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RESIGNATION OF GOV. WALKER.
ROBERT J. WALKER has resigned the
Governorship of Kansas and has written a long,
able and courteous letter to the Secretary of
'■Stale, setting forth his reasons for tendering his
resignation. This movement of Gov. Walker's
I *
is, doubtless, a source of great disappointment to ;
the Abolitionists, as they confidently expected '
that he would be removed by Mr. Buchanan, in 1
which event they intended to raise their hypo- ;
critical howl of pity and condolence, (which
always forms a pait ottheir tactics on such oc
casions) thinking thereby to wheedle the friends
of Gov. YY. into their own ranks. But, "alas !
alack ! and a-well-a-day !" Gov. Walker has
removed himself and by doing so has likewise
removed the material of which the Abolition
ists had so fondly hoped to manufacture any
quantity of "thunder." YVe pity the poor fel
lows—indeed, we do! "Gov. Ford's fund"
has long since been exhausted and it is hard,
therefore, to raise popular excitement on the
subject of "Bleeding Kansas," to the pitch re
quired by the Abolitionists for the attainment
of their objects. For this reason if was ciuel j
in Gov. YValker to resign. But if he chooses to
break tbe hearts of the Abolitionists, we can't
help it. That is his affair, not ours, however
much we may deprecate it.
YVe have not the space to give the whole
of Gov. YValker's letter, nor do we believe that
it would be of much interest to many of our
readers. According to the result of the late e
lection, a large majority of the people of Bed
ford county, are in favor of minding their own
business, and letting the people of Kansas man
age theirs. YY'p have, therefore, come to the
conclusion that there will be enough on the sub- !
ject of Kansas, in this issue, for thj* enjoyment !
of our readers, without copying Gov. YValker's
letter which would occupv about one entire !
page of our paper. In order, however, to give i
no cause of complaint to the Abolitionists, we
subjoin the following extract, in which Gov.
YValker proves conclusively that Slavery cannot
be made to exist in Kansas.
I have said that the slavery question as a prac- ;
fical issue, bad disappeared from Kansas long be- i
fore my arrival there, and the question of self-I
government had been substituted, in its place, j
On some future occasion I shall dissipate the i
delusion which has prevailed upon this subject
and show, that after three years' experiment,
when I arrived in Kansas, there were less than |
three hundred slaves there, and the number con- !
stantly diminishing; that, as proved bv the!
official records of Congress, published anil an-j
thenticated by those distinguished Southern
statesmen JohnC. Calhoun and Jefferson Davis,
the winter climate, even of Eastern Kansas, i
colder than that of New England,arid that the
pro-slavery Territorial Convention of Kansas,
consolidated with the pro-slavery Territorial
Legislature, on the 4th of January, 1857, nearly
five months before my arrival there, did distinct
ly abandon tlie* slavery issue, because, as set
forth by one of their number, "the pro-slaverv
partv was in a small and admitted minority,"
"and the co-operation of the free-State Demo
crats was invited, as the only hope of success,
not to make Kansas a slave Slate, which was
conceded to be impossible, but to make it a con
servative Democratic free State." Even as late i
as the 3d ot July, 185/, when the Democratic
Territorial ( onveution assemble,! a; Lecompton,
in consequence of the laws of climate and the !
well-known will ol the people, none contended ;
that slavery could be established there.
The Problem Solutl.
Under the administration ol the present
Know-Nothing-Abolition Governor,speculation j
in banks, has had the mo.>; unbounded license. '
In 1855, ten new banks were incorporated, i
nine re-chartered, and the capital ofother banks
increased to the sum of $200,000. The entire
increase ot banking capital m the Shite, duriiur
that year was $2,525,000 ! 1 hi, was the w,, r k -
of a Know-Notbing-Abolition Governor and
Legislature. I n 1856, the Democrats having;
a majority in the Legislature, there were no \
new banks incorporated and but four re-char
tereo, while the increase of banking capital was
but $1,100,000. In 1857 urn .k v
' ' in tou/ when the Know
- ot ings and Abolitionists again had the con
trol of the Legislature, there were sixteen new
honks incorporated with a capital of $4,500,-
™X""T h """ l0f "' h ' r b ' nl "
r 'on Ui ' '* Wl " bp * epn > Ibat during
ov. o nek s administration, the banking
capital the St*,, has been mcreased nearly
Ofdollars ' And this, we hold,
matt 1,11 * ' C4Uie °*late crash m money
ra. Thus do we solve the problem of the
revulsion in Pennsylvania, from which
we now trymg to recover.
