Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-02-20


right 10 complain Of us-noF have tbeV
any more right 10 claim the abelitiOnists
than have the abOlitiOnists TO claim them.
In lS42, the democrats eIeeied Govern.
or and mGjority TO the Legislature,
which is nothing more or less than they
have done for years except 4O1 and viii
continue TO do for years TO come.
They talk TO US about fair and hon.
est bill, but do not attempt 10 showtbattbO
one under consideration is not fair and
honest-while we show that il is both 50
lar as population, and that politically it
gives our OPponsnis an advantage. This
! donot regard myself, for their principles
and actions here are 50 perfectly indos
fensibIe that should not despair Of ear.
tying three iOurths of all the counties
in the State al the next election. But
lest some one may be deceived BY their
profession ofpolitIcal honesty.I propose
to examine the bill for which they voted
last night. Bear in mind thai have
shown by the vote Of 1910, they were
entitled to nearly nineteen, while we
we're entitled TO a little more than seven.
Teen Senators; and TO nearly thirty eighr
while we we're entitled 10 a little more
than ihirty-Gour members of the House.
What, then, do these honest and fair pol
iticians claim by their bill? By the vote
of 40, they claim that they haVe a mas
jprily in the Slsie, and BY their loud
professions ofhonesly, aad their express
sion OfhOUSr at the slightest appearance
OF politicaffraud, we had a right to ex-
pect that their hih would conform TO the
sIrlctest principles of jusiice-that they
would have taken nineteen and have civ.
Slio US seventeen members of theSenat6.
and have taken to themselves thirty-e;ghi,
and have give 10 ms thirty -four members
Of the House. This we had a right 10
expect. But is il 50? The bill offered
by the Senator from Carroll, and for
which they voted, tested BY the vote Of
40, gives the wings TWENTY-FIVE and
the democrats eLereR SENATORS. 1t gives
the wings, pc TmanenIy, FORTY and the
democrats, permanently, THIRTEENmem-
hers Of the House, providing for ihir.
teen floats each year; and then in 1874,
Ii gives the wings TEN, and The demo-
Gratis THREE. Thus il will be perceived
that, in 1874, this bill would give the
wings twenty-five in the Senate and fftv
in the House-seVenty FIVE 10 all; while
i would give the democrats eleven in
Ihe Senate and twenty two in the House
-thiriy-three in all. By this arrange.
ment they would hare F0RTY.Two on
Joint ballot. Can it be so9 Do not nv
senses deceive met Is it possible that
men who have so 10 udly prOfessed hon.
esty, aud who nave SO often and wanton.
y charged upon US design 10 secure
| majority on joint ballot at the next ses.
'ion for the purpose of electing a Uni
ed States Senator, could themselves be
he authors Of such billf Sir, it is
10. ] hold the bill in my hand as il left
The hand Of the author, aud here are these
propositions; and here, too, are the yeas
md nays upon that bill, as they were ta>
zen down at the time by the Clerk
There is but one way of accounting for
heir conduct; that is, they are deter
TO have majority at the next
session, that they may elect a United
States Senator, aud as they cannot get il
1y fair apporIionment bill-the people
low being against them-they are de.
ermined to insist upon it in the face Of
Justice. While they are playing this
game, in order that their designs may be
they charge US with the sins
hey intend 10 commit. This device
cannot succeed-the mask is torn of,
and their designs appear, in the bill they
have presented, in all their naked deforE
nifty.
Another objection made to The bill We
are about to pass, is, that there is diff
ference in the Number of white males
embraced in the several Senatorial dis.
Iricts, that, while some fall considerably
below, others rise considerably above
he ratio. This is true, and no man liv-
ng can devise a bilithat will not be sub.
ect 10 the same objection, unless he di.
ides the counties. By this arrangement
nothing is lost TO the larger districts, %
hey have larger representation in the
,ther branch But, with his usual want
f fairness, when party is involved, the
Senator from Muskingum attributes this,
Inference 10 a design on our part to let
democrats represent small districts in The
ienate, while we require wings to repre-
ent large ones. Here he is, as usual, at
ault. Ihave examined the bill on that
oint, and find that it provides for seven.
cen districts with a population below the
aIio.-Ot these seventeen, nine areIwhig
nd eight are democratic.
Gentlemen have been most unfortun~
.te in their attacks on this bill At every
point we have met them, and al every
,oini have they been repulsed. This
slI is one that has been prepared with q
yrcat deal Of labor and care, md il is such
IN one as the people 81 eli parties would
,e satisfied with if their politicians hare
SOuld meet in spirit OF fairness aad