Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-08-26
No. 46--WMOLE No. Az.

u'H nc u'lltiHH'b UtlHfeD Inc TWO UIs'
trio is only 4 210. instead Of 1904,
as al present. Why was Scloto county
ADDED 10 a district already having an
ex ess Of populationf There can be
but one reason. To have added Scioto,
o Wing county, 10 district No. II. would
have rendered ii a ce rtain Wing district
whereby the aspirations OF the Senator
from Ross and the member from Pike
would have been eyunguIshed al once.
SEQ 10 county must, Therefore, be DIS
i~fahchlsed iatber than that Latham,
Byington g. Co. should not have a change
oil getting to Congress The people
must be defraUded rather than that these
candidates should be disappointed We
might paint other equally outrageous
features Of this bill; but time will not
permit. You can examine II for your
5 elves, and correctly decide upon ils
INDUSTRIOUS Cuaf4tt7G
Against the passage OF such an abom.
inable bill, we raised our voices 10 loud
:emoDstrance. We invoked The spirit
Of our institutions, which frowned upon
this attempt of a minority to rule
the majority; we then pointed them
10 the law Of CoDgrgss; we reminded
the majority Of the obligations Of their
oalhs: we appealed 10 their sense Of
justice, and to their obligations as men ;
but all IN vain. The iron decree had
gone forth from the midnight caucus ;
from the dark recesses of the TIN Pan;
and W. to the poor Loco foco, VINO from
from a sense of justice or any other mo-
tive, should dare oppose its execution
Should he break the party lock step, or
shuttle out oGtbe file, he might as we'll
throw himself from the peak Of Tener-
Ide or into the crater Of Eina. Though
amendment aGer amendment was ofered
with a view 10 shear the bill of some Of
It's monstrosltles, they we're regularly
put down by a compact, an unbroken
party vote; aud the bill passed to It's en-
grOssment. receiving the entire vote Of the
party. No one Of the majority conde-
~scendeded to defend The bill as a whole;
on the contrary, many OF the majority
have admitted lis unjust, odIous, and
abominable character. The member
from Richland was bitterly opposed 10
the bill; be SAID upon the floor, that she
considered the bill in the shape 10 which
he was required 10 vote as perfectly ri
dIculous, Inde(ensible and alrocious; but
that be must vote for it under %instruc-
tIons from his constituents" VIVA
constituents? The diclators of the Til
Pan. The despotism of party caucusei
prevailed; lie dared not break the loci
steps OF party; he voted for the BILL
What an IRON handed despotlsm mus
that be, which can force men thus Il
vote against The convictions Of their owl
judgments!
Hete then WIS g bill so monstrdus il
lie character as to BE- declared lndelensl
bic by those who voted for it; a bill whicI
dis francEised a large portion OF the PEG.
pie of the State; a UiIl by which its au.
thors proposed to give to the Wings
embracing a large III jority oi the elect
Ors OF this State, as is demonstrated b,
the returns Of the two last elections, sew.
en- members Of Congress, and secure I
the party now IN the ascendant in III
Legislature, by fraud, fourteen; the ma
jority OF the people we're 10 be rePreser
led by seven; the minority by fourteen
This bill, conceived in sin and broUgf
forth lniqulty, was about 10 be fastene
upon The people of Ohio in utter disre
gard oil their rights, or wishes, or feel
, ings, by reckless party leaders unde
the internal agency Of the Tin pan. =
| What were the Wing members 10 dc
, sit tamely by, and permit this bill TO he
come a law-this fraud to be consum
r mated? This very majority now posses
/ their power to do mischief by the perpI
. tratIon Of a similar fraud The inlqU
! nous apportiOnment of 1899 40 was pas
g ed by the same end, a party majority
The Legislature. Thus fraud was to |
= heaped upon IIsud in order 10 obtain
e party majority in Congress, as we'll {
S IN the Gaaerh AssemOIy,-a party m
= Jority, which should mlsrepresent Il
+ wishes and interests Of a great majoriI
which would go against a tariff 10 pr
n teCt our own Iabours from foreign comp
d ution, g. Tor a re establishment Of the cd
e Gus Sub treas Tals, loo, was not a
ordinary act Oh Iegissuon, 1t was dc
= signed 10 remain in force for ~ years,
a for that length oil time to perpeluaIe II
political power If this reckless laction,-
# Had it not been an ordinary act
!, Legislation we might have left lis coDder
nation to the silent influence Of The ba.
lot box; but this bill dlsarmed the Peep
d themselves, it broke down the power
the ballot box by enabling tho few 10 ru
d and ruin the many. To retain cur sea
d would render us accessory 10 The passag
ofthe bill. Two thirds of each house a
n necessary 10 constitute a quorum 10
business. If the Wing members, Their