The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-06-05

their road. erected their mandatory or
established their bank. Aud as ifit were
not enough thus to prevent all prudent
men, in places where union Of capital is
necessary. from investing their means in
such enterprises. they resolve that here
after, under no circumstances, shall any
town. city, township, county or tho State
lend their credit to assist in the construc.
lion of any internal improvements. If
any one snpposes that under such %resrric.
tons, any public enterprise can succeed
in counties of few inhabitants and little
capital, and where union is necessary, he
ought to vote for the new Constitution.
In the features which follow we op.
pose ii on prudential grounds:-The pro-
vision which requires a majority Of all
the members, whether present or absent,
to pass a law, will prove inconvenieut in
many instances and often defeat bill on
account of the sickness or necessary ab
sence Of two or three members; tn at
which permits any member at any time
to enter a protest and have It recorded
upon the journal without delay aud with
out alteration, will cause considerable
expense and loss of time without any
practical good-any f%actious member
can make use ofit, to have a speech ell.
tered upon the Journal. probably the only
way he has of obtaining Immortality; we
are of the opinion that in all instances
where it can be done properly and advan
tageously. the people should elect their
own Observation-Disclosures it is very
questionable whether the Clerks of our
Courts should not be appointed by the
Court for which they act and to whom
they will be made responsible by law; the
propriety Of the latter clause Of Article
5, Section l, is questionable - under il
the Legislature has t0o much power and
may require too long a time to constitute
a residence in any election disttict-il
ought to have been limited; these are
matters of some importance to he sure,
yet they are couuterbolanced by other
provisions in the old instrument, and az
last the only matter necessary to be con
sidered is the Distinguishing feature no.
liced above aud for the adoption of which,
the majority labored necessarily from the
beginning To the end of their long SEES
sion, reading every man out of their par
ty who refused 10 join in their destructive
me aSure
Thus far we have spoken Of pr"visiou.
which should not he brought into party
politics, and which have not been thu.
far, if we should judge Ivy the vote "fthe
people in different counties where the
subject of internal improvements aud
public enterprise has been presented foI
their consideration.
But as a member Of a large party in
this State, as a Wing. we arc compelled
to vote aguinst the adoption of the new
Constitution, because II virtually disfran.
chises a large portion of the people o.
the State for the neXtten years. 1t gives
10 the party in power III that Convention
a large majority in the Senate, while
they are really In the minority so far a.
the popular vote is concerned, aud NJ
fair.minded man has CT will claim that
Constitution which DISTINGUISHES a larg,
portion of the electors should be adopted
by a Republican people.
These are our honest convictions. We
have no arguments, no reasons behlnt
these, and lei in public speeches a
else where who assert that we have othe
reasons which We dare not give, onl!
show their utter want of integrity or tina
kind of preju lice which will not ADM
any honesty of purpose in an opponent
and force US to the conclusion hat the,
themselves have something behind til,
bush" which they would keep from tn
public eye.
This is NJ ordinary subject ard no OF
binary occasion. 1t isa peculiar and die
tinguishing lecture oi a Democracy-lh
people counselling toget rcr upon the PR
priety Of changing their form Of govern
ment, without excitement, without re
bellion, without bloodshed. There is II
occasion for prejudice, there should b
none for the exercise of party piedile'
tions or party feeling. No effort shoul
be made by oue party TO triumph owe
another in such a cause; but tho whoI
end aud aim of our consultations shOuI
; be the truth. for at last the truth lies
the bottom of all constitutional govern
neuts, and upon it is built equality, ju
tice -human rights. The people shnuI
remember that any instrument of til
kind. which is designed to build up a pa
, at the expense of the whole, to control