The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-09-29

address they made use ol iho io''o"'"S
language: (See Ohio Eagle, February
s. 1S44.)
"What is nulli6cution? The annulment
of laws and refusal to comply with their
acquisitions. These wings not only an
nulled Legislative enactments, and reius-
ed 10 comply with their requisilions, or
to suffer them to be imposed, but they
destroyed the lawmaking power. What
is faction? A combination of a minori
iy to thwart and defeat the will of the
majority. These wings not only com
hined to thwart the will of the majority
of the peoples representatives, of the
power IF acting at all, by destroying the
legislature. What is revolution? The re-
Fnsal to obey the existing government. and
the attempt without the forms Of law or
by violence, to overturn the government.
These wings refuse to obey The existing
government, and without and in violation
ofthe forms of law and the acquisitions OF
the constitution, they overturned the leg
islative power of the State erected un-
der that constitution. lflhese wings are
not, who can be factionists, destruction
lists, nullfiers and revolutionists!
Such unjust, iniquitous and revolution
ary conduct, cannot be too openly and too
slernly rebuked by an indignant people.
The course of the revolutionists, the
resigning members, has been sustained,
defended and justified by the whole whig
party. They are therefore justly and
fairly responsible for the act, amenabIe
To the odum attached to it, and answer
able for tho destructive principles in
volved in il"
This is what the address of State
Convention of the Democracy asserted
in 1874. And yet the present condition
ofthings is infinitely worse.
We will not Justify the Wings of 1S42,
They did what they conceived to be their
duty, no doubt. They resigned their
seats, as they had right to do. They
did not hold on to them and refuse to act,
/ in accordance with their oath of office
They appealed to the people of Ohio
and the people ofOhio sent democratic
majority to the next Legislature. There
was no pressing necessity for the pass
> age of the Congressional Apporilonmen'
G Law. 1t could be passed and members
n elected under it to the next Congress-
. Had ,he Locofocos of last winter rcSignco
# their seats, the Governor could have call
ed special elections to fll them. The ap
v peal, as ~ the former case, could thel
have been made to the people, the pro
9 per tribunal to decide the question.
n The Wings did not dest'oy the Iegls
!. la,iye branch of the Government. The
writs of election could have been issued
). Unnecessary. the vacancies filed, and ou
h State Government gone on as usual. Bu
had there been M plan 10 pass the Ap
}. por,ionment Bill into a law, last winter
a, the Legislative department of the Gov
i. ernment would have been extinct-lh
= Constitution destroyed--the Laws of lh
2. State of no binding validity. And it, a
70 the Rcvolnrionsts assert. there is no law
IN we are in that position after the secon
D. Tuesday in next October, every offic
ct in this county is vacant-lhe strong ma
!, can take the weak mans farmland tn
l. services of our Courts of Justice need M
u be obeyed. We are thrown into stat
m of Nature, aud will remain so, until Coz
I'd gress shall kindly throw the mantle of
tn Territorial Government over us. Wht
as sane man believes anything of the kint
Yet this is ,he result of what the Rev,
J, lutiouists claim to be the state of affair
rs And if the people support them, in wh
al they in the above address style morSC tina
ot Qualification (action"-"revolution
o. -"destruction"-w will be in this col
g. dition.
ne The Wings, at that time, did not preo'
he Revolution; they did not call Conve
ut ton to Revolutionize the State Cover
ls- men,; they did not declare our Constit
nd ton destroyed; they did not break up Il
he Legislative department of the Cover
es' ment; but they simply resigned the tru'
p given to them by the people of Ohio, al
We appealed to the voters of the State
~ sustain them. When they were not ST
en- tained, they quietly obeyed the voice
nd the people. This is not the case now.
IN, though Ford be elected Governor, ,thoul
es, the Legislature be Wing, though Il
lei people decide for Wing men and VIII
M measures, these men say they will refu
I'd to heed that voice, that they will bre
nc up the Legislature, destroy the Cons
els tuition and revulutionize the State.
icy there not, people of Ohio, wide dili'
nal encel Who are the democrats! w
heed the voice of the majorityl
or We have said that the Wings call
us no 10Th of May Convention-they a
Ugh pointed no Provisional Government-th
rty were willing to obey the voice OF the Gt