Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-09-03

legations through lhe markets in the eastern cities,
the selling Of State bonds for less than one
half the amount they called for,-'he almost TO-
Ial destruction Of the State credIt,-Ihe adyoca'
cy Of repudiaton,-Ihe continuation Of an unjust
and unequal system Of laxalion,-,he destruction
OF the currency Of lha Slale,-lhe encourage.
ment given to the banking institutions Of other
States to food US with their ssues.--lhe revival
of such banks as the "German Bank Of WOos-
ter" aud the "Gallipolis Bauk,-and the enact
mcnt Of that perfect system Of Banking, com
monty known as "BlrIey's Humbug," were
some of the fruits Of the ApPorionmenI Act Of
I8S9-4O. That act gave the Locofocos the pow.
er to obtain majority in the Senate at all times,
with strong probability Of obtaining similar
majority IN the House. Having oblained ma
ljority by foul means, they luxuriated upon the
spoils until the treasures of the Slale were all
squandered, "a debt of twenty millions Of dollars
enlailod upon the people,-and fears were enter
tanned by our wsest statesmen that we could not
escape the curse of reputation.
The Congressional Apporlionment of l842-3
was the last edition of this system Of annulling
the expressed wishesof the people. Atthe Pres
idental election in 1914, Henry Clay received
the vote Of Ohio by about 900 majority; yet at
that same election, fourteen Of the twenty-one
Congressional districts in the State gave Locolo-
CO maoritiesl Is it necessary TO say another
word TO show the unjust and Infamous character
evils that must surely follow such puyened leg
islatOnl Is it necessary TO trace further the un.
hallowed usurpations of LocoCocoism? Is it ne
cessary to point out the dangers Of such corrupt
and monsrous enactmentsl Mol it cannot be.
They are so plain that HE who runs can read. 4"
Such acts gave the Locolocos majority of about
sixty in the last House of Representatives in
Congress; and similar acts gave tone to the SEN
ate. The acts of the last Congress are too well
known, and too severely felt, TO render an emu
, meralion Of them at this time necessary.
At the annual election in l843, the Wings car
ried the House of Representatives bya majority
Of six; the Locolocos the Senate by a majority
of two; making Wing majority of four on joint
ballot. The Locofocos were, in u measure,
shorn of their strength, and the Apporonmenl
Act passed at the next session of the Legislature
: comported more with the principles of common
Justice. By it the will of the majority could be
made TO tell upon the actions Of the Legislature.
The Wings obtained the ascendency in The Leg.
islature at the first election under it, and have
maintained that ascendency ever since. They
have reduced the espenses Of the State Govern
ment,-stopped the steangs from the Treasury
discharged the blood.suckers who were plum
dering the public workS,-equalized the system
of taxation, Increased the revenues of the
State, a sound, practical system o
banking,--and restored the State TO its wontec
credit. Confidence has taken the place of dis
trust; prosperity that adversely. All this has
been the result of Wing legislation, and may be
directly traced to the operations of the Appor.
tonment Act of 1884. If the Locolocos had
had the power to frame that law, it would have
been framed so as to secure their party the ascen-
dency in the Legislature, and who can tell what
would have been the result of such ascendency!
The remembrance of the evils that have hereto
fore uniformly followed in the wake of Locoioco
legislation, admonsh us that our present position
would be far from an enviable one.
1t may be well to stop here, and inquire how
f a Wing ascendency was Obtained in the House o
, Representatives in l843. very erroneous o.
: pinion is somewhat prevalent. 1t is thought by
many persons that defeat in one of the closely
contested counties is of lule consequence, and
cannot materially affect the general result. We
will endeavor to illustrate the absurdity of such
conclusions. We have already said that at the
: annual election 10 1843 the Wings Obtained q
> majority Of six in the House of Representatives
/ and Of four on Joint ballot. Now, how was this
, majority obtainedl What are the facts of the
, case! They are simply these: At the election
/ in 1943, the counties of Carroll and Jefferson
formed one legislative district AT that election
they jointly elected one Senator and three Repre-
sentalivcs, and Jefferson county gave small Lo
t cofoco majority, which was counteracted by tht
Wing majority in Carroll; and a Wing delegation
Of four sent to represent the district in the Leg
slature. Now. what would have been the con
sequence of Wing defeat in Carroll county a
r that rimel How does not see that such defeat
would just have reversed the position of the par
f ties in the Legislature? The frmness Of the
' Wings of Carroll county, at that critical period
saved the party from defeat throughout the Stale,
and changed the whole current of legislation
With this fact clearly understood, we ask, how
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