The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-16
Our Rhode Island Correspondence.
PROVIDENCE, Nov. IA, 1858

The Contemplated Constitutional Convention
Next Monday will settle Constitutional Convention
and the signs of the times at look decidedly blue
for the successful termination Of the project which the
democrats have abored hard carry into effect since
their accession to ptwer last April Everything now in.
dcates that the Ctnven ion and its proposed reors
do not stand the ghost of cha for existence not
whstandng the trouble and turmoil which they have
caused the dominants to get their Of clay ready to
receive the breath of vitality from the people, The regu
lar dem ocras to be sure win give the movement their
support in order to save appearances; but the regu
lars OR the young democracy, will oppose it with that
bitterness whch only disappointed and overreached poll
ticians feel and will work with good will to defeat
tie measure, to spite the hunkers, if for nothing e
Then there the whgs who viii 60 into the opposi.
tion party grounds and the Maine Law men, who feel
bound against the Convention because they believe
that the Convention is held and the abolition Of the
registry (Which popular thing with all parties in the
Sste carried the democratic party will be strengthen
ed for the next spring election. The Maine Law con-
slider the supremacy Of the present party in power
detrimental to perpetuation of their favorts hob
BY Every vote for the avorte Of the democrs
tic party this branch OF the friends of temperance thuk
will be endorsement Of its previous policy and
democratic Assembly has tied string around the neck of
the temperance bsntng they desire prevent It's being
drawn sufficiently tight for strar guatory purposes and
therefore give their votes sgainst the convention The
leB radical temperance disposed to for the
on the ground that they wish the vexed
on the way Of the next election because they
rather impressed with the belief that If the convention la
defeate the aboli Of the registry tax BE- suffered
to element in the campaign of next spring. it
will prove too good capital for the democrats who will
be pleased to rally under he popular of bolish the
convention question. There Ia division all around The
democrats divided AMI the temper split
and the wings who show the best ton. for CON
test have not vi atty enough to make their vote ef
on % this question but their votes win count against
is not to be wondered at that the interest felt
| in the question is of negative rather than .
S.S ss called e ss' no feeling shs s
monstration of the Joung democracy. The wings sct
mechanically, in duty bound to be hostile to sny
measure which from the other ade and the tenn
perance in the matter abstract principles
Our emocratic leaders 10 this State in bad way,
Of poor Billy IAcksday, .to ch them nearly than
any bodys else they can't be allowed enjoy them to
clnse to put their gers the political oih and make
bad for their already troubled cemocrAtic com
ssuIts Of the whgsthsy have got used to hem@snd
the kicks Of the they get along
WITH but the dsadecton of their radical brethren Is
annoying passed endurance since they in the young
democratic movement, the writing the wall which pre-
diets their dswufsll They have managed badly very
ba ly for the workers Of the party but well for them
They have the oyster of executive power
patronage for themselves and given the voters Of the
end and s%bs at the which h.y have
raised They reused the spirit OF revenge in the
of those who hove been obbed of with promises;
the hour bas fYI the radicals to show their
power, they feel ce, tain 1t will be exerted.
The effort to revise constitution is model spe
cimen Of legislation Last spring the leading demo-
orats felt the people wanted convention TO make
new constitution, and they also the ught they could
secure the foreign vote BY extending, under the
new constitution, the franchise to that class Of
our citizens On the 2Sth Of Jure the people voted
down the constitution bnt In their vote for delegates
cured conservative majority In relation to the adms
sion of foreigners to vote At the last session Of the L.
gsature the rulers tried again, and proposed three
speciHc amendments to the tuition, and authorized
the people vote upon the question OF convenng the
voted 10 june to consider the expedency Of
the measures laio before them These propositions and
the questions connected with the original design OF the
Convention nre entirely dssiuar and the people would
prefer another set OF delegates to consider them. The
delegates are now to be elected upon general ticket
through the State and thus temperance will and
voting conservative IN relation to the
foreign yote but anti - regards the Maine
law and the rum traffic. So with the other pares each
will find something in the delegates to conflict with their
political prsudiees aud although majority Of voters
may bo In favor Of the rsforms" they will soon let them
TO another tuniy rather than vote for the dele
gates as proposed to them The whole scheme trick
OF the democratic leaders to power for another
year. but their In egsAtng will tend to defeat
their plsB. As Father Rtohie often wont to remark
| upon complicated state affairs, soss rs'rons onsv,