Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-04-15
Very respectfully
PROTEST.

NHSSaS'khSu w kuo Ob~
aaRe. dissent from, and protest against
the passage Of the bill, ITO fix and appor
tioHthe representation in the General As
SemhIy erths State Of OhIo," E: the fol-
lowing Feasens, which they ask to have
placed dpon the journals.
First. Because they considerits pro.
visions uaeqnItaAe, partial, and no, i" nc
cordance with the letter, or spirit of the
Constitution Of the State, which decIa res
''that the number of Representatives,
SHAH be fixed by the Legislature, and np
porlIoned among lhe several counIEss az
cordaRg to the naIRber Of white IN ,Ie inhdb
H'ants, above the age Of lwenty-one years,
IN each"
Second Because thsy believe that The
SncqnnHties in the Representation are 90
erraaged and located ia the bill, as to
give nR aaduc and unfair advantages aud
PrcPoRderaRce IN the, next General As
setnbiy, to districts Of "a p lrsieuIar poIiti-
Ca! character.
FrOm the returns made 70 the Ssnate Of
She vhIte IN lle iakahit ,nts NIB we tho aye
ct tweHty Oae years, Including the proha
bae amount Of the Few couaties from which
no returns have been received, it is sup
posed that the whole Gumber will exceed
236,OOO.
The following" thirty counties, comDri
sinS Representative population Of 90,
i34, are allowed by ,hr bill, 10 the next
General Assembly, hi y scpcn R"pressn
talIVes ~ the popular bra nch, being ma
J"rlty Of'wo fns whole number, to VII:
Co!umhiinO, Carroll, HIImes, Coshoclon
TuscarawOs, IL 'rri+mn. Mnurpe, Perry Nor
gan, Washington, Fairf ID. Il ,rking Ross
Pike. Jackson. Bu'Ier, PrebIc, Union, Ma
riun. Crawford Seneca" Sanlnsky,* Gin
ton, Mimi, D.rk, Mercer, Loruin, Stark,
Richland, aud Knox.
This leaves ths balance Of the State,
comprising inrty five counties, containing
Representative popu'a alton Of rnors than
If',O0O, 10 he represented in rhA, branch
"f'he next Legislature BY thirty fOe R pre-
Sentntives only.
OGthese thirty counties above named,
no one has a Representative population
"qnaI 20 The representation allowed il in
that branch Of the next General Assem-
hly-and oil Of them, with the exception
u SIX, are now represented in the same
branch by persons Of one political pnrty
MBy an examination ofihe bill IN detail.
!heSe inequalities will appear more glar'
Ipg and unreasonable.
For instance, while the county of Mus
k'1sum, with population of 63lG, has
but one Representative in tho popular
hraHct at the next session, and the coun
ties Of Ch'mpaign 4 logan. with a popu
h''ion Of about 500, have together one,
ni'd eleven north. western counties OF the
s'A's, With population exceeding 6l00,
scattered over large extent Of country,
nave together but one the county Of Per.
~ wan Popula tion of 3062, The county
:" treble, with population Of 36l5. the
comfy of Knox, with population Of $3.50
ana ~" county "f Butler, with a popula
l.'h " OILY, nave each two Representa-
i'ves IN the same branch oflhs next Legis
la'ure:--and while the counties of Colum
hlana, Knox, and Perry, with popula
ion Of l3,5l2, have SeDen Representa-
tIVes 10 one branch alone in the next Leg
isIa'ure. the counties Of fMuskihgum, In
ems. Wood, Henry, Williams, Hancock,
PauldinQ, Putnam, Vanwert, Allen, Har
din, and Shelby containing Representa-
tive population Of l2,42S, are allowed
but two Representatives in the same
branch at The next session; and with tho
two Senators allotted to them, they have
three 10 number less, including both
branches, that the fnrmcr have 10 one.
The following twenty eight conn ties,
containing a Representative population Of
lo5,4s@, BY the provisions Of sad bill are