Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-31
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Tho Democratic State Convention, which
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81 fha sGIldessl gnqd with the duty Of sals
diessing YQI all3s llQRiag respl atio q
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apPointed, 10 dfs5n an nddr dress 70 the people
OF Ohio witch address shall, among other
thugs, eanbody the resolutions as they have
passed; this Conyeation, and shall also Set
forth nit the facts attainabie N relation TO
the falsification ofthe Journal OF the House
sof. r. entatiyes, since its adjournmenE, .
s 46snth ths duty thus enjoined upons lis,
tss have no disposition to shrink, and in
view of1he faci that the action Of that Con
Yeption involves the interest Of the entire
people, of all classes, and Of all parties,
We CHIN that we have not only Eight to
demand q asheaAnE, but. that we besSheard
without preigehAk ksRnd with that serioas a.
ientisn the demand - -.
The people oEklhio need naa be told at
,his late day, thai me slbjee mailer Which
called the Convention together at busy
aud unasuai seasos . thsss ear, was an ut:
tempt on the part Of the r.:ajority of the last
Legislature to grasp, through all time, The
law making power Of the State Govern.
rnent, and that failing in this attempt. they
tlase placed upon the statue books. .aot ; the
State, as q law, nm apportion,nent sehetae.
which never finally passed either branch
oftbe Legislature; and that. this bill, con-
cocted III secret unjust tand'unconstitution
ai in It's paoyisions- even ii ii hadreceived
on4its pretended passage, all the necessary
iorms otconstitutional and parliamentary ry
INV, il. utterly subversive of the plainest
principles OF III Republican govetntnen. =
These facts are known to you-they have
stcen canyasscd by the peoples, and to'right
tho wrong, attempted to be inflicted, the
Democratic State Central Gommi,tee, sin
ssbedience to the demands Of an outraged
people, issued an address, calling upon the
,,suniies~of the State Ia send Up theisedsls-
gates 10 the capital of Ohio to counsel to-
ketter. and to tnke measures for the public
.snletss be res6idsiodiiis et that Convs1-
sion are ordered to be published with this
address. They were adopted after q pro-
longed and full discussion, and are the
stern resolves OF men, who ask nothing
ihst is not clearly right, and who are un-.
willing to, submit to anything that is
wrong" .s-.-.s.-.
.iRssoired, lst. That there is now in ex-
istenee in Ohio, no law, by means efwhic h
the State Legislature can be formed and or.
ganized after the second Tuesday in Octo-
Dor next.
..ResolrsI, 2nd That the evils, likely TO
be eniailed upon the people by reason OF
tho improyident course pursued by the
whig majority in the last General Assem-
bly,, may atill be averted, if the Executive
will exercise the prerogutive vested in him
by the Constitution, and convene the Legis-
laiure for the purpose of enacting the req
uisite law, for the apportionmeni of Sena-
tors and Representatives among the several
counties of the State; and that as peace
loving citizens of lhe State, we respectfully
call upon him to discharge this duty.
,.sResolred, Sd. That il the Legislature
be not thus called together by the Cover
nor, it will become necessary for the Dem
ocratic voters of Ohio, as d measure oil
protection and selfdefence, to appear ut
the polls on the second Tuesday in October,
in all their. force; and cast their sufraSes
for Democratic candidates for the Senate
and House of Representatives, under the
whig apportionment scheme, with view to
measures for, the preservation of their just
political rights: These measures may be
defined to be, in the first instance, n refu-
sal on the part of the Democratic candi.
dates who shall receive majority of the
vote cast IN the several counties and dis.
tricts, 10 take upon themselves the obliga.
tions of Senators and Representatives un,
der fraudulent and nugatory enactment
for their election.
ssIn the second instance, and as the law
making power provided for in the present
Constitution will be at IN end, for the
want Of constitutional Legislature, it will
dsvoive on the people in the exercise OF
their inherent,an sovereign rights,to frame
q new constitution wherein their own pecu-
liar interests hay be more effectually pro.
tected than they have hitherto been. Thus,
from a temporary Inconvenience, resulting
from a wanton abuse of power on the part OF
vhig Legislators; a mighty mass of two
millions Of souls shall inherit charter oil
freedom in consonance with the spirit ant
improvement of the age, without the leas
exertion of physical force.
.Resolued, 4th. That if the Governo
shall neglect or refuse to discharge his con
stitutional duty, and convene the Legisla
ture for the puapose Of. passing an aPpot
tionment law, as aforesaid, then, and i
that event, it will be expedient Tor Stat
Convention to re-assemble at Couanbus, o.
the first Monday in December next, to de
wise the necessary measures for securin
the action Of the whole people on the sub
ieet of new constitution.
4Resolued, 5th. j hat in view Of tn
momentous crisis now existing, we deem
, important that the people have the benef
Of . standing COMMITTEES OF PUBLIC SAFE
~, 70 consist OF iwenty-ene members, che