The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-04-06


next general election; and if, in the Cen
eraI Assembly so'next chosen, such pro
nosed amendment or amendments shall
he agreed TO by majority of the mem
hers elected to each House, then 1t shall
he the duty of the General Assembly to
submit such amendment or amendments
to the electors of the State; and II ma
iority. of the electors shall ratify the same,
such amendment or amendments shall
become part of this Constitution.
"Sec. 9. If two OF more amendments
shall be submitted at the same time, they
shall be submitted in such manner, that
the electors shall vote for or against each
of such amendments separately; ana
while an amendment or amendments,
which shall have been agreed upon by
one General Assembly, shall be awaiting
the action of a succeeding General AS
sembiv. or of the electors, no additional
amendment or amendments shall be pro-
posed" ~.
Nv opinion is, upon these sections, that
any proposed amendment must be agreed
to by two consecutive Legislatures, and
be submitted to the people by the second
of the two.
The language of section one is very
explicit on this point, and section two
prohibits the proposal OF additional
amendments while any one is pending,
thus indicating thai 1t was the intention
of the Constitutional Convention that the
minds of the people should be directed
continuously and singly to given pro
posad amendment or series OF amend
lnents, till the same was adopted or re
jected
think if an amendment, agreed to by
one General Assembly, is not agreed to
and submitted to the people by the next
it entirely fails.
Respectfully, your oot,
S. E. PERKINS.
Both the Superintendent of Public In
struction and Judge Perkins belong tt
the same party as the New Charter mel
here, so the evidence of their own part.
settles the case ugair.st thera- - - =
Now let it be understood distinctly b.
every voter that z-....-
l. There is no prospect of having tn
Constitution amended for SIC gears.
?. The friends of Education in othe
Cities of the State besides Evansville
consider the cause of Schools as hope
less for that length of time, because the
are under the General Act of Incorpor'
ton, or, in other words, the New Chartel
3. If we retain our Old Charter W
can have frst-class Schools in spite {
the downfall of the School cause els'
where; but if the New Charter is adopted
the Schools here must share the commo
fate of those elsewhere in the State.
4. The way to save the Schools is
elect their real friends, who have alwa!
stood by them, as their guardians, an
not their old and inveterate enemies.
In this connection We quote remal
of one who takes warm interest in Il
cause of Education, and especially in OF
refer to rev James 6tdene, Or 1fruaH
polls, formerly a teacher in this City:
"Surely your people will not be SO i
fatuated or so simple as to allow yor
present School system to be filched ava
either by the schemes of designing pc
ticians, or by their own indifference"
Now, let the voters of Evansville gil
the quietus for once and all to the pes
lent faction who have been trying to We
their spite on the Schools for years, al
who are determined on their destructiC
when the opportunity. offers. Give the
a lesson that will do them for six yea
at least.