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K B. YV. Weaver £^ on,JDUP<I by the widow of
j REMOVAL OF SECRETARY STANTON.
The President has very justly removed F. P.
Stanton from the office of Secretary of Kansas
Territory, he (Stanton) having violated his in
structions by calling together the Territorial
Legislature for the purpose ol interfering in the
arrangements made by the late Constitutional
Convention for taking the vote on the "slavery
] question." GEN. DENVER, a man of great force
lof character, has been a-ppoinled to succeed
Air. Stanton. Fanaticism, pro-slavery and
j anti-slavery, will meet with no milk-and-water
! treatment at the hands of Denver. Alav there
i he enough of the "Old Hickory" leaven in him
; —and from what we are told of him, v e believe
: there is—to silence soon and forever the .li
I contented, hypocritical and agitating d-ma
j gogues in Kansas, who have shown themselves
j to be ever ready to commit perjury, murder and
treason, aye, who are willing to see the ver\
| Freedom they prate so much about, trampled
1 in the dust, il thereby the election of an \ bo
!it ion President in 18G0, could be secured.
Air. Secretary Stanton in his message to the
Territorial Legislature, holds the following lan
guage :
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The law passed at the last session of the Leg
islative Assembly, providing for the organiza
tion of a Convention to frame a Constitution for
tiie government of Kansas as one of the States
ofthe Union, was adopted at a period when,
unfortunately, the people ofthe Territory were
divided by a bitter hostility, resulting from the ,
previous state of commotion and civil war. 1n :
! consequence of this embittered fueling, and the
| mutual distrust naturally thereby engendered,
j one of the parties, cornposjng a large majority :
iof the peopje, refrained almost entirely from
j any participation m the proceedings instituted
; under the law aforesaid. The census therein
provided for was imperfectly obtained from an
unwilling people, in nineteen counties of the
Territory; while in the remaining counties, be- '
ing also nineteen in number, from various cau
ses, no attempt was made to comply with the
law. In some instances, people and officers
were alike averse to the proceeding; in others,
the officers neglected or refused to act; and in
some, there was hot a small population, and no
efficient organization, enabling the people to
secure a representation in the Convention.— i
Under the operation of all these causes com-!
hined, a census list was obtained of only nine 1
thousand two hundred and fij/y-one legal re
fers, confined to precisely one-half the coun
ties of the Territory, though these undoubtedly !
( contained much the larger part of the popula
i //on.
At the election which followed in the pursu- ■
ance of the law, only two thousand two hundred \
persons being less than one fourth of the regis- ;
lered voters, participated, in uny manner, in the [
choice of delegates, either by voting for those
elected, or for other persons. The average ag
gregate vote in favor of the successful candi- !
dates was about eighteen hundred.
It thus appears that in the election of the loth ;
June last, for the delegates to the Convention, '
the great mass of the people refrained from vo-,
ting, and left the whole proceeding, with all *
its important consequences, to the active mi-i
j nority, under whose auspices the law had been
j enacted, and also executed, so far as that could
j be done by the executive officers, without the !
! concurrence of a majority ofthe people.
THAT THE REFUSAL OFTHE MAJOR
ITY TOGO INTO THE ELECTION FOR
! DELEGATES YVAS UNFORTUNATE, IS
NOW TOO APPARENT TO BE DENIED. •
IT HAS PRODUCED ALL THE EVILS
AND DANGERS OF THE PRESENT CRIT
CAL HOUR.
Now, here is the positive and emphatic state
j ment of a high public officer in Kansas, THAT
| THE REFUSAL OFTHE MAJORITY TO
IGO INTO THE ELECTION FOR DELE
GATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON
VENTION, "HAS PRODUCED ALL THE
j EVILS AN!) DANGERS OF THE PRESENT
| CRITICAL HOI K." The question arises,!
I what party constitutes that majority I It is ;
! answered by the result of the bite election in
Kansas for Delegates to Congress and Members
lot the Legislature, the so-called ••/•'/•*>/• State
men' 1 under the control of the. . tholilion 'tend
crs, Lane and Robinson, 'ore toe party that ;
constitute that majority Therefore, bv refus
ing to vote at the election held t > choose dele
gates to th*< Constitutional Convention, accord
ing to the testimony of Secretary Stanton,
the Abolitionists in Kansas have caused "the
evils and dangers of the present critical hour."
