Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-07-06
Convention floss Of the slh Week.

The discussion of the Judiciary report has
been continued since our last notice Yester.
day afternoon Judge Kennon took up the cud-
gel and defended the report with great zeal
and power. He spoke at length, for hins
as be does not belong to the long speakers
In the course of his remarks he came down
upon Robertson, who had attacked the report,
with great severity. He said many hard
things hard, because they contained too
much truth. This morning Mr.. Robertson de-
Tended himself in speech of over an hour.
We did not have the pleasure of hearing it,
but from the speech of Mccormick, in reply
which we did hear, we presume Robertson
tried, at least, to return the compliment o.
hard SAYINGS with rather more than ten pei
cent interest Mr. Mccormick yindicatec
with great effect the humbug objection that
the court was aristocFatic, and not enough
identified with the people. He brought Rob.
Ecrtson TO bis feet in defence or explanation
several times
But the severest retort he received, was
from Judge kennon. When Robertson had
concluded his review of the Judge, he arose
and respectfully referred the gentleman to .
certain chapter and verse in the Bible, which
we believe reads somewhat after this manner
"Seest thou a'man wise in his own conceit
there is more hope of fool than of him.
Now if this had been read, it would come
very near being personal. As it is, it presents
a very nice question for political as well as
moral casuists to decide hos0 mach it misses
that point
After the speech of Mr.. Mccormick, which
evinced more power Of ridicule and sarcasm
than We had supposed he possessed, Mr.. Nit
chell of Knox came up manfuly to the res
cue Of Mr.. Robertson. Whether he added
anything to the defensive force, is a little de-
bateable-but he added little to the Book
that is certain. Gen. Mason also made some
remarks upon the subject: after which the
Convention adjourned till Monday.
Yesterday, motion made, to the effect
that the district court should 60 into "each
county of the State, and failed. If this can
be regarded as test vote, it is and indica-
ton that this feature of the report will be sus-
tanned
Mr. Robertson, yesterday, moved to strike
out of the report so much thereof as divided
the State into nine districts, with three Judges
in each district; and to substitute therefor a
plan of sixteen districts, with one Juge in each.
He also wanted to make the county courts
more respectable than the would be, &c, 1t
was upon this motion that the discussion is
now going on and, up to the time of adjourn
ment, no vote was taken thereon.
The discussion. yesterday and to-day. has
assumed rather too much Of personal char
acter. The truth is beginning to be manifest,
that the ultra radicalism of Robertson and his
compeers in red republcanisrn, 6nds no SYM
pathy and support in the rejecting and dis
Greet men oftaat party. II is a very differ
ent affair, to get resolution through on 9Th
of January Conyention,o of the most ultra stamp,
and to get the same thing through the Consti-
tutional Convention, where men act under
the solemnity of an oath, and the heavy res
possibility they are under to their constituents
posteritg end to their o0n rspNtation This
is being understood. Some men are Just be-
ginning to open their eyes to this great truth.
The lesson is fraught with practical wisdom,
and may work important results
Meanwhile, eight weeks have passed away,
and though much has been SAID, and some
thing has been done, yet much remains to be
done. We begin to doubt whether the people
will have chance to vote for or against new
constitution this year. o. s. Journal 29th