the Family circle.
From the hew York Mirror. o,
TO Tag =AD.'
They said thy heart had ceased to beat;
T./Agentle voiceirad ceased to sound ;
They kid Me to thiawitikritritat,
p.a..."l 4 l i pointed to this lowly mound.
...Pk Ole, iniAbsii sculptured lines
4 A 0 "1'101111114.11ktiehtge; thy - Virtu - es tell:
:7,-*ittiniritoonslitatlOlniart Beelines •
Ip s r that taars-ournever,quelL
llb kbotdd it be—l could not brook .
- Tleisrcidd about thy Intaglio see; •
.I_couM not•bearahe elightestliook • '
That robbed nurof myrigPtloshes.
- clArid-poptyand weak; and-worse than vain.
• .4-IWedifill that strove to paint thy worth ;
Ab ! what were now the loveliest-straki
But mockery, from the.G(ls ofearth
forth:sib Would be the burden, still,
';
(The only note to jar mine ear.).
The rest, though cro-vds enraptured
.1 could not heed, could not hear.
Enough ! enough ! since- thou art not.
No more on earth I ask to know ; •
I. hatint this desirtiptit,
..t 1, And dream ; of all thatubmps below.
.ZIZ4TiI 07 LADS OPOTTs
Shirailid at nine in the morMag, afteritaing ill
• , the- two days--easy at last.. -I. arrived here late
last night. Anne is worn out: r and has bad bpi
• • terielui, .which-returned on ley- arrival. 1 ) 1 4 %
itroken-accents were like those of a child,'
' langoige as well as the tones broken, but in the
most gentle voice of submission. ".Poor mamma
—never return again gone;: forever--a , better
place." Then, when she crime to herself, she
-spoke with sense, freedom and strength of mind,
till herweakneas returned. it would have been
inexpressibly moving to me as a -stranger-,
.. what wan it, then, to the father and the husband?
-For myself, I scarce knew , hdw I feel—some
times as grin as the 'Bassßock, -sometimes as
-weak as the water thathrealtd ; on it. I am as
Alden atthinking and deciding as 'I ever was in .
My life.' Yet, when I contrast what this place
now is, with what it has been not long since, I
'.thinic my heart will break. Lonely, aged: and
deprived of my family—all but poor Anne! an
impoverished, an embarraimed man, deprived of
-the sharer of my thoughts and councils, who
could always talk down my sense of the calamit
ous apprehensions which break the heart that
must bear them alone. Evert her foibles were of
service .to me, by giving me things to think of
-beyond my weary salt-reflections. I have seen
• her. The figure I beheld id, and is not, my
Charlotte—my thirty years' companion. There
. is the same symmetry of forno, though thine
limbs are rigid which wore 'once so gracefully
elutick—but that yellow mask.• with pinched
features, which seems tc mock life rather than
t ~-emulate it, can it be the tae.eihat was once so full
erlive‘ly et:Pre/skins ? I will not look on it a
• , gain. Anne thinks her little changed, because.
.the !mein idea she had formed of her mother is
as she appeared under nirciimstances.of extreme
„pain. Mine go bawl to a period of comparative
• ease. df I. write long in this way, I shall write
-down my resolution, which I should rather write
- ,-up, if I could. I wonder h4v I shall do with the
large portion of thoughts which were hem ferl
thirty years.. I suspect they will be tiers yrit;'
:Ow a-long time, at least. Out I will not blaze
cambrick and crape in the publick eye, like a
' 'disconsolate widower, thatlmost affected of all
characters. Last night, Anne. after. conversing
with apparent ease, mopped soddenly down as
she rose from the supper-table, andlay six or sev
- "en minutes, as if dead.. Chirkson, however, has
• no fear of these affections. i ..
Another day, and a bright one to the external
' . Worldeugain opens on us; the air soft, and the
r;- IhiWits smiling, awithe led es _glittering. They
wa i
. - enittiot refresh-bet-to 'id
~.. mild weedier was a
---,T. natant enjoymeoL Care ents of lead and wood :
' - already held her ; cold eat tit must have her soon.
~, , But it, is not my Charbattif, it is notthe bride of
-• my youth, the mother of My ehildren, that will
- .be laid among the ruins of Dry burg, which we
hare so often visited in gaiety and pastime. No,
- -, nu.. She is sentient and Conscious ofmy emu.-
,-, , lions somewhere-somehcip ; when, we Cannot
6 . tell ; haw, we cannot tell; ypt would I not, at this.
moment, renounce themisterious, yet certain.
hope, that I,nhall see her lb a better world, for
all that this world can give me. The necessity
of this rceperation, that noir...telly which rendered
it even a relied; that and patience must be al ,
~ - comfort, Ido not experience those - parozisms
• of grief which others do on the same occasion,--;
I cannot exert myself, and speak even cheerful
ly with the pear gi•la. Bat alone, or if anything
toadies me, the eheking_ sensation. I have been
to her room ; there was no voice in it—no stir
• ring; tbs. pressure of the coffin was visible op the
bed, but it had been rernoiFied elsewhere ; all was
nest, as she loved it, but all -was calm—calm as
death. I remembered
.this last sight of her; she
raised herself io bed, and tried to tarn her eyes
atter me; and said, with assort of smile, '• You all
-have such: melancholly faees." These were the
last words I ever heard her utter', and I harried
away, foi she did not seem quite conscious of
• what she said ; when I rethrned, immediately de
parting, she was in a deep sleep- It is deeper
now. This was but seven 'days since. They are
arranging the clamber of death ; That which
was long the apartment' a connubial happiness,
and of whose arrangements (better than in richer
Ironies) she was so proud. They are trending
. ' fast and thick. For sleek; you could hive Wd.
• fixot-balL—.Diary of Siri,Weiter. Scott. 4 ; %
• riII:COMM airrativaimws. ,
~.;
Of ill tlic acts of folly and cruelty of which
parental blindness can begnilty, there is none
more to be lamented: (bait; that , which, from the
• pride of displiti. M .even'the . more. generous de.•
- ore for improvement, in my one to press
on infancy the tasks fitte4-for youth; or demand
: • from youth the -wisdom
.4-manhood. It is rend
ing and neattering,the bloisoms, in orrier to reach
`the freitwhieh, if obtaimid, is immature, onnat.
safe) and therefore nriplitisant ;it is the conduct
-of an- -Egyptian task-manter. demanding a work
. • without the material which fowl it,; an arraign- .