Let them be held responsible for it at the bar I
of public opinion.
\ Foe on this bid:* of Kansas.
The Democratic press ot" this State, seem to
! have almost entirely Just sight of the great |
; question which but a few weeks ago command- j
eel their earnest and undivided attention, and
which at present r. quires, and will, for some
i time to come, require their anxious and careful '
' consideration. YVe allude to the problem of
the late financial revulsion. That subject stand
j nig out so prominently on our political horizon i
j has been suddenly eclipsed by the foggy orb of
••Bleeding Kansas," and almost every Demo- j
cratic editor ofthe State since looking upon j
that eclipse, has seen nothing but little globes ofj
i Kansas moonshine dancing iu his vision.—
T i
! Jesting aside, we consider this reprehensible in i
; the highest degree. In the name of Common
Sense, let us attend to our own business first,
and, then, after we shall have provided for our
own welfare, we may speculate on the follies ,
of the people of Kansas. "Charity begins at
home," says the old adage, and we think, as
Democrats of Pennsylvania, we can profit by
conforming to the doctrine which it teaches.—
YVe need not'mount our Rosinant.s and goon a
mad-cap expedition for tbe purpose of shiver
ing our lances against imaginary wind-mills in
Kansas. YVe have a foe at our own dour.-,
which the people call upon us to fight; a foe
who has "millions" for his own defence, but
"not one cent for tribute" to the interests of the
public. Whilst we are making a great "ado
about nothing" in the discussion of Kansas af
fairs, this enemy of ours is fortifying las posi
tion and preparing to make an attack up m us
which, if we are not ready to meet it, vv- shall
remember in sorrow for years to come. He
s' will fight us in our Legislative Halls, armed
. with the weapons ot bribery , he will intrigue
with our weak representatives and hire the
, I treacherous to stair tis when we least expect it.
[ It is not difficult to recognize this enemv.—
Hi'cannot disguise himself in these days nf fi
.; nancial ruin. Every Democrat (at least every
one who believes in the doctrines of VVashing-
I , ton, Jackson and Buchanan) beholds him in
that speculating monster, the Bunk of Issue.
, II there are Democrats who cannot see this ene
my, let them look in their pocket-books.
s:MN;ITL TKICKKRY.
David VVilinof, the late .Abolition candidate
fur Governor (the man who "stumped Packer,"
von know,) it will lie remembered, resigned
hi- Judgeship so that he could canvass the State
tortile office to which he aspired. Gov. Pollock
appointed a gentleman by the name of Bullock to
j succeed David. Judge Bullock sat on "the
j bench" while David was running for Governor
and until a fe vv weeks after the election, when
! Gov. Pollock re-instated the said David in the
Judgeship. It is supposed that YViimot would
j have been re-appointed to his former position
on the very next day after the election, but
that a rumor had reached the Governor that
owing to a very loud clap of thunder bis hear-'
j ing was badlv affected, and, therefore, it is
I presumed, His Excellency postponed the matter
; fur a few weeks, hoping that bv that time
! David's tympanum would once more be able to
withstand the sledge-hammer eloquence of Brad
lord lawyers. But be that as it may, Wilmot a
gain wears the ermine, bv appointment from
j Gov. Pollock. Sohis resignation was but a trick,
alter all, to delude the people into the belief
: that he was too honorable a man to draggle
: his judicial robes in the mite of politics. Such ;
trickery is shameful, indeed, and IMr. Bullock
must have been a great calf to allow himself
to be made the instrument by which it was
played off.
But Gov. Pollock has lately made someothpr
I appointments which cast the Wilinot dodge,
; dishonorable as it was, far into the shade.
1 he following from the Harrisburg correspon- I
dence of the Pittsburg Union, will show our j
| readers what this Honorable. Governor is engag
j ed in doing :
HARRISBDRG, Dec. 14-, 1807.
