The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-08-23
CONVENTIONAL Convention.

Constitutional Convention.
At a recent Democratic Convention III
Perry county, one of the "wire pullers,
in accordance with the scheme of the Lee
compton leaders at Indianapolis, introduced
resolution condemning the call OF a Con-
stitutional Convention, which after warm
discussion, was voted down; too many OF
the sound, influential Democrats OF the coun-
t. were found to be decided and warm ad-
Yocates for a revision of the Constitution by
a Convention, to pass it. II were declared
that the expenses of a Convention was
matter of slight consideration in comparison
with the evils we suffer from the injudicious
restrictions imposed by the present funda-
mental law-that mixing constitutional re-
form with the ordinary subjects of Legisla-
ton in the Legislature would result in but
partial reforms and new imperfections, and
be attended with vexatious delays, which
might be worse than a long endurance OF
the present Constitution. The defeat OF
the proposition was a subject of chagrin to
the leaders, butthe intelligent and independ-
ent voters were too resolute for COnyen-
ton to submit TO any dictation upon the
subject.
The opponents of the Convention at
tempt everywhere, to misrepresent the pop
ular sentiment on the subject. In this
county, as far as we have been able to gleaA
the opinion of the people, there is most
decided majority for a Convention. A large
lumber, if not a majority, of the influential
and intelligent Democrats are advocates of
ii. In Spencer and Warrick counties, not
with niing he assertions Of the Boonville
paL j. we IRE assured by well informed
correspondents that the people of both par
ties will vote for a Convention. The fol-
lowing paragraphs, taken from the Rockport
Democrat, expose the misrepresentation of
he 3c,uville Democrat in regard 10 the
popular sentiment in Warrick and Spencer.
We have the testimony of several leading
Democrats in Spencer county that corrobo-
rates the statements Of the Rockport paper.
The people in all the counties within the
circuit of our correspondence have refused
to make the call Of Convention a party
issue, as the indianapolis Junta designed to
have it:
SPENCER CoUNTY-A friend writing TO us
on private business from Spencer county,
says trere will be little or no opposition in
that county, to the CALL of a Convention
people generally, as they are now advised,
are in favor of it.-EVdnSrille Journal.
We conversed with an intelligent gentle
man from Spencer county last week, and
he informed Us that he had heard many
speak Of the Constitutional Convention, and
not one had he heard express himself in
favor of the Convention. He was decidedly
opposed to it, on the principle that il was
lcorse thon useless. II could accomplish no
g0Ud, but there was strong probability oil
its doing much harm.-BoonUille Democrat
To which the Rockport De4~~sIa t reptiles :
We have no donbt but thai the Gentleman
you convcrsed with was very intelligent, as
he was from Spencer. But We must say,
that if he did make the statement to you
that you say he did, he is very much mis-
trken, indeed. So far as we have been able TO
learn, the call for a Constitutional Conven-
ton will meet with very little resistance in
this county. 1t is not the intention, here,
TO make that a political matter at all, be-
cause we know that Democrats, Republi-
cans, Wings, and Americans are going &c
vote for the Convention, and the citizens o.
Warrick, and especially those who live in
Boonville, shall have the privilege of voting
for, or against the Convention, just as they
please.