. ing of the - wisdom and tirovidenceofGod, srbo i
in rendering man the mat perfect of hie ' crea—
.tures.lias -yet evidently made hiii progress the
'slowest towards the attikinmant of his powers.
sTliatyillolence must be 4toqueked r d industry
- elicited in children thcrsi is no de ping. Com,
„OA recktation of Greek, treses at ten ylrial 011 t. the
..... pn* Opining dateulthnuilic At iiithtloy•fing.
~ imp* half grown, or '4
,orthel wood -atoreaen
and hear an much of...refiky a .bloornini - girl: for
e yd
the Vases that are hanis - the breath *that is
shorteneli.4le appetite th is fled,the spine that is
curveting, - the sumo Of oyfui !;iiitence whieli
. ,
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iirrs , s7 ;zeir tr ities ;stout eeettiry* , eismity.iitiirising us
- '7., Is .0 1440 ADINFOU . 4 our tg , , ,so demands agi 04-
?j lion' to tbe Other. ita ..intelbgebt
..s', /.stri ter* is the mostO independent end most
- . i ,,_11 , insittips thellee If the egtb, as his ibiists
- 1 , -; liy kept elestAinti bi otioervations eel
ruse sod banners of likare costeet—he is gee.
grail' fount) to be the iTistst Statymaa.-1).
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CONErittOnOig
COMMONWEALTH QF PENNSYLVANIA,
AS LIMPED IT THE CONVENTION OF ONE TnotaAND
&WUX lIVITDEED AND TIFLITY-ALVEN-'
TIFIETVtIGIFE.
""VE,The People of the Couonotierehlth of Penn
sylvania, ordain end estabhah thitCotkotitutiun tot
its Govetament.
ARTICLE I.
Section I. The legislative power of this Common
wealth shall be vested in a General Assembly,
which shaltreonsist of a Senate and House of Repre
sentatives.
Section IL The representatives shall be chosen
annually by the citizens of the city of Philadelphia
and of etch county respectively on the Second Tues
day of October.
Section 1111.110 person shall be 'a representative
who shall not have'attained the age of twenty-one
years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the
State three years next preceding hit election, and the
last year thereof an inhabitant of the distrid in and
for which he shall be chosen a representarire, unless
be shall'have bees absent on the publicbusiness of
the United States or of this State.
. _
Section'lV. - Within' three- years after the first
meeting of the'General Assenibly, and withirt every
subsequent term of settn , years, an enumeration of
the taxable inhabitants Shall be made in such man
aer4agiftil..he directed - t aw . The number of
tnnintehbilliest.thall, at the stverod periods of mak
ibgiiiitCetntilie4-ation, be fixed by the Legislature,
arldnirplittioned among the city of Philidelphia and
the leventPktounties, according to the number of
taxable inhabitants in each :Sind shall never be less
than -sixty: nor greater than one hundred. Each
emmtyshall have at Least one representative, but no
county hereafter erected shall be entitled to a sera-.
rate representation until a staticat a - gaudier of tax
able inhabitants shall be - contained Within it, to
entitle them to one representative agreeably to the
ratio which shall then be establ6ised.
Section V - . The 'senators shall be chosen for'
years by the citizens of Philadelphia and of the
several counties at the same time; in the Lime man
ner, and at the same plates , where they shall vote
for representatives.
Section VI. The number of Senatorsilhall, at the
several periods of making the enumeration before
mentioned, be fixed by the Legislature-an.l appor
tioned among the districts formed as hereinafter
directeil, according to the number of taxable inhabi
tants in each;. and shall never be less than one
fourth, nor ;treater than one-third, of the number of
representativeit.
Section VII. The senators shall be chosen in df -
trice', to be formed by the legislature; but no dis
trict shall be so formed as tb entitle it to elect more
than two senators, unless the .number of taxable in
habitants in any city or county shall, at any lime,
Pe such as to entitle it to elect more than two, but no
city or county shall be entitled to elect more than
four senators r when a district shall be composed
of two or more •cotifitiesi,they shall be adjoining ;
neither the city of Philadelphia nor soy county shall
be divided in forming a district.
Section 111. No person shall be a senator, who
shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years,
and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State
four years next before his election, and the last year
thereof an inhabitant of the district for which he
shall be chusen, - unless he shall have been absent on
the public business of the United States or of this
State; and no person elect* as aforesaid, shall hold
said (lice sfter he shall Übe rentoeedfrons such dis
trict.
Section IX. The senators who tuzy be elected at
the first general eleition Wet the adoption of the
amendments to the constitution, shall be divided by
lot into three classes. The seats of the senators of
the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of
the first year ; cf r the second class at the expiration
of the second year,/ and of the, third class at the as
piration of the third year t so that thereafter one
third of the utak atatiber of Senators may be chosen
every year. The ritiators elected before the amend-
menu to Ae constitution Mali be adopted, shill hold
their offices during the terms for which they shall
respectively Aaarbeen elected.
Section X. The General Aesembly shall meet on
the first Tueiday of January, in every year, unless
Sooner convened by the Governor.
Section .xe Each house shall choose its Speaker
and other Officers} and OS Senate shall also choose
:Speaker pro tempore, when the Speaker shall ex
ercise the office of Governor.
Section XII Each horse shall judge of the quAli
ficatffins of its members. Contested elections shall
.be determined by a committee to beielected, formed
and regulated in such JI3aOFICS' as shall be directed by
law. A majority or each louse shall constitute a
quorum to do business; but a smaller number may
adjourn from day to day, and may be authutized by
law to compel the attendance ofabsent members, in
such manner and under such 'penalties as may be
provided.,_.
