The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-12-27

NC tlCcllun OIL tue CouUcll oil Zen
sors is beginning to draw attention. By
the Constitution. the election is TO he
made on the last Wednesday Of March,
and the Council is to consist of thirteen
members. to be chosen by general tick
ct. BY the law lately passed to provide
for their election. a plurality is to elect.
So far as the Constitution or the law is
concerned. the Whole thirteen may be
elected. either one from each county. us
has been often done, or all from one
county or even all from one town, if the
voters shall please to do Sd No doubt
they will be taken from different sections
Of the State, and it is we'll that they
should be; but if the right kind Of men
are elected, the main thing will be ac-
compishcd.
Before an answer can DC given to the
question what sort of mcn should
they be 2 another arises, viz what have
the Council of Censors got to du?' First,
then, tlcy are to inquire if the C0nsti.
tuition has becn faithfully observed by
the Legislative and Executive branches,
and whether taxes have been justly laid
and collcctcd--and thcy may rccommcaI
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ns ,hc conrt. cam sct ,si,e whot Iaws yrr
unconstitutional, no body cares much a.
bout the action Of the Council Of Cen
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tinns If L,o ronst;,n,ior This ,Lcr
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cLnson w. ,l'n reonln ,nd ,lcy nn,t
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Ioas, ,;x mnn,Ls Locnro ,nn oIno,;n, ~,
u,n AHA dologo,os Tn all hat tlo
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AS w INV qu"'lic". IONS q 'ne mem
oers' 'ne oh'y limitation oil inc o"nS'i
'u',o' Is 'na' ,hc men'oefs OF '"e zen
era' Assembly 'or 'ni' year are 'ue!is'
''c, =. :,
i"c mem. "'rs vi tue OY""c'i s"ou'u
be men OF 'htc''ige"ce ana comprehen
sion Oh views. OF honest purposes, ana
thoroughly imDucu win such iunoa'h'n NJ
al principles as Tue people o' 'A'
state are at'acheu TO- Dut n" ono
ought to be chosen SIMPLY oeco"S'
he Is wing OF democrat' OF repuo
Ilcan'-or oecd"Se he is n farmer or law
, yer. or mechahic, or peacher or
) tfader,-or occ""Se he Is pap''S,' or
, methodist or an episcopalian-or Oeca"S
he is an OLD ingy or young American
or 6ccduSc he is OF any political, re
ligious or business stripe; Tho State =
for US all to live ID, All have an e1ua
: concern in having It's Constitution goo'
one. All snch di ilcrences are eonsisten
with good citizenship and with an earn
i est desire to have the government base
r upon the best possible foundation fol
. the promotion Of civil political. and rC
ligious freedom in an intelligent an'
virtuous people. and with an ability {
> look candidly and intellsently at th
Constitution as it is, aud to weigh al
arguments for and against any change
u in it.
For this reason the people, not as res
c deuts of 1o'c"S or Of Counties out a
= residents of the STATE, should take par
: in the nomination and election of thu
t members of the Council Heretofore
the practice has been, often if not a
- ways, to have nomination of the men
4 bers OF the Council made by the men
y bcrs of the General Assembly, and
q take one from each county. This yea
% meeting was called as usual, Their
y might have been thirty or forty person