Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-16

lc alling them together In Convention. We
are cali. d upon, he said, "by every CEN
federation not to saoction the priuciple
that bare majority may autht rIze Con
'vention. Il we do, We 81 all be ext os-d
to c. ndnuSl fl lctustions" Mr.. G.. cunclu-
ded by saying that ''if the right of bare
m rlty to cal, a Convention were Re cog
n1zed In the COnstitn ton, he W, uld no,
give one fig for all the matters which the
Convt n ion ha been engaged in adjasting
since IL assembled. Instead of any perma
Il nt regu atoms, ev. rSthing Won d be SCI
ah 'at and we tho lid lave q new Gov sti u
ton every two or three years" debates
in Convention, page $40
:" MIR. Me=ros thought that when the la Y
of the land vas sJlemnly fxed 1t ought
not to be disturbed for light causes, ami
he was unwilling. therefore. to leave il In
he power Of u ARE majority of the Lagls.
,tufe 10 bring about another Cow. n iJn. -
ID, p 346). "And he propot ed as an ad-
dIloGal eafegrard again the efforts of
bare maj 'ritJ to uproot tue Fundamental
principles of the government. to amend
the srtcle SO that no Convt ution of the
pc pie should hereafter bs called. tx ept
oy "a cJnclrrent vote of Two Ihir.:s Ct ca ID
use Of tia Genera IDLY. (I6.,
569 Tne qne-ti 10 recurring oa Mr..
M ares' amendment, IL va, adopted, 80 o
20 ID, 373.) I cannot AXE IL ay g of ,his
subject Without * resslng my &stunish-
mrnI at tha assertion on a.ch b. gu au. hor
ty, that g maj Oruy Of the present peo-
pic may sss smble AMI a ter the Cons.itu-
ton which g maj ray If tue people Of u
pat K nerulpD as. e2I bled and made -
1t Is al rror, et,l y air. Calhoun "a
dIcHl error-", he rs qaeacs Of CON
Oundl AVID ga1dIng lac nnmrr.c4 Il
| ] r. ty L. ID If c. the cEt,r+ pArpie h q
zteater p.rs as he whole, which has cou-
loLteI more I'll al ~ OH + o-aleet pee
vent The t'rDa:lDn Of pa u ar cons i&u-
tl"nai gov rnmeus' aud to les roy tia, ID
1f'er tn y h .vc been for.ne :" "fhes,"
-a,d thus br at S ate Il n, no fall into
heEe etIo:a le5ard TIE lerttictiut 3 which
Irgaul N IMP ua tie VII OF NE uumer
lcti IL 10 ~, - r~etf!cSiUn, on tie viii OF
he Pc Sic, md therefore $ noE oair u E
lie bst aIOne fui aud MISC ,2vvu0s, Heuce
.ho enkt G try rsH..'sn under the
q -iu i've hopr O :.ktug < VEIN II Re
.,emocratlc {D,5q Coz p 80, 81
And agnla, S'it IS oily o suk o,.s~ LaAt
, III p .its n p SIS S IA ~; ,tne baltoC-b box
Z ID III phytlcAl roe ns tins country can
De snccees9uliy re~Is. L by an s,p.~l 80
EAa6on, trnFh, ju lice or evsn the ot:ng -
1ions imp -seu Oy II CorSsIta 10. Ot3rr
guarantiss are req ift.t. + VII. n CSC of
them selves, sha * r6 suhi Il ILhlence
To say the haut: OF p ,~er, tnen govern
NnSAt W u u 20 no longer Va Z d y 10 pro-
'ect soel ~ or cons Il ,Ds ueeIed 30 pre-
vens government from abusing ats pow
ers" 10, p. 49,
Ii / uLderstaud the pr ,position clearly.
MIR. III ore wuD!d not on y 1egoke The
conaFlsntl nal cCDtro! secure" to u agAln.'
tue ops ressions OF the MAORI y AID al' e"dy
provided by themselves, bat CT az ar be
wuuid Lave ii s. a. r, nged tat tue ganic
Law shall be Ferpetualiy su' jet 70 the
flu tua ms of the p polar ca rice. Thu"
might organize aDhr:hy. bat it wOuIl
never make or cunsEi uae Stale. In fact,
z Cons tuition wo Id b+ imp, Sub e.
EDWARD CANT ELL.