The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-02

Inc ~ yuu common folks as / have,
Vel nay hey 8 for iuiges holding
- lor twelve ahd eight yeaTs-nhilsl
| g for elecfihg them every two years
q fsur Al lzrthests
The result viii likely be. that the
conservatives will divide between A.
and b. while he . eome-oaters.r from
both psrticsof :. liberal views" tickied
with the argument which their friend,
Mr.. C.. has advanced. rally 20 man
rozBd his ssSasfarf," trianphantly
elect him TO Raleigh. 70 display his Wis.
dom AMI eloeufisn. to stilf greater
and more alarming extent. in reforming
the Constitution.
Mr.. Speaker. we see by his fiction,
how exceedingly objectionable this me.
thod Of amending the Constitution is
soon likely 10 become. ifthis bill passes.
For | an conscious IL will be but the
prelude of what il ret before us. In
addition to all this there are many. very
MANY objections. fhat could with great
force and reason be urged against this
method Of amending the Constitution.
| mast earnestly and solennly protest
against Il. IN the name and in behalf
of the honest yeomanry of the old North
State. ann opposed Is it because il
bends the law making aud constitu-
making powerin one andth same
body Of men-it is tedious, never end
ing.
By the time, in this way, il shall be
provided in the constitution for the
election Of the Judges. a Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary. Treasurer, Comp
ltrolier, Justices of the Peace-the Free
hold qualification Of voters and Office
holders removed and other things, that
agitate the public mind. are finally pas
sed upon. we will be all in our graves,
and the laws and the Constitution 50
mixed and confused. that commission
ers will have to be appointed to digest
the constitution itself that we NAV know
what il is. am opposed to il. because
| desire those delegates Of the people,
who pass on that sacred and organic
law. made for the safety and protec-
ton Of the people, TO have nothing to
influence and occupy their minds. but
constitutional questions. | desire
them TO be elected free from party con
siderations-iree from legislative hob.
bies-their views of Constitutional re-
form neither favored nor impaired be
cause they are Wings or Democrats, or
because they are in favor or against
some popular measure in legislation.
| deem Il highly important, that the
passage oflaws, the ele, ton of Go, ern-
or and other officers, and questions of
Constitutional reform, should be kept
separate-each question to stand on
its own merits.
l am opposed to this mode because
ii must connect the Constitution with
log-rolling legislation, and keep the
public mind for many years disturbed
and agitated with questions of consti.
tutienal reform, all Of which could safe.
ly and quietly be settled by Con,en-
ton Of the people themselves. called on
fair and proper basis.
| am further opposed to it, because
il tends to invade the very first prin-
ciple Of republican freedom, that "all
political power is vested in. and de-
rived from the people only." Let it be
once established that the people have
given up the power to begin, con-
duct. and complete such constitution
al reforms and restrictions as their best
interests may requirc--n other words
transfer the power of making laws and
the constitution too, intu the hands of
their members to the Legislature, and
they only retain the gracious privilege
Of approving or Disappearing what
their servants may propose to them,
where is the sovereignty of the people,
then: They have given up their pow
er. In one'sense, il may be said to have
been derived from the people, but is it
vested in thems
Tie hkenr,p and romuarlsnn Of Gov.
Reih. by whirh hp drec,s our attention
In ihi> mode Of amending the cnn.li,ntlon
VI The United States, instead of inc1niny
me iasorahly 10 ,his IN lie Of amending
The Cons,lintion al The Uniie.l States.
instead III nelitins me iavo,ahly To .hls
,ur State tonsutllian, leads me- directly
he oiher way. rhet;avernm.m of Notlh
E.ral,nl is based on The Cons iuiional
najnrrs aflhe people IN mass. Tie &C.
;ernmeni of lie tlnned S,aies is based al |
ronsii,aional maj,,rliy of States. each
STATE, whether great &c small. having The I
ame yo.e and the same weight. ani vel
iov. IL id inh's message seps no indifference
'elwe.h The char .ctpr If The two G. .vern- +
arnis. Wtal. The Federal Cousil ,,,i.,n.
ase IN The Constitutional voice al Save
pign S'a,rs, hkened ia The consolidated :
Government Of Nnrill Carolina! Surely !,
Us is consolidation in its 'fnIl sense
nagln,n.riied consolidation with vcil-
rancr ~! i
Thee vs. a great multitude Of persons
Worth Carolina. aho honestly think, i
ndseriamsly argue. TIA, Two things are re-
nlred 10 mike mp The strength al a State. ,
eaih andmpn. cilizen8-ald thai lnSup-
nriiuU ppitiirai nrlr iIYuYs ), A n,,ua, h.,,b /,