Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-04-06

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bic to discover any mate ia difference ,as Il
i, the ultimate consequence between post
poneing this bill to the first Monday Of De
cember next or postponeingit indefinitely
! have supposed that the principal, and
perhaps, only benefit to be derived from
ipostponeinr bill to a succeeding session
over postponeing it indefinitely, was. tina
the expense Of advertising second time
and the trouble of procuring new petition:
were saved to the party applying for the
action of the Legislature If am cor
rect in this position, il is matter of nc
consequence whether this bill he post
poned until the first Monday of December
next, or postponed indefinitely. This bII
If nv recollection is correct, was intro
lduccd into the Senate on leave, and with
out anv petition: or If there was any pc
!.itioners were few IN number i'll am
incorrect on leave. and without petition.
ask the gentleman from jefferson (Mr
McCausien) 10 correct me. The gentle
man saws | am incorrect. BE II 80, II
the petition is referred to, it Will he seen
that it Is signed by very few; perhaps on
lv bv the half dozen whose names are
sought to he Incorporated by this bill.
Then, Sir ii is not necessary that this
nil should he postponed to the first Nom
Law in December next, In order that The
trouble Of procuring new petitions may
be saved. A new petition ~Isneh as nu-
merOusly as this l., may &c procured
WITHOUT much trouble or difficulty. A
10 the notice required BY The act of A.
l.. e. H. g H..
,iication for the passage Ut an act If IN
corporation, where is II! What evidence
have We thai the notice required by law
has been ven? Where there are so
rnanv persons interested, and SO much
property concerned will we not require
s,me proof that the notice required
by |. W has been given? The fact rs, tiiat
no such notice has been given, and if the
gentleman (H'. McCausIen) who APP
pears to have the care of this bill, had not
himself moved for its postponement to the
first Monday in December-and had en-
deavoured to procure its passage through
this House, I should have insisted, and
earnestly insisted, that he should pro-
duce some evidence that the legal notice
had been given. Then, Sir if it Is a
case which requires notice rs IT actually
Is, there can nc no expense saved by not
paStponeing it Indefinitely.
The gentleman who have preceded me
ILL the brief discussion that has taken place
-. tI,i ouhioot have ali h,.d rofcronco to
he division which is we'll kn rwn to exist
IN the society of Frien,'s. In the few
further rem ri,s which | have to submit,
l. 4 a.. Il L. -
people, and as if M division had ever taxi
On place among them. When | cast m.
eve over the preamble AMI first section OF
this hill, I see enough TO carry conviction
To nav mind, that it ou hit not to pass INTO
law 1t Is stated IN thu, preamble that
there Is d large amount of property. real
md personal, belonging TO the OH Var
' Meeting The gentIemGr { Nlr. New
~ who last addressed YOU SAYS, thai he
does not appreheu! that ANY difficulty
c,n arise from the passage of this bill
hat the difficulties suggested are ''phan-
toms conjured up b, he members of the
aril this House, that thi~ nil has cen re-
ferel to the Ju1icItr, committee. in the
Senate, aud that II has pa-~ed that bod
Sir. have every respect for the gentle
men composing III IT com,nittee-'hev are
gentlemen of much legal learning. and
stand high IN their professionalism with
~ due Difference to them, is:> the H.
hcrtv If .hinkinr, judging and acting for
m self In this matter.
Who are the members Of the OHIO
Yearl, Meeting. into whose hands we are
,bnut TO legislate all :hi- property spoken
of in the preamble ?-Wbv. SIR, we are
told II, the first section of this bill that
hev are the SIX men whose names are
,here,n mentioned, and their associates.
Who are their associates; and how MANY
are there of them? We have 10 evidence
that these six men have. or viii have,
anv associates. or if they have, that they
ire. or will be more than two in number
who they will admit to leaisiaic the whole
.ef this property INTO the hands and pos
session of these six or eight men.
But gentlemen tell us there is provi>o
in this bill which saves and excerpts the
rights Of others. Yes. sir, truelv here is
a proviSo and let US examine its saving
fleet. To do this. it NAV he necessary
tn inquire who the persons are that rcall.
compose the Ohio YEARLY Meeting p
They are the VII Die bodv of Friends resid-
ing in the principal part of the State of
Ohio. the Western parts of Pennsy lvania
and probably Western Nirciuia !; these are
he persons that compose The Ohio Yearly
Meeting. If we pass this bill into a law.
and PIT into the possession ofrhe>e six or
eight men all the property of the society.