ot . ▁It ▁was ▁eg al itar ian , ▁prohib iting ▁both ▁sla very ▁and ▁the ▁grant ing ▁of ▁" her edit ary ▁em ol uments , ▁privileges , ▁or ▁hon ors ." ▁It ▁also ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁separation ▁of ▁church ▁and ▁state , ▁and ▁bar red ▁the ▁cler gy ▁from ▁seeking ▁election , ▁or ▁serving ▁in ▁any ▁civil ▁or ▁military ▁office . ▁It ▁guaranteed ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁personal ▁property , ▁to ▁freedom ▁of ▁the ▁press , ▁and ▁freedom ▁of ▁assembly . ▁But ▁tied ▁to ▁these ▁rights ▁to ▁personal ▁property ▁and ▁eg al itar ian ▁dem ocracy ▁were ▁severe ▁restrictions ▁on ▁char ter ing ▁corpor ations ; ▁starting ▁from ▁the ▁prem ise ▁that ▁" Lab our ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁means ▁of ▁creating ▁wealth " ▁it ▁placed ▁a ▁constitution al ▁prohib ition ▁on ▁char ter ing ▁either ▁banks ▁or ▁trad ing ▁companies . ▁ ▁Reform ▁of ▁the ▁j ury ▁system ▁The ▁reform er ▁party ▁in ▁the ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly ▁desired ▁that ▁the ▁J ury ▁system ▁be ▁reform ed , ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁that ▁they ▁passed ▁a ▁J ury ▁Law ▁Am end ment ▁Bill ▁no ▁less ▁than ▁four ▁times ▁over ▁eight ▁years . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁content ious ▁issue , ▁and ▁the ▁Legisl ative ▁Council ▁replied ▁again ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁time ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁status ▁qu o ▁on ▁February ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 8 3 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁defeat ▁of ▁the ▁reform ers ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁elections ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 3