Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-02-21
For The Indiana STATE Sentinel.
The New Constitution.


On the questions Of providing for the proper education
OF all the children the State-or providing for
hghways-o providing for defining aud Furnishing crimes
for laws to protect persons and propery-or political
and religious liberyfor the encouragement Of industry,
economy and morality, and the veal generally
there are, and doubtless will be differences Of opinion in
regard details and the and of
complishng the end all aim at. For instance, there is
and will be much honest difference Of opinion in regard
to the longer continuance of capital punishment, and if
retained, hope il may not be- TO what crimes shall
be considered capital. There among The people, and
will be in the Convention, differences of opinion in
gard the usury laws, and their and abuses, and
the exPediency of continuing aboshing Them and
otherwise regulating the dealings in money.
One of the important questions that will come
before The Convention will be that of taxation. On it
there will be more feeling among the people than any
other In fact this is the important question to be
settled, without money have government.
The slave cannot work without food aud the public
be provided for by the public they
work for the public. The iaborer his
poye for the Of bis MUSCLES the lawyer for the
OF his brains and the mechanic for both and the public
pay for the other, both when il employs
them The public servants must be icsH paid whether
employed the public works. ia Legislation, the al
mnisralion of justice. About this there is question
and they must be of the very best kind, aud of
the pay must be sufficient command them. The Con
vention therefore, while it makes provision for the strict
est economy compatible with the welfare of the State
provide literally where the public good requires
While unnecessary expenditures aud extravaganza
be carefully avoided the hand, is 10 be
carefully stunned the other.
The necessary taxation, however, will be very gh
TO be scarcely felt, if levied justly and iudicousIy
That the present expenditures may be greatly reduced
without deIriment the public interests, aud that III,
present mode of raising the public may be mucl
improved, there is doubt.
While provision should be made against double taxa
ton Of all private property, all property, and every male
head of 81 years and upwards (PaUpers negroes,
the decrepid excepted should be taxed The capital il
banks should be taxed like all other property and tai
Of per cent in addition all bank capital, for th
privilege Of circulating bank notes money. On lhi
question the present banks may make opposition bu,
way treat will be TO abolish hem the expiration
of their present charters and make provision for the hes
and safest system of free banking All banks of circuLa
ton doubtless evil, but public opinion and Ion
habit probably demand their continuance IN some form
the best system should be adopted and for the prrileg
of circulating their notes as money, they should be mad
pay fair and Just equivalent they do in Massachu
sets and they do, believe, in all the New Engan
States.
Among the most prominent and important provision
in the new Constitution will doubtless be maxim
liberal and permanent appropriations Tor free common
schools. SWITZERLAND.