Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-10-03

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. M

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Amendments proposed by the late Council Of Cen.
s'rs, shall be my excuse for ocounvin, tho TINA ~
your readers in a brief discussion Of tho bearin,s
AMI relations Of those amendment IN ,ho GOOD ~
people. / propose to state my own opinions upon
the p%ropric'y Of adopting or rciec,in- Tho several
amendments proposed, together with the reasons
therefor and also to notice some Of tho sug,estion.
made upon the subject, by correspondents Of other
papers in the State.
/" One Of the people," a correspondent Of the
Green Mountain Freeman, oonceiyes very serious
Constitutional objections to the manner in which the
Council have directed that tho delegates to the Con.
ycntion hall be chosen. This is a pre- iminary
enquiry to the discussion Of the amendments them
selves, and should be disposed Of at once.
The Constitution after prescribing the duies Of
the Council Of Ccnsors, gives them 'popr to call a
Convention, to meet within two years after their
sitting, if there appears to them an absolute neces.
sity Of amending any article oG tho Constitution
which may be defective, So &c; and this i. all that
is said in tho Constitution as to tho calm, Of q
Convention. It will, therefore, be seon that no lin.
itations whatever arc placed upon tho Council in di.
rccting the n''n1u in which the members Of the
Co INVENTION shall be chosen. This is let entirely at
their discretion, so far as any Constitutional proyi..
'' 90 N'" 'HN 20 hf lNtliNs nNWeNcT,ll
understand him, attempts to maintain the uncon.
s'itutiona!i'y af tho call upon the ground that . all
the Ircccdent. of the state, Cupon this poinD from
les organization are trodIcn under foot ~ Now nd.
uittius this statement to be true it avail. nothipr.
for, there being no constitutional provision as to the
mode of ciee'ins members of the Convention, the
fact ta't previous Council. had left tho people to
choose 'la delegate. as they saw fit could not render
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