M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-10-08
The Proposed Amendments 10
the Constitution.

Amendment No. !, OF the FIVE which ar
now before the people for their approval o
rejection, provides for annual sessions o
the General Assembly. We think thin
amendment unnecessary, because the Leg
islature ought to make in one session laws
enough for two years and because, if ne.
,ccssity require it, the Constitution provides
that the Governor may convene the Legis-
.lature in extra session. The people got
tired Of annual sessions long ago, and adopt
cd BY large majority the Constitution which
provides for only one regular session in two
years. g.
Amendment No. 3, proposes TO add more
officers to the judicial department, and to
create District Courts composed of new
Judges. We think it would be better to
add TO the compensation Of the present
Judges instead Of ofincreasing their number.
Amendment No. 8, is humbUg. II propo-
see to open the door for banks and bankers
to escape By DEDUCTIONS the payment of their
just proportion Uf taxes. And in order to
beiool tho people they are required, when
they vote for this Amendment to put on their
ballots, Bank and individual taxation, equal
--yes." 1t is false proposition. The
present Constitution itselfprovides that "all
property employed in Banking shall always
bear burden of taxation equal to that i'm
posed on the property of individuals" III
the object Of the Republican Legislature
was to tax banks and individuals equally,
why alter the Constitution, which already
provides for that very thing ....
Amendment No. 1 is enother humbug -
While the casual reader would fail to detect
much difference between the Constitution
as it now reads and this proposed amend
ment, he will find on closer examination
that the latter opens the door to all sorts Of
corrupt log-rolling and lobbying in order to
secure the passage Of bills gran ting corpo-
rate powers. The very object Of the fra
mers of the New Constitution, which was
to put stop to the corrupt system that had
obtained under tie old Constitution Of lob
.bying bills through granting special privil-
,eges to the few at the expense Of the many.
will be in measure defeated il this amend
ment prevails. ..'...
Amendment No. s proposes to divide, in
violation Of every correct principle, every
County in the State which is entitled 10
more than one Representative or Senator.
The interests Of a county are the sane in
one part as we'll as in another, and it is
therefore both useless and unjust to divide
it for Represe ntative purposes This amend-
ment was gotten up for the benefit of the
Republicans Of Hamilton county who are in
a hopeless minority under the present sys-
TEN, but who might obtain Representa-
tive or two If the county were gerrymander-
ed into Representative and Senatorial Dis.
Aricts.
These are tho amendments which the Re-
publican Legislature have proposed to the
people, who are asked to decide upon them
on the 18th of this month. ..sr....
Those in favor Of all or either Of them
will find how to vote by referring to the
laws pablshed on the first page Of our pa
pes Those opposed to them need not vote
dlrectly with a" No" upon their tickets. as
a blank counts the same as vote against
them. They musthave majority of all the
uotes cast at The annual election in order TO
.adop. them!
The same may be said of the Bank law.
Il must also have in its favor majority of
all the votes cast in order to make 1t valid.
Ifyou vote ticket which says nothing
about Amendments or Bank Law you vote
against them all. b