New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-05

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~" sl,,Nssns Which this as vel as "n'' ~"
- Ill s,islstnfrs hN,r rctasCd e. grant Wv" 'No
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c"t ~, tSlS ana an addition about 'h' N'"w 80
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.eHsA NN>N , h ,tisca aui each citizen viii he
c'N'in q clt rcn hmi' MS rtspcc 'o some
w, MICH k,r hls rast be- Is ccn'c ms "'
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s,.,s ,h,,t he whole pcoplc. W elsa thy
- 80 -. l>,.ss,i O. thc Sdvs'a'sS IT the wNn'ns
-. w., ss,,,aics ssAtd them to prcScr'o' IN
We, a. rev Consultation ~ the people tAat
$50 IS r,cu should vote thccc0u Ihel ~
80 :, Tie, pA,c Ia treui IT this ncS Consul W''n'
=, a. ,.,N Is tcr,Ncr the very same article "h'th
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n a,xSias,iahN inm thus It their be force IN logic
=. IS, ,n lucSh vat the nes Constitution can nave
,,,Ass, unic>s yai6Ci hy vote OF al ihc nhdolantS
"A, ff~r,c vf government which nNeS the qnal'Aca-
SD csN,rs ana Vs.erS TO be- established by the
"a, a. -, rvN Constitution. The fAsg who are 10
1,SSSA st--ss Sic A.aavar unQuvstiouaby decdcS-are
a, 49, .snf> all ..e inhaht iutsuot the qualified IN
NsrsS ~h,so cations ar g. hc established 'y tue
--ur.t,r Sli sil c>S than thoSc 10 may have been
.,hsrd b, >,,uc fr0acv instrument All these S"e"pnS
,,sl4Ss ,h'u. CIV, rnn cnt cnNnatlng iromth" "hor
,s,,r'r ami sc'0t the frame ot government
,S,. ~. "a .lf.a.i,Is for political acton, should
~ ANa svtY- avay.U TIE Convention meant,
"a A-sslcSs q. psa,ucal! to give them the lie. III
~A lsyr assumed u 40. asserted mat certain 4ia-
sstNrs tsr oa.St sod voting. sucA rs mSScu"n!' are
s,r< pix g. ar trDoi government %! naiu'r no u!
- fa.sff will IAN u IL
$50, tAst votes - Qual ned by the old Constitution.
"a the, or shsi participate IN railtns or rejecting
y, prw male p. -Son not having PAID a TAX Wuah
49,, ,,srS v 10 uc-C be allowed 90 vote IN 4 than
v,rSr th,,l.A When 10 comes 70 oe cSdoiShrd lie VIII
= .uoSr,i 10 vvie While woman Will not De Inc pres
-, v,crs slI eraa,- the ne. Constitution n II ever
~. crested AMI his clause eli tue bill OF rights 10 De
- !, f,,-r should read. al inhabitants oi TINS COZ
-xlth hSy,pc such qualifications IS the mates VINO
ave rad axes SHALL establish. &c .,...
l,isS very ui>, and delicate question oi prooao les
~ tAe women f allowed 10 vote, would vote On TINS
Nv own opinion is that the clause re-
,,rctr tie rchi of suffrage 10 the men would no. Ell
4-er th Constitution II submitted 10 the vote O the
vCulen Take ou- women in tie mass ana tneY are 80
;hooasfly a. buei With the religion Of Iher own iheI
ar thai their orthodox male religious teachers "'ul
s., rsk them b., ;evr II their p0us duty Tor onc' 70
- +, esv- ofthe Constitution In order TO settle the
,ue,;ipu a,Siusi their rgh to vote sm no sure that
j. -ekgtncrs could have done better thing f0f the
ss-y Of th,ir oue.dtd hsndiWork than TO allow the
sornen T. vote on is ratification.
