The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-11-03
Judge 20 he elected by the
LegisIatuFel
Corrupt officers 90 be kept
I'm Omce four years!
Read and vote against 80 by
voting the Republican Ticket.

voting The Republican Ticket
Among the many acts of The
Democratic legislature Of Ten.
nessee for 1S7b, a~bridging ant
taking away the rights Of Tho
people, was the joint resolution
proposing eighteen amendment,
10 our constitution.
This constitution was made and
ratified by the Democratic party
in 1870, and in less thanfve years
they propose these eighteen
amendments. Among them is
one to amend the 3d Section of
the 18th Articla, so as to author
ize the legislature to submit
amendments TO the constitution
directly TO the people, and if the
amendments receive a majority
of the voters of the State il be
comes a part of the constitution
from the first day of the follow
ing January. This will make
amendments to the constitution
about as cheap and easy to man
age rs ordinary acts OF legislation
BY skillful manipulation al
most any amendment, or list of
amendments, may be made to the
constitution before the people
understand them. The joint res
olUtion of March 9th, 1875, pro-
posing these eighteen amend
ments was evidently intended to
be voted through withoutinvesti-
CATION. No man can tell what is
meant by reading the resolution
or advertisement submitting
the amendments. He must take
up the resolution and compare
section by section with the pres
ent constitution.
The resolution proposes to
amend Article I'd by striking out
two and inserting four. This
change will make the general as
sembly only ELECTION once in four
Yeas. 1t futher proposes to make
the governor election only once
in four years. 1t proposes to
amend Article 6 Section 3D. by
striking out "qualified voters of
the State" and inserting "vote Of
both houses Of the general assem-
bly, also, to strike out eight and
insert twelve. This takes the
election Of supreme judges from
the people and puts it into the
legislature, and extends the term
Of the judgesfrom~cigh to twelve
years.
The next proposed amendment
takes the election Of circuit
judges and chancellors from the
people and puts it into the legis-
lature. These amendments dogb
lie the time hat the governor and
members Of assembly hold their
officers, and binders and delays
the people in getting rid of in
efficient or e4i4upt officers. The
two following amendments de-
priYe the people Of the circuit and
districts Of electing their judges,
or of the means Of defeating an
inefficient or tyrannical judge at
the ballot box. 1t is taking the
power over their officers from
those most interested, and put
ting it where it can and will be
made a matter Of party and poll
tics.
One of the amendments propo-
SEES to stike from Section %, Ar
ticle 2 Of the constitution fhe
following clause; GAIL male citi-
zens Of this State, over twenty
one years of age, and not eXem
ted by age or inlirmity, shall be
taxed not less than fifty cents nor
more than one dollar, nor can a
county or corporation leYy-a tax
exceeding that Of the Stale 3lhis
amendment will take away the
constitutional limitation of re-
striction and allow the legislature
to lay q tax of any amount il
chooses on the poll. 1t may lay
five, ten or even twenty dollars.
One Of the other amendents pro
poses to strike out 1.-THE thousand
dollars of personal property ex-
empted" so that every poor man
can be taxed forhis water bucket,
his dinner pot and straw bed, as
well as for his dog and poll.
Many Of these ammendent ore sub
tie and dangerous encroachments
upon the dearest rights Of the
people. =
They are proposed in u manner
to understand and if the.
people regard their own safety
they viii require each candidate
Gpr The Legislature to speak out on
them, for ifthey are Struggled
through the next Legislature they
will be forced upon the people.
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