J EDITORS OF THE UNION Vou have already J
, commented with proper severity, on the appoint- >
ment of H'ilrnot as Judge, after the dodge ofhis '
resignation had failed to accomplish its purpose ,
;of making him Governor. A similar dodge has •
! taken place in your own county. One of vour
: notaries, whose commission would have expired
; a few weeks after the inauguration of Governor
Packer, resigned a few days since, and received i
I from Governor Pollock, a new commission, hav
i ing three years to run : thus, by a mean trick,
i taking the patronage out of the hands of (he
next Governor. How many more of Gov. Phi
lock's notaries will avail themselves of this new
wrinkie, J am not advised. But there is u rumor t
now circulating in our borough, said to be be
lieved by those well informed, that your Sealer
of Weights and Measures, and your Flour In
' spector, are to resign a day or two before the
expiration oi Gov. Pollock's term, and receive
re-appointments, either for themselves or (heir
political friends—to last three years longer. If
this dodge should be carried out, it will spoil
the calculations of some good Democrats of vour
; county, who are looking for these places. And
Gov. Packer will have no chance of paving it
hack at the end ofhis term, for it so happens,
that his term commences on the lltii (second
j Tuesday) of January, 185S, and will expire on
the Bth of January, 18G1, the second Tuesday
in that year corning three davs earlier than in
18:>S, so I hat those appointed on the 10th of
next month, will hold clear through Governor!
Packer's term. True, a Governor of Pennsyl
vania should be above this sort of thins, but if
' he is not, how are you going to help it ? and what
1 will our friends, who expect these places, do
about it ? Yours, TAXPON
TIIC Difleresicis
j fhe opposition to the Democratic party had
a majority in the List Congress and they spent
I about $300,000 ol the people's money in elec
ting a Speaker. In the present Congress, the
Democrats have a majority, and the Speaker was
chosen on the first ballot. It is easy to he seen
' which party tries to subserve the interests of the
people and which aims hut at the plunder of the '
• public treasury.
STATU TJIEASI RER.
We learn with pleasure, that HON. H. S. MA
GRAW, the present efficient and trustworthy .
State Treasurer, will be a candidate lor re-elec
tion to that otiice. i\lr. Magratv deserves the
office and the Legislature will do itself credit by
continuing him in the position.
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Tilt Kansas Question.
Alluding to the action of the Kansas Con
stitutional Convention, the Indiana State Sen
tinel says—
'• We believe that the admission of Kansas
with the constitution framed by the Lecompton
convention with the prohibition of slavery by
the vote of the people, would be an act which
would give peace to that territory, settle all
the political difficulties which have so long dis
turbed her, and would be hailed with satisfac
tion by the country generally. Yet we would
not, as we have before said, desire it at the
sacrifice of any of the political rightsol her peo
ple. But the difficulties which have so violent
ly agitated the country upon Kansas affairs did
not break down the democratic party, as was
confidently predicted by our political opponents
nor will those now existing have that effect.
The democratic party, acting as it always fas
fur the best interests and with a just respect for
the rights of the whole country, will move on
in the same successful career which has char
acterized her past history."
BETTING ON ELECTIONS.— The Supreme Court
of Tennessee, in session at Knoxville, has de
cided that betting on an election held out of the
Slate is not indictable in Tennessee. Betting nr
the result of an election in Kentucky, for in
stance, is not an offence against the laws of Ten
nessee.
13 r £i t i 13.
There has been a row at the {rate of Jer
usalem, between the villagers of Bethlehem and
those ol Thamar, in which one man was killed.
. Pilgrims were numerous and every where con
spicuous. It was the crew of the American
frigate Congress who were all allowed to go
j ashore, and make their way to the Holy City,
! instead of getting drunk at Joppa.
; —Few- insects live more than a year in their
perfect state. Their first state is the egg, then
the caterpillar, then the chrysalis or pupa, and
; finally the procrmtive form. But in thesr
changes there are infinite degrees and varieties
of transition, ali of which constitute the pleas
ing and very instructive study of entomology.
—The good people at Janesville, Wis, were
recently furnished with a bit of excitement,
growing out of the cow-hiding of Mr. John P.
Hoyt, a well known banker of that citv, by
, Mrs. Clarinda Andrews, the proprietress of a
millinery store in the same place. Cause—
i alleged unfair treatment.
—The Egyptians manufactured perfumes so
I perfectly thalsoine of their ancient ointment,
■ preserved in an alabaster vase, in a museum in
England, sfiil retains a powerful odor, though
i it must he between two thousand years
I old.
—An.action for debt bv a wife against her
j husband, to recover money loaned by her to her
j Husband, being property acquired after mar
i j'iage, was tried in the Common Pleas of Perry
j county, Pa., a lew davs ago, Judge Graham
: presiding. The question was whether a wife
tjcould maintain a suit against her husband. The
| Court decided that she could, and delivered a
I verdict for the plaintiff fur $2,1>08.
