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Uatesfn, III
MnSlAi, AUGUST y, lsI?.
wHocAS SIT IN THE CONVENTION
4 tnrs, nI.:ArHt writes un from Dixn,,
,uts, sting thai there Are doubts "a l., who
nrr H;l,lt. tn scnt4 in the Constitutional
r,st,.:.tin in December; he statcs TINT, in
II E,l,..r If districts, gentlemen hulling
ss sts u,i ,!,t c.rcnit bench have been nuu1i-
,y.t,ql n,!,} n~ks if this course is )egal9
This Is c.t Eew question, particularly
III Ills STE. where it has t,ecn twice deci-
G.a. I,.:.v. ntious 10 foru constitution
ate cntrr.,inus, in theory, Of the wholn
}"nl,.r. :.!:l r:ay do anythiug which the
PEOPLE themselves might do If gathered
collectively This dues not IMPLY that they
can l'.riAate. OF appropriate money; but
that. il Il. work Of revising OF making q
n.w cuus;i.ution, they have all the power
tf ,,,,. ,a,,1,, Themselves Whaterer daa.
ger u.ay Eave l,een supposed to be involved
in a1r.i:,;ng s.ch L power to exist in such
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80 ~ lo-l->. ~ 60.
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III" he''"n oi Inc people themselves 1ha'
tins Is now the substantial province Of tue
convention is further shown IN the TACT
tslIt. III submitting their WORE to the peo-
re l"s approval, tnes no longer suonht II
"s-h "b'l!c' pat eacn c"ntso'ef'ea suo1ect
fFPhfh'eiE. anu o1teu IN Inc 'or1n OF altet-
1!l:irt A-'Iclt's. The wisdom OF this latter
ct'1tsse - sleEn IN the frequent adoption OF
The general constitution and tho rejection
# .re " nr.e If the proposed additional
articles.
Judge Jameson, in his work on Consd-
i'.tir1ll Conventions, Section 4aa, Ct st7.,
1s,s,l netes thereto, states thas mp to tbs time
ehen Le wrote IeG7)) there had been held
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"t' a''s't6 d'u no' s'o,n' snels uis1 ct'n'
s1hh'ifs 70 tuo people 'oF f"e'nca'.on'
A"'Aft-tlGE' othes conventions ea1lea ~
rfrise existing state s*'nslitut1"ns' hnu ILL.,
except "H. III lennss''ah's', ~ ~: IN eh'
southern STATES a'o n"' SUNNI 'ne'f ".'','A
l" IL" ]c"]4e ."f approval '''E aecl13"a u"
fHfnc 7" nc IN 1o'cc' no 1''1e o. s''1'in's'''i'
Las no" heeoito 80 senct"' !u1o HI n''So''te'
'aAs II" CONVENTION "oa'a s'"'o ~ A9s'''i.
tAe h"A'"F'3 VI ueeant"'e ''' "oR@ H!'A' III"
f"hs1tsh''c upon inc peoIh'' 1ne }"ue'"enl
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