The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-02-12
The Appropriation BiHis1aNEgdary's
.Prfmtiig---Extfa Session.


Never was a. domincering party put 10
such miserable shifts 10 accomplish their
ands, as tho present wing leaders at Colum.
bns, fof never did intelligent men stoop to
such grovclliag means I, maintain their pow
er The wings refuse 10 pay Modary his
claim for his services as Senate printer, vot-
ing against lis insertion in The Appropriation
bill. The plea for this rofusalis not that he
hos not performed the work, or that he has
ehargsd more tkan was equitable pilirul
reason is, that as the Democrats having
majority ip The early part Of the. session ex-
ercised sseir constitutional right TO elect
their ewn printer, in strict accordance with
the course Of Clay, Maugum, &c, in similar
circumstances; and the minority know that
they canMot undo this net Of ahe Senate, as
! an exhibition Of revenge, they retaliaie their
defeat upon Msdary, because the Democrat
ie Senators arc beyond their reach. lfihe Sen
ate had oren exceeded their authority Med
ary'should not be laser, us the Senate has
received aud used the work. performed by
him. Itwould not be permitted in private
individual 10 disaffirn the contract Of his
agent, while he at the same time had receiv-
edknowingly, and appropriated to his own
use, the labor performed in accordance With
/ that contract; yet this is precisely what The
Wings in the Sonate arc trying 10 do. The
!. Senate has received bills, reports, resolutions,
&c, printed by Medary, have used them in
the business of legislation, or distributed
them among their constituents; and now the
Wings say the Stale ought not TO pay, be-
ca,.se they pretend that the Senate had ov-
ersteppad its powers. And on this ground
the Wings base the right Of REPUDlA-
TION. We.~enture 10 say, wiihou, fear of
contradiction that il is the flimsiest pre,ext
ever SET up for the disyrsceful act. The
Senate EXERCISED its constitutional right;
and contract cnnBot be nullfied without
Z gross dishonesty, Of which the history of Ohio
deInocraiiu legislation, happily furnishes no
example. With The Wings is the infamy of
Introducing The dangerous principle that a
dsminnn, faction may repudiatc an Asnest
debt, 10 punish and injure political oppen-
snt. That principle may become proceed
ent, and may ptoto the first sleP ia tho
downward path Of broken faithi but with
these reckless partizans rest the respohsibili1l
". A friend in Columbus, uBder date of
thc 5th inst, ,.writcs US on this subject as fol-
Iows;---a The legislature is drawing to
tlese. and the coming events Of The next
three days are full Of Interest, and may fix
the des,inies Of parties fortwo or three years
10 como. The Democrats Of The Senate
will act with frmness and ia pbalanx. they
have tolJ the Wings that the amendment
Z they offered 10 provide for The just claim Of
ihe Senate printer is their ultimatum They
will mot vote for the appropriation bill without |
sLis provision, and from this position they
WilI6ot recede an inch; and if an extra ses-
sion Is called, they viii, ! believe, though
have no assurance Of the fact, disregard the
proclamation Of the governor. The consiiS
tstiou gives to the Executives the power TO
cali tie Legislature together only on Eek
iraordinary occosions;" aud If the wings Gre
ate this ".exiraordinary occasion" BY their
reckless and factious conduct, the Demo-
erals would do right in dsregarding IL III
would be un aci IN doing which, they would, i
sander tie circumstances, be sustained by tbs
people B. {
Tho object of Bsbb, in calling an extra 4
Session, would be 10 take advantage ofthc 1
tisfisnchisementofW Wayne, consequent upon
tho resignation Of Mr.. Wilford, and in this
way secure q Wing mnjority,sand impuniy
fof his Pastizans- 4
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