Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-03-25
For Delegates to the Convention.
Election to be held on Monday neat.
CLAN SWIFT.
FOR PORTAGE COUNTY,
FRIEND COOK e.
Reforms advocated by the several par

Reforms advocated by the several par
ties.
The following are the measures of re-
form embraced in the resolutions of the
Democratic Convention, and which their
candidate, if elected, is eAged to use his
efforts to secure adopted fnthe Constitution:
Taxes should always be imposed upon
property, and on all PROPERTY alike, wheth-
err It be the stock of the farmer or the stock
Of the banker.
No further public debt should be created
without the consent of the people of the
State first obtained through direct vote
on the subject;
All officers, State, County and Township,
including Judges and Clerks of Courts,
should be elected directly by the people;
Provisions should be made for the leav-
ing to the people, in their township and
county organizations, as much of the busi-
ness of legislation as may be compatible
with their convenience;
, The General Assembly shall ordinarily
session be limited to ninety days;
The grant of special privileges is in dero-
CATION Of the rights of the people-the exer-
else of such power should be vigilantly
guarded in the Constitution;
The Legislature should be expressly pro-
hibited from granting Banking Charters,
unless the people of the State, by majori-
ty vote taken at some general election, shall
| first decide in favor Of such charters;
| A thorough reform in the Judiciary, so
that the remedies at law may be simplifed,
and the obscurity, delay and uncertainty of
legal proceedings materially lessened;
The homes Of the people exempted from
Involuntary sale;
The extension of the right of suffrage to
the colored citizens of the State; to be sub
mitted in separate clause, to the vote Of
the people;
Safeguards against political gerryman-
ders. and Legislative disorganizers;
The elevation of MAN and the protection
few and the @dominion of the dollar"
Resolved, That the great importance OF
the approaching election, admonishes every
friend of progress to be active during the
few intervening days, toSecure- the success
of their principles, and to guard against the
false issues and political intrigues of the
"priualegsd orders" and enemies of equal
rights and Constitutional reform.
The following are the measures of re-
form embraced in the resolutions of the
Free Soil Convention.
Taxes should always be imposed upon
/ property, aud upon all property alike,
whether it be the stock Of the farmer, or
the stock of the banker:
No further public debt should be created
without the consent Of The State first OBJ
tuined through direct vote on the subject;
All officers, State, County and Town
ship, including Judges and Clerks of Court,
should be elected directly by the people;
Provisions should be- made for the ieav.
ing to the people, in their township and
county organizations, as much of the husi-
ness of legislation as may be compatible
with their convenience; s
The General Assembly shall ordinarily
convene but once in two years. and each
session shall be limited to ninety days;
Ths grant Of special privileges is in der
ogation Of the rights of the people-.he ex-
ercise Of such power should be vigilantly
guarded in the Constitution.
The Legislature should be expressly
prohibited from granting Banking Chart
ers, unless the people Of the State, by u
majority vote taken at some general elec-
tim shall first decide in favor Of such chart.
ers.
That as a safeguard of our inherent
rights and a protection against the encroach-
ment of wealth, the most extended right of
suffrage should be adopted. and all men
with The exception of foreigners not nat
uralized) who are Of the age of twenty -one
years and have An abiding residence in the
State, should be entitled TO vote at all cleo.
tions without the adven,ilious qualifications
I of property or color.
That the Judiciary system, and the mode
Of conducting legal proceedings should be
so regulated and simplifed. as 10 secure
the cheap. prompt and certain adminstra-
tion OF justice.
That Homestead, sufficient for the
comfortable residence of Il family should
be exempt from involuntary alienation by
sale upon execution or otherwise.
That the division Of the State for repre-
sentation in both branches of the Legsla-
ture should be into single Districts equal in
number to the number Of Senators and
Representatives respectively.
That adequate provision should be made
for the education Of all the youth in the
State.
The following is the only resolution q
dopted by the Wings of this county touch
ing the reforms which they would engrai
upon The new Constitution. This, takel
in connection with the fact that they oppos
ed the calling Of the Constitutional Con.
vention. is enough TO show that if the
wings obtain the power in that Convention
we shall have no reforms in the Constilu
ton:
| "Resolred, That as ali are bound +