Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-30
ADDRESS
TO THE PEOPLE oP OHIO.
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Still we do moi rest this question here.
Again, recur to the fact that the objection
is taken to this bill, and that il was intro
duced on the 10th day OF August into the
House. We aver that the act of revolu.
tion was decided upon in caucus, on the
night Of Friday the 5th. To sustain us
in this position, we might call by namo
upon several ofthe whig members, who
voluntarily communicated this informa-
tion TO us on Saturday morning; accom-
panied with their condemnation Of it,
But wo are saved that necessity, for the
recusanis themselves, have, unwittingly,
perhaps, furnished us the evidence in a
positive form. On Saturday morning the
9th inst, several of the parties to the con.
spiracy applied to the speaker Of the Sen
ate for the certificates, drawing pay up
TO Monday morning. On the same day,
Mr.. Henderson, of the Senate, made a
motion to excuse, Tor the tallance of the
Session, the Senator from Greene, Mr..
Perkins. upon the ground Of ill-health,-
Upon the morning Of the 18th, Mr.. Ford
presented the resignation of Mr.. Perkins,
dated on the 9th, in the hand writing OF
Mr.. Henderson, and which that gentle
man undoubtedly had in his pocket at the
time he made the motion to excuse the
Senator from Greene. But this is not all,
An examination OF these resignations,now
upon the files of the Senate, will show
that at least FIVE ofthem we're originally
drawn and dated on the Gth,and the dates
subsequently changed to the llth. Thus
have these men, in weaving the web of
deception, entangled their own feet in
the meshss. Thus have they proven
themselves that the conspiracy was form
ed as early as the 5th, and that many, if
not all OF their designations, in obedience
to the resolution of the concIave. were
drawn up five days before the bill of Mr..
Byington, which they now say :hey seCe>
ded 10 defeat, was reported TO the House.
There is much more testimony, which,
did we deem it necessary, we might ad.
duce upon this point. We might instance
the debate in the House on the evening
of the 10th; the oft repeated declarations
OF the federal members that the bill could
not pass that body; the remark of Mr..
Clarke that 'ifthe strong medicine must
be restored to, it would be administered;"
and the defiance hurled by Mr.. SChenck
in the face of the House, that the bill
should not be read third time on that
dav. All these denoted at the time for
gono conclusion, and but concur with the
testimony we have already adduced, in
proving that the act ofrevolution, instead
Of having been embraced as last resort,
bad been resolved upon at least FIVE days
previous, and had thereby taken the form
of most base conspiracy to annlhllate
the whole legislative power.
Il becomes at once interesting and i'm
portant for the people TO enquire wheth.
er any other object than the defeat OF
this bill, was to be accomplished by this
sudden destruction Of both branches OF
the General Assembly, before one Of
them had touched the obiectional meas
ure. We have no desire to inlpeach the
motives Of the recusants, upon bare sus
picion; but thcrs are facts of record, that
NAV throw some light upon this subject,
and enable the people to arrive at cor
rect conclusions.
In their own publication they assert
that the majority had displayed no dIsPo-
sitlon to relieve the disiresses OF The com
munity--upon which they are very mod
estly denounced by these dlsorgan'zerss
as deslructionlsts. Are these things sol
On the other hand tho record shows that
the bill for the appraisnent of the prop
erty under execution, had passed botf
Houses; that a bill fer the relief OF the
contractors and labOrers on The puOll'
works, had passed the House, agalns
the votes OF a majority of these recusanI
and against the most strenuous exerilon
oG Mr.. Fund Commissioners Kelley,whos
finger has been plain in all these proceed
ings. twas known 10 q certainty ina
this bill wOnldpass the Senate; and !.
was equally certain that the bAl OF MI
Sharp, for extending the charters Of II
solvent and specie paying banks, woult
as il in fact did, pass the House by th