The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-04-18
GEO. W. TIPPETT, Editor.
POINT PLEASANT, WEST va,
::::: April IS, 1872.
THE CONVENTION.

lhe Constitutional Convention ADJOURN
ed sine die on the 9th inst, having finally
formed q Constitution, which. from what
little we have seen Of It, is admirably ad.
opted to the wants Of the people Of our
State. The session, taking all things in
to reconsideration, was q brief one, was bar.
monious and digniGcd. Tho cost was not
sogreat as some Of its opponents would
have us believe, being about $40, OO0.-
President Price in delivering his vnlcdic.
tory. said that the new Constitution was
vastly superior to the old one, and had the
material interests of the people at heart
more than the one enacted during the
"lilnes that tried mems souls" His opin-
ion is one that we defer to, be having du.
ring his long and .eventful career, had
much experience in such bodies, aud
"kuows whereof be speaks The oppo.
nen,s Of the Convention, with the inulac-
ulatt George Wesley Atkinson. Of tho
West Virginia journal, he Of the white
neck,,ic tribe, at the head. solcmnly enun.
ciated through the columns Of that delect-
able (?) sheet that il, the Convention was
called il would be the means Of removing
the Capital from its present location, but
his prophecies were not well founded, nor
bis judgment iufallible, as events have full
ly illustrated. The Capital still remains
quietly nestled near tho banks Of the ro-
mantle Kauawha. and there it will remain
rs long as the earth bears o plant, or tho
Kauawha rolls a wave" Many other
charges which the iufallible (D Yves"
predicted would take place, did not come
to pass, aud he snow mourning because
they did not.
From what little VIC have seen Of the
Constitution, as before stated, we like very
much, but not having read the instrument
entire, we cannot pass our opinion uponit,
nor can we as yet advise our readers.as to
what policy to pcrsue in regard to it, but
suffice it to say, that so far us we can as
certain, the Radicals 10 this section arc as
unit, opposed to its ratification, which.
within itself is a sufficient reason for all
Liberal Republicans and Democrats to
support it, The only reason they assign
for their opposition to it is on account Of
the incorporation Of the exemption law as
part Of the Constitution, which exempts
81, 900 Of real estate aud $500 worth Of
personal property, which exemption in our
humble opinion is wise, humane and SAL
utary law, one that willredound to the 10.
tercsts Of the people Of our prosperous
young State. This is but fimsy pre-
text, for the principal opponents Of the ex.
,emptiou law, (who by the way are nearly
oil Radicals were the strongest support
crs of the law as enacted by the Legsla-
ture some years ago, excmptiug $500. 10
real estate, and made it one Of their hes,
points in electioneering, but they now
know that the sceptre Of power has been
wrestcd from them in the State, aud they
oppose the adoption Of the new Constitu-
ton merely because majority Of the men
who framed it were Democrats. =.
We suppose the weekly supplement Of
the Cincinnati Gazette soon to be started
in our town, will oppose as vigorously as
possible, its ratification, but like its pro.
teqc it can WELD 90 influence outside Of its
suppor,ers,-which iu our section is but O
,ndrop in the bucket"