The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-12-21
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IJuslce deserves your ntiehlloH.f Inc popu-f
atisn and business Of Hamilton. CuyahoRs,
and perhaps other counties, are 80 rapidly
mere hsing, and have indeed already grown
81 large as 10 render i, impossible for the cx-
Isiing courts Of Justice 10 decide all the cases
accommodating upon ihe:rsdockes. Some
additional courts, such sas the Legislature
may in the exercise Of ils constitutional pow.
ers see fiji to organ zc, have bccsme inds-
pcnsable. -
Ono of tho n,ostimpoitan, duties nccesss-
|rily devolviug uptn the present General
Assembly, is the quadrennial apporienmoLt
OF the Slate; end as no right is deaIer TO
freeman than tla, Of equal representation, l
rest assured that yeu viii meet this fund,-
mental trust wiih all the spirit Of delbon-
tioa, candor and faiiuess towards all parties
and every diStict cf the State, which ils del
caey end proper performance demand.
The people of Ohio are 60 largely inter
ested in The easy transportation of hsr bulky
agricultural products TO market, that it be.
comes the duty Of her executive and lcgis-
Iative departments TO speak in language net
10 be misunderstood, as 10 this obligation OF
the general government to aid in the devel-
epmcn, of these great lines of internal CON-
municatisn which the inventive genius and
irresistible energy ofehe age are giving 10
the world. If lhore be any one question in
relation 10 whiGh, more Than another, the
people of The whole Unisp are united as the
voice Of one man, il is, as to the duty Of Con.
gress to improve our great lakes and rivers
s. as to afford safe and cheap inland naviea'
tion and transportation. Not intending
thercl y TO exclude ether equally important
objects in cur own State and elsewhere let
,is direct our attention TO certain localities
brought by our public works more directly
under our immedia,s observation. Maumes
and Ssndusky bays, and, Cleveland ;harbor
where our canals aud railroads terminate on
Lake Erie, and Buffalo harbor where 10
mach western. commerce concentrates.
Is il 10 be endured that the pt;snce re-
quslte 10 improve each Of these great har.
bors shall be much longer wi,hheidf And
on the other side Of US why should rot Penn.
syyania. Virginia and Kentucky. Ohio apd
Indiana demand that the canal around ne
falls of the Ohio River, in which the United
States have already 50 large In inieresi,
should lie purchased. enlarged and made
flee 10 the commerce ofihls sast region!
cannot take leave, without cong'atulating you
and the country, in view of the prospect that
the noble stand which Ohio took and sill so
gallantly maintains, not only at homo but in
both houses of Congress, in tho lore front OF
opposition TO the Mexican War, is likely 10
be, ere long, sustained by the authoritative
Voice Of the naton; that the attempt to iden'i-
fly opposition to this war of aggression with
opposition to the lale war sfnational defence,
has so sgnally recoiled upon the heads Of its
uaihors; and that, I, rust, we shall hsarn
more of the absurdity, that national honor
requires fiom US the anrelsnting and vigorous
prosecution ufa War commenced in violation
of onr constitution end Of the eternal princi-
pies ofngh'! True homer never requires
either nations or individuals 10 continuejto
do wrong because their servants and agents
have either commenced or long pursued that
career OIL the contrary, the only honsrablS
course for either insshtA an eItisrgancy Is 10
dismiss their servants, "cease TO do evil and
learn to do we'll" Justice and truth human
i,y and charity, moderation and magnimity,are
Infinitely Dobler eliments Of honor, individual
or national than haughtiness, pride, covitous.
ness and revenge, however displayed in brill
liant nd heroic deeds Of courage. Let Con-
grcssthelstore, in the name, of virtue, Chris
ianitv, and peace at home and abroad, dc.
clare 10 the Civilized world, that we ask not
The dismembermen of Mexico and will have
none of her territory except By fair purchase,
when the Republics are ai'psht6. To which
| beg leave to,add, ID tbsiunesa salvocal voice OF
OF 10 should f4rther territory be annexed to tho
Union by conquest, by purehacs or BY any
other mode, that she the eldest OF free born
daughters of the Ordinance of l7s7s will
spurn from her bosom any recrsant son Others
who shall,in the hour of trial, desert or surrea-
der her first grea, charter Of liberty, or fail
in any constitutional effort 10 consecarte that
territory 10 freedom and thainalenable right
of man.
Whilst upon this kindred subject, caAnss
forget thai the "black lawsn still disgrace
our statute books. All can do is earnsolly
to reilerate the recommendation for their un-
qualified repeal.
Beseeching you TO unite with me in fervent
supplication to the throne Of our Father in
Heaven, in this even,fnl crisis he will preside
over all our deliberations, State and National,
and direc,us in the way we should go,l again
commend our beloved State with sll her con-
Germs, to your guardianship and protection.
cA WILLIAM BEBB
CoIvxBUs, December 9, lS47