Speech of the Hon. William a Graham, of Orange

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Excerpt from Speech of the Hon. William a Graham, of Orange: On the Amendment of the Constitution, in the Senate, December 12th, 1854 I need not remark that, in either aspect, the subject is one of the first magnitude that can employ the deliberations of the Legislature. I regret that it is difficult to discuss it without being, to some extent, tedious and pains-taking, and yet, in my belief, discussion is necessary to its proper comprehension. If I might be permitted to borrow the language of a certain critic, in relation to the works of a great orator of antiquity, and apply it to this topic, in the view presented by the original bill, I would say, with entire respect to all concerned, that it has been "more talked about than considered, and considered than understood." Having been a member of the General Assembly of 1834-'5, which enacted the law providing for the ascertainment of the sense of the people in regard to a Convention, for Constitutional Amendment in that day, by virtue of which they called into existence the Convention which assembled in the latter year, and having given my assent rather than approval to the adjustment of the long pending contest for reform in the Constitution of the State then made, I am frank to confess that I should not thus early have proposed a new revision of the Constitution, but. for the agitation for change in the fundamental law which has been waged for the last half a dozen years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.