Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-05-29
RI OUR COLUMBUS LETTER. ).
The Constitutional Convention.

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-sol CoLqI'NEBBUs, qI'NEBU, o., May 27t49 Il, 1872.
We'll, the incest body that ever. as
selnbled on the soil of Ohio has been
in session ten days, andsin that time
the windy members have had ample
opportunity to relieve themselves Of
the pentup- eloQuence that oppresses
their bosoms.i adi irfi- .gDlg ,,,.i.If
At the opening of the session it was
almost ludicrous, to listen to the de-
bates, onithe most trivial and seeming
ly unimportant Subjects A little. liz
significant resolution suficed to pro
woke ffoetf of chin music, anddemure
old delegates bloviated as sblemnly
and earnestly as if the life of our dear
4 old commonwealth itself were at stake,
and its salvation trembled on the
words of the orator. This disposition
to talk, evinced, at least the fact, that
the delegates realize the Importance of
their position and seemed to indicate
that they fell nothing should be done
in a hurry, and that they could hold
to the dignity of the assembly. by a
profound deliberations on the most
trivial question. -.-. i-l-'iiils '''
One ofthe most pleasing features of
the Convention is the, absence of all
partisanship, Republican and Demo
.crat, Liberal and Independent, seemed
to have forgotten their politics, and
the Convention enjoys political me.
lehium, the lion and the lamb lie down
together and Baber tries to lead them
both. The officers of the Contention
are pretty evenly divided Between
both parties, and such harmony pre-
walls as will insure the speedy per-
formance of the work of the Conven-
ttion in a manner that Will meet the
approval of the people and1give to the
fStatea perfectorganic law. ii -, 80. 90
| On looking over the Convention you
1are favOrably impressed with the char
facter and appearance of the body as
indicated by its individual members.
! intellectually itnis6neiof the finest
4 bodies of public assembled
lin the State?.y9f the ipOa delegates Ga
Iare lawyers, Hot tile common pettifog-
ger who rants before Justice of the
peace, and gathers his laurels and his
gains principally in aa1nayor's court,
4 manipulates the county politics and
who too frequently gets into the Leg.
4 isIature; but lawyers like Judge Head-
lily. Rufus King, Tom Ewing, S. IGhs.
lswold, Judge 'Cowen, Judge Andrews,
:. Judge NVest,r and iCunnihgiiatn-men
of the 1lfghestfepute bothat home and
abroad, 9f,f9 professional honor and
ability" aid. pefsbhalii Integrity ard
4 merit, Hen who o'afenthordughly' i'm.
1 6ued WITHIN fosU justice and are
Pcapabfe eof sinking personal ends fol
! public ogooIi. Some people Imagine
that position JIM the Legislature or
Constitutional Convention is q lucra-
tive one; for men, Of any standing at
I the bafl Gr iii any other profession, this
lis far from being the case. Men of this
i class In accepting position in either
d body lose, money. 1t isaL costly honor
But the Convention is composed OF
men who are willing TO make peeunia.
rv saQrff;ee for the ohonor of iheing "a
: membenbf it; but we assgre YOU, were
the Convention a common affair, like
the; Legislature, it. would to-day be
coulposed of a far inferior class Of men
TIE lCotVehtion at present Il only
| holding one session per day. io This. is
: dona to-. give the commtttees,s more
, time, as all the, important work OF ths
Convention will be done In committee
and submitted to the Convention fol
r consideration and ratification n
f 1t is impossible to tell how long the
/. Conventipa will be inrsession; but this
r is a secondary question, the first is let
: them do their work well, If il takes {
t year, f6F Constitutional Convention
RI onlv meetnfn fJti6. snleei in twenty
rtpears, and this one had better take
|, time and. make its ,wQrk, perfect. leav
ing no loop in the new Constitution
: through Wiitrh II slip another Boesse
t railroad law that will entail millions
of local public Indebtedness.
, SYNToMY.