Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-03-09

iouSee hnu upon Which no question IS LETT. thar
u lies upon lheabe. molioa 10 loy a bill, Of
that stage, upon the table or to take i from the
table would be absurd. and would be, BY anv
presiding officer. ruled out Of order. lls pas.
snge was complete, ard for the clerk OF speaker
TO omit 10 authenticate rs pis age 10 the usual
lorms with the least possible delay, would have
been an omission Of duly. The enrolment ol
the act at that slage by the clerk and the sigma.
lure by the Speaker were strictly ministerial du-
lies, devoi g upon hem as officers. wholly in.
dependent e The order or con urfence Of
the two Houses or either of them. Eeyn a
formal vote BY eiihcr or both Houses forbidding
such action would have been nugatory.
| lha1 the conspiraior3 should be disappointed
and enraged al finding lh1ir schemes for the
overthrow Of the S a.e Government lhwarted by
a procedure 50 regular and simple, which they
had not thought Of; every ae9 taken for ihat
purpose, IS perhaps, natural Had there been
even serious deviation from the ordinary rules
and usages which govern the action of the two
Houses, complaints Of technical iniormalites
would come properly from men who regard the
obligations OF constitution, laws and rules, but
not IRON those who opeLly conlemn and tram.
! pie on all such obligations.
! IL Is not proposed TO yindicaie our conduct BY
argument For the public awurd to US, Of fair
dealing, honesty and justice in our measure dis.
Incllng the State, we confidently appeal 10 the
foregoing brief and unyarnished statement OF
lacis. 1t only remains for US 10 notice the con.
sequences which were intended TO be accompa-
MED by the course Of the minority.
On the l4th instant, fifteen Of the Senators Of
the minority vacated their seats, and in a mani.
lesIo, they boldly announce TO the public, their
purpose TO bring on Revolution in the State.
We have already clearly shown, lhatthey had no
Just causo for such step Of violence. The ap.
PorionmenI bill. inflicted no injustice upon their
party. One Of Ihcirown Senators was heard by
many Of us TO say that the bill was fair one
IL undoubtedly was; and when compared with
the enormilies Of the law Of 1870, no candid
man among them could lay his hand upon his
hearI, and unbIuShinglv assert, that they had u.
ny just claim TO so much magnanimous fJrbear.
snce from The majority. But the recusans rs.
serI that the division OF the county of Hamilton
IS unconstitutional. Would that Justify them in
subverling the laws, the constitution, The entire
State Government The denuncialion of the
bill was but The pretexl for carrying into Cxecu-
ton bold schemes Of civil revolution.
We do not charge-we do not believe that all
the fifteen were equal in guilt. The real purpo.
ses Of The movement were confined TO a few un.
prlncipled leaders. For The last FIVE years, the
people Of Ohio, with unyedng conslancy, had
rejected their counsels. To regain power, to
grasp the spoils of Office and The means Oi pub
lie plumber, they desperately determined TO con.
vulse The Stale by The overthrow OF social order.
Amidst anarchy and confusion, something might
perchance urn up TO their advantage.
The public will not fail 10 perceive that a..
though The alleged attempt to pass an ntonsli-
Iuliona law BY The majority was the yretert for
THIS revolutionary movement yet by their own
manaSIo, the fifteen showed th il was but
pretext. They do not cOnsjnl TO return to cir
seats and resume the discharge of their sworn
duties. even it the majority will consent to re.
model the bill so as 10 suil their views of con.
SlilnIonal law. No. they require in addition to
this that the bill shall bear, in their eyes, the
scnbIance of an honest apporlionment. That
Is, we say 10 you OF the majority, make the bill
such as WE Of the minority approve-accommo-
date ito our views of constitutional law AND in
other respects give it the sembIance of such
laws as WE pissed upon the same subl9 when
we had the power, and then 1--WE will cheerlully
return 10 our seats and vote upon its passage.
People OF Ohio, THEIR OBJECT WAS REVOLT
TIoN. If no law apporlioning representation
had passed, your SIaIe government would have
been nj an end. This was The consumma.
lion of their highest wishes. 1t is true, u news.
paper published at the capital Of your State and
edited by q salNried officer Of The federal govern.
ment had put forth The dogma that in the ab.
sence OF any apporlionment law. the people
might vote for Senators and Representatives "by
general tickeI'-each voter deposiling in The
ballot box u paper with the name Of 10 Sena-
tors, 72 Representatives and all the county off.
GERS upon it. This scheme was but q RUSE-a
low deceit, intended merely Tor the momeni.-
It's abSurdiiy would have caused its withdrawal
as soon as The legislative body had dispersed,
and then, The same organ Of the federal govern.
meni, interfering thus shameluly and violently,
with the affairs Of our State government, would
have thrown off all disguise and come out for
the real and plotted purpose OF the succession of
"lhe fi(ieen"--a convention 10 form new con.
slituon, not called in pursuance Of our present
constitution, and orderly organized according 10
law, but n convention called by meetings al tho
mnrket.house and directed by the mob. We
fully believe that II was part Of tho plan ofthe
leaders 10 have held such convention, n,-made
u new conslution,-heI an election under it
without asking the people to rafy it, and by
such means attempt 10 place themselves violent.
ly in possession of the entire State government.
We have mistaken the character Of the peo-
pie of this State, the vast majority Of whom we
believe 10 be in favor of law and order, if such
proceedings will meet their appreciation.
The fifteen revolutionists, in their address to
the public, denominaIed the Wing members Of
the Senate, "nineloen peGured .yranIs." Peo.
pie Of Ohio judge between US.
- G. b. GODDARD,
t..# t JOHN F. BEAVER,
FRANKLIN CORWIN,