The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-05-23
The New Constitution and its Oppo-
uents.

The New Constitution and Its OppO-
uents.
1t is become fashionable, says quaint
writer, 10 consider the body polite under
the emblem Of SOW; the lucrative Of
fees Of State, counties, &cy and grants
Of special privileges as tcats, the Office
holders aud benefciaries Of government
10 be pigs. Pigs will squeal and nuzzle
until the milk comes; but the freer the
milk flows, the more easy and silent the
pigs are; but when the sow has exhausted
her treasury, or from any cause drives
them of, they squeal and bite like furies.
II there are more pigs than teais it is at
tended at least with noisy consequences,
for no pig will willingly give up the ieat,
which he is in possession of 10 another.
The truth is, pigs had rather live on the
milk of the SOW than root the clods for a
living. m
This explains why the present State
officers, judges, clerks, &C., together
with the bankers, corporators, &C.. op.
pose the new constitution. They have
long been getting favors a, the expense
Of she people, without their consent
Bat the new Constitution turns all the
old pigs away from the public teat, and
gives chance for new set; hence the
squealng about il, and the lying and
misrepresentation the new code meets
with. IL makes all public officers electipe
by the people. 1t taxes bankers, State
and corporation stockholders just like as
it does farmers and mechanics, and peo.
pie who gain living by their own in
dustry Hence the wealthy idlers who
have had the teat Of government protec-
ton without taxation squeal as Justify as
those o,her noisy pigs do about the loss
of their Offices.
The expense is one cry against the
Constitution. On this subject writer
in the Ohio Patriot says:
sThe case then stands thus, in the
Judicial department.: 264 Judges are to
be cut off fiom the public Treasury-and
their place to be supplied by 90 Judges,
ss Of whom will no doubt be paid mostly
Sy fees, instead of looking alone TO The
public treasury as the Associate Judges
have always done.
Ia the Legislative Department-the
Senate stands as at prcsent-35 SEN
ators, and one Lieutenant Governor 10
preside over The Senate-making 36-
The present number of tie Senate. In
the House there will be few additional
members-but the the Legislature meets
only once in two years, which will be a
great saving to The public treasury, in the
shape of pay of members, printing, and
various other expenses"
In administration and testamentary
matters q great saving will take plAce.
Instead Of special courts al great expense
n judge will be on hand at all times to
do the peoples business at small cost,
and :he item Of saving in this matter will
prove TOO large for present calculation.
But say others, the Constitution pro-
hibi,s improvement. 1t does no such
thing. The State is in debt about$l9,OOO,-
600, on which we pay about ST. 300, 600
interest TO eastern capitalists every year
without reducing the principal, or about
two millions Of bushels of wheat yearly OF
tribute. The increase of this state OF
things The Constitution opposes. There
may be as much improvement as is desl-
rable, bu, apay as you GO" is the motto.
and one which will save thousands to the
people every year. In addition to the
two millions Of bushels of wheat, yearly
paid for Siatedebt, the new Constitution
stops the folly Of every county in the
State going bopelessly in debt for works
ofreal improvement and workswhich never
can or will pay interest on their cost, thus
doubling the State debt to men out ol
the State, and sending another two mil
ions Of wheat TO New York. Philadelphis
and Boston TO pay debts contracted in
most instances for useless projects that
never would pay. If all our yearly sur
plus crops are taken to pay interest on
improvements, what benefit can the i'm
provements do us? We should not ad-
vance very much in prosperity. And was
il not for the prohibition Of county debts
we should soon have bankrupt counties
enough in the State who couldn't pay
debts sending majority to the Legisla-
ture and making the county debts a
-heroo nm the State. and we. in Putnam.