Thal Lhc admission of negrocs, except from the UniLed Stales, is forever prohibiLecl, and the imporlalion of them declared lo be piracy. Thal no alien shall hold land, excepl by title direct from lhc Government, though their heirs may lake by descent. That perpetuities or monopolies are conlrary lo the genius of a free Govcrnmenl, and shall not be allowed. Thal no approprialion shall be made for private or local purposes, unless two-thirds of each House shall concur. Thal the President shall not renominate the same individual lo office, after rejection by the Senate. It also protects the public domain from donations made by the Legislature of Coahuila and Texas, to persons not citizens of the republic, and declares such grants lo be fraudulent. Although the conslilulion has been approved in its general features, it is probably an early allempl will be made lo change it in several particulars, not involving the stability of Lhe republic. The period of service of the President is thought by some lo be injudiciously limited lo three years; as the frequent recurrence lo election will too often divert the people from the pursuits of industry lo political convesls. The term of six years, and to be ineligible after, has been proposed as most likely lo allay the feeling of party, secure stability lo the Government, and repres.s the influence of the ambitious. The independence of the judiciary has been discussed, and the propriety of changing both the election of the judges by the House of Representatives, and their continuance from four years lo a tenure for life, il is supposed may be readily understood, when one of those intricate cases of Empresario grants is contested, which will involve the term of service of half a dozen judges, and require all the integrity which a permanence in office and personal disinterestedness can inspire. Thal part which declares the grants by the Stale, when annexed lo Coahuila, void, will perhaps al some day be rescinded, without prejudice either to the Government or the demandanls, as iL prejudges questions purely of a legal nature, which should necessarily be left to the judicial forums. Thal restriction upon appropriations for local or private purposes, wilhou t Lhc concurrence of two-thirds of each House of Congress, will be either changed lo avoid sectional and
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