The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-02

THU. State and at the came, time oppose
the adoption Of Constitution which [
willsecurS to all men in the future those
rights of which they have been 80 7
shamef ully robbed in the past. This lie
PLAIN TALK, but il is as TRUE as PLAIN.
II is admitted by all that the; late
Constitutional Convention was the
sblest body Of men that ever assembled
in this State; that they were freely
chosen by all the people Of the State, at
the only full and free election that was
ever held in it; and they were earnest,
honest and capable men, determined, II
no.sible, to do good work. This Con-
yention. thus composed OF the repre-.
rssentatiye men of both parties, formed
this ns,o Consultation, and sent it out to
the people for their ratification; APP
proved and Endorsed by the unanimous
yots of evsry Democratic and Conservative
DELEGATE. It may, therefore, safely ana
;ustI be taken and accepted by every
Democratic and Conservative voter, as
An instrument equal and just IN oil It's
provisions and acceptable to q large
majority of all the people OF the
| State.
| By a careful examination OF the pro,
visions of the new Constitution It Will
be perceived that every evil prophecy
| made by the Republican party as 70 the
course the Convention would pursue
has utterly failed. No man will be re-
strained or deprived of any of the rights
or privileges now enjoyed by him no
man can nov be transported out OF
or forced to leave the State as pun
ishment for any alleged crime commit,
ted in it; no man can no,o be prosecuted
or tried for any offense in any other
county than that wherein it was com
mittei, without his consent; the Legls-
! lsture can no longer suspend the great
writ of habeas corpus; neither can It any
more release detaulting Sheritfs and
other collecting officers from liability
for public moneys received by them; 1t
has not retaliated upon political oppo--
nents for any of the offenses committed
| by them; it has prohibited for the fu-
ture all religious or political test oaths
a q qualification to vote or hold
Office, serve as a juror, sue, plead or
spueal in the courts, or pursue any pro-
tessi,,n or employment; it has prohi6'
tied the Legislature from ever estao'
lisnipg any Court or Board OF Reglstra-
ton.
The new Constitution secures in all
actions at common law, where the sub
iect in controversy, exclusive OF interest
and costs, exceeds $1,000, a trial by
| Jury of twelce men; it secures to every
man a trial by 8 jury Of t,0eEue treehold'
ers, to ascertain the value of his prop
erty. when taken or damaged for public
use; it secures to every man, in time OF
,oar. az we'll as peace, his life, liberty
and property, go that neither oil them
can be taken without due process Of Iaw;
it secures to every man charged with
crime, a reasonable time to prepare for
his defense; it secures to married '0onaen
their separate property, against the
debts. liability and control Of reckless
and improvident husbands it secures
to eyery husband or parent residing 10
| this State, and to the infant children OF
deceased parents, a HOMESTEAD OF the
value of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, ex'
empt from all debts except such as exc
ist on the 22d day of August next, and
except tares assessed and purchase money
due upon it, and except, also, debts con-
tracted for the erection OF improve
ments thereon; and it also secures TO
the same class of persons, for all time
to come, the right to hold personal prop
erty of the value Of too hundred dollars
(the same amount now allowed by law,
exempt from the payment OF all debts,
past, present or future, excepting only the
taxes assessed upon it, and the purchase
money agreed to be paid for it.
By section 9, of Article II, o. the
new Constitution, the people of this
State will be protected from all unjust
determinations against them. between
through and way freight, and passenger
tariffs by all railroads in the State.
The system of free schools has been
preserved, and its usefulness and eff
cheney increased by adding to the ire
ducible school fund the proceeds of all
taxes that may be levied on the reve-
nues OF any corporation now existing
or hereafter created, by devoting the
proceeds of the cspitation tax of
one dollar on each male inhabitant
over the age Of t'oenty-one years, exclu-
sively to the annual support of free
schools, by requiring all school levies
be reported to, settled and recorded
70 County Court, for the inspec-
"a VI. all the Taxpayers, 80 that
tion oi can learn in what manner
every que rat purposes the school
anu .oi hara sesn disbursed; by re,
str T the cres zion OF independent
school districts, and ''0 s "pplv rt;oIs
tons to Normal Schools. H'' "
II, sections 7, 10 and IL. !
By comparing the first sec, 'oa ,:. ~
Article 8, of the existing Constitu 'U",
with first section Of Article 10 of t. ~
new Constitution, it will be perceived
that no change whatsver has been made
in the system OF taxation.
The new Constitution wholly omits
section 8 of Article 8 of the existing
Constitution. By the insertion OF this
section the Constitution of 1861 and
1862 undertook to compel the people OF
this State to pay to the State OF Vir-
ginia q part OF her public debt, before
she pays her own creditors or even II
she Should repudiats the payment OF the
whole of it.
When it is remembered that on the
first of January, 1872, this debt
amounted to at least fifty-one millions OF
dollars, and that Virginia claims she
has the right to charge West Virgins