Brigham Young is said to be one of the
| proprietors of the town of Florence in Nebraska
i Territory, and has also certain special rights in
| tiie ferrv privilege at that place, by which his
followers are to be ferried across the Missouri at
half their usual rates. The fact of his owner
ship has but recently been ascertained, and has
■ caused no little excitement among the Nebraska
"Gentiles."
Mr. Isaac Buchanan, candidate for the
new provincial Parliament for the county of
Huron, conceiving that the British firm of
government is unsuited to the wants of Canada,
in an address to the electors declares himself in
| favor of the American system.
Printer's ink served a pretty turn at Low
ell, in catching the Davenport boy medium at
j playing on the musical instruments, instead of
1 'he spirits, as was pretended. The ink was
; rubbed over the keys of the instrument ; the
I music was produced,and lo! the boy's fingers were
■ besmeared with the sticky stuff!
—ft is contradicted by a Russian authority
! that the project of the emancipation of the serfs
jin that country is near its realization. A vari
, efy of conflicting opinions and interests may
retard the measure for some years longer.
—ln Columbus,(Ga.) on Monday night, James
Garrard killed a woman by the name of Susan
j Brown, and then slabbed' himself in several
| places. He is yet living, but it is said he can
not recover.
Fennon, a tailor, about 38 years of
ag*< ad a> native of Massachusetts, was found
dead in the woods bet ween North Wavne and
Readfield, Maine, on the 4th instant, lie has
! been missing since September last.
—A draft ol thirl}- men arrived at Norfolk
on Wednesday, in the steamer Louisiana, from
Baltimore, and proceed-d to the navy yard.
They are to be put on board the sloop-of-war
i Marion, which is to proceed .shortly to the
coast of Africa.
—The wife of Senator Benit fSan Anto
nio, i'exas, has recently given biith to her nine
teenth child. She is but 38 years old.
—Tt is reported that the official canvass o
the vote in Minnesota for territorial delegates to
Congress exhibits the following result; Kings
bury. Democrat, ! ">, 188 ; McClure, Republican
12,999 : majority lor Kingsbury, 2,189.
—I be United States Agricultural Society
will hold their annual session at the Smithsoni
an Institute, in Washington, on the 13th day
of January.
—A man attempted to seize a favorable
opportunity, a few days since, but his hold .-lip
ped, and he (eji to the ground considerably
injured.
—ln the House of Representatives, on Wed
nesday, Hon. J. Glancv Jones, Chairman of
Committee on Ways and Means,* reported a
bill lor t:ie payment of Invalid and other Pen
sions.
—The Detroit Tribune says extra brands of
flour are selling in that city at $1- a barrel.
—lf a cigar makes a man ill, will a cheroot
make a Man-ilia !
—A hypocrite with his mouth destroyed) his
neighbor, Cut through knowledge shall the just
be delivered.
—lranistan, the memorial of humbug and
folly, at Bridgeport, Ct., has lately been burned
It was insured for more than it was worth, and
it is said was set on tire.
—Theodore Sedgwick has been appointed
United States District Attorney for .New York
in place of John M'Keon, removed.
AII of the wives of the cabinet officers at
Washington intend lo be 'at home' on Thursdays
during the winter.
A monument to the memory of General
Nathaniel Greene is to be erected in North Caro
lina.
The Morinon war will close, for years,
perhaps, the overland route to California by
way of the south pass.
—The new Secretary of Legation to Paris
Mr. Calhoun, of South Carolina, has arrived,
and entered upon the discharge of his duties.
—The grasshoppers are still troublesome in
various parts of Texas, especially in the neigh
borhood of Gonzales.
—The number ot State paupers in Massachu
setts is 3,173.
Governor W. F. Packer is now at Wash
ington.
—The Legislature of Minnesota met at St.
Paul on the 2d of December, and both Houses
organized. All the officers elected were Demo
crats.
—Matthew Kerr, Esq., an old and respected
citizen of Wrigbtsvifle, Pa., die,l ori Saturday
last.
rile v* i'e of Vice-President Br l , tklidg•
is at Baton R ■ >g , La., in ill IK altii
The r n , ..
