Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-15

r'd't 0UN asu
selves. Let. mo suggest TO all such,
tint IL is much wiser and much
snrcr way to uist,nciion. to shder-
stand aud appreciate u good law,
than 10 be the author OF aad held re-
sponsibic fora bad or even detective
oae.
The are samc matters to which
wish 10 call s0ur attention. upon tfis
occasion, and lay before YOU my
Views in regard, to them. O:hSrwisc
my frankne-s, or worse. my motives
for. silence. might be ilnpusned. j
Since the present constitution oil
Missouri has been III force. down to
the present time, ftiaay of our Pcopi"
have not only been opposed to u, Dut
in favor of calling u convention ana
getting rii oft ms soon rs possible,
Some have f,vnred.,lIis policy upon
on. ground. and some upon Others:
\ few of our people with whom
have convcrsad have said that II they
had no other objection to it, the inct
That il Was justly called tho Drake
abomiaaiioi," would induce them TO
favor its abrogI;ion. Others haSc
said shat it was patent upon the facc
OF the constitution that IL was con-
crivei in revolutionary times, and
was inieIdea 10 operate us part!
measure, AMI perpefuate power III
the hands OF its fram:crs that the
spirit CT bigotrr, faaaiicism and hate
covered il all over and ran from the
first 10 the last clause in it; that as
all organic law it was at war with
the feelings and wishes of our peo-
pie hence, that the sooner We could
rid ourselves of il Tic better.
1t Is spo.s!b.c-barciy So, think
that some of the foregoing objections
are too broad aud swecpin. TO be just,
even when applied TO it AS il was
when it caniu from the hand Of its
trainers.
That they arc unmcri;ed now, in
many Respects, il evident. Tie most
ohiuus aud Objectionable features in
| ii, 1 think, have been eliminated by
tue var!Uus amendments 10 il. Still!
il retains many provisions that arc
not III unison with the wishes and
feelings, or proHiUtIrs Of tic interests,
Us | conceive. Of our pe"p!e. The
provision requiring universal regis
tratIun before every general election
Is ANNOYING, expensive, useless and
odiou>. No loss hostile to tl:e moral
sentiments aud enlightened views Of
| tao people, Is that other aud most
! i!iiuCr.i c;ai>e which prohibits the
general assembly IRON the exemption
| Of c!!uicii property from taxation.
| Ana AN sure that no one VI hose
N,niud is not influenced by prejudice
/ or iahatIcisln can. or viii, defend the
! twclit! ANA thirteenth Clauses ofil:c
! first article, which, whether so Ill
| tented or not. are so Much al war
with thai spirit "i religious freedom
and tuieratluu that has ;.iWuys char
,.cIcriZcc the r3oplc Ci tie United
| states. ai,t - nlc., .ns justly br II our
| boast 50 long. Inat II still reial"-
uauy o!i.cr otjccilnMabic features,
! no oIte doubts. Ana III adt.iiiIn to
ali have > ;!i, there are iH.nv iInpor-
iant aud Wise provisions found EN-.
| GottivG Ill = constitutions OF o!hc!
siaiCs OF the Union that have lot, bat
should have, place Ia u;Irs.
| Still, am uut prepared IL say that
my Judgement farors tn s,-l.!n. ri :
icuiveu;lUi, either 10 rev .>c the pres
eat OF dri!t HcT Constitution. Ia
the first place, ii is patent To all OBJ
svryiag men :hat 30 it"pualicai
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be fully considered. ~, have. I,
Dcmu,.r:.tS. orpo..d the ,x,r.y,n..,r
and reel, lrs.n,..s of nf,vur,.,.,tu,,. ,L.
:, have charac,criz.d Ihr Ear,,i,l,r,,
= uarly during lis domIua;io, in ID
:, s,,ir and WI. have plc,I,,rI n,,rsrIv,
~ tn ihr uronl, thai we wnuId econ,
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n nur honor Us q ueouI,. mud ih. mr.,
>, n,t;n, of the great ruhi,c ;u,or..u
, ,.n,,In;,trd To oar care. t.yc,, nv r,
II observance of the strictcst ccuuo,u
and The saving OF every toii.r N
ia ,,,s-ibiy ry,I. il will be rx-cr,ii,n
n difficulty tor Us TO meet the Intcrc
~ upo. our State debt, ,ay that pa
=. OF the principal which natures du
!, Ing the present and succeeding. ii sc
u wears, uctrav the ordinary cSpeu-
.. oI tim. STATE. and at The same Time. d
IL GREASE. tn. euur,t.uu, burden OF lax
y lion under which the ucv;Jle rrval.
,c In the third ui.,.c. il i. rrne,l lin
-. a,,y defect m The constitution can
r.. reii,c,llcd by proposing ameid,ner
-. thereon in ti,,. u,.n,r.r ,,y;.,rrIbcu