The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-05-21
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Balance against The New System, $5l 450
Now, the folly of the Journals calcuIa,
lions Of salaries as an objection to the New
Constitution is, thai none of The salaries are
fixed by the Constitution, but are to be fixed
by the Leglslatute; and the adoption Of the
New Constitution can iltnsn no reason ThY
the District Judges shonld be paid a higher
salary 'hnn the present Judges Of The Com
mon PIens receive now, forthe District Judg,
es will stand in the place Of the President
Judges Of the Common Pleas. aud their du-
ties will not be so oneIors. Neither will it
be necessary TO pay the Supreme Judges
higher salary under the New Constitution
than under the old one
Again, there is no good reason TO Appre>
hend that the Probate Judges will be saIa.
ried offices, because, by allowing them the
fees at present paid for probate matters, 10y
those who would require their services, the
oince would be the best one IN the County
and higher abilities nre not required for
Probate Judge, than is necessary foi Coun
~ Auditor.
Another matter the Journal has forgot 10
tell its readers is, that as the Legislature
only meets once in two years, The expense
of one session Of The Legislature in every
two years is saved to the people. !, hich is an
item of at least 800 .OG0 The journals
figures iEen should have been something
like this:
UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM
Salary. Totak
5 Supreme Judges, Sl503 $500
I27 District Judge, l,G00 1000
Expense oftho legislature
every two years, l00,0 600 s
Per year, $4,000
! To'al amt under the new system SS4 500
Expense under present system, in-
GLIDING Legislature, l6s,G50
Difference in favor Vi new system, $84,l5O
| This amount will be saved every year. i
| Tie people should also understand that,
under the new system, all officers will be
elected by The people, and the Legislature
will be confined to its proper busness--ma-
king laws for Ibe State, and will be shorn
Of all patronage, consequently our State will
be no more disgraced by its Legislature res
tusing TO organlze-by one-half of the Sena>
tors resigning al oace OF "absquaiu ating -
because they cannot elect all the officers in
Aeir party, or district the State so as 10
secure the triumph Of their party at the mex.
election! - s4
The whig papers are also calling on the
lpeople 10 contemplate the beauties and ex
cellsncles of their present Constitution, and
10 not reject and desttoyit merely for the
sake ofnoveliy. Aud paragraph has been
going the rounds, of what some rise Vir.
lgnian has snid, '1hat he hoped the Virginia
Convention would make ns good Conssitu-
ltion for Virginia, as The people OF Ohio we're
Iabout to destroy" The VRQiniaa was
doubtless sincere, and most dcvoutly ioin
I'm the wish expressed; for the Constitution
that suited the bock-woodsman Of Ohio fifiy
,lyears ago, would do we'll for Virginia now
lDut It's provisions are much more enlightened
land liberal Than We can expect To Gad in tbe
one which will DO made by tho Virginia
lConveniion.
4 llheFe y one Ttetly good evidence 10 be
found IN lhe very opposition that The New
lConsllulion meets. which should induce us
% conclude that il was pretty near tight; /;
hiatt is that enc class fits opponents is lIe
bitter partisan conservative wings, who re-
specl things just in. proportion . their anti
lqnity, who clupg to the errors aud abuses oi
the old rttlen banking system, 9ih tho ter
lnaeiiy displayed BY young mouse ia hold
I,6g on TO The Tent Of its dam. Tile other