The following . , v
- . . ~ - P'• ot the Kansas
constitution to which we inv
. , 5 the attention
)t our readers *
ORDINANCE. ■
Theordieence -i.hwbicliih.| 0 „, lilo , !M
legms, proposes the relinquishment}-, i.
the State to tax Government laridL i)hin j bt .
states on the grant by Government \ )()r sc
ions of lannd in racii township to the^ 3t( .' j;, r
iehool|purposes, the errant n f all sa |t spr\„ y c
he payment to Hip Mate nf five per cer£j- " fh( !
ail public lands sold in the St\ (| IP
;rant of r2 sections of land for the usevf a
•eminary, and alternate sections of land
lines of railroad through the State, one N\|,
md South, and the other from the
iver westward, to aid in the construction f
such roads.
pn GAMBLE.
The preamble recites the circumstances of the
formation of the Constitution, and (fie style of
fie Stale. Art. I. fixes liie State boundaries.
Art. 2. Provides that no county on the .Missouri
>r Kansas rivers shall be reduced to less than
20 miles square, and no other to less than *SOO
sfjiiai e miles. Ihe powers of the government
are to be Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
I:\GCITIVE department.
Sec. 1. The Governor shall | lo | f j (vvn
v ears. 2. Governor to be elected ■ returns to
:e sent to House of Representatives ; contested
•■lections to be determined by Legislature. .'J.
Governor shall be 3 ) years of age, a citizen of
Hie United States 20 years, and the State 5
wars, and shall not hold the office more than
4infi \ ears. 4. His salary to he fixed hv law.
b. He shall have command of the Military of
[he Stale. (I. |fe itiav require information
Iroro the Department. 7 May convene tfi,-
L'gislature in emerg-nci.-s. 8. Sfial! inf nn
Hie Legislature as to the state <.) t( lf . G"v-rti
ment, and recommend m-asuies for their action.
9. Shall see that the laws are executed. JO.
May grant reprieves or pardons, ii. All com
missions shall he in the name of (lie State and
sealed. 12. The sea of the Slate to he kepi
by ttie Governor. It shall he the present terri
torial seal until otherwise ordered. 13. Vacan
cies not provided lor to he tiiied by Legislature.
11. The Secretary of the Stale to he elected for
two yealß. 15. All bills passing Hie Legislature
to !>e presented to the Governor, to he signed or
returned with (lis objections. 16. Resolutions,
except in certain cases, to he signed hv the
Governor. 17. A Lieutenant Governnor "to he
elected, and (18) incase of the death of the
Governor, to act in his stead. 19. Lieutenant
Governor to be President of the Senate. 20.
A State Treasurer and Auditor to be elected to
serve two yeais—2l. A Sheriff, Tnasurer,
to be elected ui each county.
LEGISLATIVE DEPART.ME.MT.
Sec. 1. The Legislature to consist of a Senate
anil House of Representatives. 2. No L*. S.
officer, except post masters, or persons holding a
lucrative office under the State to be eligible ;
or (3,) any peison convicted of a penitentiary
jffence, or guilty of embezzling the funds of
Ihe State. 4. The members ol the House to be
elected lor two years, and (5,) ofthe Senate for
four years. 6. Senators at the first session to
draw lots, one-half to serve two years and the
it her lour. 7. The number of Senates not to
be U.ss Ihan I3tmr more
members of the House not more thah 3 100. 9.
Fixes liie style of the laws 11). EsJh house
may determine its own rules, 11. May pun
ish disorderly behavior by line or imprisonment.
12. Each House shall keep a journal.—l 3.
Neither shall adjourn for more than three duvs
without lhe consent ol the other. 14. ihe two
Houses siiail elect officer-. 15. A majority ot
-ither House shall constitute u quorum, lb.
1 ompensation ol members to be fixed by law.
17. Bills may originate in either house. 18.
Legislature to provide for filling vacancies in
-ither House.—l 9. To sit with open doors.
20. I.very law to embrace onlv one subject.
21. Every act to be plainly worded. 22. L<*_-
isiature to meet every two years. 23. Shall
provide fir enumeration of inhabitants and ap
portionment ol Repiesenlatives. 24. Tbe Leg
islature shall not grant divorces, occ., but shall
roofer such power on the Courts by genera,
law. Due diHigence shall heexeicised
ill civil officers in the rendition ol fugitives Iron
service or labor in other Slates. Then follow:
inapporiibnmenf for members of the fiist Leg
islature—44 Representatives, 19 Seuators.
judiciary.
