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by and. b. freeman. OUR STATE CONSTITUTION. What Chaaffc* ar Ne©4aO—Vlw of Cal. Warren Akin. Cartersvillk, March 26,1877. Messrs. Thomas Tumlin, Eli Barrett , H. S- Phillips , and others : Gentlemen : Your letter request ing my opinion as to the propriety of calling a State Convention under the act of the last Legislature ; and, if the people should vote in favor of a Con vention, what changes should, in my judgment, be made in our exiatiugState Constitution, was received some days since, but professional and other en page me fits have delayed an answer. As i am not, and will not be a can didate for a seat in the Convention, and as 1 never expect to be a candidate for anv office, I feel that I can, on that ac count, the more freely, frankly and fully answer your letter without the liability ot' having imputed to me any other mo' tive than a sincere delire to promote the best interesta of my fellow-citizeus. I have no hesitation in saying that I think a Convention ought to oe held, ad for two reasons: First, the present Constitution was made for % but not bi/ the people of Georgia. Thousands of the most intelligent geatlemen in the State were not allowed to participate in making it. Second, the necessity fot the many important alterations that ought to be made in that instrument, demauds the caUing of a Convention.— Some of these alterations I now proceed to state. The first and leading amendment to the Constitution that should b made is a provision prohibiting the members of the Legislature from voting them selves the amount thsy think should be paid them for their services. They are interested and not proper judges as to the value of their labor. The people in Convention should determine what compensation their law makers should receive. And the sum should be too small to tempt men to seek a seat in the Legislature for the purpose of making money. Asa general rule those men who seek political office to put money in their pockets, are trying to serve themselves and not the people. The people should be cautious now they trust such men. Let the Constitution pro vide that the members of the Legisla ture shall not receive more than three dollars a day, and you will not see so many in every county pressing every two years “their claims’' for seats in the Legislature, upon the people. And what is better, it wil- save a gteat deal of money to the tax burdened people. Vi r6 t make this provision and other im portant changes will be much more ea sily effected. The compensation suggested seems small when compared with that which the members ot tbe Legislature have been voting to themselves for many years past. But how many members make three dollars a day at home ? Thirty dollars per month will pay a member’s board at a good private board iug house, and all bis oth *r legitimate expenses. 1 his leaves sixty dollars per month clear of all expanses. During the last session of the Legislature, members (so one informed me) obtained board at five dollars per week. The most important change in th Constitution which l would suggest is the abolition of the Senate. Did it ev er occur to you, gentlemen, to inquire upon what principle the senate of Geor gia is based ? What is intended to be accomplished by it? What do the Sen ators represent? If there is any prin ciple upon which it is founded, any im port mt purpose to be secured, any great good to be achieved by it, I am not able to perceive it. The Senatorial districts are not ar ranged aooording to the taxable prop erty nor population, nor according to the number of voters in each, nor edu cation, intelligence or morality. Our government is one of the people, and the people should be equally represent* ed in the law-making body. It is both unequal and unjust to give to six thou sand people the same power in the Leg islature that fifty thousand of their peers and equal* possess. The delegates to the State Convention are to be chosen, a9 required by the State Constitution, according to population. And ought not all the representatives of the people to be chosen in the same way ? No one will deny it. To bring the injustice more forcibly to your view, take eight of the Senato rial districts—four having the smallest and four having the largest population. The 3d, 4lh, sth and 15th districts have a population of 40,019, and 6,691 voters. The Ist, 18th, 22d and 35th a population of 193,495 and 32,605 vo ters. In the first four districts there is one Senator for each 10,000 people. In the four latter districts, a Senator for each 48,373. Here one Senator repre* seats more people than four Senators. The same injustice and inequality ex ists aB to taxation. In the 3d, 4th. sth and 15th dist-icts the value of taxable property is $6,534,733, and the amount of tax paid is $43,219 In the Ist, 18th, 22d and 35th districts the value of the taxable property is $79,050,183, and the tax paid is $441,690. I give these last figures to show that no prin - ciple of any kind exists in the arrange ment or constitution of the Senate of Georgia. There is no use for it. No good is accomplished by it. Senator* are no wiser than Representatives. They are elected by the same peoplo.