The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-12-25
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE CADrz SENTINEL.
CoLunprs, Deeember Ne. lSl4.

CoLUMBUs, December 10, 1914.
L. HARPER, ESQ., dear Sir: l promised to
give you the news of the Metropolis Of Ohio, but
until this moment have not found time to fulfil
that promise. Columbus is unusually lively this
winter-the Democrats are the most cheerful set
of fellows | ever saw-and ii is the easiest thing
in nature to distinguish the coons from the locos
in passing through the streets; for the former class
of animals look as if they were returning from
a funeral, " with heightened faces, long drawn
out" while a smile perpetually plays on the To-
cos phizzes, like sunbeams on a quiet lake =
To see our friend Sam Medary for a moment, is
an infallible cure for dyspepsia; while little Johnny
Twizzle of the State Journal looks " like hunger
on a monument, smiling at beef" This is all
owing to the election of Col. Polk, to the Pre-
sidency.
Now, | shall give you some of the proceed
ings of the wing Legislature, and must go back
several days, to bring matters up right. In the
Senate, Dec. 8, Mr.. Perkins offered the follow
ing string of resolutions in regard 10 Texas:
R~esoIped, By the General Assembly ofthe State
of Ohio, That the Government of The Uunited
States is government of delegated powers, de-
pending for its authority on the express letter of
the Constitution, Or on its fair and just construc
ton.
RESOLVED, That the Constitution gives no pow
! er, expressly or constructively, to the Legislative
or Executive departments, or both united, to as
, ~sociate any foreign power in the administration
of The Government Of the Uuited States.
RESOLVED, That the United States are a politi-
f cal'frm whereofth several states are members,
and that no foreign power can be admitted into
the firm without the express consent ofeach Of
. the members, by the people thereof.
t Resolved, That any attempt by the Congress Of
f., the United States, its executive. or other officers,
to form a union with any foreign power would be
migratory that none of the states not giving its
o express consent thereto, would be under any oh
S legation 10 unite in such new conlederacy; anc
c that should a portion Of the states ofthis Unior
form a contederacy with the government Of Tex
y as, through the lnstrumentality ofour federal Of
# fcers, or Of Congress; such an act will impose up
on the people of Ohio, no obligation to unite il
v such new confede ration.
: Re8olred, That slavery is an institution pecu
O liar to the states whose laws admit it, over which
insuch States, the government ofthe United States
Y has no control, and on account Of which, it has ne
e responsibility and that the people Of Ohio anc
i other free States, are and ought to be exempt from
the wrong and charges thereof: but that the an
~ncxation ofTexas to the United States for the sup
port Of slavery, will identify our national govern
e ment herewith, and subject the state of Ohio
and the other free states TO the disgrace and char
ges Of sustaining it.
I ResolUed, Therefore,, that as Representative
0 fthe people of Ohio, nher name, we protest a
gainst the Union ofTexas with the United States
as unconstitutional un just, revolutionary, and ten
. ding to disunion.
! Rc8oIred, That our Senators and Representa-
tiyes in Congress be requested TO use theirutmos
e endeavors to prevent the annexation OF Texas It
n the United States.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested t.
. transmit a copy Of these resolutions 10 each ofth'
y Senators and members of Congress from lhi
State with a request that they procure them t.
be entered Oh the Journals of each House ant
# that the Governor be requested also to forward
, copy of the same to the Executive of each of tn
i States, with a request that they may be place,
before thesr respective Legislatures.
. These resolutions were referred 10 the Com
mittee on the Union. Whoever heard before G
y a ST te Legislature raising a committee to tax
" charge of National afairs2 | thought that wa
" the business Of Congress, but coonery is g%ettin
Z wondrous wise !
70 In the House, on the same day, the ~followin!
resolutions were offered by Mr.. Finn.
ResoJDed By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatires Of The General Assembly ofthe State Q
Ohio, That " far from having any personal objec
# lion to The annexation of Texas, we should b
glad to see it, without dishonor, without wal
with the common consent ofthe Union, and upol
Is iust and fair terms"
Resolped, That, " we do not think the subjec
of slavery ought TO affect the question one way O
!. the other. Whether Texas be Independent O
incorporated in the United States, we do not be
u lieve it will prolong or shorten the duration o
f that institution. 1t is destined to become extinc
at some distant day, in oar opinion, by the opel
,t alton of the inevitable laws of population.
Resolved. That, 1" it would be unwiSe TO refuse
permanent acquisition, which will exist as long a
the globe remains, on account of a temporary IN
stitution."
/ Mr.. Finn moved that it be referred to The CON
mittee on the Union.
Mr.. FoRD hoped it would not be referred, bu
disposed of at present. 1t was evidently not of
t. cred for the purpose of affecting the action c
p Congress, but as an insult to part Of the member
upon this floor. Here the chair interruptedth
gentleman, and informed him that he was out G
e order, and that they must regard the r%esolutio
as offered in good faith] He said he knew h
was not strictly in order, but it did seem to hr
as if the resolution could ne. affect the action c
any body, and he hoped the reference would nc
be made. Reference lost.
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