Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-01-12
From Tie Okie s!ale JomneL.
The Legislature.

sorrow, that the iime aud money eXpen
ded in derayIng the expenses OF th'
months sitting have been, TO q inlerest
and purposes thrown away, TO saying
this we wish to cast no reflection upot
cur Wing friends, 10 either branch; lol
although they have a majority on Join'
ballot, the complexion OF the Senate Is
an eilectUGI bar to legislation. This
much, however, we must be permitted
10 say, in all candor The malnrIy in
the House have not brought forward.
prepared and perfected all those meus-
ures, upon which they are willing 10
take tho result, and by which they are
wiIing 10 stand or fall, before the peo-
pie, in the coming contest We still
adhere to the opinion expressed before
tho Legislature convened. Lot the ac-
ion Of tho Senate be what it may, let
every measure O5opled by the tlou'o be
defeated directly or indirectly by the
Senale-os has been and wi continue 10
be the case it should not induce the
majority Of the House to hesitate one
moment in completing, maturing and
adopting, as rapidly as possible, those
measures The permanent good and vel
faro Of the people demand.
The Retrenchment measures brought
forward and adopted by the House, have
been good, unqueslionably good and the
people vii say so. Bul the action Of
the House has been too slow, on this
subject. The whole system OF Retrench |
menl, reaching every branch Of the pub.
lie service, where Retrenchment is need
ed, should have been maturod, and car
ried through sometime since. The &C
ton ofthe Senate, thus far, affords TO
every candid man 10 The State Of Ohio,
conclusive evidence that such system
cannot secure tho appreciation OF the
doomed mJJyiy in tic Senate But, we
repeat, this fact should not cause a mo-
monls deIy, nor the slightest variation
IN tho action Of the House
Upon the Bank question, If further &C
tion is deemed indispensable, the un.
doubted hostility Of tho Senate, should
have weighed no moro than feather,
upon tho minds Of tho majority Of the
House. Any good systom Of Banking,
any aclon on the subject, Practicable IN
its nature, aud shom of the few obnox
ious leptures Of Bonkjug as heretofore
conducted in this State would, wo have
full confidence, receive the hearty np
probation OF q vast ma prIly Of the vo-
tiers Of Ohio. The windy demsgOgues
who crack their throars aud roar them
selves honrso against the C0rrapti0nS Of
Banks end Bankers, would bo hooled
from The stumpi( they dared repeat
their thread bare tale next fail.
The large proportion Of time allow
ed to members, by the short sessions
each day, should bo induslnousIy, unit
Iineiy devoted to public business, Mem
bcfs should understand each other, on
every question, and ask and make those
concessions promptly, which are neces-
sary to an expeditions transaction OF
business. Every thing like timid,
shUnlmg policy should bo Iorswofn and
avoided, as becomes houest, indePen-
dent Legislators, conscious Of no other
Aim than public good,
The failure Of he Legislature 10 con
slider any plan for Drricting the Slate
for SEM ors end Representatives, until
this advanced prioI Of the session, is
accounted and apoIog2ed for, by the
failure Of the Clerks Of seYolNl counties,
70 forward their enUmcraious Of free
white males We NrC not odyisej who {
ther returns hove yet been received
from al, but we presume lh0re is nos
no serious NbduCle IN Tho way Of ma I
turing The necessary bill Blame al !
taches to several quarters for tho fail
ure 10 secure proper returns from oil
the counties. Bat not tho least 10 the :
Legislature unless Tor neglect 10 point \
out and proper y condemn those whose {
dprcIlclions have caused the delay,
Such action rs may bo necessary, TO
the credit and honor Of toe
STATE, improve its Financial condition '
md ferret out abuses so pOpnble, as to =
receive (,ome Of lhcm) The notice Of the =
Auditor OF State should not be delayed i
D day longer than absolutely necessity +"
rcgulGes. -
And now n word in conclusion, We tC
have spoken plainly, condldy, our hon Of
est EondmenlA 0s tho conductor OF q or
free press Our respect, 6ud regard "
for Whig principles and good measures, q
und Tor those 70 whom the people look
for bold, and Ienrles maintenance Of q
such measures end principles, has alone f
imptllcd Us thus TO speak We know r
the dilliulues with which those TO
whom We address ourselves, have TO 4
contend. We know, and we Giolce in |
,ho conviction that he people not only o
l,ncu lat all MARK. vrh their seyrr h