The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-22

nd outrage agaius: the person, Prop
rty, or liberty ofa certain class Of per-
ons, by pointing out to them the way
o escape all civil responsibility there
or, (sec Session Acts 1865, chap. 79)
INVITING Judges to reuder corrupt judg-
ncnts against the same Cli" Of persons,
Dy preventing them from taking appeals
from their Judgments, creating Boards
Of Registration to rob tue citizens of
their right to vote, serve as a juror bold
Office, sue, plead, appeal to the Courts,
or to teach school or practice tue pro-
fession Of a lawyer.
uudcr tho existing Constitution, the
Legislature Gao at It's pleasure, suspend
the g.cat writ Of haLeaS corpus so that
any person may be arrested and imrris.
oned without accusation or proof, as long
as may be ncces ary to subduc or via
him. The inestimablc value Of this
rrii will be understood, when it is re.
mcmbered that it affords the only rem.
sdy known to the law, to determine the
question whether a nan is lurctuly i'm.
prisoued or not. By section 6, Article
2, any person. in time Of lrar, may be
deprived Of lifc, liberty or property with
out process Of lac. By section 8 Of mr.
ticle Q, any person in time of ra, &C.
cuIcd of crime, may be carried away
from his olsn county and tried in any
other county in the State, mud thereby
be deprived Of the benefit Of trial by a
jury Of his vicinSge. By section lG,
article 4. the Legislature has. at any
time, the authority to abolish or destroy
the State of West Virginia by the sim
pie process Of anaering to and admit.
ting into il, tho whole Of Virginia. By
section 10 Of article 6, the indcpend.
ence Of the Judiciary is efFectually de-
stroycd by making The tenure Of the
Offices of the Judges wholly dependent
upon the unbrldled will Of the l.cgis.
lature. 1t fails to provide any ade.
quatc security against defaul!ing Sher.
ifs or other officers collecting or dis.
bursting public moneys. i, fails to
provide for imposing restraints on rail.
road companies. to prevent them from
making unjust Determinations in the
rates Of frGights and travel, against our
own people, 1t fails to provide for the
poor or the unfortunate, either home
stead or an eroSptiOn of personal prop.
crty.
In view Of all these facts, the Demo.
cratic members Of the Legislature Of
1871, proposed to call 4 Convention Of
all the people of the State to amend the
Constitution. This call was opposed by
the whole Republican vote Of the
State. 1t was carried by Democratic
and Conservative votes. Every delegate
elected to the Convention, except trtirc,
was a Democrat or Conservative. The
new Constitution is tho work Of the
Democratic and Conservative party.
Every Democratic md Conservative del.
cgate in tho Convention approved of,aud
yoted for the Relv Constitution. while CIV.
cry one Of the "!relre" either voted
against it or was absent when the final
vote was taken. The Republican party
will vote against the ratification Of the
new Constitution because the Democrat.
ic and Conservative party made it be.
cause their own political excuses and
iniq uiiies rendered the call Of the Con.
vention necessary or possible, aud be.
cause every Republican kHoEs, as every
Democrat and CORscrtdiire ought to
Enoc, that il the Republican party eau
Iuccecd in defeating the ratification Of
The new Constitution, tho Democratic
aud Conservative party in this State will
be defeated and orerthrorm. To &C.
complisb an end so desirable tc them il
is not unreasonable to expect to find
their leading men, 10 every locality.
the provisions Of the
new Constitution to as many Demo.
cratic voters as eau be induced.to listen
to them If, however, the Democratic
and Conservative party after its past
experience under Republican rule in
this State, can permit itself to be thus
mi,lcd, it dc'errsS to be defeated. II
men, pretending aud claiming to be
Democratic leaders, oppose the ratilica.
lion Of tho new Constitution. they de-
serve to be CxecrntCd aud driven into
the Republican ranks, for whose sue.
cew they are laboriug. Take no apol.
ogy from such men! They cannot
serve two masters" They cannot be
the friends Of the Democratic party in
this State aud at the same timo oppose
the adoption Of a Constitution which
will secure to all men in the future those
rights Of which they have been SO shame.
fully robbed in the past. This is rLAiS
TALK. but it is as TRUE as PLAiS,
Its admitted by all that the late Con.
Btitutional Convention was the ablcst
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
aud capable men, determined. il posi-.
ble, to do good work. This ConrCn.
tiOu, thus composed Of the representa-.
tive moa Of both parties. formed this
nc'c Contribution, and sent it out TO the
people for their ratification, approved
and Endorsed by the unanimous roic of.
tuIy Democratic and Conservative Del |