'..,ffection XIII. F.ach house may determine the
nil's.* of its proceedings, punish its members for
ins - orderly beim viJur, and with the concurrence of
two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time
fur the same cause t and shall have all other powers
necessary for a branch tif the legislature Of a (see
State.
Section XIV. The legillntore shall not have power
to enact laws u...;uttling lheApatrarl of marriage in
any ease u-here, by law, (hi courts of this Common
wealth are or may hereafter be empowered to decree
& divorce.
Section XV. E..ch howie shall keep s jounial of
its proceedings, and publish there'weekly, except
such parts as may require secrecyr and the yeas
and nays of the membee on any question shall, at
the desire of aity.two of them, be entered on the
journals.
Section XVT. The &stirs of each house and of
hommittees of the whale shall be open, unless,
when the business shall be suchas ought to be kept
secret.
Section XVII. Neither house shall; without the
consent of the other,sulonrn for more than three
days., nor to any other p ace than that in which the
two houses shall be sitting.
Srctidn XVIII. The Senators and representatives
shall receive r s compensation for their services t o be
ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of
the Commonwealth. They shall in all cases, ex
cept treason, felotiy,and''breach 9r surety of the
peace, be privileged front arrest during their at
tendance at' the session, of their respec tive
, houses,
and in going to and returning from the came. And
. for any speech or debate: in either house, they shall'
not be questioned in atiy otherplace.
Section XIX. No Sestor or representative shall,
during the time fur which he shall have been elect
ed, be appointed to any Civil-office under this Com
monwealth which 'ball , have: bee*. created, or the
emoluments of which jarail have 'been increased
durinf such time r "and :no member of CAngNss or
other person boiling art} other (except hf aitotney
' arbor a nd tbemilitia) under the United States
or. this Commonwealth,. Shalt-be a member of tither
- house during his,cantinuance in Congress or -in
Section XX. When , . preaneles-lasTonee in either
honse„.the Speaker shall issue writs of election -
- Olt such vacancies:
„Section /CM. ion sing revenue
,shall"
°right:LW hi the Notiliebeirsiiiis' enlativesbuf the
SinatiMiayirropossineinidusentsssin other bills.
Section XXII. No money 'Shall be drawn from
the treasury but in consequepce of appropriations
made by law. "
Section XXUL Every MU which Will lave
pashed both houses shills be presented' to' the G.
verool. If be approve,' he shall irgu it, but if he
shall not approve he 'shall return it with his objet=
dons to the - house hi w.f. havelwiginated,
`Whoattall enter the obetiblus,at large upon their
journals ana proceed re-consider it. If, after
aach;repirliideisatiork, terckitird44 that:Muse shall
• agree to t shall besent With the oh."
hroggh het
accOnt:
• • ...Relined 4Wliale.olll.
: REFINED whale Oil. is a_ad bole. 'Re male by 81114 ER & HAGGERTY.
Net 18 394an0
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0Y TUE
puagERS? JO
Minos .to the: other. bum, which Jiketwisti it
Shall be ire:cotiskkrred, and i approved. tly ,ivra
a l th
thirds of that boom, it shall be a law. Burin such
eases the 'votes of both houses be detenttine&
by yeas Mid nays, and then of persons toting
for or against the DM - shill be tereil on OM jottr
oats of etch house respeetiVel . If any bill Shall
not be Mturited'hy the - Golfe in' within ten ys '
(Sundays, excepted) after it I have been
l ie
settled whim, stsliell be a law in likeitnannei
be_had signed it, unless the Dena Assembly,
their adjeurnment, prerenhils ', in which
it shall be a lays . nukes back within
days after their next meeting.
liectMil XXIV: Evili mac ;resolution 'or'
to which the concurrence of .
,th bums may
necessary (except on a cues of adjourn' •
shall be presented to the Go r, and befo
shill take effect, be ap i prt . z7i tun, or being
approved, shall he re two-thirds of • .
Wines according to the rules limitations
scribed in case of a tall.
Section XXV .
, No corporate hodyshill be /wren
treated, rename, or extended, With banking or
'counting privileges without Six months pr
public notice of the intended) application for
same is such manner as shall prescribed by
Nor shall wilt charter for the poses of -
crlnontv
granted for a longer period th twenty years,
every such charter shall coil n a clause r .
to the legislature the power to er, revoke or
the same whinweer in their onion it may be i
rivets to the citizens of the erdth, in
manner' owever thallso injus 'et shall be done t
corporalors. No law hereqftre enacted, shall cr
renew or extend the charter of paore than one co
ration.
ARTICLE !H. .
Section I. The Supreme Executive power of
Commonwealth shall be va in a Guvernor.
Section If. The Governor s all be chosen o.
second 'Tuesday of October, , y the citizens o
aelCommonwealth, it the pl where they shat
speetively vote for represerifives. The re.
( .t
of every election for Govern r shall be seal-. up
and transmitted to the seat of ; government; di • ted
to the Speaker oNtthe Senate,' who shall open and
publish them in fhb presen of the membe of
both houses of th e licgulatu The person . ing
4,
t highest niumber of v shall be Gove ..r.
t-g , nig more shall be ual and high in
1r ' a of, HAM than be inen Governor b the
joilt„ • AIM JiMpbers ' 1 both 'houses. .n
-44f,
tested Atiiiiiihtillite'dete hied by a Committee
to be selected fiord 'ltorti - ses of the legislature,
and fortned and regulatid in such manner as shall
be directed by law. i
Section 111. The Govemon shall hold his office
during three years from the third Tuesday of Janu
ary next ensuing his electibn, and shall not be
capable of holding it longer Ilan six in any term
of nine years.'
Section I". He shall be at least thirty years of
age, anditave been a
-years
and an inhabitant of
j
this State seven ea nes before his election ;
unless he shall have been inept on the public
business of the United Stat or of this State.
Section V. No member Congress or 'person
holding any office under the United States or this
State shall exercise the Mike of Governor.
Section VI. The Govern° shall at stated times
receive for his services aco pensation, which shall
he neither .increased nor imiuished during the
period for which he shall h been etteted.
i
Section VII. He shall be' Mmander-in-chief of
the army and riavy of this ommonwealth, and of
the militiA, except when th y shall be called into
the actual tetvtce of the United St ates.