* This useless waste of of time and money flowing from the Senate should be stop* ped. The 42d Senatorial disti ict has 8,267 voters and but one Senator. The 3d, 4th, sth and 15th districts have 5,691 voters and four Senators. In the 15th district there is a population of 8.668, and in the 36th a population of 52,733, more than six times as many as in the former The contrast in the number of voters is still more striking. In the 15th there are but 1,298 voters and in the 35th 11,004. Is it just that one man in one section of the State should have the same pow er in making laws for the people that six have in another section. A few years ago we had a Senator and one or mote Representatives from each county The same voters elected each. When | they arrived at the Capitol, one went into one room, and one into another.— And it is said that the object of this was that one body might act as a cheek upon the other. Now why could they not check each other in the same room as well as in separate rooms ? But if we must have a Senate let tbe Senators be chosen according to popu lation and not by counties. Let one of the two members in each district here inafter mentioned be called Senator, and there will be a Senate wth a groat giv ing to the people. But the Senate should be entirely abolished snd the saving will be greater. I know that this will meet with ob jection. You will be’ told that it is something new, something unusual. Is there any foroe in this objection ? Are we never to profit by experience or ob servation ? I heard a man some years since object to tbe turning: over of the soil, and the very wise argument used was the Almighty had male the right side up, and he knew what was best.— This sage did not perceive that this reason would prevent any fencing or plowing, for God mads the ground un* fenced and unplowed But the great objection will arise from the destruction of so many places that so many patriots desire to till. It will keep 119 anxious souls from those seats in the Legisla ture which they so earnestly desire to fill for the good of their country and— seven dollars a day. Abolish the Senate, and then divide the State iito fifty Legislative districts, according to population, and give to eaeh distiicttwo Legislators. Let the districts be composed of contiguous counties, each district having the same number of people as near as practica ble. If one coanty has the requisite population make one county a district If it requires two, three or five, have it arranged accordingly. Let the control iny idea be to have the people equally represented in the Legislature. By this plan there will be but one hundred leg islators. They will generally be elected from a larger territory and will be more efficient, and better men than we now have. The pay will not make the po sition very desirable, and men will be selected for their worth and not for their electioneering capaoity and their power and willingness to distribute mean whisky. Look at the saving to the people from this plan. We now have 219 members in the Legislature. The plan proposed will cut off 119 of them. These, at seven dollars a day, cost the people for every day the Legislature is n session $833, and for for forty days the sum of $33 320. And then the expense of the officers of the Senate will be saved, which was last year $11,525.70. It will also dispeuse with at least two thirds of the clerk* of the House.— With other changes which I will pres ently suggest, a much larger saviug to the people may be effected. I have been informed that there were about one thousand bills introduced into the last Legislature, and that nine-tenths of them were of no general interest.— Now I propose to cut off all this expen sive, time-consuming and useless local legislation. It has long been a curse to the people. Every one who can manage to receive a seat in the Legisla ture and draw l.is seven dollars a day seems to think it essential that he should introduce some bill, no matter who writes it, and whether it is wise or fool ish. Cut ill this off and give the Su perior Courts, by appropriate legislation, the power to pass all local acts that each couuty may need. The courts now have the power to grant charters to cer tain corporations. Why not pass all lo cal laws ? This will render but very few clerks necessary for the Legisla ture. Instead of a thousand bills to read, there would not be one hundred. Instead of taking forty or fifty days for a session, it would not require twenty. In this change in the organic law, 1 do not propose to alter in any way the coun ties. Let them remain jus* as