AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEG
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several OK our contemporaries have express
seq an oplnlon as 10 The propriety Of the Gov
ernor conyening the Legislature in extra ses-
sion, IN order TO extend the time allowed The
convention 10 revise the Constitution. We
are sorry that this August body has rendered
snch movement, necessary. Still it is so.
Inc time that will elapse between ther adjour-
ment and the comming election, will I've so
brlei that II will be impossible fo,. the people
70 get any idea OF the new chars r, or to vote
underslandingly thereon. Anslya consttu :
.lon' changing the fundamental principles Of a
government, ISL matter Of too much moment
20 C. De passed over like !" hastw bowl Of soup
slx months. atleast, should transpire between


mo completion of Consiitu Il on and it's rati-
hcation by the people. It's an instrument Of
ne J, utmost concern 10 every man, woman and
cnlid IN The community, a nd for that reason
'he utmost defiberation should be allowed there
on, before final vote on its merits or dement's
should be for moment thought OF. 7aai bta


Inc ancient Romans. before they allowed
the most trivial law 10 come into being. hung
y up, IN public place, wher,. i remained ex-
posed to view for three weeks or during the
space OF tres nundin cs. inclu ding three mar
kel days; whereby the .inh habita ants both Of the
c.'y and country had an opportunity Of rea-
,u'ng and examinaliw. it. Tie ablest orators
lawyers publicly hay angued upon the sketch
SO !, .hst every man " light hear what was 10 be
said ior and against it. After this, the whole
people were oonve ned 10 give their votes in
.heir respective classes; and if the law was
aoludged to be g. ,od by a majority Of voices, it
was oniirmed ty the council and engraved on
copper This ceremony over. y mere law
may appear STANCE TO Us, but il had such an
an1eec, that '.he statutes so made, are likely to
prove elerI raj; for, they not only remained in
iorce 10 tie end Of the Roman empire, but


nave survive d il; so as to be still observed
ana followed. 10 The mosl Of the states Of Eu-
rope. Ahi5"l A7tNs az