_ .
Section VIII. lit shall appoint a Secretary of the
Comnionrceeti/h during pleadere, and he shall nomi
nate and by and with the advice and consent if the
Senate appoint all judicial officers of courts of
record, unless °the:lcier pro ded for in this Cond i
!titian. lie shat re power to fill all' vacancies
that may happen in such jadicial offices,during the
recess of the Senate, by granting cmuussions which
sholl:e.rpire al the tad of th eir neil se tio!S : Pro
.vidi .1, that in acting on erendive nominations the
Senate shall sit with open doers. and in confirming
or rejecting the nontination4 of the Governor, the
rote shaU be taken by yeas add nays.
Section IX. He shall bar* power to remit fines
end forfeithres, and grantreprieves and pardons,
except in cases of impeachment.
Section X. He may requirelinformntion in writing,
from the officers in the , exectitive department upon
illy subject relating to the duties of their respec
tive offices.
Section XI. He shall, fruits time to time, give to
the General Assembly inforrnation of the state of
idle Cummonweslih, and reebrumetid to their con
sideration such measures as hr shall judge expedient
Section XII. Ile tri.y, on 'eh traordinmy °tensions,
convene the General Assenibly i and in case of
disagreement between tbe,tesio houses, with respect
to the time of ,Lijournmegl,;adj..iurn them- to such
ime as he shall think proper, out exceeding tout
.nunths.
Section XIII. Ile shall s t ate tare that the laws
be faithfully executed. , .. ,
Section 3iIV. to Case of t . is de a th en. resihreatiee
of the Governor, or of his moral - Spar o ffi ce, the
Speaker of the Senate sha t exercise, the office of
Governor, until another t' vernor shall be duly
qualified; but in such case ' , Another Governor that.
be chosen at the nen annual 'election of representa
tives, unless such death, resignation Or removal,
shall occur within three %end= num:he immedi
ately preceding such next eat election, in which
case a Governor shall be &nen at the second sue
feeding annual election of :representatives. And
if the trial of a contested erection shall continue
longer than until the third Monday of January
next ensuing the election of Governor, the Govemot
of the last year or the Speaker of the Senate who
may be in the exercise of the eicecutir anthority,
shall Continue therein until the determination of
such contested election, and until a Governor shall
be duty gisafified as aforesaidl
Settion XV. The Secretory of the rommantonath
shall keep-a fair register of ell the official acts and
proceedings of the Governess and shall, when re
quired, lay the same .and 11 ripen, minutes and
vouchers relative thereto, - fore either branch of
the, legislature, and shall 'pe own such other duties
asikall be enjoined him by aw.
ARTICLE (IL
--)
Section I. In elections by he citizens every white
freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having re
sided in this date one pan t and in the election die_
!rift where he offers to vote , . ten days immediately
prareding such election, ail within trio years paid
a - Stale or County tar, ichtich shall hare bein as
sessed dl !cast ten days Wore the election, shalt enjoy
thetrights of an elector. 841 citizen of the United
States who-had preciously a qualified rotes'''.
this Sate, and resumed therfrons andieturnai, and
mils shall hare resided in I election district, and
.Imsfici tares us (Aforesaid, shed be entitled to vote, 4 pa
rending in'thestate six months. Provided, that white
freemen, citizens of the Udited States, between hie
ages of twenty-one and Maoist y-IWO yen's, arid ha- -
int resided in the State one 'yed,truisn the election
!amid ten days as aforattite le entitled to
tafie,,anhoughlhey shalt moil paid taxes
.teithsii It. MI aketions'shill be by ballot, ex
ceilidh/me by perOSOA . its then representative capa
cities, who shall vote-viva lions rep resentative
.
...
- ;Section 111. Electors shill in all cases, except
Meteor!, felony, and breach 'pr surety of the peace,
belosivileged ,Inorn arrest,rring their attendance
oil elections, 'ihil. In phi to gild returning from
them. :: ,•... ,
• • •
ARTICLS, IV. :
,L
.r
Satire J. The House t f -Representatives stoat
tutya the ale power of im hing. - fi:
Seetjon IL AU amen nts shall be tried Lir
the Senate; when satin f ur tttat purpose, the
.. _— ..
4 4i or
i . T
Senators shill be apotetailt efarritatlint: 144; per
toe , shall be 'convicted 14 ut the concurrence of
tans-ddrds L _ of the memben4esent,
larellon lIL The Gove , and alll other eivil c
officers under this Commo n ealth, shall be liable to
t s,
r itepeachment forasny • einesnour in office ; but
jaftm_ eat, fo sunk allt.not extend fur th er
thin.,to removal front , and disottalificthun to
114dd,, any offer of 1106011; tor profitounder, this
Cnienbonwealthr T he , whether convicted or
i
ALE . PINE /OW
iod fir sale a few •
Pijoe Apple
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Jan 20
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Asp s i y.,
Sectio* The judicial tpoWer; 'Of this Common
wealth, be ves ted, * Supreme Court, in
Courts ofTersuul Te ' wind* General JailjDe
livery, in a i Court pf Cenuohn Pies, Orphans' Court,.
Register's] Court, and a
_Court of Quarter Sessions
'of the Peace, for ea& tzt i 'in i ustieet of the:
Peace" and in such othe r . as the legislature
ntay Insmltime to time es blialt,i.. , • ,
Section IX. The judges . the StqwenteSourt, of
the setswo Courts of P/eas,"Mui :of such
ether Coin* of Record asPrMor shall be established
Bylaw, *hat be nominated bit the Governor, and by
and With the consentqf Senate appointed and
commissiiiiisl . -by hum judges of the , Supreme
1 4
Court shall, hold, , for the term of Album
years if they shall se bcfsaSe themselves well.
