New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-13
INDIANA.
The state Conveation--The Declaration Of IN
dependence Negro Population Tome
stead Woman's Eights-No STATE Debt
Election OF Judges by the Peopie-Ths
Cnmprornise 1Iensures-N. :, Senator, &c.

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IsDMNAsoLIs, Ind Wednesda AZ Dec
You cannot imsene the Huakeris1n that reigns
in this Convention. This very day proposition
to incorporate the following language Of the De-
claration Of independence in our BIZ of Rights
"That all men are created equa, that they have
certain nalienable rights that among these are
life liberty, ald the pursuit Of happiness, car
ried by ONLY 70 Ayes to a Noes End that too OF
recorded vote b. Ayes and Noas. Yoa can judge
from this when this great truth. SO often boasted
over finds 1t so difficult to obtain place in the
Convention Of Free State, what chance there IS
to resist their iuduman project o, forbidding the
entrance into the State Of any person guilty Of tie
crime of being dark skinned though free and pro-
hibiting all ofthatrace hereafterfrom acquiringrea!
property But thc debate on this question has
changed the predetermined course OF lis friends
The Observation-Disclosures stood upregardless oither
sDeers and ofthe applause with which they hailed
attacks on Diggers7 and denounced the act in
al its atrocity and humanity Though fully
two-thiIds of the Convention at the outset were
resoted at all hazards to incorporate 1t in the Con
stituton, the determined and unyielding opposition
thcy lave met with has bad it's effect upon them.
acquisition Of property will be struck out SO far
oil negroes now in the State are concerned, and
the balauce--lhe antiIrieratlon part-submlLted
to q separate vote Of the people at the time the
Constitution is adopted. They know,that there is
a very heavy anti Reform vote in the State at any
rate and they learned very plainly, that many Of
the Delegates, ratherthan see their State dlsgraced
by such Constitutional provision would canvass
before the people against the ADDITION OF the whole
irc 1prt q
been very animated and conducted on the part OF
the minority With q zeal and energythat convinced
the majority that they were immoyably firm in
their hostility to this proposed outrage
The Homestead Exemption Jared as might be
expected. The votes cast for it, az varjOusly pro-
posed ranged from % 10 ~ cut of 80 members.
section was adopted, however, conceding the
principle that a reasonable amount of the comforts
of life should be exempted to the debtor-which
means anything or nothing beyond the present
1928 exemption, Just as you may desire to con
strue it. There were l8 votes cast even against
that. The whole north part OF the State, (north Of
the Wabash, J mean,) with on y one or two ex-
ceptions, and the south, or Anti-Negro Annexation
portion, voted in a body against it The vote has
been similar on other questions akin.
8" No more State Debt" has been inscribed on
the Constitution in the planest, most positive Ian
guage-temporary loans for deficits in revenue, or
to duell instruction, or repel invasion alone ex-
copied. That is one redeeming feature. When
the motion was first made 1t was laid on the table
by q small majority; but the fight was again re-
newed, the vote increasing steadily, until at last
it passed by 3 TO /. 1t does not even authorize
loans ON condition Of the people approving them
by vote, after the fashion of the recent State Con-
stitutions but puts up the bars positively.
Biennial sessions have prevailed, only tive in
the negative.
Womans Rights carried by 10 majority but it
will be reconsidered, and left out think. Itpro-
vdes that laws should be passed securing to mar
ried women all their real and personal properts
belonging to them NJ marriage, or acquired alter
ward by purchase, gift, (other than by the hus-
band in fraud of mis- Creditors) devise or descent.
The Judges will all be elected by the People
the Supreme Bench increased from to ), and d!
trust elected by Districts The ultra-poiticans
want to elect them by the whole State. In that
case, the dead weight Of party would carry all
their Loco Foco nominations but electihg by
Districts, would take it more out of the hands OF
the politicians and give it to the people, who
would generally know all about the character
and qualifications of rival candidates in their Dis
tricts and would thus be enabled to decide intel
ligentv and correctly. Eecting by the whole
State they would be nominated with the Cover
nor and State oilicers-be generally men more
noted in Politics than Law-and could each afford
to lose 5000 votes where he as known, and yet be
elected.
Although the Convention are progressing SO
slowly that the People are becoming inccnsed--
Il
lutions, indorsing the Compromise bills and the
Slave.cotching law, as well as rebuking as trait
orous some public meetings in this State whch
had fired oil very severe paperresolutlons against
the latter. We had three days debate over
them, costing the State $4,000 for settling mat
ter with which Constitutional Contentaon GER
tainlv had nothing whatever to do They were
laid on the table once by majority but forced
up again.
treason of Texas, South Carolina, and the Nash
vile Convention while the Convention were at
the Job; but that OF course was voted down TWO
to one But after all, the original resolutions
were thrown aside, and q mild set OF Owens,
which expressly disClaim any opinion as to the
propriety OF the laws, indorse their general tea-
lures and intentions and pledge obedience
passed, 90 to 26s others, sitting in their seats,
and refusing to vote, on the ground that they had
no business there at all. dozen others SINH.
arly thinking, stepped out in the lobbies and
quite number who voted in the affirmative, did
So after fighting against the resolution, for fear OF
being considered opposed to the Union. Still, the
truth is, that both parties are Hunkemzng III tins
Statethe LoCos thoroughly-the w hgs only
partially-but enough to break into the general
harmony among Us heretofore in opposition to
Slavery aggression At the same time, the de-
tails OF the Fugitive Law are dsapproved OF by
large majority bat many Of that majority say
its bad, but its Compromise measure, and
we ought not to repeal Or change It,
Bright think, without question, will be re-
elected. Judge Buden, John Petit, and Robert
Dale Owen, jall IN the Convention, are his oppo-
nents But he will beat them all. The only man
think he has to lear at ALL is Gov. Wright, il he
should become q candidate. He thinks so HIM
SELF learn, for he told gentleman in this city
the other day, that il Wright was candidate
he should come back from w ashington-if not, not.
Yours Sc HOOSIER.
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