they are for all judicial and every county pur poso. I would provide in the Consti tution that the Clerk of the Legisla ture Bhould reoeive a stated sum per day, and that he should employ all hi* assistants. This would prevent such a superabundance of clerks as there has been in many Legislatures in the past. In this way SIOU a day would secure a most efficient clerk,and out of that sum he could employ all nece-sary assist auts to do all the work properly and promptly. For the session of the Legislature of 1876, the State paid clerks, secretaries, doorkeepers, messengers, pages, etc., of the Senate and House the sum of $26,- 043.70. In'lß6l, the secretaries and clerks of the Senate and House cost the State for a session of forty days, only $7,500. Uuder a bill which I prepared and which became a law, the Clerk of the House received SIOO per day and paid all his assistants, and that, too, when we had so much local legislation and the Senate and Housj bills to read. The expenses of the Jleg islature of last year amounted to slll,- 193.05. Make the changes suggested and the Legislature would not be in session over twenty days. One hundr and members at $3 per day would be S3OO. This for twenty days would make s6,* 000 for tbe members. The clerks’ hire for twenty days would amount to $2,- 000 at SIOO per day. One doorkeeper and one messenger get $3 per day for twenty days would make their compen sation $l2O. All these sums make the aggregate of $8,120. This would sa e to our impoverished people $103,- 073 each year In ten years there would be saved $1,030,730. This sav ing would soon pay off the iState debt. The people, with nearly one-half of their property swept away, are now tax. ed nearly five times as much as they were twenty years ago. Ought not something to be done to relieve them from their oppressive burdens ? Think of the amount of tax each of you paid before 1360, and then compare it with what you pay now, and what you then had to pay on ad what you now have. I repeat the question—“ Ought not something to be done to relieve the people ?” I think there should be a provision in the Constitution prohibiting the is suing of bonds by the State for any purpose, or taking stock in, or indors ing the bonds of, or loaning the credit of the State to any corporation of any kind, or becoming liable for its debts or contracts in any way. Credit is de ceitful, misleading and often ruinous. W hen the State needs money levy a tax to get it, and then the people will see, know, feel and understand what their law-givers are doing. Then the Legislators will at once feel the effects of their own acts, and economy will take the place of reckless extrovagance, How many railroads has Georgia taken stock in, and indorsed the bonds of, without injury to the people? Look at the Alabama and Chattanooga, the Memphis braoch, the North and South, the Macon and Brunswick, the Albany and Brunswick, and the Gulf railroads, an*l then answer. In like manner the Constitution should prohibit counties, cities, or towns from borrowing money and issuing bonds for that purpose. Money is often borrowed and spent in high salaries, wild extrav agance, improvements to benefit indi viduals, speculations and peculation, and then the property holders are ruinously taxed to pay the interest on the money hot rowed. Every one who never ex pects to pay any tax, always favors the issuing of bonds, and the borrowing and spending of money. Georgia is now borrowing money to pay the inter est on what she owes. How long would it require to ruin a private individual by such a course. A policy unwise for one man, is unwise for all the people. The principle is precisely the "unie Stop borrowing money and* increasing indebte '.ness. I suggest that the Legislature meet but once in two years. The people would not then be cursed with excess ive law making. Provide in the Con stitution that the Code shall not be changed or “amended” except by a vote of two thirds or three-fourths of the Legislature, aid then the vigilant and industrious lawyers may be able to keep themselves informed as to the contents of the Code. I suggest that the term of office of the Judges of the Superior Court be shortened to four years and their sala ries decreased. I believe their terms of office should not be long under our sys tem of government. I think it essen tial co the welfare of a free people, th*t terms of office should be of short dura tion. All power eminates from the peo ple, and those who are elected or ap pointed to serve them, should not be removed too far from, or be made to feel too independent of them. Berrien, Law, Lamar. Cobb, Craw ford and our present Chief Justice, and others, presided over the Superior Courts of Georgia for about SI,BOO a year, and I do not see why others of the pres ent day, who are, co say the least, not their superiors, should receive more. — This item alone would save to