The president judges ciiheisereral Courts of Common
^Rens and of sulk other Courts qt „Record as are or
shall be established by la totiretad al/ *literbulges re
quired to be learned in theibmr — shalt hold Misr offices
for the term of ten years ,ythe r ahhli so long behave
themselves well. The Assisciate judgvspf the Courts,
./ Common Pleas shall. hold their offices fqrithe term .
of jive years (f they shall 's° lonii-tellore thejeselres•
well. But for lawr le cause which sllbllnot,
ab
he su ffi cient ground V i pcarhatent, the, Governor
may remove any-of the m' the address of Iwo-thirds
,t 1 each branch of the legiitatisre. The judges of the
Supreme 'Court- and the iprisidents of the several
Courts of Common Pleas , at stated times receive
for their-services an • , , e ,compensation to be
Axed by taw, which shall of be diminished during
their continuance in offs , but they shall rereire nc
Ws or Peetjuisites of of • . nor hold any other offer ,
.f profit Under this C• • Iced& ..
Section 111. Until e alive - lid by law. th
'ourts of Common Pleas 1 continue as ar pres , ri
•stablishiti Not more th five counties shall at an
',me be innluded in one udicial district organic e.
for said Courts.
Section -r:. The •ju sdittion of the Suprem
'ourt shall extend over ithe State: and the Jule%
hereof, shall by virtue if cheir offires, he ju.tiet
.1' Dyer and Teftnintr atil generAt Jail Delivery, i
he several counties.
I
i
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Section V, The judgeS of the Court of Cnmmui
i
Pleas, in each county,' shall ty virtue of Viet
deices,
dices, he.justices of Oy r and Terminer and Lem
al Jill belivery, for th trial of capital and othe
; ,sh I be a quorum : gut the
flenders therein any wo of the sail judges, th
.resident heinglue
dial! nut hold a court o , oyer'and terminer, or jai
t
delivery, in any count , When the judges of th
4upreme Court, or any them, shall he sitting .ii'
he same county. Th party accused, as well a
he Commonwealth, ma. , under such regulations a
hall be prescribed by w, remove the iodic:mei.
and proceedings, or' a uscript thereof, into th.
up.eme Court. 4
Sec:ion.V I. The Supreme COurt, and the severs -
sorts of common plea. 4, shall, beside the rowel•
lut
teretofore usually ese *Sed ~by them, have th.
Aower of a court of Ch neer)", id far as relates 1.
he perpetuating of te, timonv. the obtaining of
aidetice from places ni.t Nithiu the State, and th.
rate of the persons and estates of those who ar,
non computes mouths. (And the legislature shalt
vest in the said courts such other powers to g.an
. &der in equity, as shall be found necessary : an
may, from time to time, enlarge or diminish those
t ,
powers or vest them in 4 e h other courts as they shot
:udge proper. for the du administration of justice.
S,r_ti.in VII. The jut es of tic- CUll4 tof common
.ileas of each county,aiiy two of whom shall he :
l uoruni shall compose I the court of Quarter Se..-
,ions
the register of sills, td;getter with the said judges
or any two of them, s iall--cbmpose the register's
court of e .ch county. I . '
•• . .
Section VIII. The jars tir the courts of common
pleas shall, within the to five counties, have
the like powers with the judges of the Supreme
Ves
Court, to woe writs of Icertiorati to the j • of.
the peace, and to rinse their proceedin to be
brought before them, ditd • the like right an justice
to be ddne.
Section IX. The president of the cook in each
circuit within such circuit, and the judges of the
court of common pip within their respective
counties, shall be jus of the peace, so far as
trs
relates to criminal mat rri.
• Section X. A registe 's. office, for the probate of
wills end positing le • of administration ' and an
office for the recurdin of deeds, shall be kept in
each county. - . .
Section XL The st le of allprocia shall be
" The Commonwealth 1 Pennsylvissia." All prose•
cutions shall be ca ' on in the name and by the
aurhority of the ealth of Pennsylvania,
atureohclude a against peace and dignity of the
same.”
Altild,E VT.
te t
Section I. Sheriffs OM coronem all, at the
times and places of ekction of rep tatives, be
chosen by the citizens f each county. One person •
shall be chosen for offwe,who Mal be•Costimis
timed by the Gave nr. They !shall hold their
offices for three years, • they shall,so long behave
. . natives well, and until a staxessor be duly
qualified ; but he shall be twice chosen or
appointed sheriff, in an teem of Mt years. Vacan
i•
mes in either of the s td offices Mall be fi lled by
an apptim• Unent, to • inide by Me Goveiimr, to
continue until then • t gen'eral electitin;and until
a successor shall be chpseu and qnslibed as afore
said.
Section 11. The frefernen of this commonwealth
Mali .be armed, area/Lea and Oise:Waned for iti
defence, when and in /Itch manner as may be directed
by law. Those who epnscientiously scruple to bear
arms, shalt not be co 'impelled to do so, but shall pay
an equirileot for persdnal service. ,'
Section 111. Prolhonotaries of Me Supreme
Court shall be appotinted by the said Court fur
Me term of three ygars if 114 so long behave
' thenutekes well. Prat/ono:arm and clerks of the
several other awes, tieeorders of deeds, and Re
gisters of wills, shall at thi times and places of
election of represent4ives, be elected by the qua&
fied &dors of each kouniy, or Me &skids over
which the juradidiai of said war& extends,.cmd
shalt be amunissionixl by Me Governor. Thzy
t ea
shall hold their' o fur thitiyitairs if they shall
so long behave wello and nail their
successors sha ll be ly qual ifi ed • • fine tins': /a
hire sha ll provide b tam the ntiniber Of
Ina
in- each county whol shall held : - said offices, and
hole many and sa ' o f said offs* ma be held
V in any of Me said of
raararb7ftlied wain:meats to be made
the Governor, to mac until the next gene
ral election, and • trueeessars shall be' elected
and qualified as afotkiaid. s •
Section IV. Prcithodotaries, cletis of the peace
and orphans' courts, *corder* of deeds, registers of
wills, and Sheriffs, Mall keep Mbir offices to the;
county town of the kounty in which they, respec
tively, shall be office*, unless when the .Governor
It
shtl for special s, dispense therewith,. for
any term not exceedi . five years after the county
shalt hate been env
Section V. All Lesions shall be in the name
and by the authority 1 the Corhmbnwealth of Penn- •
sylvania, and be seallid with the State seal, and sign
ed by the Goventor4 I, 1 •
Section VI. A State Treasnrie Shall be dented
annizally,by joint v4e of both britnehcs of Me legis
lature. I
section VII. .hp of cie peace Or aldermen
sisal be dialed in he several jamas, Ithronghs;
and townships at 1&e of the election of eon
s:asks 1:4 the ' voters , ' thereof, in such
nuMber as •• du ed by law, and shall be
amanissisareg by „ Governor for a term of five
yeas 1 bill 'no toiti , P, wardlor borough sha t /
4* more than. *nstiees of the peace or alders
'll i* t aiki l d Ike . of a nnjorilkof the quo.
