Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-01-05

OHIO LEGlSLATuRE..

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From the Statesman Of Dac. "a.
OHIO LEGISLATURE. aS
Senators, il would seem, fell into a
great error this m orning on the sui,jec
fan appropriation of$4,06O to the State
Printer, in part payment on the revised
code. saI D.
Five thousand dollars was the appro
priatiOn made last winter for The State
Printer, on the revised cOde--it was n0
$50, 900, nor $4,000!
The number of pages will not be over
from 6fly to one hundred and fifty great
or than the estimate Of last winler so far
aS we know sny thing about it. 7.
Ia The revised code will not cost $500"
avOlume, nor 1900" either. 1t will be,
including every expense, paper, bind
ing, and all mot much. ifany, over 81 rs
per volume, we presume! The estimate
last year, and The actual cost, will vary
very littls. Upon what data Governor
Vance make his statement Of '!ncarly
double the estimGted cost" we cannot say.
What halIGcinatiOn has come over grave
legislators, we cannot say, TO shoot thus
widely from the mark. &# Is
The revised code will amount to twen-
~ Thousand volumes, Of nearly one thou.
sand pages each volume, at a cost ofless
than $4,000, every volume Of which
will be worth $500, yet the actual cost
to the State will only be about $l,75 per
volume. the cheapest work ever printed
in any State Of the Union, we veDtureto
say, and BY tar the most important work
ever prinlediin Ohio Of this character.
The oullays Of the State Printer, to
commence the work, amounted TO $4,000
land we have been engaged on it since
July last, with from 25 TO 30 hands stead.
lily employed during the whole time.--
We we're CompelledtO this Fl tn the en-
actments Of the Legislature, and yet men
of Gov. Vance's age and pr0mihence in
the world, talk about'refasing pay for the
work when performed! These msn talk
about '.justice," ''oioIatcd contract" !"
''public fai,h'"Sfate credit,'' Sc, &c.
Hthsv are ignorant, let them inform
acknowledgements lave again and again re-
qdested them TO look uplhe records Nay,
that Is what they fear; they tel the truth,
and that will not answer the purpose -
The people haVe'been lied 10 and deceiv.
ed, and nowthe salvation of the deceiv.
ers depends on keeping up The tlelusiOn,
HenceAhe unaccounlable and exlraordlh-
afy conduct of the federal members of
the Two h0usess a few days ago the
House called ON Us for information ia
relation loihis revised code, and we re-
piled as fully as possible, bur what was
done with II when a afequest by dem0-
cratic member was made to print'it for
the use ofthe membersi Why, the re-
quest was noted down-the Information
refased---the General Assembly kept in
ignorance, by smuggling the information
We conveyed 10 a committee, and these
senatofs have fallen in.0 numerous errors
for waTltof information which should. have
been on their tables; for BY the rules Of
the two houses, what is ordered TO be
printed By one is laid on the tables of
both: lhus each lie kept informed Of the
movements ofth other. Now, however,
our whig reformeTs suppress alt lnlofTa.
tIOn ofthsir dOihgs, audience ignorance,
and theHos silly and laughable bIunders
occur. And fOr fear the membersmiglt
get Information at all, Of what is doing, a
proposition is made in the Journal Of last
night, TO even exclude OUR paper from the
tdbEesof members! So far do these men
sufferaheiF malice 10 caTy,Ahem, that a
very pathetic appeal ismade 10 Mr.. Bart.
lev, the able aud industrious democratic
member from Richlahd, 10 Sophie cir
ctlation of ourpaper among bis consiItu'
en(sl4a a @ Ai4i esA. 9't4
Such impudsnt folly as this, has nc
Farallelin the annals of party madness
and stupidity. But the great difficulty
with the Journal and its cliqe is, that a
lsrge portion oFihs whig members show
signs Of rebellion against the tyrant's de.
maRds, 70 throw aside allpropFiety ant
common sshsatO fight tie battles lot ont
door BiasPGansys, when they should ib'
attending 70 the business Of the people
That IL wheEs the shoe pinches, anC
y,hen sha Journal commands the mem
bsyssto exclude ouF papsF from their Ia
blss, tSawitiiHgIy exposes itsiguoTaHco il
iisfSass. = SsSeFalhof the whig memherl
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