The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-15

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This is an important question which
every freeman il Ohio should weigh do.
! lihrrarcly, aud decide inlelligentiy and
firmly for himself before the third Tues
day in June next. All The means ni fnrm.
ing a correct Judgment, that will ever be
had. are now in existence, aud as easily
accessible as they will ever be, aud no
change at any kmd can take place Ia
render errnreuus a Conclusion once cor
rectly formed. 1t is no tight, transient
or temporary matter which will have
passed away. aud lose both It's interest
and it's impoltance whilst we are debating
It in our own minds. On the contrary its
permuneuce is the guilty most inpnr
taut To be considered in forming a con.
c%lusion. Temporary evils may be endur.
ed in prospect at relief. Temporary
bleSSingn have Iule value tn the cOnsid
crate mind, because beyond is an uu.
known future, which clouds with anxiety
the enj ymrnrs ui the present Change
thrrefure is never lightly sought 10y the
scdate aud calm minded mau in impor
tant alfairs Ut life. unless the present
state has really become unpleasant or
uncomfortable. What | recommend to
others | proposc To do myself, | pro
pose 10 weigh deliberately those parts Of
the new cnnslilm On which depart from
the principles Of the present one, in order
To decide which is correct an which to
adopt, a rejection of the new, being only
All election To continue under the old in
preference.
The first step will b. To lay aside those
parts III which no essential changes have
been made.
The bill Of rights is the first article in
the new Constitution. and the last in the
old one. But few changes other than
verbal have been made in this article.
The 25th, 26lh aud 9th sections Of the
old are omitted in the new; aud the last
clause ot the second section of the new
is substantially and the first and second
sections nf article thirteen directly repug
nant to the 9Th. am unable to see
how institutions of learning, the result,
of the most liberal aud enlarged publ,
spirit, can have that security iudispensa
BILE To attaining the standing aud reputa
ton without which they can never accom-
pIish the purpose of their foundluon
when subject constantly To the jUrisdic
lion of a power of which change Seems
the mOSt characteristic attribute. MOI
eau ] see what can induce men of wralll
aud literary taste 10 bestow either theiI
talents or their wealth IN founding insti
|lulinns under rules aud conditions very
probably at variance with their IDEAS, sub
lect Ia arbitrary change aud from whlcl
they OF their friends might be driven any
; mumcul. ar the institution delivered /,
another purpose at Inc will of AN abb
trary majority. see no condition an
: neXcd, or Limitation imposed upon thi
power Of alteration or repeal. II Is dis
tncl fran section nineteen of the bill -
rights. and IS evidently not protected b,
It. What is the security then for sucI
ln,tItuti"nsl II any one Suppuscs Tho
debates can he resented to for an inter
prrtntun ii the Iaug,age empIuycd il
the instrument. they had best nndecrlv,
themselves us soon as possible. Mont
Will he more prompt Ia repndliir snch
principle of cuustIu :llon thduihu-c whOSt
Language may he quoted I" modify ri
rnnlmI the PLAIN aud obvious sense 81 The
terms rmpl"y"& i, the Cun>ri,u ion. be
sides II Will b. found that most of the de
bate, took place when the varjun prop
|o,llluns were before the CunvenlluG, II
Terms essentially different from lhpsC
finally adopted. The Arguments, there
fore, would be- mostly inapp'icnb!r. The
latter parr of section ,, %stCliuu 10 and
section II and section Is are also omit
ted, aud article six very louSely aud i'm
perfectly supplies the plnre of sec'l"" "a
IN tho Old bill If rights. 81 far, | see ~
Improvements on the old Constitution
whilst lhoru are changes which mmIirst
~ uusnlt,e aud end anger institutions not
only essential hur Indispensable (" an cle
waited standard of moral aud intellectual
excellence in the community.
FRIEND.
No. II.
The Executive Department which in
the old Constitution is divided between
the second and sixth articles, it, the new,
is arranged as the third article.