The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-08-25

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0s on Saturday morning, accompanied with
their consideration Of il. But we are saved
from that necessity, for the recusanis them
Selves have, unwltting'N perhap., furnished
US Tho evidence IN positive form. On SiiuT>
Gay moFning tho 6lh instant, several Of the
pailes to CONSPIRACY applied 10 the speaker Of
ihe Senate !Or their certificates, drawing pay
up to Monday morning. Ga the same day,
Mr. Henderson, ofIhe Senate, made motion
10 excuse, for The balance of tie session, the
Senator from Greene, Mr. Perkins, upon the
ground of III health. Upon the morning of the
lllh, Mr.. Ford presented The resignation of
Mr.. Perkins dated on The 9Th, IN THE HAND
WRITING OF Mr.. HENDERsoN, and which thai t
gentleman undoubtedly had in his pocket a,
the time he made the motion 10 excuse the
Senator from Greene. But this is not all. An
examination Of these resignalons, now upon
the flies of the Senate, will show that al least
five Of them we're originally drawn and dated
on the 6 b, and The dates subsequently chang.
ed TO the lllh. Thus have these men, in
weaving the web Of deception, enaugled their
own feet in the meshes. Thus have they pros
ven themselves that the conspiracy was forms
ed as early as The 5lh, and that many, iG not
all Of their IesignalIOns, in obedience 10 The
resolution of The concIaVe were drawn up five
days before The bill of Mr.. ByiugIon, which
they now say they seeded 10 defeat, was rc-
poflod to line House. There is much more
testimony, which, did we deem it necessary,
We might adduce upon this point. We might
instance the debate in the House on The even>
ing Of The l0h; The of repeated declarations
of the federal members that the bill could not
pass that body; The remark of Mr.. Clarke that
If The strong medicine must be resored TO, it
would be administered; and the defiance hur-
ed by Mr.. +Schcnck'' in the face Of the House,
that the bill should not be read third time
lhat day All thess denoted at the time y
ioregone conclusIon," and bu. concur with
the testimony we have already adduced, 10
proving thai the act OF revolution, instead of
having been embraced as a last resort, had
been resolved upon, a, least five days previous
and had thereby taken the form of most
BASE CONSPIRACY to annihIlate The le
gislative power.
II becomes at once interesting and important
Tor the people TO enquire whether any other OBJ
ject than the defeat of this bill, was TO be ac-
compshea BY this sudden destruction of both
o'N'S"Vo VI tuO N0uSIu Assembly JolUT6 Ou6
OF them had touched the Objectionable mea.
sure. We have no desire 10 lmpeach the mo-
l'Ves Of The recusanls, upon bare Suspicion;
but there are facts OF record, that may throw
some light upon this subject and enable lhe
people 10 arrive al correct conclusions.
In their own publication they assert that the
majority had displayed no disposition to relieve
tho distresses Of tie community none 10
touch lhe question Of the currency, upon which
they are very modestly denounced by ,hose
dsorganzers as desiructionists Are these
things 60? On the olher hand, the record
shows lbal The bill for The appraiseTent of pro-
per!Y under execution, had passed both houses;
lha! a bill for the relief of the contractors and
Iaborers on the public works, had passed the
House, against The votes Of majority Of these
Tecusants, and against the most strenuous ex~
ertions of Mr.. Fund Commissioner Kelley.
whose finger has been plain in all these pro.
ceedIngs. il was known TO a certainty that
his bill would pass the Senate; and it was
equally certain that the bill Of Mr.. Sharp, for
extending the charters Of the solvent and spe-
Gle paying banks, would, as il in fact did, pass
lhe House by the votes Of the democratic mem.
bers. As there was no necessity, in order
merely to defea. the apporiionment bill, 10 dis.
solve both branches Of the General Assembly,
At the moment oCits passage in the House, the
conclusion forces itself almost rresislibIy up
% US, That there existed an object beyond the
defeat Of this bill; and that object was Ihe des-
ructon oflhe measures 10 which we have iuet
consummation of which was
much more certain Than that the apportonment
oil Of the House, in ts then form, would pass
he Senate. 1t may be asked what motive
could exist for all this? The answer is clear
We have seen, what must have been apparent
10 you, that the whole object of these men
Ias been 10 prevent aoy relief from being ex-
ended; and while bemoanIng the suffsrings of
he people, they have sought TO sggraVate,
alher thau relieve them, in order to cry out
gaiHst the Democratic party, and bring
panic AVID pressure" their favorite weapon Of
Valfare, 10 bear upon The elections. This they
AVE accomplished. by the act Of conspiracy
nd revolution. .....
Fellow CITIZENS. We have now done |
With this matter in our official capacity. Our
bject has been to "trip the publication of the
ecusant members, of the misrepresentation
which they have gathered about it, 10 order 10
resent rbe issue fsly and fairly before you.
We have accomplished that eDd-and with
irm reliance upon your virtue and integrity, |
ye leave The whole subject 10 your decision.