-API driers toith Such township, ward arlo--
rough- ''-- . i
Item • line • -
Hellion yin. . a to ele cti o n or ak
p.
dntnsnd is not , ..• , - liven this constitution,
• /be eketed or ''pointed is shall be directed
• EESE.--lastreeefilif
re pfyery super* old
ARD & STRAUCH.
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'BIAXIAL', avid Fed Oat. aid
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S..BANNAN.
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HURCHILL
Fasts, jut re
sprit 4 ,
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EMI
111•1
Ma
MEI
inj kw, No peram shalt oe aisposictea to any 4.
lee fiAirghs any. q . WA° ihtali not have been a
citizen and an, tnAatietafsl ltsera." one Var nest
before kii appainlttef tire *laity mai/Aare
been to long erected ; ' but tra AK nig have loan
so long e x act, . : then • within the Emits , I ftlir
county or evuntie out of which it shall have ban.
taken. No member of CoAgnettfroni, thl slate,
'or any person holding or exercising any office 4
appoint - tient-of trust or erviss As..a. the United
Sates, shall at Me same trais-holder:t?' grni
office in this state, tte:wksek B. 4 . 1 4 • 0 * " ifw 6r '
perquisites are by 'haV, ansikszlit; and the tegisks
ih
lure may by law declare . eidw i 'Sfate qfficacare i -
to
nipatibk. ~, 116 en of thi-Senatl. or oft e
house of *preleislativailhall be appointed by t e'
Governor tiaity RAO Wuri,tw)ke_tenst*#Y•
he shall have been elateg. --:* , , • ,_ ,• .
Section IX. All ,cyficXXs fir - t,a les= of years
shall hold their offices ,for Pee ,leriii:respectively
specified, only on the condition that they so Ifni;
behave thenudves we ll : and shall be ren""ed MI
convictiois
. of misbehaviour in o ffi ce or of any in
*mom . ._ .
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Secti6n X. . 9- Any• perlon who shall, after. tke
adoption, of the amendments proposed by that
Convention to the Constitution, fight a duel or
send a challenge for that purpose, or be aider or
abettor. in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the
right of hi kb* any office of lot or pr:ofit ill
-this State, and shall be punished otherwise in spell
manner as is, or may be prescribed by law l.),
all the executive may remit. the said offence and all
its disqualificattons. • • ,
A ItTlgr.E 11/1.- . . T
Sectionl. The ,IctiSlatate shall, as soon. as con
veniently may be, provide by law, for the establish
ment of scbools thieughout the State, in such
manneithaf the poor may be ;aught Krati.}.
Section IL'Vhe arts" and sciences shall be. pro
moted in one or more seminaries of learning.
Section 111. The rights, privileges, immunitift
and estates of religious societies and corporate bp
dies, shall reinsin alif the constitution of this State
had not been altered 4r:ime44 4 k :
Section IV. The kgialature shall not intent any . "7
corporate body or individual with the privilesr 1 :
of Inking P P ** ProPettrforl?tibiktire , without
requiring such corporation or ividUal to make , j
compensation to the °woo x . o said property . . or ,
give adequate itcrurify there or, before such pro-
ind
poly ghat/ be taken.
. :
ARTICLE VIII
Members of the General Assembly, and all,etrl
cers, executive unit judicial, shall be bound by oath
pt affirmation, to 'support the censtinstion of thi -
Commonwealth arkl.So perform the dillies of thei
respectivcoffices with fidelity,-
A lITICILE
That theveneral, great and essential principles of,
liberty and free government may be recognised and .
Imalterably established, WE DECLARE, THAT
Section I. All men are •born equally free and in
dependent,and have certain inherent and indefeasifile
rights, among which are those ,of enjoying and ele
fending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessiug
and proticting.property and reputation, and of pur
suing their. own happiness. - -
Section 11. All power is inherent in the people,
and all free governments are founded on their au..
thority, and instituted for their peace, safety and
happiness ; For the advancement of these ends; they
have, at all times, in unalienable and indefeasible
right to alter, reforni or abolish their government, in
such manner is they may think proper.
Section 111. All men have a natural and indefea
sible right to worship Almighty God, according to
the dictates of their own consciences t no man can, .
of right, be compelled 'to attend, erect, or support
any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry
against his consent; no human authority can, in any
case whatever, control or interfere with the rights
of conscience ; and 'no preference shall ever be
given, by law, to any religious establishments - VC
modes or wors hip.
Section IV. No person tne
mg of a God and a future state of rewards and pu
nishments, shall on account of his. religious senti
ments be disqttalified to hold any office or place of
trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
Section V. Elections shall be free and equal.
Section Yl..Trial. by, jug shall be as heretofore,
and the right thereof 'remain inviolate. • ,
Section VII. The printing presses shall be free to
merry person who undertakes to examine the pro
ceedings of the legislature, or shy branch of go-•
vernment: And no law shall.ever be made to re
strain the right thereof. The free communication
of thoughts and opinions ie one of the invaluable
'rights of roan ; and every citizen May,freely speak,
write and print op any subject, tieing responsible
for the atinse of that liberty. In - propeentions for
the publication 'of 'Papers investigating the o~cial
conduct of niffearkot men in a IrtAblic capacity, or
where the Miller published Cs proper for public in
formation, the truth thereof may be given in evi
dence: And in 01 indictments for libels the jury -
shall have a right to determine the law and the facts,
under the direction of the court, ro b in other cases.
