The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-03-21
THE TAReE OF 1EGIsIATIoNa

a.
The following description ofa highland
ed wrong-of anattnck notsinpiy upon pan
", but on popular rehis--is thus given from
the lips Of the Speaker fihe House ofRep-
rcsen@tises. His description ais horribly
like:"
BIZ 1T REMEMBERED that ON the Saturday
afier tho adjournment oi the Legislature, al
The whig meeting in this city, JosEpn flaw
KINs, speaker.of the House of Representa-
tyes Of this state, was called upon 50 address
his whig brethren in defence OF the outrage
10 be perpotrated BY his parry at
Columbus, in reference 10 the faululent and
stolen apportionment bill, and that this Mr.,
Speaker Hawkins openly BLASTED Of the
manner in WHICH the ss.iin7pan" had FiSeikced,
Chat was the idea) tn ! democratic tnlnorllyof
the house in the passage of, the respniion BY
that body pretending 10 !, recede from is
amendments 10 the bill. He avowed that
the resolution had been prepared, and s the
whole scheme concoeled before hand, that
in order to secure It's adoption pitaom kaopl-
edge or suspicion of the democrats, the reso-
luton was hlnded TO, Elah Park "a plain,
sleepy, unpretending kind ofEan old doh0
whom no body would suspect ofqfering such
a resolution, lie described laughlpgly and
exultngly, the way in which the s"trlck" was
carried OUTFLOW the old man addressed the
Speaker (Mr. Truesdale, then temporarily
put in the chair, as part Of the scheme3 how
he fumbled l., his pocket for his resolution,
as fhe could scarcely find II; how he got it
out and put on his specks;" how the demo
Gratis looked up for a moment, and how see
ing that it was old daddy Park, they looked
down again, and went some 10 writing let
ters, some 10 reading papers, some. 10 one
thing and some of them supposed that the
old man was. about 10 present Q, bill to incor-
-poraie a church, or lyceum, OF debating So
cieiy; or offer a resolution 10 provide some
unfortunate lunaIic with a place in the Asy-
lunl, or for the relief Of some one Of his con
stituerts who had had his barn burnt; how
the resolution was numbled. over by Trues-
dale, and the vote put at once; how the. wings,
all ready, responded aye, and howthe demo
crats not knowing of the "trick,n'1 responded
not at all, but wrote or talked or read on;
and how they were in this manner "caught,
napping--ihusi making il a matter of boast,
of exultaton, Of glory thata grave, and mo-
menious act Of legislation Of The General
Assembly Of Tie great State of Ohio was
carried through by low. .cuAaiag and trieke'y,
and that such means were resortea 10 with
out "compunciions visitings," BY hispafty to
carry such an act Of oflegisiaton athro," with
out the knowledge or suspicion Of a large
minority OF The legislative body, who held
seats there ard had the same lights under
thc constitution as the majority themselves!
To have done such things, was nfamy
enough; 10 be compelled to own it though
with @confusion of face" was yot worse; but
that member Of The House Of Representa-
lives, the Speaker Of that body, should in
broad day, in public assembly, boast, exult,
glory in the shame, betokens an exttavagance
Of irppudence, and brazen effrontery and a
depth Of depreciation, without a parallel in
the history Of party knavery and corruption.
Yet,ihe wings Of Dayton dpplauded The act!
Mr.. Speaker Hawkins also declared THAI
not only had the wings Of the Senate The
power to compel the attendance of the absent
democratic Senator'S, but that lie was satisfied
that in day or two longer, enough at least,
Of these absentees would have returned 70
have constituted quorum. Yet rather
than resort TO constitutional means; father
than wait few hours for constitutional pow
erto pass The bill, they preferred to conde.
scend 10 low fraud, artfce cunning and
tIickery, as means ofdoing an actofgrave,
and most important legislation! Verify we
arc falling upon evil and bitter times. The
disease is becoming desperate. What shall
the cure ,be?-77Ddyton Em,pire. ,.ig ,y9N
.fe.7-Poinsett's opinions on war, and such mat
ters have improved largely in whig estimation
sirnce'39 when he recommended militia systsm'
which the universal whig party declared raj sed
a '.standing army Of 100000 ,men!" Truly poll,
tics makes strange bedfelows, as, Bolts ,0ouM
snV. it ~ 'F '-r t'