The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-10-01
Our s.ste Contribution.


The San Antonio Ledger hns q sensible arti
Gle Oh the necessity Of changing our present
constitution. Some Of its defects are cnumcra.
ted ~ follows:
There are hidcous defects in the present
| constitution Of Tcxas-dcfccts that are arrest.
! ing its career in every struggle she makes for
prosperity and eminence. In It's very bill of
rights Il stigmatises itself by incorporating
provision that would intimate that Texans
were ruiilans. Every other State, North or
! South, inhabits the wearing Of arms by severe
penalties, and yet Texas allows men to parade
the highways and streets loaded with weapons
at the discretion Of the wearer. Assuming no
concern with conscience or acts, unless militat-
ing against good morals II bans preachers Of
the Gospel by declaring that they shall have
no concern in law making With diminish.
cd metallic currency, subject to be controlled
by the operations Of any vicious broker, Il has
refused to allow its citizens currency Of their
own-thc very provision that was converting
| New Orleans into desert waste, and which
J provoked the Convention Of 1852, a provision
/ which has been stamped with rcprobation In
every other State Of tho Union. With mad
ness unequallcd II has locked up its funds,
only to be loaned out on = legal quibblo for
school purposes, when tho whole country il
pnlsied for want Of assistance for Intcrnallm
provements--and that too, when its Golfers arc
ovcrflowing. Beautiful Constitution! Rather
bastard Of monstrosity These arc not q
,ithe Of it's defects. A case IL right at the the
| doors Of Bexar. This same Constitution, lame
in dction and incongruous In its provisions,
permits parties to assume seats in the State
Senate Chamber upon citizenship and mere
residence, and at tho same time drives from
candidateship to the lower house oil such who
& have not attained years citizenship. But
why enumerate farther Texas cannot pros.
y per under it's present Magma Charter. For
= seven long years has she wrathed In It's hidcous
!, folds, ~ did LAGOON in tho Shiny embrace Of
ehthe Trojan scrpents. A Convention of this
much needed reform is easily summoned lts
labors can bc brief Louisiana, with It's varied
and complicated interests, required but four
short weeks We wonder that this matter did
not enter largely In tho late canvass You,
candidates, shouted till your lungs collapsed
for Internal improvements. Much better
would you have done TO raise the hue against
that abominable hydra, that has ts fangs upon
the cntrals Of your fair Statc--that huge Van.
pirc that Is sucking away It's hearts blood
Change tho constitution 10 that you can rear
Internal improvements under decent auspices
You arc palsicd now.
LovINo AND LIKiSo. --Of tho French Ian.
J guage Canning IL reported to have said In dig.
pute, 'Why, what on earth, air, can bc cx-
pected Of language that has but ono word
for Using and loving, and puts fine women
and leg of mutton on par, as Taims Julio !.
Jaime un gigott Our American woman.
mans sarcasm, confounding, as they do, tho
words to such an extent that their distinction
is practically annihilated. To 'lko, "asa con-
temporary observes Ia altogether too tame an
expression FOR lAdy's choice. She cloves" !"
everything for which shn has an affection,
Penchant, appetite, or fancy. ooh, dearly
love turnipst" exclaimed lady tho other day
at the table, ssys tho Post, who merely meant
TO say that she liked tho vegetable in qucs-
tion. "The d--i you do," exclaimed an as.
cctic old bachelor Of her acquaintance, who
sat opposite. "What more could you say OF
your husband. or that beautiful child Of yours,
or even Of your Rcdeemer, madam Lore
furaips! hopc you may yet find something
moro worthy Ct your affections"
i RgsrEcr roa ON Aar.--lf there be ono trait
Of character moro beautiful than another, II In
ressrsat Coz old nge. II there be one thing moro
deserving ofrcvcrcnce and respect than another,
II IL old age. Ago gathers up the sorrows aud
joys Of a long life, and when whitening ior the
tomb Is an object oi sublimity. Tho passions
have ceascd, and tho aged hcforc death seek 10
live In the rising young They linger with
the young ~ their spirits look beyond the
grave. They hope for the young -thsy love
the young--shcy lahe~ tos the young. and Oh |,
how casejdl should the yesInx he to reward the
aged with thcir ftesh warm hearts, to ,iiminish
the chill cf esiiing lie IN the old hut Il Is
said. and shame he htoear city, that disreapees.
disregard for old age Is the most cosnsnon and
i wcsss vice our city. Wshase cool old men
and wesnen ssacng us--lct us love them, and
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