Section VIII. The people shall be secure in their'
persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unrea
sonable searches and seizures: And no warrant to
search any place, or to ;elan any person or things,
shall issue, without describing them of nearly as
may be, nor without probable cause supported by
oath or affirmation.
Section I.K. In criminal prosecutions, the ae
msed a riginto tie heard bylilinielf and. his
counsel, to demand ' the nature and cause , of the ae
cusatifm against him, to meet the Wittleinefl face to
face, to have commiliory process for obtaining wit
nesses in his favour, and, In Muiecutioni by
meat or information ' a speedy public trial, by an
Impartial jury of .the Vicinage be cannot be cam
' pellet to give evidence against himself, nor can, he.
be deprived of- his life, liberty, or property, unlesi
by the judgment of his peers or the law of , the
lands
Section X. No " non Shall, for azrY indictable
offence, be proceeded against criminally by infor.na
tion, except in, cases arising in the land or naval
fortes, or in the militia when in actual service in
time of war or
,public danger, or by leave of the
'court, for oppression and misdemeanour in office...„.. No
person shall, for the same offence-, be twice p i to
jeopardy of life os, limb ; nor shall any man's Pro
perty be taken or applied to public Use, without the
consent of his representatives, and, without just
compensation being made.
Section XI. All courts shall be open, and every '
man for en injury dope him in his lands, gociMp;pero
son or reputation, shalt have rentiedy by the ' due
course of law, and right and justice administered,
withoutiale, denial or delay. Suits may be brought
i
against the Commonweal th n.stich Ramer, in such
courts, and in such cases u 'the legislature may by
law direct
Section XII. No power of4usPel . ding laws sha ll
be exercised, Unless by the. iegislature, or its 'au
thority. ,
Section ' XIIL Excessive bail.shall not. be re
quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel pii
nishments indicted. ..
Section XIV. All prisoners shall be bailable by
sufficient sureties, unless for caphal otfenpumi, when i
. the proof Ii evident or presumption great ; and the;
ptivilege, pf. the writ of habeas empus shall not Del
suspended, unless when, in ask of rebellion or in- ,
tremor' the public safety may require it,
Section XV. No commission of Over Mill Terntine/
milli
delivery shall be issued. , I
. S•ectlori XVi: The,petion of a debtor, wheiel
them ii not dtrong presumption of haul, shall no
be continued in prison, after defiverfognp hitestat i
for the benefit of hie'creditors, in sneh Manner-4i '
Ir
'shall be prescient by •law: 1•.,' .- , ,
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Section XVII. No ei post facto law; nor.tuy la
impairing contracts shall.luf made: ''..gi••• .-1
- Suellen XVIII: No .persori shall 1:10 sttaintel -
**won or felony by the - legislature. 'i 4',- 'i:
4 itetior . f XIX - Sid *Mundt'. shill vinalc•soimip •, . -
iif bldtidi dor, except duringthWlift of-Ilse Aim* -
forfeiture, of estate, to the..Mtnoe'Vt.csakr, the, •• •
tales-of- : such-.persons as shall _pet 4—theii 9
lives shall descend Fa Testtis ut of ratty ',"
OWLETrilliitei* - reeelve4
.ftwind kii t • - 4j; BANNAN4,
jan 94 S.
death ; 'Lid if' any
casualty. I , here shall
thereof::
Section I - The t
able -r, to assenn
good, and appl s y to
Section The.
govern nt for n
yPeoPe.r P Moses, by
stnince.
.. theism XXI. The
'in defei of %erase!
question _
Section XX.II.- No' i
'of peace, kept tip W,
gislatnrr and the mil
I at all times. be in sMiisl
power. I .-"':' '
Sectidn XXIII. N,
be quatl 2 . e in any'
'owner. in time
prescri by. law.
• Secti XXIV. Tln
any title of nobility
create an office the
for a lon r term iltal
Seclio XXV. Etni
not be p hibited. ,
Sectin XXVI. To , g ai.., ... 'gains, , .osgression i
of the hi h powers which we have delegated, WE
DECLN E, that every thing in: this article is ,x.
cepted bu of the general powers of government, and
shall for ver remain inviolate. . i -
.
' . ,AII.TICLEI,X.
dvien.t or aniesungs to this reetstau,
be proposed in the e or House of Re
rtes, and if the same shall be agreed to by
y of the members elerted toatrh house, sari
meat Or amendments hhail be entered
journals, with the': rheas emit nays,taken
the Secretary , ithe-Consuitimeattel that!
• lobe published three months before the
tion, in at least One , Trspapr: ix every
Any at
e i
lion mly
presental
a aaajori
proposed
on their
thereon.
cause .4
next
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county,' which a newspaper shall be published; and
if in tb egislature twit afterwards chasm such pro.
,Posed •• . • . or aman4speras shall be agreed to
by a mai rity of the .members elected to earls house,
the Scree ary of the Cantinantrealth Mall cause the
same a ,in to be plibtisfiest r in manner aforesaid, and
such pr , , amendment or - arsendmente - shat/ be
itl to the people ih such manner and. at tune
I time, al• t three nulaths. after being so agreed. to
by the I . o houses as the legiilature shall. prescribe ;
and if e people shall approre void 'ratify such
amen or amendments by a majority of the glis
oi
:fled rot sof this State roll g therion;.ruch aniend.
' meat .at amendments shall come a pact of the con.
;stitution ; but no tuneful Coe' amendments dal/
be submit ted to the - people ofFener thani once in fire
'; years i ' orided, that if snore than mfr amendment
ibe submi ed, they shall be mitmitted in suck manner
.and f that the people may rote for ori . agdinst
each a idment separabOy and distinctly.
- Sc • ' •
nt* - .'
