. and has no practical good 10
view, nor any special bearing upon anything now
before The Convention. II the resolution has any
meaning at all, il 10 this, that the people being
fully competent, &C., it is unwise and nexPedien'
for the constitution TO require any qualifications,
in pOnt of age anything else, in candidates for
Office. The resolution WIS debated at some length
by Messrs TrIpleii, Hardin, Clarke, and Others,
after which il was made the special order for
Tuesday, and ordered to be printed.
Mt. Rudd Offered the following resslutiOn, which
vas adopted:
Resoltsd, That the committee on circuit courts
be instructed to enquire into the eIpediency of psT-
hitting the Louisville chancery court TO Exist
under the new constitution, and giving authority
To the Legislature 10 establish other chancery
courts in the commonwealth.
These and other minor matters being disposed
of, the Convention resolved itself into committee
of the whole on the Court Of Appeals, aud then
arose one Of the most interesting discussions OF
the session, uror q point Of great interest and
moment. The first and second sections Of Mr..
Wicklffe's bill (which you have already publish
e1 were adopted, and the third was read, as fol.
lows:
Sec. s. The judges of the court of appesls shall
hold Their Offices for the term of eight years,
and until their successors shall be duly qualified
subject to the conditions hereinafter prescribed
but Tor any reasonable cause, which shall not be
sufficient ground Of Impeachment, the Governor
shall remove any OF them on the address OF two
thirds of zach house OF the general assembly, &c.
Mr. Hardin rose and moved that the words 1.-TWO
thirds" be struck out and ga msiorty" substitu.
m M. kaff x.hfa he kal Ian
anticipated, had now arrived, and now it was TO
be decided whether q majority OF the people OF
this Common wealth should rule and hold TO an
accountability the judicial and other officers OF
this government, or that the odious and monarch
cal principle Of two-thitds should be engrafted
NOON the new constitution. And then he went on
10 make one of those master efforts which he oc-
casionally makes when under high excitement OF
when battling for some cherished opinion or favor
tie theory. For the first time during the session
the galleries resounded with cheering plaudits,
and even members Of The Convention joined in
the applause. Had the vote been taken when the
"Old Chief" sat down, have no sort of doubt but
that his proposition would have carried, but the
further discussion Of the principles and the cool
mature reflection Of the Convention will operate
strongly against the gentlemsns apparently strong
reasoning and truly iorcible aud popular declama
ton.
C. A. wickliffe replied briefly and sensbly TO Mr.
Hardin bat appeared not 90 much at ease, or &C
sure be was risat, as he usually seems in debate
He was evidently taken aback, either by the prop
ositon of MIR. H,, or by The popular Decentralization
in that gentleman's favor.
Mr.. VIM. Preston followed, in opposition TO tn,
proposition, and his speech was In every respect
In the earnest, fiery, impressive manner, as wei
as in the mstter--worthy Of the distinguished
name he besrs--e name almost synonymous will
statesmanship and oratory.
Tbe discussion was continued until adjournmen
by Messrs Clarke, Bulltt, and Guthrie, the latte
Of whom did not finish, and, OF course, has thu
floor to-day.