The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-12-11
Voters Of NlenrOe Ceunty.

On Tuesday next you will be called upon
TO cast your ballots for or against the adop-
ton Of the New Constitution. A more i'm
portant election has never demanded the
attention Of people, and if you fail to
meet it in the proper spirit you will but
little deserve the name or privileges of free
men, The fundamental law of your State
is proposed to be altered The provisions of
the old foundation having proved futile IN
securing good for the whole people, and ex-
perieuce having established the fact that
while they may be made means for the ad-
vancement of your interests and happiness,
they may just as easily be made means for
your robbing and for your enchainment in
the most abject slavery, it is proposed to
alter this, and to substitute for the old
new Constitution so carefully worded that
no loop holes will be left through which
rings and ring satellites can steal at pleasure,
and fasten their corrupt claws upon the
prosperity which should always be the birth
right and good fortune Of free people.
The convention has done its work well 50
that work are only and wholly imaginative.
They have neither tangibility nor reason in
them. for they only war against the stubborn
fact that every word and every line framed
ty tie convention tends to protect you IN
your every right, and to secure for the State
exemption from the inroads Of the hordes
of vampires who have fattened at the
expense of your prosperity, and at the
the expense of the treasury which they have
so villianousiy robbed.
VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY, the
question for decision on Tuesday next is not
one Of partizan pclitics. The platform is
comprehensive enough TO sustain every shade
of political opinion. aud on it the greatest
antipodes in politics can stand side by side
as brothers, and do SO stand to-day. 1t is
platform of honesty, looking only to the
good of the people, and it is only for the
dishonest rogues who have fattened at the
expense Of your prosperity that no room can
be found upon it. You have had the in
stru;nent placed before you three weeks sue
cessiyely Its language is SO plain that he
who runs may read and understand. That
you have read it we feel assured, and that
you will vote for it there is no possible room
1ar doubt
VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY, do
you longer wish to live under the reproach
Tint the Legislature of Pennsylvania is but
the creature of lobbyists aud log rollers, and
the most corrupt legislative body in existance?
If not, then VOTE FOR THE NEW CON
sTTTUrIoN. It's provisions are so strong
that the occupation Of the lobbiest will
be annihilated, the purchase of legisla-
tors impossible. and honesty must prove the
only safe policy for those who desire to serve
She people.
VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY, do
you desire that punishment for crime shall
be prompt and effectual? Then VOTE FoR
THE NEW CONSTITUTION, for by it the par
doning power is limited, and so shielded that
hardened criminals will hardly be let loose
upon the public save by expiration Of term
of sentence
VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY, do
You desire the settlement of your disagree
nents with each other to be secured with less
waste of time and means? Then VOTE FOR
THE NEW CONSTITUTION, for it provides a
way in more effective Judiciary to bring
about this desirable end, in smaller districts,
and with less embarrassment to him to whom
you confde the safety of your lives, persons
and properties.
VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY, do
you desire that your choice of public servants
should be respected in an honest election
Then VOTE FOR THE NEW CONSTITUTION,
for the change Of the day to the dull month
of November will secure ample time for all
to attend at the polls, and the restrictive and
plenary provisions of the sections relating to
elections will make fraud, in every shape an
utter impossibility. For the provisions re-
lating to legislation and elections alone the
New Constitution deserves the hearty sup
port Of every voter.
VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY, do
you desire the Limitation of the grasping and
corrupting powers Of corporations. Then
VOTE FOR THE NEW CONSTITUTION, for the
provisions relating to these are such as will
prevent the barteTing away Of your rights.
and will effectually put an end TO the dis
ordinations and favoritism which have here
tofore acted so banefully to trade, and to
the best interests Of the laboring man, the
mechanic, the farmer, the manufacturer and
the merchant. Hitherto, for years the peo-
hereafter the people can be masters if they
will it So Is this your desire? Then vote
for the New Constitution.
VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY, we
might Gil our paper with reasons why you
should VOTE FOR THE NEW CONSTITUTION,
but wherefore. We know that, whether a
Democrat Or Republican, your minds and
determination are for reform, and that you
will do your might for the eradication of cor