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That no inconvenience m y arise from the alter*-
: dons and amendments in e Constitution of this
Common e realth, and in ord to cam- the same into tcomplet Th operation, it is hereby declared and ordain
ed, eit -
Sectio;l
I. All lows or thisiColutnonweallh in tome
at the time, when the, paid a Iteretnens and amend
, meats the said Constitution shall take effect, and
not in ' intent therewiNmed all rights, actions, '
pros:: tons, claims, and contracts as, well of jade '
vidual 4of bodies. corporate , shall continue so if
the
11 made. 1 1
C- - -e Sect on D. The elterationS and amendments in the_
. 1,
! maid C nE , tution
. shalltake effect from the Inn day
.lof Jan a , eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.
',, Sec 111. The clauses, ections, and articles of
the said restitution, which remain unaltered, shall
- .continuel to be construed bate effect as if the
{ Maid CcenstitulicM had not n amended..
Sectlo IV. The GeneriV Assembly which.shall
'convele ' December, eighteen hunda t aii:Lthirti
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eight, hll continue its session, as. , Ar not
ii arithst ding the provision' in th e eleventh hog
Pot . the hist article, and shall jarall times be regaldet
as the-host General Assembly_ under the imeridef
I:;Consti ' don. ~,, ,.. ..,
Sect out V. 'The DoVeshor cOrho Shall be elected it
e i ,
itl
,t Dctobe , ighteen hundred atid thirty-eight, shalrbi
imago ea .on `",itie third, Tuesday in ! Jainuaj,
,eight n hundred and thirty-nine, to which time
ithe pr s nt executive term is hereby extended.
,1 Secti VI. The commisskins of the judgo. of the
r l Supre ' e Court, whet ma i be in office.= t* first day
lot Jan a y
,nekt, shall extdme in the folloviing mat,
inert , li
.., cinninisiion . which bears th emailiest date
1
01 .
}shall e ire on th e histLday cif 3anuary,Anno Do
bnini 9 e thousand eight tin, ridred and forty-two; the
crimmi - on next dated 0211' etipirt on the first di;y
of Jane:sty, Anno Domini one thodreapd 4fight him-
II dred. anffifortpavet the Commission next dated shalt
l!expire on the. first day of i lanuary, Amnia Domini
;one thousand eight. hundred and forty-light; the
„commiardon next dated shill expire on the first day
Hof Jairusry, Arum Domini One thousandtight.
Mubun
klred fifty-one; suit the commission art-dated
bshall
sh.ll eXpire oh the trot, day of Jannary,; .nno Do,'.
ins one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
1= Section VII. Ttiel commissions of theyresident -
judges of the several. judicial districts and of the
"associate taw judges of the . first judicial dinriet sfiall i
' expire as follows a The eommissuens of ode-half of -1
those ho shill have held their offices tell years or
Ilmore the adoption of the antendmepts M the consti;
1 - utt •on,; aAT
, tll expl o re on the .twenty-seeenthitlay of Fe
lintaryl, ne thohhand e % fi t litind'red and Unity-nine;
lithe coin issicms of the other half of:those who shall
l
shave hel they offices hop years ot more el the adop
tion of the nmeamenn to the conitit"on, shall
tt
ilexpirel on the twenty-selrenth day of Fe rnary, one '
thousand eight belndrist and forty-two i. the first hall
tto embrace those. whose commissions shill bear tut -
oldest-date.' The commissions of all the !remainin;
judges who shall not have.held their offices for tel
years, at the.adoption - of tbe amendments to the coo
itstifuliOn shall eXpire rap the torezity4eventh day of
{ Febru ry next after the end of ten yawn from the
!date o thhlr cointhistiont
ffec ,
t l
ori VIII. The Reitoideis bf the several /day-
Ilors' Courts ; and other criminal-Courts in , Mil C 4 .m - '
monwdalth, Shall be appointed for the Same timeN.
and id the same Manner, as the .preshit judges
lot the several judicial distrifts ; 'of }hoenow m
i office i lthe commissi n ohdcstra date ibalxpire on
1 the twenty-seven day! of February; on &emend
i eight' hundred and ortfro, ne, and the o et , every.
I two yeare Diethaft t according to .their: respective
1
! dates. i Those olde r in date expiring" .• •
Section IX. The legislature at its fits em as
ter the amended co stitution,shall divid the other
associate judge* of the fiats into four c . The
p.
awn sions Of those of the lust -elaSs expire
on .twenty-serc t utti day of Febrtas „ e ighteen .
hundr and forty ; of those of the Redid Class on
the t enty4eventh day of Febristrk,e ' teen hour
ilred aid forty-one ; of those Will* A class 02
I d
the is enty:seventh day of •Vebnittp hair
died and forty-two c.anl,,Of those,o the onrth clan
on th' twenty.seventajlay ,ot.:F oeifffition
hund and fuely r kiee. 4 ,,,The sag' • 'from the
e t
first the fourth - 401)v arrariged; 'g to the ,
' seal.> ity of the chininnitons of the - kr faljodget
S ' on X Ficithliiiiitarles; elerits'iifithe several
courts (except of the Supreme 'Conit) fecordersef
1 deeds b pd registe riot wills, shill be first elected under
i the: ended Constitution, at the election of repre
sintativeti in the year eighteen bundre4 and thirty-
I • •
*-nine, In rsch manner as may be prescribed by law.
. 1
' t,ie**4 Wee elppekslilsg'power shill pmajo ff
1
here}
ex tire depertnient shilttinitinue in the exercess
-of • t c dutiel.'of eheli'merketlvi offices Oa the •
lets slurs Shalk, ,Ips# . lneh.liws as mayb e trqu''''
by' 45 1 Alll'aeulson of the sixth article .of the
tie flPernealeCliji.new appointments, or shah
.: 5 7 fr n :ei sdti Suc abil b lffil laws .a l lu u n n tht less el : PP°P tb P4niik r i om eenn in m`t iss o'f i b2it oor th.
''r ir-ILPitt• loy;Aielf - Own limitationi, or the sea
iteallPbecollnk vac ant by death ot , ,i g nat.,
ph.. t aw tt ahti k beentAted tertke Ana legisle
rider ihcarifeaded cianstitlitioh: - i
Dun, dice The Oral election for ranee and
es of the peace Shall he held in th _rear meg'
Int:mark and fbity, It the time ed for the
'on of consteble*. The height - 4in' at its hrst,.
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