New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-23
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PROPOSED CONVENTION 10 MAKE A NEW
CONSTITUTION
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Sir: X r-y isst I promised 20 s.y s9aetNin. up,a
In qasstor; but c.rooc sivlc .ss p.op0.'.,ca
u,:i see ro.e resso,s from :se say ssppoIS,s of
the messlre Why i,lt:ae me-l;ers Vi tie L.s.G-
tl,e " Submitted tie quss: II CJIvelt " > ,he
recpe sive us gore oi :re sat th.: ih hlsn,ai :Asm
Asihey do 70. io it, / aisy b permitted 20 kia. a.
otiectiors which sore people msy en:era,, withou.
berg n, Gown ss Fixed oPponert 10 C}n.,i.c'io-l
Reform:
The y.r.rsl tffc; 81 corruption GOT ye: erslos'ei
By party resolg,oDsl e. which l hsys adve-tsd ia
forer numbers oocssions f-sr that Cors,rfr: onl
Convection might partSke TOO much OF the . srsc.sr
ofsome of or ..s L.si:ls.ass sLd De controlled oy
si,nllsv II huerces.
,. There ia an sp2-eber:ion lnot without some
fcuudsonl thst or SD the chef purpose ef may
ofthe advocates Of the TO get trt OF the re-
src;oos in the presen. Constitution upon the sno.cs
o gub.c G,sr SO the. the Legs.sturs may IN the t1'
ture borrow money a. pleasure anc,
3. Tbs, m're strength msy be given 70 the ESsea-
tive srd central power al the tapts-.
There is slso pretty gerersl Impression T. re-
qnent chsuges Of contttu.ionsi Az iupar Popai re-
sftct fo- Constitutions themselves.
Preceding the lsst Constitutional ConYennyn We aa1
g vary gene al popular sgtsor and consideration OF
the vsroas qlestIors % be submitted. Nov there Is
very little OF it. Schemers have bsiter ehance
wi.htu IL sS tstion than with i.
could myself make somewhat formidable lis. Of
objections against the present Constitution, but viii
jus. ~ take the woik out OF the HANDS OF those
TO " h0Dl 1t uoye properly bsoags-ihcse who propose
& Convention &c the Only remedy.
/ notice two reasons hsye seen iu favor of the
measure. OTe by the advocates of prohibitory
liquor law, who weud sbolish the clsuse upon which
tho Couit Of Appeals cecla-ed the late p.ohibitory
law uncorsii.utis nal. Nov, that clause applies TO
sreet msny other questions ss well as to such law,
ord be sdes the clause IL in the Constitution of
the United States, ani would no: dsre TO have 1t
stricken out Of that Constitution If could. No per-
"son shsl be deprived Of lie. liberty or property
without cue process Of law, Is 8 security too an
oert too ger eis and too necessary in Constitutions
TO te thoughtessy thrown aside for single object
however worthy. Nothirg would be gained BY alter
Irg Ire Stste Constitution and leaving thet OF the Ul
ted S.stes a. il is.
l lave seen another reason given by The Neo- York
Hr0id, which would hsve the Governor and Sensts
sppont the Judges-for, says ths. psper, Z" The
"power of non1iDs,irg the Judges who administer ls
"tce in this Metropolis has fallen into the hands
"of Tie lowest most uDpfincpled end most debauched
"class in the conmunty-.o. Ward politicisns-the
beech s their creature and it lie consequently what
"Iecple see.
This is pretty well foy paper that SO psrsistsntly
opposed the appointment Of the METROPOLITAN Police
Commissioners by the powe. q. Alosnyi bu. 1t will
fail to convince the coHEry Of the proprety OF going
back 10 the old mode Of appointment.
krow of pretty strong nhuences that will brought
to bear TO change the Constitution so that the
Stste debt may be continued, and 81 additional one
created. This scheme must be defeated, even 81 the
hazard Of enduring for time the ills Of the present
Constitution. n.