The Howard union. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-16

Fund and State School Fund, the SUN Of
$l5,559 81 Of the sinking Fund, and $509
773 so Of State Slcck, The time and
manner of sale should be placed within the
discretion Of one or more proper persons,
who should have ample time for undersan-
ding tie real condition of the Bank and the
true interests of the State IN that con-
nection
In view of the restrictions In the fourth
section Of the'eghlh article, recommend a
revision of our general corporation law, sol
as to afford, tor the association of capital
for the usual objects of incorporated COM
panies, every inducement and privilege
consistent with the Constitutional provisions
on this subject.
The twelfth section Of the eleventh ar
ticle enables you to enact statue which
will largely contribute to bring topunishmenl
criminals who for any cause are ikely to
escape justice in the counties where cfleuses
are committed
There are other provisions of the Consli-
tuition making necessary certain enactments
to which have called your attention under
their appropriate heads.
II is the right of the General Assembly
to propose such amendments TO the Const.
tuition as majority of the members eitcted
to each house shall deem expedent. The
most recently expressed wish of the people
on the subject Of this Constitution is their
adoption of it as their law; notwithstanding
which, and although you were not elected
on any issues made in favor of amending the
| Constitution, recommend that you submit
10 the people such amendments as will ex.
empt from the requirements of the second
article all officers, trustees, directors or
other managers of corporations for benev-
client purposes, in which neither the United
States, this State, nor any county, city or
town is interested as a stakeholder, creditor
or contributor, as well as all professors and
teachers in schools not endowed, supported
or in any manner contributed 10 by HE
United States, this State, or any county,
city or town.
The Odd and Oath sections of that article
ought 10 be stricken out, and in lieu there
of il should be provided that no person who
has served a regular enlistment in the SER
vice Of the United States in the suppression
of the late rebellion, and has an honorable
discharge, shall be required TO take the oath
of loyalty for any of the purposes mentioned
in the article, except as provided in the 18th
section. The men who have fought for the
Union should be honored and trusted with
out an oath 10 confirm what they have
done; and if any of them have wiped OF,
with their blood On error of the first days
Of the rebellion, we should not ask them to
make a record of those errors for the shame
of their children. To have been soldier
Of the Union should be made source Of
just pride and honorable distinction among
the citizens Of the State, and should carry
with it the right OF suffrage.
Deferring to the deliberately expressed
judgement of the people in the adoption of
the Constitution, and relying upon their
wisdom and justice 10 remedy what may
need correcting in it, shall at this time
suggest no other amendments, but, so far $
my action is concerned, will patiently await
the further expression of their wishes in
the light Of their experiences and amid the
surroundings of peace and prosperity.
The provision requiring the oath of 10y
atty from ecclesiastical iunctionaries has
been made the occasion for raising the
question of the right of the people in their
sovereign capacity to make such law
The future good OF the State requires that
the question of the right Of the people to
make it be now definitely settled by tie
Supreme Court of the United States, so that
the amendment, when hereafter made, shall
be distinctly understood as privilege
given, not as right acknowledged as su.
, perior to the power Of the sovereign people
Of the State.
A SOLDIERS HOME.
Many of the brave men who during
the late rebellion bore the brunt of battle
for the Union, and shed lustre on the name
: of Missouri, have been permanently dsa.
bled by wounds. 1t is the duty Of the State
, 10 care for these men in their decrepltude
misfortune or old age. The rebellion has
impoverished our State, and we cannot en-
dow home for these deserving heroes, bu
it is our duty to ask Congress for gram
= of land for this purpose, and 10 60 10 the
e extent of our means in contributing Il
make such an institution what it should b,
"a retreat where the war-scarred veteran
may pass the remainder of his lays, thu
! recipient of a grateful and noble charity
/ which carries with it no humiliation.
CONCLUSION.
e The present is an important epoch in the
=. history of our State. Freedom mas but re
Gently changed the lethargy born of servil,
: institutions into the energy and activity o
d industrial prosperity. Peace having spread
h its hallowed influence over the nation, still
e ing the tempest of bad passions which hat