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ral laws, should not be permitted to them, unless there was a 

 majority of the whole people, calling for the change. 



The judges of the supreme court, should never sit, any 

 where, except as a court in bank, and then only once a year, in 

 each judicial circuit. 



Whoever shall be instrumental in procuring these amend- 

 ments to our constitution, will deserve the everlasting gratitude 

 of the people of this state. 



But, these highly desirable amendments, may be long wish- 

 ed for, rather than expected; at least very soon. Ever since 

 the existence of this American Union, the political current 

 has run in one, and the same channel. Every tendency has 

 been towards a perfect democracy. Every new state consti- 

 tution which has been framed, as new states have been from 

 time to time admitted into the confederacy; and every amend- 

 ment to any older constitution, have exhibited this feature 

 more and more, until the constitution of Michigan, has 

 approached to the very edge of the crater; it admits aliens to 

 vote, as soon as they are disgorged from the jails, workhouses, 

 penitentiaries, and prisons of Europe, and landed on the soil 

 of Michigan. 



The love of liberty is a natural impulse; but to be true lib- 

 erty, it should be regulated by wholesome restraints. We 

 may do as we please, so long as we injure no one. As much 

 liberty as we can bear, use, and not abuse, is genuine liberty. 

 Beyond this point, it is licentiousness, not liberty. 



The love of liberty, properly managed, and mildly treated, 

 has an affinity to law, and is calculated to pour a healthful 

 stream through the whole body politic, renovating every limb, 

 and eradicating every symptom of paralysis, which misgovern- 

 ment produces. All we need in this state, are the amend- 

 ments to the constitution which have been glanced at, to ren- 

 der this state government a wise and good one. Without 

 these amendments, we may become, wealthy, numerous and 

 powerful. Our ponds may become swamps, and finally good 

 meadows. Our forests may be cleared away, and farms, 

 towns, villages and cities may appear, as if by magic, in those 



