The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-03-11
Fr0m De Ohio Slaielmall, Marel 3.

Prom he Ohio SlatssnlBs, Masel ..
The legislature
adjourned this morning, at 8 o'clock, after a ses.
sion of nineiytIeo days. Il will be long remem-
bered in our state, for the ultra character of its
proceedings, aud the st,ong aristocfatic tendency
of its acts Whenever called upon to decide par
" question, or TO vote upon an issue embody-
ing any matter Of state policy. Possessed Of
an overwhelming majority in each branch, the
wings have had their own way in all things, and
have displayed the nature of their political creed,
in modes so numerous and so plain, as cannot
fail TO awaken even the most careless observer
TO the evils which must result to our great state,
from the continued ascendency of federal prin-
ciples in IFS councils A tax law has been adop,
ted, which, while itl1vies more or less upon all
the real property of the people, and has not al
lowed the small means of the poorest TO escape
imposition, exempis the artificial property Of a
privileged class from bearing its fair proportion
lof the public burdens. In the face of their re-
ipeated declarations Of regard for retrenchmeni,
and ofthe necessity which exists for the practice
ofthe most rigid economy, to the end that public
cred be preserved untarnished, and without
shadow of suspicion being cast upon it, the wings
have increased the expenditures. AS we have
| BILE remuneration being paid 10 the servants of
the people; but since the exposition which has
been made Of our financial condition, in the
course of the session just concluded, we have
had very strong doubts as to the necessity of aay
advance being made for the present.; and are OPP
posed, utterly, to the course which the majority
have pursued in many instances, whereby the
drain upon the treasury has been needlessly in
creased, at the very moment when we are told
;, that every nerve must be strained to save the
state from the tremendous disgrace Of repudia-
| ton. The course of the majority respecting the
well known Morgan county case, in which the
wishes OF the people, the requirements of the
constitution, the rules of law, and the dictates OF
common sense were dsregarded in order to sub
serve base party end, shows that they have ca
red for nothing but those things which they be-
I Ilieved bestfcalculated to make the supremacy oil
modern whggism--a different affair from the
Shggism Of old days--permanent in this state.
| A commencement has been made of an attempt
| to give the legislation of Ohio purtanic cast,
! by The passage Of what is commonly known the
anli-gambng lava law eminentIy calculated
TO defeat the very ends which its trainers pro,
fessedty had in view, by the gross dsproportion
which the punlshments provided bear TO the Of.
| fences depounced~--a feature of the law which
shows the lucompeency of the men who called
/ ii into being, and their utter want of knowledge
of the spirit of The age; for if there is one thing
in which our lime is superior 10 oil other centu.
res, it is in the general desire which exists tc
bansh the spirit Of revenge from our penal code
and rather reform than punish the offender, =.
Against this great and glorious principle, the
Itul in | II ri
Ithey have sought TO roll back the tide of most
important reform, but which will defy their ef-
forts TO stay its advance The creation of new
Offices, and the taking from the people powers
which they formerly exercised, are among the
leading sins Of the legislative majority, and
should attract the ate6lion of the masses, anC
receive their seYerest reprehenstqn, and mos
lpointed condemnation. The destruction Of ole
landmarks, by cutting up counties in defiance oi
u the earnest petitions and remonstrances Of the
inhabitants thereof, is another offence against the
welfare of the public, perpetratod by those tt
whom the people had unfortunately entrusted the
direction of public affairs. In fne, every meas
ure calculated TO aid in the aggregation ofweath
ito build up class endowed with special privilo
j ges, and to lasten new and lasting burdens upon
the poor, has received the sanction of the major
Ilty; while all propositions calculated to equazt
matters, and to lessen the weight OF social ills
, have been pointedly discountenanCed, and thei
movers and supporters treated with contempt
A great advance Las been made in that CRANE
end and aim Of whggsm, special legislation, b,
; which it is intended to reduce Ohio TO the con
/ dion Of a close corporation, in which leadin!
wings have the management of its immense re
snurnac for tho ochinvanenf IF fbnr o,vu r,,iyof
ends and to aid their brethren of other states il
fastening the same rule upon the whole repu5
-IIic,
!, The minority have deserved we'll of the peo
pie. They have most jealously watched the ac
ton of the majority, and have never neglect e.
any opportunity to expose their designs, and Il
follow to their natural consequences, the decep
J tive measures which they have introduced, ant
in almost every instance carried out TO compile
i tion. They we're often out-voted-almost al
ways so; but never out-argued. Every inch o
: the ground, Oh all important points, was dispu
= tied, with frmness, and in style which, If
made no impression in the halls of Legislation
will have prodigious effect on the public rnint
and lead to the publication ofthose hals--to the
being filed with men less regardful OF mere par
ty interests, and more devoted to the genera
welfare, that which should be the object of all lie
: gisaton, in order that human evils may be les
S sened, and the good of the race advanced,
n We have spoken generally. To go into de
tails, would be beyond the power of any one pa
lper, even were there no other claims upon il
s columns, which happens not 10 be the case,
= present. We have months before us, ere tl
:, people can have an opportunity Of giving the
verdict nponthe action of the majority in the IL
G gslature. 1t will be, as we'll the pleasure as III
y duty of the democratic press, to set forth in o
der The manifold errors of the malority-its sill
of commission and omissioh--ils offences again
the rights Of man, andails base subserviency
weallh. The ample record which has be-