Sec. The judicial powers to be vested in i
Supreme Court, Circuit Courts ,Chancery Court'
' -ourts ot Probate, cN.c. 2, 3 and 4 Supreme Coui
to consist of a Ciliei Justice and two Associates
iie Court to have appellate jurisdiction only
and to hold two sessions annually at the seat o
Governrnei t. 5. May elect a lerk and Repor
ter. t>. Slate to be divided into circuits. 7
Defines extent of jurisdiction of Circuit Court
[o be held in each year. 9. The Legislature
may establish Courts ot Chancery, and (10) in
rach county a Court of Probate." jl. A compe
tent number of Justices of the Peace shall be
elected in each county. J3. Compensation ol
Judges to he fixed by law. 13. The Chief Jus
tice and Associates to be elected bv the electors
of the State, Circuit Judges by their respective
Circuits, and Chancery Judges by the Chancery
Divisions. 14. Vacancies to be" filled bv the
Governor. 15. The Supreme Court Judges to
hold office six years, and to be classified so as to
make one election every two years. Other
Judges to be elected for lour veare. ]6. Clerks
if Circuit and Probate to be ejected in each coun
ly. 17. Judges to be conservators of the peace
in their lespective jurisdictions. 18. Fixes the
style of legal process. ,9. T|)f>| . e sha j| b |, af)
Attorney General of the State elected, and a
sufficient number of District Attornies, to hold
offices four years. 20. \ aranc.es in these offir *
or clerks of Courts to he provided|ti,r. 21. The
Representatives to have the sole power of im
peachment. 22. Impeachment to be tried bv
the Senate. 23. The Governor and all civil
officers to be liable to impeachment.
The Slavery clause of the Constitution, which
is to be stricken out or retained as the people
may determine at the election on the 21st inst.
we copy entire, as follows :
SLAVERY.
Sec. 1. The right of property is before and
higher than any constitutional sanction, and
the right of the owner of a slave to such a slave
and its increase, is the same and as inviolable
as the right of the owner of any property whal-
Sec. 2. The Legislature shall have no pow
er to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves
without the consent of the owners, or without
paying the nrvfo„, to their "mancipa
tion, a full -<}•; va
so • n.ancipated. the vf ail oo^We^
prevent emigrants to the Slat. f fom brin .~r
with Ocm such persons as are dee met Wa* ;
the laws of any of the United States oyler
ri< s, so Jong as any person of the sa< T 4 y_
description shall he continued in sbiierv
the laws of tlie State: Provided Tbit s c: (
person or slave he the bona fide P rr> '*' r ' :
such emigrants : and, provided also, 1 htt 'a ■*
may to prohibit lotrodocti 'n i*
this State ol slaves who have committed hig •
crimes in other States or [Vrritories.
shall have power to pass laws to permit i'
owners ol slaves to emancipate them, s (t ■
the rights of creditors, and preventing them >' 1
becoming a public charge. They shah ha v
power to oblige tl.e owners of sla\ e,s '•
them with humanity, to provid. i the"'
necessary f.od and clothing, to a!>- IrOin a"
injuries to them, extending to life rHimb : a'"
in case (jf their neglect or r<7uvl/ to comp)
with the direction of such laws, !u have
dave or slaves sold lor the benefit of the ov r
ir owners. '
Si c. 3. !ri the prosecution of slaves for crin>
'f higher giade tlian petit larceny, the L"- 1 ;
t'Xe shio! have no power to deprive them
imjfartia! trial hy petit jnrv. ~.i„
>v. 4. AI v person who *■ ma
, f i t f H ytiai* . ,
>r 1 ,)Mw a sUv- o! '
fer su-Ji puislioient as would bt " iT ', nl ueif on a
case tlike otP-nce had except
free \ iiite person, and slave,
in case t f insurrection " * rBAG e.
p.iciits of ..piien of the U.