the peon pie over $15,000 each year, making in ten years about $150,000. The patronage of the Governor is immense. He appoints every four years about fifteen hundred men to of. fine. This give* him great influence Over the people. The difficulty is in making the proper change. But there are certain offices that should be abol ished, and the power now vested iD the Governor, of making appointments to many of the most important offices, should be taken from bim. 1 suggest that the appointment of tbe Judges of the Courts and the Solicitors General be vested in the Judges of the Sabreme Court. They are better ac quainted with the qualifications and ca pabilities of th© Judges of the Superior Courts, and the lawyers generally, than the Governor can possibly be. bet them nominate to the Legislature the names of two men ia each eircuit for Judge, *nd two for Solicitor, and from those let the Legislature select the Judge and the Solicitor. This will take away a large portion of the ap pointing power from the Governor, the most iinport&Dt offioers except, the Judges of the Supreme Court. This method of appointing these important judicial officers will almost certainly be a great improvement. Tbe decision of the Judges gonp for review by theSu. preme Court; and the lawyers go there to argue thei r cases, and in this way the Judges of the Supreme Court are , enabled to detewniue the qualifications CALHOUN, GA„ SATURDAY, MAY 12. 1877. ot judges and lawyers, better than any one else possibly can. And tbeo it will operate to prevent appointee* to office from feeling under obligations to the appointing power. The favor will be divided among three, and two names will be presented, and the power ot se lection will devolve upon the Legisla* tare. The whole mutter will be so di vided that no one can claim any merit for it. I would change the term of office for Governor for two years, and render him ineligible for re-election. He cannot then have the power to use his office for future promotion. The temptation to corruption will be limited. And there are so many good and worthy men who can be induced to serve the people two years in the Executive office, that we will never run out of material to select from. This will render the office so unimportant that we will cease to see very great effort made to obtain it for months and years in advance. This will prove a blessing to the people All such struggles for high positions are de moralizing. They tend to lower the standard for office, and, to a certain ex teut, deprive the people of a free, unbi ased judgment in making a choice. All the people should be placed upon an equal footing in the use of the means provided for collecting what is owing to them. Ido not see why one man should have greater facility for col.ect ing bis wages for his labor, or the price of property sold, than another. Why should a man who furnishes lumber to build the house that shelters the family be entitled to any greater privilege in collecting its value than the farmer who sells corn and meat to feed the wife and children ? Can a good reason be found for such a distinction ? 1 believe that all the lien laws should be abolished, or extended to every class and every indi vidual alike. Let there be a provision incorporated into the Constitution for. bidding any law in favor of or against any particular class or classes, or indi vidual or individuals. Let the bless ings of the Government fall like the dews of Heaven, equally upon all. Ljt the white aud the black, the rich and the poor, the learned and the igrorant, be alike the recipients of the blessings of the State. Incorporate a provision into the Con stitution that no appropriation of mon ey shall be made,except by a two thirds vote, and the yeas and nays be eutered on the Journal. In like manner let any two members have the power to have the yeas an 1 nays on the passage of any law or resolution, entered on the Journal. These provisions will save much money to the tax-payers, and prevent tbe passage of many unwise and improper laws. There are other, but minor changes, I could suggest, but this letter is al ready too long. 3uch as it is, it is at your service. For the kind and complimentary manner in which you have expressed yourselves, and for confidence mani fested in me, be pleased, gentlemen, to accept my sincere acknowledgements. Wi h very great regard, I am your obedient servant, Warren Aikin. adventures in the dark. Blinkus' Wile's Alarm, and Blinkus* Efforts to Con sole Her. Last night, just after Blinkus and his wife were 6nugly stowed away in bed, Mrs. B. thought she heard the front door slam. “Hubbie, dear, do you hear that front door slammiu’ ?” “No, dearie, I locked it just before I wound up tbe clock.” "“I didn’t see you go out in the hall.” “But I did, love.” “I think you must be mistaken.” “Well I know when I locked the door, dammit!” “Now you shan’t swear at me. That