Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-03-31

/ uOA NllutOu 10 uISlHCt nhNlU2 dH "a
tcess Of population instead of attaching /
to one having u de6cir? The answer i
' clear. To have attached Clinton coun
. ty 10 No Z would have made it a Whii
I district. This in The creed of Locofo'
0 coism would have been q political blum
e der, which 10 their estimation was wors
!, than a crime The same is true Of dis
: lricts No four and nine Toke Madison
/. from'N No four and attach It to No nine
: where it should be TO eqnalize the popu.
lalion, and It would make No 8 a Wing
, district. Rather than that should tt
dcne Madison county must be vinuaIIy
deprived Of its weight inelectng amen
Der Of Con .ress.
Eighty four thousand seven hundred
and fifty three Wings ia. No a are emit
tied 10 no~more weight m The Grand
Council OF the Nation than G27633 Loco
iocos in district No 9. We might point
out other particulars equally at war with
all correct legislation and even common
honesty; but it isunneCessary. They lie
open 10 the eye Of the most common in.
teligence.
Such is the chafacler.oi this bill; fra.
med and passed expressly upon party
grounds and TO subserVe party ends; a
bill TO enable the minority to rule and
control the majority. The excuse for all
this is that the party have right TO use
their power so as to enable them TO re-
tain It, 1t is expected just nov by The
leaders OF LocoIocoism that the election
Of lhe.nexl President ma have 10 be SET
tied by the House Of Representatives;
and the vote ofOhio in that contingency
must be secured to hlr. Van Buren, The
head Of The hard money faction, at all
hazards, and al any sacrifice Of right and
luslce. This end has bten obtained; a
law has been passed SO framed that hlIe
The Slate should 90 for anoiher man, BY
10000 Of majority, the vote OF the
Stale may and Will be given 10 Mr.NAn
Buren,, 10 utter contempt OF lhe popular
will. The leaders. who uId frame such
bill Wlll have the hardlhooG 10 do even
this. Thus do men who prate most loud
Iy about Ibe people, treat and trust them
They dare not trust them, lest in their so
Der second thoughts, an abused people
should hurl them from power with an in
dignalIonAbat should burn as furnace,
We know that this is The introduction
Of no new principle or practice in The
history OF Locolocoism in Ohio. The
doctrine has been unbushIugly proclaim
cd in the huIls Of legislation by which
all this fraud upon popular rights is not
only defended, but justified; nay, advo
Gated as dutyto be performed. The
Slate has been twice Distracted Ior the
Legislature Onfhe same principle, ln
the session OF 1866, the SAFE was 50
dislricied for members Of The Legislature
that LocolocoiSm obtained majority, /
while the popular vote was agalnsI them
by eight thousand. And by means ofthar
fraudulent opportionment was Wm Allen
in open dcfAnee Of the wishes oi the
people Of Ohio elected TO the Senate Of
the Uuled States. In the session Of
le39-'40 another oppOrIlonment bill was
passed by the same party more unequal
Ond more unjust. than the former one.-
This was done 10 secure 10 tho parlyN
continuance Of power in spite OF the pco'
pie, and to secure the re election, ,oI Wm.
Allen the second time in utter contempt /
OF the public will. This system of po
Ilical and moral iniquity having sue
Ceeded so admirably IN the RdmInlslra'
lion The State Government, these same
men again resorled to It at the extra sea.
sion by endaavorIng 10 district the State
for members Of Congress in The same
manner, and were only prevented from
consummaling their neIarlous fraud by
Ihe resignation Of The Wing members, -
We then appealed 10 you lovIndicatey your
rights, and 10 visit with condemnation
men who could design the commission
1f such an acl--an act TO perpetuate pow
er obtained by fraud by the perpeIratIon
Of another fraud. From thelnAuenco oI
causes not now necessary TO he discussed,
you returned majority Of The same par
Iy to the present Legislature. Embold-
pned bv the success of their former At
tempt they have nov proceedod TO tho
enactment ola bill, which, if possible,
is moro iniqui,ous than the one which
hes endcavoypd to furce through al the
extra session.
We therefore, true TO what we believe
to be your interests and our duty, again
appeal to you, the repository OF all pow
o. in our Government, and again invoke
YOUR dspassonate consideration to the
Iniauily and enormiy Of this act Of tho
ma ority. it is not possible that a peo.
pie jealous of their rights, will ever sane,
lion such an utter abandonment OF oil
honesty in their public servants viii
you permit your servants TO become
your masters, aud dWest you oI the pow
or IN hurl than from their wicked emf, |