Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-12-29
s:The question being on agreeing to the

Ommendatlon OF the committee. as follows:
'Resolued by the Senate and House of Repre
sen'atioes; That the report made by the Com
missioners appointed to examine the books AM
accounts of the Board Public Works, shall, no
be entered upon, or become part of the Jour
Q mails or documents, until Rodophus Dickinson
or any other member of the late Board of Publ
0 Works, shall have an opportunity of producing
rebuttlng testimony, which shall also be-entereC
upon the journals, or embodied in the documents
: and that they shall have until the next meeting
: ofthe General Assembly for such purpose
"Mr. Goddard moved to amend said resolution
as follows
7"After the word works, in the third line. in.
sert and also the report of the select committee
to which the said report of the Commissioners
was referred; which was disagreed to.
"The question then occurring on the nssrooe
of the resolution,
"Upon that question:
Mr.. Coombs demanded the yeas and nays which
were ordered, and resulted yeas II, nays IT,
Every yea was whig, and every nav a
democrat. Among those who voted against
giving Mr.. Dickinson chance to repel.
and show to be false the ISLANDERS of The
rascally committee, were Messrs. Beryer.
Goddard, Hastings. Johnson, Lewis Slut
son and Wilson: of the present Senate, The
committee, against whose ISLANDERS Mr.
Dickinson wished to defend himself h,d
traversed the State, taking exparte testimo-
n.y. an whose report,as subsequently shown
in a court Of justice, contained base Sian.
ders. Yet NJ Messrs. Beaver, Lewis, John
son, Stutson, Wilson, &C., now insist upon
allowing the Auditor and Treasurer of
State to defend themselves from the charo
es on their own books, and to enable them
to do this, would smother the report made
in pursuance ct law, not by committee
belonging to the democratic party exclu.
sively, but one concurred in and signed by
! leading wing
This morning the subject again came up
and the reading was finished. Again an
effort was made to have it printed, but it
Jailed: The minority told the majority
that they only wished for one copy for each
| of the members, that all could see and
Judge for themselves: but the motion was
voted down by tie vote-the Speaker
Gen. Goddard) voting with the democrats
in favor ofprin.ng.
Mr.. Reemeli1 then called for the read d.
ing Of tho note addressed by the committee
to the Speaker, and from it he showed that
the document belonged to the General AS. |
sembly, and it was so addressed on the doc. |
ument itself: Mr.. r charged the refer. |
ence to Il committee would have the effect
to keep the report from the House,t TO which
it belonged as much as to the Senate; but
the whig majority had got hold Of the docu.
ment, and they determined to keep it. Up
to the hour that the Senate took recess,
those who favored the smothering Of the
report, reigned triumphant.
Mr.. Corwin, Of Clinton, seemed to take
the Treasurer, Mr.. Whitehil, under his
special charge, while Mr. Wilson, of Darke,
as the fit keeper Of the honor of the Audit
or OF State, used his utmost endeayors to
keep the truth from the people.
The report opens up scenes which place
both officers in q bad light. We do not
wish to give detailed statament Of the tn
cidents in the report, for we would have to
do so from memory in hearing it read but
once, and hence might do injustice. But
there are lacts named in the report that
cannot now be smothered by Senate COM
cittee, and unless the document is printed,
they 'will out" in spite of all efforts to sup
press them.
During the session this afternoon, the
wings worked up all their party to the stick
ing place, except Gen. Goddard, the speak
er, and every whig, except the Speaker,
voted TO smother the report by sending i.
TO whlg committee, in the hand Of which
1t will either be mangled or sleep the sleep
of death. This attempt to prevent the truth
from going 10 the people is in perfect char
acter with the federal party, who, in the
days of the elder Adams enacted the alien
and sedition laws. or the 10 whig Sena-
tors but one could be found to vote for maxi
ing public this report of sworn officers-to
make public the mode by which the fnan-
ces of the State are managed and the books
OF Treasurer ofState kept. The course of
Gen. Goddard IS in striking contrast with
that of his party friends, and is worthy of
all praise
Scarcely was the vote taken, which sup
pressed the report Of the investigating COM
mittee, when Mr. Lewis, who aspires to
lead the Mexican forces in the Senate, gave
notice of an intention so to amend the rules,
as to prevent members from having papers
read, upon which they are called to act,
unless the consent of the majority be first
had and obtained. This will be done, per-
haps to morrow, and then whiggery can
tigation they choose, and the members of
the minority will thus be thrown upon the
courtesy (Heaven save the mark of
reckless majority-representin minority
of the people Of the State-for rights which
are guaranteed to them. The next step
will be to prevent the minority from voting,
unless the consent Of the wings is first ob-
tanned. Shame on the bastard spirit that
seeks such means to hide the baseness and
oeiormlty of whiggery from the public eye.
ocRIPTURE Predictions OF Rail ROADS
AND CoLLIsIoNs.-Mr. RusseIs made n
speech on the occasion Of the great cele-
bratIon held by the Northern Rail Road
Company, in which he quoted the follow
ing prophecy from Nahum, chapter Q, VA
"The chariots shall rage in the streets:
they shall jostle one against another in the
broad ways; they shall seem like torches,
they shall run like lshtning.'
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