door is open and you know it. Sposen the burglars get in and carry off all the silver. We’d be in a nice fix.” “They’d be worse off with the old plated stuff. Besides who in h—l ev er heard of a burglarly above A street ” “If you don’t get up and lock that door I’ll rush out and scream for the police. I’ll ’rouse the neighborhood if it’s the last act of my lfe.” Blinkus, somewhat alarmed at the threat, rose up and began to fumble round for a match. “The matches are at the end of the wnshstand, love.” Blinkus passed at the place designa ted and broke a soap dish. “I never saw such an awkward man since I was born,” quoth Mrs 8., from the bed just as B. stumbled back over a spittoon and sat dowo in it so for cibly that it was smashed into forty pieces “O Lord,” ejaculated Mrs B. Blinkus next struck his toe against a towel rack, and an oath disso’ved itself in the darkness. Then he stepped on the baby’s rattle and ran one of the points into his foot half an inch.— Jamping aside he upset the centre ta ble and began to flounder out toward the hall. His young hopeful’s carriage was there, and he fell over it six differ ent ways before he reached the door. “Was it open V’ queried a voice from the bed. “N.l !” “Oh I it must have been something else I heard.—• irginia City Chroni cU. Th €ase of (be JSplesioe. “I would invite you to mj house, brudder Jackson,” said deacon John son as he emerged from church last Sunday evening, ,4 but I dunno as we’*l get tny sapper dis night, the cook stove p.m so dreadfully out of repair.” “What’s de matter wid de stove?” “Why, you see cold wedder aui corn in’ on and wood’s gett n skase at’ high au’ I’ve ’structed de folks to be berry ekooomical in de usin’ ob it. We’se b n bufin’ in small lots, an’ last night, bein’ out ob fuel I sent one of my boys ober to ; neighbor’s to borrow a few stioks. De man ob de family had gone to bed, owin’ to de lateness ob de hour, an’ dat boy. who would ’spise to do an unhonest transaction wrote out his note for de value ob de wood, an’ droppin’ it in a prominent place in de wood-shed, shouldered *an armful au’ brought it home.” “Jess s<.” “Well, a fire was kindled, de kettle put on, de o!t woman she is gettiu’ de supper. All ob a sudden puff went de stove, zoom ; keswish, k 'slush went something, an’as I tumbled over I saw de ole woman makin’ for de roof wid de tea-kettle wid de stove plates follow in’ her, while de hoys an’ de gals was as black wid smut as de ace of spades De stove’s goose was cooked for fact.” “What de cause of de ’splosion ? ’ “I’m strongly ’clined to believe dat dar was powder in dat wood, and dat de powder was done put in dar by dat white man to ketch some thievin’ dar keys wat neb her buys no wood, an’ bressed ef L don’t think dat man spects me, kase he couldn’t find dat uote, an’ won’t make any ’pologies.” “Dat am au outrage.” ‘‘For a fact, an’ the children’s suppei was spiled too.” An Elephant Mtaupede. A correspondent, writing to a Lon don paper of the display at Delhi, says : “The batteries on the right first tired thirty-four salvos of th-ee guns each; then the infantry fired a feux de joie The batteries on the left then took up the salute. aud so on until one hundred and one salvos and three feux de joie had been fired. It is said that Lord Lytton wished "that the salvos should be of six guns each, but the artillery officers pointed out the difficulties. As it was, this portion of the salute was rather disappointing. The guns were small, and, as a general rule, the three did not go off simultaa'ou-ly. The feux de joie, however, amply compensa ted ; the effect as it rolled down one long line, then doubled back and rat tled up the others was really magnifi cent and worthv of the occasion, only the elephants aud horses seemed not to appreciate it. The former, after each discharge turned tail in wild stampede, and wero with difficulty brought back to their places. It is said that some people in the crowd were killed and hurt by the sudden rush of the huge and frightened beasts. I have not been able to ascertain the extent of the mis s chief, but it could hardly fail to be con siderable." —— •-+ ♦ Kats are affectionate; they luvyung chickens, sweet kream and the best place in front of the fire-place. Dogs are faithful ; they wiU stick to a bone after every boddy else baz de-* serted it. Parro ts are eaziiv edukated, but they will learn to swear in haff the time they will learn enny thing else. The birds eat bugs and worms for plain vittles, but their dessert konsists ov the best Cherrys aud gooseberries in the garden. The owl iz only a picture ov wisdom by da lite, when he kan't see enny thing. When it cums nite hiz wisdom wholly konsists in ketching a field* mouse, if he kan. The dooke* iz an emblem ov pa chunce, but if yu sluddy them klosser yu will find that lazyness iz what's the matter ov them. 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