Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-08-26
ADDRESS
of The Wings lately representing The
People ofihe State Of Ohio, in The Gen
erdt Assembly,
TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.


TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.
The undersigned, Wing members of
the fortieth General Assembly Of This
Stale, having with a few exceptions, re-
signed our trust as members Of that DO.
dy, believe it due 10 you, a. we'll as 10
ourselves, 10 make koown the causes
and reasons, which nave lmpeIled US 10
that course.
In doing this VIC shall not stop 10 de-
tail to Jou the many indigniGles, which
have been heaped upon US, especially of
the House Of Representatives, and the
disabilities under which we have been
placed by the unparalleled tyranny ex-
erclsed over US a minority, by a reckless
majority invested with power Temporal
TiIy by a combination of accidental eau
SEES. Nor shall we stop to describe TO
you the indignant and insulting manner,
in which we have been repulsed when
kindly rendering TO that majority, our
assistance and corporation in provid
ing relief Tor a suffering community
We need not now rebearse how much
torment some Of US have endured in be
ing compelled to sit in tho halls OF le
gIslalion, where order g. decorum ought
10 have prevailed, and condemned to
listen TO the BiIIingsgaIe, and even pro.
family Of some oGlhe members. Many
Of US have long since been satisfied that
constituted as this General Assembly
was, all further efforts on our part TO
serve or benefit our constituents or the
State at large, would be utterly %unaVail
ing; and that the only acceptable SER
vice we could render, was to resign our
trusts as members Of the same, and thus
force the termination of the existence
OF this General Assembly the reputation
of which has long since stunk in the
nos,riIs Of all good citizens Yet con-
%tinuing to hope. though hoping against
hope, that the force Of party discipline
might be somewhat relaxed, and that a
better condition Of things might arrive
we consented TO remain at our posts
marking the reckless course of the ma
jority, and demonstrating against it q
the last session OF the General Assembly
until it pleased the majority to adjourn
We also demonstrated against The
holding Of an extra session for the pur,
pose OF dividing the State into Congress
sional districts. We believed there
was no necessity for it. The business
could have been done at the next reg
ulaT session, without detriment to the iE
terests OF the State The members L
be elected the coming autumn wouI,
not, in the ordinary course Of things, b.
called to take their seats for some NV,
months after the annual election i
lS43. IN this state OF things and i
view Of our present pecuniary embar
easements, we believed that the eXpen
ses OF an extra session should be avoid
ed. W. so spoke; we so acted. A bi
to delay the election of members {
Congress was voted down by the ma
iority, and an extra session ordered
The reason avowed by the Speaker {
the House, Mr.. Spalding, was that III
present majority would be fools not I
district the State themselves; that /"
bird in The hand was worth two in tn
lush" 1t was thus openly avowed b
the acknowledged leader of the part!
that an extra session must be held
enable the present majority to so di
trict the State as to subserve their ow
party ends. They dared not trust tn
men whom people might elect as the
servants 10 the next legislature. Pa
iy must be cared for; the bird must b
firmly cIenrhed. The majority dare
not trust a people who had felt the eVi
Of their action.
Thus was the extra session Gale
for the avowed object of so dIstric'lr
the State as TO subse rvo mere par
purposes. Mr., Spalding again at II
present session boldly put forth Il
same sbomihable doctrine, the same il
famous motives for their acton, 9th
members also RVowed the same rule
action. All seemed agreed in one tbiI
that of so djstricting the State as
secure the largest possible number
Locoroco members of Congress. TIL
die members offer up their oOths a
their integrity as willing sacrifice
their party feelings, nor had they /
modesty 10 conceal their shame 1t
not necessary for US to reprObate SUI
anti.democralic aud immoral principl
as these. When they shall becoI
current in this country, and be- tolerat
by a free people, corruption has alre
dy done its work upon the vilaIs of t
republic, and as a people we shall
fitted to become the tools Of any desE
who may claim our allegiance,