The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1851-02-01

dollars; eight hundred dollars "A day Tor ever;
d SUN more than sufficient 10 maintain, III
perpetual session, year after year, from the
LIST oil January 10 the thrry-first OF Decem-
oer such Convention as this, with lis hun
dred and fifty delegates and all its expenses
OF rent, officers, journal aud debates. Re-
newed appause.) And this vast sum is paid
yearly, not 10 our own citizens, 10 be again
disbursed among Us, but TO those foreign
holders who figured SO largely IN the recent
bank discussion; All annual drain OH our cap
ital tribute imposed by our own IMPROVE
dence, aud sent cut Of the State, never to Ie-
turn. , II
Thus, though il be our unquest,onabIe duty
TO close our business here with all con, eui-
ent despatch, II is not the less true, that the
value OF our iabors cannot be measured by
lime, nor estimated in dollars.
Some things have been said that had bet
ter have been lett unsad about the pay Of
the members of the Convention. Ii had
been member Of the General Assembly |
last winter. 1 should not have voted as per /
diem io- the Delegates, a higher rate than |
that 10 Which we are entitled. For State |
deeply III deb, lis Indiana is, must husband |
her resources. But yet it men were always
PAID according 10 The Importance OF the work !
they perform, our members OF Congress would |
receive three dollars day, aud we eight
/ (ApIlause.)
| speak Of that which know haying been
member oi Congress for four years; four
eventlul and exciting years. was IN the
House when HE great Questions OF Oregon,
Texas, Tdrlti and The aiexican War were
debated and decided And yet. put all these
questions. momentous as they were, together;
estimate their effects present and future, up
on the People OF ln,iiana and they do not
even remotely compare IN Importance, with
the effects TO be Produced upon our people by
the amended Constitution, Al the popular vote
should decide It's adoption.
| La such an address dts that proposed by the
resolution !, W words might DC introduced
as 10 time and expense. IL might not be M
appropriate very briefly to aliUdc II Tire fact,
tia! We had no voice IN deciding The number
OF delegates OF which tins body Is composed
Il matter which has mainly determined bOlh
the line consumed and the cost incurred by
the Convention. We cannot and should not
debar delegates from the righ OF speech and
in "A numerous body The debates Dscomr, al
most necessarily. tedious.
Nur WAS the reporting Of our d, bates IA
matter oil choice win u, That Was decided
III advance OF our meeting here, by the Leg
isltture OF last winter. Ia defence OF that de-
cisIoii, 1t might TIC SAID, perhaps, that When
these debates come In be printed and circula-
ted all over the State, cOntai. mag, us tney do.
arguments Tor and against every important
Change that has been made, or has been re-
Jected-tne Oenetit they Will effect may out
ply The cost al which they are publlshed.-
Cannot say, wine her iiIe people vi In llama
sent here Tie best talent among them. |
know they ought to have done brIleve
n ha.xr .l...a "A
ent Ia the State Is 10 be found 10 this Con-
veniion, It's debates, in spite oil tier checker
ed character, musi. lis matters OF future re-
ference and III ite iais Tor future construction.
be Of great and permanent value. But be
this as. 1t may, il should be horne in mind
that the expense oil reporting did not origI-
nate With -
As to The time already spent here, and the
Two or three weeks which may still be neces-
sary 10 complete our idbors, | am much moie
apprehcnsIvc thai we shall uvvrhurry mat
ters, than that We sh,iI unduiy protrdct our
session. Tnere Is great temptation To Tie
, iormer course. feel II IN, sell. Our iiic-
. nation points one way our duty anOlher.-
Then tuo, am aware there professional
men, In THIS body, who would rather pay
!, ten dollars Il Gay tnau To remain here Iuy
portion vi tie coming month. | know there
are idriners here, who ought 10 be, at tins mo-
ment, at home, preparing Tor their spring
work. but vet nope, sIr, tor the sake alike
oil The Interests al st;lae anu vi our own future
, reputaiiuns, that NE Will not precipltate the
disposal OF the DusIn,ss yet 10 be DONE A
, lour months session Is not one OF unusual
length Tor d Constitutional Convention. Ii
is seldom that tax similar TO That entrusted
; To Us has beea Completed IN less time even
IL al 81 % IN hsrs
, than Ours. The Convention oil New York.
consisting oil hundred aad twenty eight
members sat nearly lour months and ID half.
That Of ONO, Consisting ut Il hundred and
n eight delegates, has already been IN session
! more than four months, aud does not seem ct
10 have approached Tie termination OF It's la
= bors. HE Kentucky Constitution, il is true,
:, was amended Ia ABOUT three months tut the
. number OF delegates reached hu,idsed only {:
:, while OF the olner hand la Louisiana, more
4 tlau double that tune was employed. Ihis
= is not To DC wondered at. More Important
discussions have taSen place, aid more varied
y and subs tdntdl business HAS beeu done here
:, since We met, than la Il doz n ordinary ses-
;, slons oi your Legislature. Loud aDpiausc.)
. That tact may be easily declded by any dis
= passionate man VINO VIII take up tine psO-
:. ceedings ol this body, and compare them with
r. those al the Gcnerai Assembly, during The
!. last six or eight years. There are single
sections In the constitution we arc about TO
submit tn Tie peopic-not one, but several
l. of tneIn-each Ole OF which is worth u the
r State more than line enlIre cost uf his Con
{ ventIon. As one OF Tie tax payers Of the
: State, lwoud prefer to pay my share oil that
" sum tor each one vi them, rather than ~ have
{, them stricken out again.
Irt la CONCLUSION [ remark that ii is not uu-
Il usu;ti tItl,l,r In ,nuf "a r.soiutlun similar TO