Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-31

lslon. | his will savethe law.making pow.
! er Of the State from amihilatioi, ior il
seems to be conceded fact, that to preserve
that power, under the constitution a quad
| rennlal apportionment is necessary. The
old law expires by its own limitation before
the time Tor the nesting %: the next Legis.
iature, and no law has been passed to sup.
ply its place. Upon the Governor then,
under the Constitution, devoves the respon.
sibility- His party friends brought on the
crisis by their mad acts, and with the sim.
pie request made by the delegates to the
State Conventien, in their character of
pence loving ci,izens,Gov Bebb counsel
ling with his party friends, will be left to
maze his own election.
We have 10 hopes that he will accede
to :ha. request Even if willing to do So.
his bette, Judgment would be overruled by
o.hers by the men he would take to his
counsel and his confidence Men SO far
wanting in principle as To- attempt to palm
off us Il law, an unconstitutional nppor,ion-
ment scheme, which never finally passed
either branch of the Legislature. for the
purpose of grasplng and retaining the law
making power for sinister purposes, will
lack The moral courage to retrace their
steps, and thus right the wrongs inflicted
OH the country.
Thus believing; we are forced to treat
the subject as if no power existed to RENE
dy the evil, save that which exists IN the
Inherent rights OF the people. The remedy
is in their iands-h is Il peaceable one,
and will be found equal To the crisis.
Lett then, as the State soon will be, by
The mad and t,airic.dal ar,s al .ha-iader..I
leaders, without Constitution, you have
IL in your power to remedy the evil, to stay
the revolution which these ,rien ronmenc
Ell. You have in your hands the means of
restoring n constitutional government, and
p;acius Jour liberties and nnalienable
rights upon sure and permanent iounda-
,iun.. he remedy is found in the thiId
| resolution OF the Convention, anu it is both
peaceable and certain. You will thus pre-.
vent the exercise of power on the part Of
The '.coaspirators," which they have SOL
to obtain Dy fraud and trick. and by an o.
vcrlhrow oil the Constitution. and you will
also exercise the unaIienabIe right guaran.
| leed ID you in the Constitution, OF recon.
sructing your government upon more
sure foundation, and ''iir consonance with
the spirit and improvements Of the age"
The Constitution itself provides fully for
the emergency. La the formation OF that
Instrument, its frnmers placed thi. among
your reserved rights. Il. may be found i'll
the Bill OF Rights. in the first section oi' tho
eighth article, and is in these words:
"fhat the general, great, and essential
principles oi liberty and free government
may be recognized, aud forever unaltera-
biy established, we declare-
''Sec l.. l hat all men are born equally
free and independent, and have cerluin nat
urai, ,NH-KE>T, "nd UNALlENABLE
X GH is; amongst which are The enjpy.
ing and defending lye and liberty,
CURING and possessing, and protecting
property, and pnrs 6 and obtaining hap
plness and safety; alu every free and re.
publican government, Icing founded on
their sole authority, ana organized !or tie
purpose "l projecting their rights and lib
ertIes, and securing their independence: To
effect these ends, they the people) ha. e
AT ALL TIMES, complete pcsrer to alter,
REFORM Or abolish lne,r government, when.
ever THEY ma. deem it necessary F"
Let us not be told that the power TO re-.
form the government (,he cnnstiiution) has
heen delegated to tha Legislature, there.
til the legislature throws 1t back upon you.
! he constitution declares this rig III, anal
sueable, yet you " i'll be told that you nave
allena.ed an ;:nalIenable right. This we
mold 10 be impossible. Again: You will he
told that you I'm only use The power To
reform the constitution at such times as the
Legislature may say The language OF
The constitution is, .'AT ALL TINES A
CUMlLts' l. P Nv ER to alter, refsrn,,"
or even to 'abolish," whenever they llhe
people, no, the Leglslature,) ''may deem
i, necessary.' In order 10 be fully under
st'~d, they have coupled this right tn re-.
form the government with tho natural right
to defend your life when attacked. Tho
power, then. to reform your constitution
whenever you may deem it necessary, is
declared tn be just MS natural, INHhRkNr,
and UN ALIEN ABLE rs your right 10
defend your life
The path of duty, then, is plain and the
remedy for the evils cast upon you by the
federal leaders, is both peaceuble and prac.
llcabie.
Be.ure the time fixed fu the nnnnal NEE.
ing OF the Legislature, the law mean ing
power OF Ohio will have expired for want
Of m apporlionnent, under which sena.
tors ana Representatives. cnn be elected.
M Inconvenience will be experienced BY
the people. The loss of winters legis.
la.ion cnnno, be seriously .,issed; the pe,.
pie will then peace 'bIy and certainly re-
iurm the government; IA new constitution
viii De adopted, embracing reorgan.za.
tlon ol the Judclnry, making all ofii :es g.
lective by the people, providing system
ui taxatiua that will operate equally upon
all classes, in stQrt: in The language OF the
lhlrd resolution OF the Convention, n COLI
stllution ''in cutsonance with the spirit and
nnprov e,nent oithe age"
The democratic party believing that
large ,nnj 'rity oithe ireemen "t' Ohio, we'e g
desirous ot reforming the cous.itutl"n, have
attempted that reformation in one ni the
modes pointei out by that instrument. hul
tho federal party have refused the people
of Ohio even the moor urtyiIere To Vote ior