See. 1 - Every State one year and of
States, resident ol t ~ be pitied to
3. Eliom
vote. 2. doting attendance at
privileged frorii ai , he requiied to uo
■ \o eISRT" % ~
tini iti a chity- ori theday ofelecu
nulstary >-i vicenf
.-haji to •as ol of sueh s-n ice he denied a
resident i : ihe Sta'e.—7. p. rs , )n not quali
tied 1,, a; elector shall elected or appointed
tootfice. n. Ihe Legistatnre rrriy exclude con
vi''" ''"on v 'ting. 9. Gen-rat elections to he
bel i on tiie day and year fixed by the Legis
lature. "
FINANCE.
dice. 1. I axafinn shall he uniform. 2. Suffi
cient to be levied annually to meet the expenses
of Government. 3. Extraordinary expenses
may be met by laws, but these shall never ex
ceed §300,000, and such loans shall provide
(or an annual tax to meet the interest, to he
continued until tiiedebt is paid. 4. The Legis
lature may borrow money for the of
repelling in vasion, Stc. 5. No scrip or evidence
of debt shall be issued fur any other purpose
tran the foregoing, (i. State, school, religious
arid charitable property shall be exempt f *
taxation. /. Money shall be paid out of
i reasury only in pursuance of aprons #
law. 8. Statements of the receiptsah.
ditures to be published with Unlaws,/
session. /.
REVENUE. k jS
Sec. 1. Revenue bills inust origins ; j.
House of Representatives. 2. Taxable p
tv shall pay tax in proportion to its valufc
The Legislature may levy an income ta.xj
tax trades, professions, \c. 4. Lands t
classified in three classes, and an ad valor' * .
assessed. 5. A capitation tax shall be p£ .
every able bodied male citizen over 21 - -*■
under 60 years. 6. Railroad incomes fr
gifts of public land may he taxed 10 cents
the §IOO. 7. No lotteries shall he authorize
as a source ol revenue. 8. Donations of lantt
or money from the General Government sha',
be ivgaideo as a source of revenue.
PI ELIC DOMAIN and internal improvements.
Sec. 1. RHE Legislature shall provide against
the waste or damage of the public la no's, arid
lur t he security of'the proceeds. 2. A libera!
system of interna! improvements shall be en
couraged, and the Legislature shall ascertain
am! make appropriations for proper objects.
CORPORATIONS.
Sec. 1. Corporations uav be formed under a
general law. 2. No coronations shall take
private property without the consent of the
owner. 3. fhe Legslature shall provide for 1
the organization of cities and incorporated vila
luges, and restrict their power of taxation, bor- 1
rowing money, &.c. 4. Ranks of deposit and
exchange may he incorporated hut they shall ]
not issue paper money. 5. One Rank of dis
count and issue with riot mote than two branch- |
esmav be established, but the act of inmporation I
shall not take effect until submitted to and ap- I
proved by a vote of the people. 6. The bank I
and branches to be mutually lia!>le tor all the 1
debts ol each other, the stockholder liable to 1
an amount equal to their stock, and no law I
sha" be-parscd in anv way sanctioning a sus
pension of specie payments. 7. The State m
shall not he a stockholder in any bank or other |
corporation, nor shall the credit of the State be
loaned to any person or corporation. A
militia. M
M.c. 1. Ihe militia shall embrace all able- H
bodied male citizens between 18 and 43 years, M
e\iept Mich as may be exempt. 2. Citizens
( opposed to Rearing arms may pay such equiva- M
! ient as ,na - v b,J prescribed. 3. All militia offi- B
cers to be elected by their several companies,
bat tall ions, regiments, <Nc.
education.
Si-.c. I. Schools and the means ofknowledge-^B
, shall be forever encouraged. 2. The
| tore shall preserve the lands donated
; Mate for school purposes, and faithfully
the funds derivable therefrom. 3. F-l-e
j rtion schools shall he established in every
f shtp.n the Slate. 4. The Leg.sbture
i make appropriations from the State
: tor the supjiort of schools, whenever the
j unds are .nsnffici.-„t,and (5,> shall pass
tor their government.
ISCFLLA
Sec. I. L-compton shall BE the seat of GO^H
ernmenf, until 'otherwise ordered. 2
; chmen or apjoir.ted to othce under the
j shall take oath faithfully to perform the,,- dutie^H
; ' bws, records, judical proceedings, &c^B
shall be kept and conducted in the
; language. 4. Aliens who may become
fide residents, shall enjoy the same r„hts
: "at.ve-born citizens. .3. County seats only |BK
Ihe removed on a vote of the citizens. 6
; property owned by the wife at her marriage,
acquired afterward by gift or devise, shall
her separate property, and laws he passed ff^^B
registration and protection. 7. The
of ftee suffrage shall be supjwrted by laws
fating elections and punishing bribery and
proper practices. 8. Treason against the '
shall consist only in levying war against i
i adhering to its enemies.
The Declaration of Rights is similar /
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