Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-08-03
NUMBER 2l
The Observation-Disclosures

b1r DASCoM--clfs VIII you please INFORM
the public Why the Convention adjournd %
Cincinnati, and not 70 Cleyeland, as mas ex-
pected If they could not get done th1iK
work sooner than October, I do not complain
of tho adjournment; but DO think the point
selected little remarkable.
Yours, Truly.
We have endeavored 10 keep the public nd
vised Of what the Convention said and did, but
to state the reasons for them Is touch be-
yond us Cincinnati, however IS the largest
city Of the State, and. having the capital first,
il was fair 10 try the Queen City next They
can have comfortable quarters At the BaFnes
House, at two dollars per day, Ieaying one
dollar for net profits or extras It does not
follow that Cleveland willnot have her share.
Should the Convention not be able to finish
BY spring, il may adjourn to Cleveland next
We do not understand that il Is obliged to
wind up this year or next There are great
many questions Of progressive democracy
which have not yet been exhausted, and per-
haps it might be well TO made the Congen.
ton permanent institution in the State, for
the improvement Of gifts and the resolving Of
doubts. The State printer says be has nQH
printed about 500 pages Of debates; these
pages are in doubls columns meking some
1900 solid columns Of talk already out Not
one single feature of the constitution Has con-
clusiyely settled. The reports Of committees,
we believe, were all in, and the Coagention
had got far enough 10 indicate disposition
not to agree to many of the important reports,
and to knock them to pieces, throwing ehe
whole matter back where they begun. They
did not definitely settle between MessTs. Rob
ertson, Archbold, and Dorsey, which kind Of
democracy MAS the genuine article and whose
signature must be found on the label to avoid
counterfeits and limitations Having talked
1900 solid columns Of close print and rested
upon It some Eve months. while their atgen-
ton is devoted to private business and general
politics. the Convention will meet again ia
December A good DEAL Of course, vii have
Ibeen forgotten. We presume the first inquiry
i will be as to what business Was lels unfinished
and the committee on unfinished business aill
report that their business is aH atnfnisked-
Then a committee may be appointed to report
what was done, and il win have to report that
inothing s0os done. Then, perhaps. commit
tee may be directed to inquire Bhat they have
Iyet to do, and We suppose it viii report taat
they hare yet 70 make a slesc constitution.
If the question should be asked how far they
are ahead Of where shey started. the answer
must be-6OO pages, or 1900 solid columns.
and between s3O, 600 and S4O,O00 When
they get launched second time, how tnany
members viii repeat what they have said be-.
fore, or how many disputes may arise as to
what is contained ia the 1900 columns Of
talk already printed, no human foresight caia
determine In the meantime ANY new dsnnots
lssrations may serve to ocomplicate The already
4 iFexed and tangled question. as 70 what Is
true democracy matter Of SO much import
ance to be settled in the new constitution. that
the people can well afford to wait aud pay ex-
lpenses The next Legislature, We hope, viii
make liberal provision, SO that the ccnHsns
ton need not feel itself buried
& The truth is, there is q good deaiof valUAk
bic popular instruction in those debates il
lpeople would only but read them; and we
give them to the public 50 cheap that al any
lone need hesitate about is the time Il takes Il
levery head Of family would make It point
to read two columns Of the book every morpz
ling before breakfast he could read the de-
bates, as far as they haze aow gone, in lit
tie over two years, and by reading two col-
Il umns more every night before going to bed i
could be done in little over one year At
the rateof lS columns a day he would
cemplish it in little over three months; and
by setting aside inaexibly out Of every week
sie days for that purpose. he would be able 60
keep up and have Sundays to rest The
thing is not so impossible as many sdpp0se,
and we wish the people we're fhore awake to
Its Importance By and by they must vote
upon It; and then they ought 70 know. They
used to make a Constitution with s pretty
lgood plain finish, stout and durable, ID afsw
J weeks The idea then was to leave It short
and plain and stout so thai every body could
understand and remember the best parts Of Il.
And that sort of thing answered very good
purpose for the old folks IN early times But
the State is getting rich, and Democracy has
progressed prodigonsly. We want something
now a little more ornamental and stylish. is
lorder that the young folks may have chance
Ito cut figure We DO not ever despair Of
getting constitution as long and as higly fn-
lished as some of those they make IN I fan5e:-
Il viii not in all pfobability--the constitution
litself-fil volume larger than Swans stat
iutes; perhaps it may not be longer than the
law relating to executors and administrators.
You can buy book to explain this last mem
toned law for dollar, and then if Eoucan iiil-
Ederstand the book yOu are fixed. With con-
Istitution which ought not to be- and probably
will not be longer than Swans statutes, and
two or three volumes of debates; Of 1eO8 col
unns each. to explain il, the chaneee viii be-
pretty strong that every man can find aome-
i thing to suit him. If some gentleman viii get
up concordance or index Of few hundred
pages, not to exceed in cost txo OF three dol
lars, the people win be able to know what they
are about Cleveland may yet .ses the C6n-
Yentiou. and all will go right When we do
Il get constitution We shall probably get
enough to last for some time--if not more.
70. S. journal
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