Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-01-16

to take any further action IN relation thereto.
Mr.. Dillingham;. Of Washington County,
said. il may seem alittle inappropriate for this
body to interfere, as it docs. in the second
resolution. with the Legislature of the state.
lie would therefore remark, that the rcsolu-
ton simply requests the Legislature to act;
and it was as proper for this Convention TO
request it as it would be for any othor body,
and rather the more proper, as this Conyen-
ton represents the whole people Of the state,
and is in the main acting under instructions.
Mr. Field of Windham County said, we
have a precedent for recommending lcgisla-
ton. Tho Council Of Censors of 1855 so
far departed from their specific duties as to
recommend TO the Legislature acts upon three
very important subjects Vice versa, in ls4S
the Legislature requested the Council TO rec
ommend important amendments, affecting the.
election of county officers and the last Le-
gislature adopted resolutions upon the very
business i'm hand
Mr. Adams Of Chittendon County, APPROX
cd heartily of the report and resolutions, and
deemed debate unnecessary. If there arc
objections, let them be urged now, that the
vote may be reached as early as possible.
Mr.. Bascom Of Addison County. said that
it was not without dihidonce that he dissonted
from the doctrines and conclusions Of the re-
mont AVID rosolrtiors If .nndorstood them
he 49, ~ .bo ,,tolo ,,ottor il tb,t tbis Com
,orGo, - sir,,,i,, l;l,o ,r, otbor noprlor con-
,ou,io,, ,,;tbnrt o-,,, s,ociec riybts or dutios
Noy, bo d;d NOT So rc,,ord II brt believed
t,ot ,his Corycnt;or was colIed nv LEGAL an.
,orit,- p,o Corrcil md for snoci6c nur-
osoE.to ado,,t or robot Tho onopdpcnts -
ma, - tb, f,ot. ord rov, bc irsistod that
,bis Coryont;o,, had M rigbt IN IGNORE the
authority which nod crootcd. Them. and that
n c,,, occo,,,,,l;sb NJ, r,oro ,,ood h., nassipg
resolutions as to tbc mowers of the Council
tbon ne IN the Constitution of Texas. The
Convention may oxnrcss oninions il Is trpo
lint tboso oninions arc not optborifotivo or
bindir,, ,,nop G,t,,ro Courc;ls T,doed thc
first stcp rronosed is IN declare that tbc Con
vcntion has mo aniborih, If il has none. both
ne act and o,i,ions arc nrqotorv II was oh
servcd yesterday that courts and irsticcs talo
co,,pizonco of inrisdictiop tr,c lint tbov arc
NOT comnoton+ IN settle tho nrccedont opestion
whether tbcv oro courts or ipsticos Tint
,,,,.or t,1,,,,.. e., ,to S,,,.o,,,o C,o,,r.. aud
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" iiio nv uiu iio' 'esiio W i'''oiIoI9 WIN 'oNn
N Wv nc was oiii'oliou 10 say
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.! '''o was H"i'o a. i"'i "S az ~, Vqu"l
s'.'o ~ I'm N0q"I' me oD-
- 'i0 '''l"o 0"uiN "'' 'i9.i UO' 'nls
- - IL ui "i'. yo' "n .io
1,d.I M 'ii'o''1 'iiI' IN
c;tLor form, elected b,, towns or Nv, oo,,rt;d
tho ,,or,,ln oa,, ;,str,,c, t,on, +o a., o.'
,,,,,,or, ro;sod ,,,,, tbo ,,roa,l1o or tlo ,,;l.
nal constitution he obsorvcd that Tho rro-
mill, 1,.d com, an, eror tbo s+otntot d,l.s
since tbe cenvcntion Of 'o3 which odontcd n
now Constitution
Mr. smith or Wosbipgtor countv tbo,gb,
l, ,,,,, ,lo,,,,, c,, All?.,,,, ,..,,.,,t, l,,l Ia;
conceived Tho optbority y,bich has sont us
bcro II ;s tho nooplo not tbe council which
has sopt ms here The Council fxod thc time
tbc pconIo have done tho work and added
sphstant;allv instructions TO reject tbe mower
of the Council to proscribe the manner of
clectinp the Convention. As to the preamble
of the original constitution. the gentleman
from Addison county is in error. II was omit
ted in Haswcl's edition of statutes 1891. two
years before the convention of l7o3. and ,r1b-
ont agfLor,iy of lam. for the preceding convcn-
ton did not repeol or authorize any omission
of the preamble. In respect also to the mean
ing of the preamble, Mr.. Smith dissented from
the literal construction of the gentleman from
Addison county docming it to be more just,
ON the best legal authorities, TO adopt the CON
struction which was consonant with the whole
spirit Of the instrument, and especially with
the actual construction made by the trainers
of the Constitution, and by the people from
that day to this,
Mr.. Weber Of Windsor county, observed
that as the gentleman from Addison county