, 1862-05-30
TIE NEW CONSTITUTION,
VOTE AGAINST TIE THING.



Thirty Short Reasons why II SQ0ula
Nat ha kdnn4ed.
MOI DC Aaoptc0'
r. .,,, coat s1ak 600 per annum morc than
- - uh,a 10 ,a-+ofn
the present one. inle ~ eertu
2. The legislature Is lelE lree 70 pfo,iae tao
most erorbltant salaries, with no constitution
~ ,.oe+-5ct,on
cops al T ~ ,u he summarized nu hv the neonle and
no restriction as to the amount Of their SOL
or;oa
a1leS, 49, ,,u-,. .s
q. IL mas aoonsnea tne gresat oul"afas VI
tentbs OF the charges known to the criminal !
oaaa ~ IN 1-,a7,, NV, -zo,oon md child |
e00es 0Ao 80. 'I
the exposed victim Of petty malice.
s, 1t a time when the securities for person !
p,.s <,.a.,as+1, s,,nr1a 1,o Increased thev are
auu ptope1ty eoou'o ~ An~Ao~3' '4~5
relaxed, and important safeguards removed
& The nofsonous. old. subyerefye South Car
49, r1o1ta,r.HoDne t doctrine of naramonnt;
oAnA e4noa [.~:. s:.t,.at,.- - s..a.te5 - -
state sovereignty Is ois1inet's asse1seo IL H.
TT puts an end to al progress by means Of
associated capital, and discourages foreign
capitl from seeking an Investment in 0ur
Stale. ",
g. II establishes financial system that will
always keep produce and all kinds OF property
wenty per cent. lower In this than in the
surrounding States.
t., 8. It cuts Off the possibility OF obtaining
financial facilities from abroad to buy our an
pual produce and induce competition among
! buyers.
| 10. It adds thirty i've members to the 1egis-
| 1ature and leaves their pay and the length OF
| their sessions unlimited.
| IL. It creates county court into Which
every caee tried before q Justice Of the Peace
| In Tie county may be appealed, and In which
| cyery crime, less than ft1ony, may be tried,
| thus compelling the people to attend court as
| iurofE suffers, OF Witnesses every day In the
year, sundays excepted {perhaps), aud settles
nothing, as every case tried by 1t may be ap-
pealed 10 the Circuit Court. It Is simply =
nluehIne by which pet1ifoggers may manutac-
ture Law suits fer lawyers to try in the higher
courts.
Il. It will greatly increase jail expenses, for
it is only men charged with felonies who now
Lay IL jail from term to term, and they vii do
so stll-the county court cannot try them.
But the county court may try and pun15h oy
| imprisonment all other ofenses, ana tue re-
suit will be jsil full j., OF citizens, suffering
petty penalties, half Of the time.
IL. It puts an end to building railroads IN
this State.
IL It provided for no good thing which
could not have been pFoytded Tor ~ the &C.
ton Of the Legislature Under the present con
etitution.
Is. It provides for no good thing that Is mol
) a1ready provided for either BY the present COZ
stitution Or the State laws under 1t.
Is, It has SO distrtcted the State for 1egisla
tive purposes as to make the fraud amount tt
: the same as If they had taken one hundred
Thousand Inhabitants from one end Of ths
stste and put them into the other end.
= II. It has so brought the counties togethe
Is to pe.petrate local frauds all orer the Stat'
Z sometimes throwing away IS high as tel
D thousand Inhabitants to swampa partlcula
J. county or man. at others acting On deficit 0
ten thousand for the same purpose.
Il Is. They have districted the State tor Con
J, grcsEmen, soitheM any authority Of Aars, AM
seek to satisfy the people BY saying that the,
). divided 1t even between the two parties, no
= fairly according to the population.
19. The members were not legally sHorn be
e fore they did their work.
i 20. Instead Of amending the constitution
they spent three months making Z politica
: plaffofm, which, If adopted, they think vii
y nlace The State government in their OF
| hands. and accordingly they left Ill saIarie
y nndetined and unrestricted, SO as to Civ
,e the1nsel7es full sweep at the State Treasury
TRe ao1s rh2e IN eng ea1a Ma 81 faa maaf9
Il fr,e fashion ~ the -Snnthern cabafg. and ouI
the outward legislative forms 5Tere go1
through with in The contention
IS % a nartisau epirit controlled every &C
and partisan Gt0CGTS O0lF HGEE RIGCGEQ IN VII
'e lation ofThe intent Of the conservative peopl
ut Is manifested by their action at the Inst sp
re c;al session Of the Legislature, in their e(e
lion Of delegates at the polls, and in 1ailita1
OF aprointn1ents By the Governor.
" 53. 1t il an apple of diacord, thrown by me
- Of adverse kympathies, among great peopl
III whose loyal hearts have ignored party, ~
II are unitedly intent upon the holy object
at eaying The national fifc.
o. a. It is cause of alarm that it Is loudly a
OF vocated by e7ery secession sympatbizer IN tt
State, without snv exception.
81 If adopted i viii Impair the credit, di
eli u,tv and sta1dine Of our State, and imuede
Il 1sy nr6yene1ity he;n }ooked mon bY other Stst
"a - fTicias, instrument
It? ee r. shonId not be aaonted because vs q
sn-e ~ ~ ~ harc Ia ra]i anofhcr conyention in II
4na,, 10 ve,ra ~ thc neon1c Vii IN that +,
haonne lna r eytran,,-lg tired at {ts work;nS,s
- It.fnrns oT;+ n nffirc The Goye7ror a
nst stss+e afacare a. t;me Wien thcV are 4nran
ege 4fhfhe af Get,;is nf m extensiye we'll conii9
,us ~ ;e4sfoo+a ~ oo-afT111r pn;zad a war<3
lna 81, nt3ea' euL qr sn}5so-e the INK
0lE 4C3f WILL 0o .AA@-N WI eo.o.e"o 49, PAA"A0