Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-08-23

| Ces' lHS IedIS VI tue COWaIuiy Suo0uo06
and this morning the foul deed was con.
sumated, and the Ohio Legislature, ia
both branches, left without q quorum,
without which no business can bO done,
and, in truth, without even the power to
adjourn, except from day to day!
The only excuse we have for this pro-
ceedng is, that the federal members did
not like the bill dividing the State iuto
Congressional districts, because it gave
the Democrats too large a maioritY Of
the districts. To refute this charge, ie
need only be stated, that in 1910 thirteen
of the districts, as formed by the bill
which passed the House, gave a maiori-
ty for the federal party, while but eight
were democratic.
Upon the heads Of the guilty, let aII
The evils which will flow from this IeVo~
uiionary act fall! Let the poor debtor
remember, when his properly is sacrifcA
ed for few cents upon the dollar, that
a democratic Legislature passed law for
his relief, and that law was nuli6ed by
a minority of the federal party dissOlVinR
The Legislature before the bill was sign
ed. Let the poor Laborers on our pub.
lie works, while surrounded BY their
children, weeping for their daily bread,
remember, that the state would have FenI
dered them justice, had it not been for
the revolutionary acts of few reckless
demagogues! Let :he patriot remember
that This is the first blow ever aimed. ia
OHIO, at our free institutions, and that, if
unrel uked, the precedent which is bV
this act established, will enable a minor.
ily, hereafter. to break up the LepisIa.
ture, and thus set at naught the will of
the people and let all remember, that
The federal members lie in their throats
when they say that it was caused BY tho
fear of the passage of the bill distrIctinR
the State, for one Of the members who
resigned, openly proclaimed, few days
since, that the legislature had as much
right 10 repeal law dividing the Stais
into districts, as any other law, and that
if bill should pass, which did mot meet
his appreciation, he would, himself bring
in bill to repeal it, as soon as his party
gained the ascendancy.. Let all these
things be remembered, and let an indiR.
nant people spurn such wrelcbes hereSf.
ter from their councils!l -
On Tomorrow, we will be able 10 pive
the names Of the members who resigned.
as we'll as Other matters connected with
lhis movement.
The following, from the pen ofa friend
in southern Ohio, who happened in COL
umbus on business, will explain his VieWs
of shs foul and iniquitous transaction:
THE BLOW is STRUCK-the game
commenced at Washington, is carrying
ou in Ohio. Tue declarations of Mr.. At
cher, in the Senate Of the United States.
are carried iniO action in the Legisa-
,ure of this State; and nothing nov il
wanting to satisfy the American people
Thai the leaders Of the Clay party have
deliberately concluded to crush the 10.
slitutions of the nation, if they cannot be
made 10 minister 10 their unhailowed
ambition. The days of canting hypOcri-
sy and hollow professions are OVer-ren.
dered desperate by the prospect before
! hem. Law.ess violence now succeeds
to the rule, and with rude hand, Clay.
ism will endeavor to pull down the fab.
lic Of American freedom, even though
itself perishes in The ruins. Tais morn
ing, tweaty eight Clay members Of the
House ofRepresentariVes Of this state, e,ten.
dered their designations, and withdrew
from the House, and thus left it without
a quorum for the transaction OF business!
After much difficulty, inherent in the vs-
~ nature Of The hing Itself, bill provid'
inc for the division of this state into con-
gressional districts. was upon the point
0f passing the lower branch Of the gen.
er5l assembly, and while the bill was
nanding, in utter contempt of all parlis.
men,ary law, in violation ofall practice
and rule-in uttur disregard of the many
important matters Jet unsettled in relation
IN nnbIic interests, these men attempt.
cd 10 thurst their designations upon the
House. and thus disOrganize the entire
LEGISLATURE Of our state! Will the peO-
ole of Ohio permit this9 say the peo-
nle. for this overeaches all party inier-
esrs. The very vitality Of our govern.
ment itself is assaiIed, and the question
is no longer whether this or that party
shall succeed. Shall such men and their
supporters be sustained? II such be the
services that Clsyism requires of its vots-
ries, will lovers of their country tolerate
the parricide? Let the suffering, starving
labOrers on your public works ansWeF!-
I5ef The oppressed contractors on your
puhIic works speak-and let the people,
the whole people, of Ohio. now suffering
,SToTeb lha length and breadth of her
wide domain from contracted currency
respond.
,b,. two thirds of the members Of either
branch of the general assembly shall b