The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-06-27

name m admiration OF the prehx) non
interest. WAYNE.
A CONsTITUTIONAL CONvEN
TION.
We don't seat ourself and take ouI
pen in hand to write homily either ia
favor Of or against the Constitutions
Convention, the holding Of which, a
soon as may be done according
to the forms Of law, is 30 urgently advo
Gated by some of our contemporaries. II
would, of course, be very common plac,
10 say, that a Constitutional Convention
should not be convened without necessi
ty, and that II should not be advocated
without reason Every law, whethe,
merely statutory or organic, lin the ma
ture of things imperfect. The present
Constitution is pobably not less open 10
the charge Of imperfection than the two
preceding Constitutions, which were, al
different times, the law Of the State
And it may be true that the growth and
progress Of the State have been greater
in the last twenty years than during any
previous score Of her existence. The
consequence ofthis growth and develope-
ment necessarily is q lack Of practical
adaptation of the present Constitution 10
the wants and necessities Of the people
for whom it is designed to be a supreme
State law. But, conceding all this to be
true, are the imperfectiOns of such a
character as would justify, at this time
or within few years, an attempted al
teration of the organic lawi We are in
the midst Of male-strom Of revolution.
Systems to which the people had grown
accustomed, and under which they were
content, have been violently assailed and
totally subverted. The spirit which
guides this revolution~is still on the
wing, and will not probably be at rest
during the next ten years. Viewed
from the stand point of those who are a-
vorable TO Republican institutions, il is
foul spirit but none the less potent. Can
we feel assured that II we take the inia-
tory steps to repeal our FUNDAMENTAL
laws, we will not become the victims Of
Ia ultra progression rather than the ben
e6eiaries of our own wise purposes and
good intentions' 1t may be replied that
the great majority Of the intelligent pop
ulace of Kentucky is opposed to that
Over-bearing. tyrannous and revolution
airy spirit, which has played havoc with
the Constitutions Of the Southern States,
yet are we more nearly unit than the
intelligent people of Louisiana; and
what is her fate' What right have we
to say that Grant, or the despot who
succeeds him, will not station an armed
body of soldiery in every voting pre-
cinct in the State, II we hold an election
to elect delegates to a Constitutional
A fragrant outrage such
an act would indeed be but is it with
out precedencei Would it stand out in
history as an isolated and damnable act
Of Grants villainyf It may stand as
well in hand to reflect whether it would
not be better TO "endure those evils we
now have than to fee TO those we know
not off"
We can very clearly see, while noting
these apprehensiOns, wherein the present
Is defective in divers par
Iiculars. When adopted il was asan expe-
riment. A part of it suited well enough
Tor time, and part should never have
been ratified. But others might, and
probably would, conclude, that the part
we regard as originally defective and
The part which has lost its adaptations, are |
he very parts which should be retained,
and amid these perplexities we confess
we do not know where we stand. We
therefore call for more light, and as the |
CJarier-Jo~naL appears TO be the in the |
van Of the proposed reformation. we
would solicit 1t to specifically point out
Ia nrasenf defects of the Const,t,,t;o,,