Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-11
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NEW OoNsT1TUTION.
So utterly indsssnsible is the new
Black Republican, abolition, rogae pro
sscsise Consultation, which \ 70 be
submitted TO the people in August,
ths& tho rankest Abolition Journals
dare not discuss its inertia Or It
tcmpt 70 defend il before the people
In few cases, like that Of the Dsven-
port Gazette, . few empty gcneralities
are INDUCED in, but no substantial en-
admissions II The amendmssts ssd
alterations b entered upon, for the in
stru,nent ia the most outrageous agUre'
CATION Of imbccility, fanaticism, and Is
norance, ever presented to . free peo'
pie for their adoption. IL weak in
every joint where the amendments oc'
cur. Its mode Of creating new Leg
islaturc for managing the school inter
est and then subjecting 1t 70 the rspea'
ling power Of the State Legislature, IN
. manner that leaves the School L.egis-
lature IN e,nasculated weakling, inca
pable Of re-enacting law once passed
by il, that has been repealed by the
Legislature must have been the inven'
ton Of ignorance and experimental
conceit. Ih mode Of tying up the
hands Of the Cities, 30 that no city can
ever become indebted in sum greater
than five per cent Of its taxable proper
ty, 10 death blow TO every enterprise
and improvement SO much needed to
hasten the rich Developments OF To-
was immense resources. With all our
desiro 10 aid Railroads, that by them
we may become second Chicago, the
Constitution ties our hands and says to
Davenport that she cannot create an
Indebtedness greater than 100000
The process Of loaning 100000 to
railroads and taking$l ,O0O, 000,of Rail.
road bonds a. q security for the re-
payment Of the sum loaned, would be
prohibited, and We must then await the
slow process Of individual enterprise,
and - State remain comparatively
stationary, while the youthful States
and Territories around us wonld be
making gigantic strides in the work, Of
internal improvements 80 attractive ia
emigration and the capital ofthe rich
men Of the East.
It's notification of the laws Of the
United States in that clause which
.ays that when the life or liberty Of
any person is involved, such individ'
nal shall have right Of trial by jury,
unmaats the secret purpose Of the fra
mers Of that monstrous instrument
Under the United States laws any flu
gitivc from Justice who has committed
. crime in smother State shall he do
livcred up TO the State where the crime
was committed, that there he may
have jury trial. Our new fanatica'
Constitution nullifies this law and says
that a fugitive criminal shall be emit
tied to trial by jury here, hundreds
Of miles from the place Of his crime'
and equally distant from all evidence
that could convict him Of the felony.
Those wiahine 10 bring these villains
70 Justice must come here with all
their witnesses, dispositions cannot be
taken by State in criminal cases) at an
enormous expense, and await the &C
ton of our Courts. 1t is needless to
say that murderers and rogues would
pour into Iowa by the thousand, as a
land Of refuge from punishment, and
few il any convictions Be had.
Il seems ~ though this clause was
inserted for the special benefit Of al
the villains Of the Union. But it was
also designed for another grand schsme
of notification. It Wa designed to
nullify the Fugitive Slave Law. Under
that law . jury trial cannot be had fo'
the fugitive slave until ne returns 10 inc
place from whence he came. Their
hs i entitled TO jury trial for freedom
~ much - any other man. But here
= pr;ma Jaeis oaas only need be made
- in case Of fdgitivss from Justice, in
order to secure the rendition Of the
fugitives. But the new Constitution
nulli6es the United States Law, and
says that every person WHOSE liberty il
involved hall A0s have ajsry trial
1t h needless to ssy that We should
soon become involved in conflict with
the Federal o6icen and Government
and be compelled either to retreat viii,
diagEace, and abolish the conflicting
clause and laws under it. or be subjugs-
tad By federal troeps. Higher Lawnm
sparAles in every clause Of this infamoua