Anooc the good things done by the Convention I'M
for uufraudulent debt has been abolished
raw of the Ley stature for any session Is lni ed
:, one hundred cavs aud cannot be Increased by the
z- I.qsture that is 10 receive Il: the secret ballot
made imperative; the property qualification OF can
dates for Governor Lieutenani-GNernor, Seuatprs'
de- Is eltirely omitted; the eisn1 IeuioeTs Vi Tue
Governors Council are be chosen, not by the Lsgs-
arure. a. before but by the people in eight Distrcs,
- for each The Secretary Of ate Treasurer Au-
Ero- sld AtyOrney-Gtnera are - be chosen Annually
~ tie people - large. Judges and Registers ol To
ate Sheriff CLERKS Of Courts Commissioners OF In
s7ency Dlsrc Attorneys Registers oi Deeds, County
rsssurer and County Commissioners are to ne elected
nlaIly by the Couutts Trial Justices, Police Idges
I'd Police Clerks are To be elected trennaly BY Towns
nd Cities As most Of these Offices, indeed all o any
niue. were formerly bestowed by the Governor a1i
COurcl or BY the Legislature, great hole Is male IN
h store of sp1Ls Ii is pity that the " spOHs
, htirizns could hU have been done for entirely by
carr inc out the pruc pie and making the hghe. judges
Ito deDeI1eut directly on the people for their offices
But the sWyeTs, no are yet stronger thau any ohe'
eEs 10 Massachusetts, aud more clannlsn thin people
svEhere else beat back the feeble waves OF reform III
III duee4ion TIER oily tongues have really made the
p-Ope believe that here. where II costs more than II
comes 10 10 Itieate good claim Tor thousand dollars
have the purtst. Wlsest most industrious behch OF
Judges that ever adorned tie efmlnr! Wen enough
should be- Let ole and therefore the executive having
produced this matches judiciary in times past should
continue 10 prOc ate the independent branch OF
the Cover ment tho Ugh Judge General Caleb Cusmlg
vas one q It's latest creations The term OF Office how
ever the said LAWYERS contend should be reduced from
life or good behavior to ten years. There one com-
fort about this wrrtched second hand method If al minis
terng Justice that II dscOurages lawsuits and drives
people make of justice by cuvatng COOL will
rather than 70 depend legal machinery which Is awh-
ward and bad 81 the beet.
For one ting We will not fail TO be thankful to Wit,
that the Office OF Sheriff no Lon ger loaf II the Cover
ulent patronage be scrambled ior That ohcer has
ID his power 10 be- particularly oppressive aud his dcect
responsibility to the people will not fail TO Improve bis
anpers a. well as 20 relieve State politics rom the dis
.arbine influence of thar superahundni crop Of strong
listed fellows who would lketO succeed him.
In the line Of the judiciary. too another good reform
has been devised ia making The jury Judges of Jaw
VEL AZ fact in criminal cases That they are aud always
lave be H. when wen ana not puppets Ihey are chiiged
With the WhOle question of the guilt or innocence OF the
prisoner and can OF without me most miserable jury
pronounce him guilty when they know that the whole
ft BELONGS Ia the statue der which he Is Indicted
It not 10, sble from the nature of the case aul the
essence O trial By jury for the Judge to take from hem
this responsibility 10 enable hun - do 50 the question
must be- tered from that Of guilt or iunoceuce 10 that
Of mere physicl action OF fact such has been The
Practice however CUR Courts 81 making the jury be-
6eve their duty on O. dec de The question of gut OF
innocence 10 relation 70 the judge law AM not m Ia
hon 10 eternal Justice or even 70 statute las according
10 their Own conviction OF IFS meaning AID authority,
that this expression of true and almost se,tc leli
prDcb is exc,cdn-l valuable. considerably lt d.
iAOugh 81 u.s. Ii is one OF the seven propositions which
to be- submitted the people distinct from the m an
body OF tie Const tution and U ratified viii be add d To
T. or To- the old it that Is 20 cont uuc 70 t'tce.
The yrea, battle @. raher guerilla hrht O. The IN
vention has been ON De mode of representing tne poo
PIE ia the Lover II Use The Reerners themselves were
divided IN this su cc; The more radical and di-'' o
them were for the single district system based on rs
or population Bu. The more air1it managers oi the
coalition ms OrD were warped m favor Of c'nsr-' ng