The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-12-15

ueIen0 the rlgntS VI lHe poOpIo Oh IldH-
iiton county and he would neUer com.
promise. He was the Representative of
the WAOle county-not of district-and
he was elected in defiance oflhe la,O last
'0iNter, and the people of Hamilton coun-
ty nerer would submit to that law. If
the Constitution could not prevent the
division Of counties, why, let there be no
Constitution. After Mr.. P. had spoken
a. length.
Mr.. Olds offered the following resolu-
lion, which was adopted:
ResOIOed, That committee of FIVE he
appointed TO inquire into, and report to
this House, the causes which have thus
far prevented perfect organization of
this House.
In offering this resolution Mr.. Oids adj
dressed the members assembled at length
his remarks will be given hereatter-
and upon the conclusion Of his address,
Messrs, Olds, Reber. Pennington, Marsh
Bundy. were appointed committee un-
der the resolution.
Mr. P4gA again took the floor, and
during the course of his remarks, he ad-
mitted that, through fear that the Wings
would get the start of them, they had
made rapid move on Monday morning
and that now he would never assent to
any thing in the shape Of proposition
coming from the Wings, having for its
object any change in the present position
of matters in this Hail.
Mr. Spencer moved a call Of the un-
represented districts, and before the ques-
iion was taken, he addressed the House
He said the Constiutionality of the ap-
poronment law has been called in
question by Mr.. Pugh. Now, that act
is either lhelaw, or it is not. If it is
the law, it should not be violated. lift is
not the law, why is the gentleman (Mr.
Pugh) here cIaimin,g seat undcr IL?
Gentlemen on the left have mistaken the
intelligence Of the people when thoy
suppose their right will be recognized to
decide upon this great Constitutional
question. The gentleman claims that he
has Il certificate in accordance with the
law. claim that | have certificate
which entities me TO my seat under the
law. Here then We stand. can never
submit that my right shall be decided
upon by the vote Of that gentleman. ]
wiH not ask 10 dccide vpon htS claim. !
will not say stnud aside, for 4 am holier
than thou Nor should he say to me i
am hoIier than thou He claims the seat.
claim it. Here we are equal. If the
law be as | claim ii, am entitled To my
seat. If it'll be as he claims it, he should
have his seat This question am pre-.
pared to submit to any Constitutional
tribunal which is competent 10 try the
matter.
At tho close of Mr.. Spencer's remarks
the House adjourned until 10 o'clock
Monday morning.
We call the attention of the public Ia
tho important fact that here is fair aud
equitable proposition signed by members
the House, submitted to the consido-
ration Of tho RevoluliouiSts and rejected
By them. 1t must be borne in mind that
these laclionists came together bound by
their resolutions of the 10th of May to
break up the law making power Of the
State, or to control it,; and in pursuance
of that resolution they are now acting.
Monday, December III, Is1s.
IN SENATE.
Mr.. Archbold presented the following
preamble aud resolutions:
Whereas, the constitution ofthis State
provides eXpressy that 'no money shall
be drawn from ihe treasury, except in
consequence of appropriations made by
law;" aud whereas tho men of this gene.
ration are essentially equal in their rights
to the men of the last; aud all pretended
ly irrepeaable aud irrcvocable statutes
are not only in themselves absurd, but
gross uvasions of the rights ofposteriryJ
and the authority long since bestowed by
act of Assembly on the Auditor Of State,
to levy and collect taxes, by his sole au-
thorily, for the payment oflle interest on
our immense public debt, is invidious,
has only been tolerated by the good men
aud true" representing tho Democratic
people of this State, from motives of fas
tidious dolicacies concerning public faith,
aud extreme anxiety for the luIlillment oI
public engagements, But unique and
unparalleled as this enactment is, and un
exampled in the history Of our republic
tho General Assembly that created u ma
chine 80 extraordinary must have inten
dod aud did intend, to keep it at all times
under the strict supervision of the Leg
islalive department.; and now it has be
come painfully manifest to this senate tina
prcconcorled design cxislsiulho breast,
ofSome unscrupuous politicians to pre-
vent tho organization of tho House o
Representatives, and thereby to annihi
late or suspend tho law making power
therefore
Be IL RcsOiccd, That none but na
ton of slaves would submit to DO take,
by single man, under such circumstan
cos. aud that if the State Auditor shall
during an interregnum created by means
so ncialiOus. have tho dtrOciOuS aNdaGit,
to attempt the exercise of this odiOus Ianc
ton, he shall DO doomed Infamous. and al
enemy to the nation in general, and to the
State in particular.
ResOiccd, That the imposition oftaxe,
, is an execution ofa high and pre.emincn
sovereign power, aud is essentially of 1
Il al Al.